Famous Cricketers No 90 - Roy Edwin Marshall

eleventh in the championship standings. His own personal record was satisfactory, as in 29 games he exceeded 1,800 runs, including three centuries, at an average of more than 36 and scored 50 runs or better on no fewer than 16 occasions. Hampshire’s progress was impeded by the retirement of Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie, the departure of Jimmy Gray and the decline of Danny Livingstone. Among their young bowlers, only Robert Cottam looked consistently dangerous and the usually reliable Peter Sainsbury could capture only 21 wickets (ave: 42.14). Against Nottinghamshire in June, when Marshall scored his first century of the season, Wisden reported that he “played an outstanding innings, curbing his natural scoring pace to meet the situation”. His 110 came out of a total of 209. A few weeks later, a dazzling 92 not out at Hove took Hampshire (125/1) to victory over Sussex in 105 minutes. His highest score was 133 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in July. He also scored a fine century against Kent at Bournemouth in August. Marshall seldom called upon himself as a bowler this summer, but some challenging overs against Essex towards the end of the campaign suggested that he might profitably have made greater use of his own off-breaks had he been physically able to do so. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 426. Hampshire v Oxford University, The Parks, April 30, May 2, 3 (Hampshire won by 8 wickets) * c F.S.Goldstein b J.N.C.Easter 47 328 3 3 0 0 285/7d 1 b G.N.S.Ridley 52 97/2 - - - - 136 427. Hampshire v Somerset, Imperial Ground, Bristol, May 7, 9, 10 (65 overs) (Match drawn) * b W.E.Alley 65 197/4c 109 1 lbw b F.E.Rumsey 9 146 157/6 428. Hampshire v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, May 14, 16, 17 (65 overs) (Match drawn) * c T.J.P.Eyre b E.Smith 30 147/9c 145/9c lbw b H.J.Rhodes 6 190/8 281/9d 1 429. Hampshire v Surrey, Basingstoke, May 18, 19, 20 (Match drawn) * c J.H.Edrich b S.J.Storey 34 259/6d 143/8d 1 c A.Long b R.I.Jefferson 25 62/1d 83/6 430. Hampshire v Gloucestershire, Bristol, May 25, 26, 27 (65 overs) (Hampshire won by 8 wickets) * b A.S.Brown 21 154/2c 87 c D.R.Shepherd b A.S.Brown 7 29/2 95 431. Hampshire v Glamorgan, Arms Park, Cardiff, May 28, 30, 31 (65 overs) (Glamorgan won by 46 runs) * c and b O.S.Wheatley 5 191/5c 167 c D.G.L.Evans b I.J.Jones 3 75 145 432. Hampshire v Gloucestershire, Southampton, June 1, 2, 3 (Hampshire won by 224 runs) * c M.D.Mence b A.R.Windows 89 253 93 lbw b A.S.Brown 52 202/5d 138 433. Hampshire v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, June 4, 5, 6 (65 overs) (Match drawn) * c R.Swetman b I.J.Davison 51 200/9c 185/8c c J.B.Bolus b C.Forbes 28 237/5 252 2 434. Hampshire v Nottinghamshire, Bournemouth, June 11, 13, 14 (Nottinghamshire won by seven wickets) * c I.J.Davison b C.Forbes 14 150 219 lbw b M.N.S.Taylor 110 209 141/3 435. Hampshire v Yorkshire, Bradford, June 15, 16, (17) (65 overs) (Match drawn) * b D.B.Close 12 151/8c 104 c G.A.Cope b D.Wilson 16 75/4 436. Hampshire v Leicestershire, Portsmouth, June 18, 20, 21 (65 overs) (Match drawn) * lbw b C.T.Spencer 32 189 135 c R.W.Tolchard b J.Cotton 2 169 156/4 437. Hampshire v Worcestershire, Dudley, June 25, 27, 28 (65 overs) (Match drawn) * lbw b J.A.Flavell 14 55/4d 40/1d c D.N.F.Slade b N.Gifford 43 85/2 159/6d 438. Hampshire v Sussex, Hove, June 29, 30. (65 overs) (Hampshire won by nine wickets) * b H.Newton 14 128/9c 153 not out 92 125/1 99 439. Hampshire v Worcestershire, Portsmouth, July 2, 3, 4 (Match drawn) * b L.J.Coldwell 20 119 283/8d c D.W.Richardson b N.Gifford 57 225/9 45