Famous Cricketers No 90 - Roy Edwin Marshall

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 17 25 4 761 90 36.23 - 5 10 Career 61.1 94 6 3374 191 38.34 8 12 43 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches (6 ball) 284 75 738 25 4/56 29.52 - - Career (6 ball) 670 183 } 1998 63 4/56 31.71 - - (8 ball) 73.5 16 1954 - in England Still qualifying for Hampshire, Marshall was restricted to four first-class games this season. In two of them he represented the Commonwealth. He also played one game for the South of England against the North. His results were not spectacular. In his solitary game for Hampshire, he suffered the indignity of a ‘pair of spectacles’ for the first time in his career. His best effort was 59 against an England XI at Torquay in September. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 62. Hampshire v Pakistanis, Portsmouth, May 29, 31, June 1 (Match drawn) lbw b Fazal Mahmood 0 185 11 6 9 1 Hanif Mohammad b 163 lbw b Fazal Mahmood 0 238/6d 5 3 5 0 86/4 63. Commonwealth XI v England XI, Hastings, September 1, 2, 3 (Commonwealth XI won by 22 runs) lbw b D. Shackleton 30 261 - - - - 236 1 b P.J.Loader 3 199/3d 8 1 27 1 N.H.Rogers c and b 202 3 64. South v North, Torquay, September 4, 6, 7 (South won by 61 runs) c G.O.Dawkes b G.E.Tribe 32 347 3 0 26 0 246 1 c G.E.Tribe b B.Dooland 42 121/7d 4 0 19 0 161 65. Commonwealth XI v England XI, Torquay, September 8, 9, 10 (Match drawn) st R.T.Spooner b J.E.Walsh 59 311 9 2 43 1 G.M.Emmett c C.L.McCool 308 5 1 6 0 41/0 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other Hampshire match 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - - Other matches 3 5 0 166 59 33.20 - - 5 Season 4 7 0 166 59 23.71 - 1 5 Career 65 101 6 3540 191 37.26 8 13 48 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other Hampshire match 16 9 14 1 1/9 14.00 - - Other matches 29 4 121 2 1/27 60.50 - - Season (6-ball) 45 13 135 3 1/9 45.00 - - Career (6 ball) 715 196 } 2133 66 4/56 32.31 - - (8 ball) 73.5 16 1955 - in England Playing his first full season for Hampshire this year, Marshall made an enormous contribution to the county’s rise in the standings from fourteenth in 1953 and 1954 to third, their highest position in the 60 years they had been competing in the County Championship. In 32 first-class matches, Marshall batted so consistently that he exceeded 2,000 runs with only three centuries to his credit. He scored 50 runs or more on 15 occasions and headed his team’s batting averages. His fielding also continued to be of the highest quality and he averaged one catch per match. His off-break bowling, normally steady 15