Famous Cricketers No 90 - Roy Edwin Marshall

258. Hampshire v Middlesex, Portsmouth, August 3, 4, 5 (Hampshire won by an innings and 26 runs) b A.E.Moss 168 307/2d - - - - 130 6 3 7 0 151 259. Hampshire v Gloucestershire, Portsmouth, August 6, 8, 9 (Hampshire won by ten wickets) c D.M.Young b G.G.M.Wiltshire 17 290/8d 229 not out 37 73/0 130 1 260. Hampshire v Surrey, Southampton, August (10), (11), 12 (Match drawn) c A.B.D.Parsons b E.A.Bedser 44 156/9 162/9d 261. Hampshire v Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, August 13, 15, 16 (Gloucestershire won by six wickets) c and b C.Cook 77 315/5d 6 4 5 0 255 c J.B.Mortimore b D.R.Smith 20 116 - - - - 182/4 262. Hampshire v Derbyshire, Derby, August 17, 18 (Derbyshire won by six wickets) c D.J.Green b H.L.Jackson 3 60 177 absent ill - 174 58/4 263. Hampshire v Northamptonshire, Northampton, August 20, 22, 23 (Match drawn) b F.H.Tyson 17 295/8d 272 c and b P.D.Watts 41 144/5d 88/5 264. Hampshire v Essex, Bournemouth, August 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) c D.J.Insole b B.R.Knight 116 268/5d 165 227 265. Hampshire v Northamptonshire, Bournemouth, August 27, 29, 30 (Match drawn) lbw b F.H.Tyson 18 179 255/8d 1 not out 41 67/2 96 266. Hampshire v Somerset, Taunton, August 31, September 1, 2 (Match drawn) c R.T.Virgin b W.E.Alley 9 150/4d 151/7d not out 84 212/5 267. Players v Gentlemen, Scarborough, September 3, 5, 6 (Players won by 24 runs) b G.W.Richardson 32 350/9d 294 c D.J.Insole b J.J.Warr 2 221 253 268. T.N.Pearce’s XI v South Africans, Scarborough, September 7, 8, 9 (South Africans won by four wickets) c R.A.McLean b J.P.Fellows-Smith 17 264 304 c N.A.T.Adcock b C.Wesley 67 231 192/6 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Players v Gentlemen 1 2 0 34 32 17.00 - - - County Championship 31 55 5 2062 168 41.24 4 11 12 Other Hampshire matches 2 3 0 200 143 66.66 1 - - Other match 1 2 0 84 67 42.00 - 1 - Season 35 62 5 2380 168 41.75 5 12 12 Career 268 465 22 16256 193 36.69 31 87 181 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m County Championship 58 25 102 5 3/61 20.40 - - Career (6 ball) 1699.4 529 } 4417 156 6/36 28.31 5 - (8 ball) 73.5 16 1961 - in England Hampshire won the County Championship this year for the very first time. Marshall’s contribution was enormous. He registered in excess of 2,600 runs for the first time in his career and averaged over 43 runs per innings. But it was the rapid pace of his scoring that often made the difference between victories and drawn games. When Surrey challenged Hampshire to score 308 for victory in five and a half hours at The Oval in early May, Marshall decided the issue with a brilliant 153, including 22 fours, in 135 minutes. Wisden described it as a “glorious display of majestic batting”. At 31