Famous Cricketers No 90 - Roy Edwin Marshall

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 22 38 1 1216 163 32.86 3 4 7 Other Hampshire match 1 1 0 125 125 125.00 1 - - Other matches 3 5 0 90 33 18.00 - - 3 Season 26 44 1 1431 163 33.27 4 4 10 Career 393 694 32 24661 228* 37.25 51 123 225 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches 7 1 16 1 1/16 16.00 - - Career (6 ball) 1782.2 552 } 4682 163 6/36 28.72 5 - (8 ball) 73.5 16 1964/65 - Cavaliers in West Indies Marshall was a member of the team of 15 Cavaliers, led by Trevor Bailey, who toured the West Indies this winter. They played seven matches, including four that were first-class. Marshall participated in three of the latter but achieved very modest results. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 394. Cavaliers v Jamaica XI, Kingston, February 13, 15, 16, 17 (Jamaica XI won by 209 runs) lbw b G.S.Sobers 20 189 5 0 24 0 332 b L.A.King 11 176 16 5 40 2 E.H.C.Griffith lbw 242/6d E.D.St J.A.McMorris b 395. Cavaliers v Barbados, Bridgetown, February 20, 22, 23 (Match drawn) lbw b C.C.Griffith 4 152 5 0 24 0 333/4d 1 c D.W.Allan b R.M.Edwards 23 326/4d 8.2 0 31 2 P.D.Lashley c J.H.Hampshire 222/4 R.C.Brancker lbw 396. Cavaliers v Barbados, Bridgetown, February 25, 26, 27 (Match drawn) lbw b D.Carter 0 264/5d 17 2 71 0 270/3d c D.DaC.Boxill b J.N.Shepherd 12 266/9d 11 0 53 1 K.D.Boyce c P.E.Richardson 241/7 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 3 6 0 70 23 11.66 - - 1 Career 396 700 32 24731 228* 37.02 51 123 226 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches 62.2 7 243 5 2/31 48.60 - - Career (6 ball) 1844.4 559 } 4925 168 6/36 29.31 5 - (8 ball) 73.5 16 1965 - in England Hampshire did only marginally better than the year before, finishing twelfth in the standings this summer. Marshall exceeded 1,500 runs again but at a lower average than usual. He played several fine innings but converted only two of them into centuries. His very first innings, which yielded 60 before he was undone by his own impetuosity, was described by Wisden as “an exhilarating display”. In the following match, he raced to his century against Oxford University in 102 minutes, the fastest by any one this season. Hampshire, chasing 185 to win in 135 minutes, claimed the victory with thirteen minutes to spare. Mike Barnard finished the proceedings with a mighty six off Richard Gilliat’s bowling. Marshall’s “remarkable” 81 against Sussex at Portsmouth in late June took only 82 minutes after he had despatched John Snow for three fours and one six in the first over. When he confronted 42