Famous Cricketers No 90 - Roy Edwin Marshall

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches 120.5 36 336 7 2/6 48.00 - - Career 205.1 63 553 15 2/6 36.86 - - 1950/51 Marshall represented Barbados in two matches against Trinidad this winter. His form was spotty and he achieved only modest results. In four innings, he reached fifty once. On that occasion he seemed well set for mightier deeds when impetuosity led to his downfall against Frank King’s bowling. In the first match he achieved his finest bowling analysis to date when he claimed three wickets in an innings for the first time. In the second, when Trinidad made 494, he bowled more overs (27) in an innings than at any time before. It was in this tournament that the Marshall brothers played together for Barbados for the last time. Norman had appeared in five of Roy’s first six matches for the island. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 26. Barbados v Trinidad, Bridgetown, February 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 (Match drawn) b S.Jagbir 2 363 7 1 25 3 A.G.Ganteaume b 279 C.C.R.Skeete b R.P.Tang Choon b c P.E.W.Jones b N.S.Asgarali 20 168 14 4 31 1 J.B.Stollmeyer b 167/8 27. Barbados v Trinidad, Bridgetown, February 27, 28, March 1, 2, 5 (Match drawn) c J.B.Stollmeyer b F.M.King52 441 27 11 66 1 A.G.Ganteaume b 494 2 b W.F.Ferguson 28 212/6 8 1 23 0 226/4d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 2 4 0 102 52 25.50 - 1 2 Career 27 39 0 1787 191 45.82 6 5 21 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches 56 17 145 5 3/25 29.00 - - Career 261.1 80 698 20 3/25 34.90 - - 1951/52 - West Indies in Australia and New Zealand The West Indies greatly disappointed their supporters by losing the Test series 1-4 and winning only 2 of their 13 first-class matches in Australia this winter. The much vaunted ‘W Formation’ failed miserably and the opening firm of Rae and Stollmeyer could not reproduce the wonderful form it had displayed in India in 1948/49 and England in 1950. There was therefore a fine opportunity for Roy Marshall to step forward and solidify his place in the West Indian Test XI. By failing to do so, he lost his chance (forever as it proved). Like the majority of his colleagues, he seemed to lose his concentration after batting fluently for about an hour and several promising beginnings were nipped in the bud by faulty shot-selection. Marshall played in 12 first-class matches during the tour and registered 623 runs at an average of 32.78 per innings. His finest innings, described by Wisden as “magnificent”, was 114 which almost won the game for the West Indians against New South Wales in November. He also batted well against Otago in February when he steered his team to victory by 8 wickets by scoring a swashbuckling 102 not out in the second innings. This was his 55th innings in first-class cricket and the first occasion on which he was left unbeaten. In his previous match, when bowled for 0 by Doug Ring of Victoria, he had also registered his very first duck in first-class cricket. Marshall was selected for four Tests, including two against New Zealand, but could average no better than 20.42. His highest Test innings in seven attempts was 30, against Australia, at Brisbane in November. In his very first Test innings, he played the fast bowling of Ray Lindwall and Keith Miller more confidently than any of his team-mates but, at 28, gave away his wicket by trying to hit Ian Johnson out of the ground at a critical time when, for his side, occupation of the crease was more vital 10