(Arthur) Hugh Fabling (6 September 1889 – 13 October 1972) was an English farmer who participated in a first-class cricket match in 1921 for Warwickshire as a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.
Fabling was born at Grandborough, Warwickshire, son of Arthur Fabling, a farmer, life member of the Royal Agricultural Society of England,[1] and breeder of shire horses,[2] who in 1894 was noted to have "hunted for a good many seasons with the Warwickshire and Pytchley", it being further observed of him ("a first-class performer") that "there is no better horseman".[3]
Fabling made a single first-class appearance for Warwickshire against Northamptonshire at the County Ground, Northampton, in the 1921 County Championship.[4] Fabling was dismissed for a single run in Warwickshire's first-innings of 243 by William Wells, with Northamptonshire replying by making just 77 in their first-innings. Warwickshire made 268 in their second-innings, with Fabling being dismissed again by Wells, this time for 7 runs. Northamptonshire were set a victory target of 435 to win, but could only manage to make 266 all out, giving Warwickshire a 168 runs victory.[5] This was his only major appearance for Warwickshire. He also played association football for Northampton.[6]
^General Index to the Second Series of the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, vols. I to XXV, 1865 to 1889, ed. Ernest Clarke, John Murray, 1890, p. 55
^Shire Horse Stud Book, Shire Horse Society, 1918, p. 306
^Annals of the Warwickshire Hunt from 1795 to 1895, from authentic documents, vol. II, Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bt, and Rev. W. R. Verney, Sampson, Low & Co., 1896, p. 278
^Bailey, Philip; et al. (1993). Who's Who of Cricketers (Revised and updated ed.). London: Hamlyn, in association with the Association of Cricket Statisticians. p. 336. ISBN0-600-57729-5.
^Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1643
^Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 103rd edition, ed. Peter Townend, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1963, p. 1061
