Michael Humphrey Farebrother (28 February 1920 – 27 September 1987) was an English first-class cricketer and educator.
[4] With the declaration of war on Germany in September 1939, Farebrother's first-class career came to a premature end, though he did complete his studies.
After graduating from Oxford, Farebrother served in the Second World War with the Grenadier Guards, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in December 1940.
[5] He served in the Italian campaign and was erroneously reported as killed in action in Italy in the 1945 edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
[6] By the 1950s, Farebrother was working as a schoolmaster and in 1956 he was appointed to the post of headmaster at St Peter's School, Seaford.