Fasken was born into a military family at
Batu Gajah in
British Malaya in March 1932. His family moved back to England in 1937, where he attended the
Dragon School at
Oxford, before attending
Wellington College. While studying at Oxford he made his debut in
first-class cricket for
Oxford University against
Lancashire at
Oxford in 1953. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1955, making 27 appearances and gaining a
blue. With the bat he scored 403 runs with a high score of 61. In addition to playing first-class cricket for Oxford University, Fasken also played three matches apiece for the
Marylebone Cricket Club from 1956–59, and for the
Free Foresters from 1959–62. He also played at first-class level for
D. R. Jardine's XI and
L. C. Stevens' XI. He played his final minor counties match for Oxfordshire in 1955. After graduating from Oxford, Fasken decided not to take up a career as a cricketer, stating that "the life" never appealed to him. Instead he took up a career managing exhibition centres, including
Earls Court and
Olympia, both of which he was vice-president until his retirement in 1993. During his tenure he helped Olympia to become one of the world's leading exhibition venues. He was also a major factor in the development of
Earls Court Two in the late 1980s. When he was 69 he was diagnosed with
hydrocephalus, which required several
shunts to slow the progression of the condition. He spent four months in hospital with a kidney infection shortly before his death. He returned home for a month, but died on 24 May 2006, following a fall down the stairs at his home. He was survived by his wife Susan of 38 years and their two children Joanna and Hugh and three grandchildren. ==References==