Famous Cricketers No 90 - Roy Edwin Marshall

Sussex again in mid-July, he “drove and pulled fiercely while scoring 132 out of 222 on the first day with twenty-one 4’s among his hits”. During the first innings against Nottinghamshire at Southampton in mid-May, in his 399th game, Marshall became the first West Indian batsman to exceed 25,000 runs in first-class cricket. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 397. Hampshire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 5, 6, 7 (Match drawn) c S.J.Storey b R.I.Jefferson 60 260 248 c M.D.Willett b S.J.Storey 18 41/1 180/7d 398. Hampshire v Oxford University, The Parks, May 8, 10, 11 (Hampshire won by ten wickets) c R.M.C.Gilliatt b J.D.Martin 38 167 - - - - 193/8d not out 125 190/0 5 4 10 2 G.N.S.Ridley lbw 158/9d 1 A.H.Barker c and b 399. Hampshire v Nottinghamshire, Southampton, May 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) c I.J.Davison b A.J.Corran 29 288 148 1 c K.Gillhouley b I.J.Davison 4 141/6d 148/2 400. Hampshire v Yorkshire, Middlesbrough, May 19, 20 (Hampshire won by ten wickets) b R.A.Hutton 51 125 121 1 not out 10 20/0 23 401. Hampshire v Gloucestershire, Bristol, May 26, 27, 28 (Match drawn) b A.S.Brown 42 227 266 c B.J.Meyer b D.R.Smith 2 145/3 188/1d 402. Hampshire v Gloucestershire, Portsmouth, May 29, 31, June 1 (Gloucestershire won by nine wickets) c B.J.Meyer b D.R.Smith 20 106 272 c A.S.Brown b J.B.Mortimore 64 221 56/1 403. Hampshire v Somerset, Bournemouth, June 2, 3, 4 (Match drawn) b P.J.Robinson 85 294/7d 238 c K.E.Palmer b B.A.Langford 47 203/3d 202/8 1 404. Hampshire v Kent, Southampton, June 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c B.W.Luckhurst b J.C.J.Dye 30 113 313/5d c B.W.Luckhurst b J.N.Graham 12 57/2 109/7d 405. Hampshire v Lancashire, Old Trafford, June 9, 10, 11 (Hampshire won by 13 runs) c G.K.Knox b K.Higgs 3 174 136 c J.B.Statham b K.Higgs 7 77 102 1 406. Hampshire v Northamptonshire, Portsmouth, June 12, 14, 15 (Match drawn) c K.V.Andrew b R.R.Bailey 29 206 216/6d c J.D.F.Larter b D.S.Steele 52 126/3 407. Hampshire v Glamorgan, Southampton, June 16, 17, 18 (Match drawn) c A.Jones b O.S.Wheatley 26 109 125/7d b J.S.Presdee 46 121 408. Hampshire v Essex, Romford, June 19, 21, 22 (Match drawn) b B.E.A.Edmeades 2 115/8d 151 30/4 409. Hampshire v Sussex, Portsmouth, June 26, 28, 29 (Hampshire won by seven wickets) * lbw b A.Buss 43 246/6d 221 1 c and b K.G.Suttle 81 186/3 209/6d 410. Hampshire v Somerset, Bath, June 30, July 1 (Somerset won by seven wickets) * c G.Clayton b F.E.Rumsey 13 64 117 c B.A.Langford b W.E.Alley17 77 25/3 411. Hampshire v Middlesex, Lord’s, July 3, 5, 6 (Match drawn) * c J.T.Murray b R.W.Hooker 16 85 319/5d lbw b R.W.Hooker 24 325 412. Hampshire v Middlesex, Southampton, July 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) * c J.T.Murray b D.Bennett 25 256 259 c J.T.Murray b D.Bennett 3 178/9d 152/9 413. Hampshire v Derbyshire, Derby, July 10, 12, (13) (Match drawn) * lbw b H.J.Rhodes 12 191 6/1 43