Oscar Weber, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1871
Place of Birth: Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Date of Death: 17-Dec-1946
Profession: cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Oscar Weber
- Oscar William Weber (17 October 1871 – 27 December 1946) was a Guyanese first-class cricketer. Weber was born at Georgetown in British Guiana.
- He made his debut in first-class cricket for Demerara against Barbados at Bay Pasture, Barbados in the 1891–92 Inter-Colonial Tournament.
- He made two further first-class appearances for Demerara in that seasons tournament.
- His next appearances in first-class cricket came for British Guiana, playing twice against Trinidad and Barbados in the 1895–96 Inter-Colonial Tournament.
- In September 1896, he played twice for British Guiana against Jamaica at Georgetown.
- In February 1897, he played for the West Indies against A.
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- Priestley's XI, while in March of the same year he played for British Guiana against a Lord Hawke's XI; the following month, he played for Lord Hawke's XI against British Guiana, likely due to a broken finger suffered by Hugh Bromley-Davenport, which limited his appearances on the tour.
- He played his final first-class match for Demerara in the final of the 1897–98 Inter-Colonial Tournament.
- A gap of four years followed before his next first-class appearance for British Guiana in September 1901.
- Between 1902–07, he made six further first-class appearances for British Guiana.
- In eighteen first-class appearances, he scored 255 runs at an average of 11.09 and a highest score of 55.
- With his left-arm fast-medium bowling, he took 25 wickets at a bowling average of 11.47, with best figures of 8 for 17.
- He took five wickets in an innings on two occasions and took the same number of ten wicket hauls in a match.
- His best figures came for Demerara on debut against Barbados.Outside of cricket, he worked as a civil servant and was married to Maud Frances.
- He later emigrated to England, where he died at Bedford in December 1946.
- His brother's Cyril, Arthur and Walter all played first-class cricket, as did his brothers-in-law Francis Austin and Russell Garnett, and his nephew Ian Fleming.
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