Famous Cricketers No 90 - Roy Edwin Marshall

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m County Championship 30 7 65 3 3/29 21.66 - - Other Hampshire matches 17 7 51 2 1/22 25.50 - - Season (6 ball) 47 14 116 5 3/29 23.20 - - Career (6 ball) 1902.4 578 } 5067 175 6/36 28.95 5 - (8 ball) 73.5 16 1967 - in England Hampshire began the season promisingly enough, leading the race until late June, but then slipped all the way to twelfth - despite the heroics of their two veterans, Roy Marshall and Derek Shackleton. The latter, who celebrated his 43rd birthday during the season, exceeded 100 wickets for the nineteenth successive summer and the former, now 37, scored almost 1,500 runs. Marshall registered four majestic centuries and surpassed 50 on six other occasions but his average declined noticeably. His highest score was 160 against Northamptonshire at Portsmouth in mid-July when he shared a first-wicket partnership of 233 with Barry Reed, then the second best opening stand in Hampshire’s history. On this occasion Marshall struck one six and 23 fours in 220 minutes of total mastery. Against Surrey at The Oval in May, he struck a blistering 100 out of 176 in 58 overs. In June he showed his class by thumping the touring Indians for 189 runs in two brilliant innings at Southampton. In early July, he scored an exciting 153 out of 210 in 203 minutes against Middlesex at Lord’s. Although the county lacked quality spinners, Marshall was able to bowl only two overs all summer. Hampshire might have fared considerably better had this not been the case. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 455. Hampshire v Somerset, Taunton, May 3, 4, 5 (Hampshire won by 53 runs) * c C.R.M.Atkinson b K.E.Palmer 10 319/7d 136/5d 1 not out 10 13/0d 143 1 456. Hampshire v Leicestershire, Portsmouth, May 6, 7, 8 (Leicestershire won by eight wickets) * c P.T.Marner b J.Cotton 3 122 206 b C.T.Spencer 7 183 100/2 457. Hampshire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 10, 11, 12 (Hampshire won by an innings and 15 runs) * c and b P.I.Pocock 100 329/7d 123 1 191 458. Hampshire v Derbyshire, Southampton, May 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) * b I.R.Buxton 18 165 155 1 c M.Hill b T.J.P.Eyre 45 127/7 459. Hampshire v Essex, Ilford, May 21, 22, 23 (Hampshire won by nine wickets) * b R.E.East 75 311/7d 159 1 not out 8 19/1 169 460. Hampshire v Nottinghamshire, Bournemouth, May (24), 25, 26 (Match drawn) * c M.J.Smedley b C.Forbes 2 81 167 51/0 461. Hampshire v Glamorgan, Swansea, May (27), 29, (30) (Match drawn) * lbw b I.J.Jones 10 147/6 462. Hampshire v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, May 31, June 1, 2 (Match drawn) * c N.W.Hill b C.Forbes 19 240 162/9d c M.J.Smedley b J.S.Howarth 5 77/5d 56/6 463. Hampshire v Sussex, Hove, June 3, 4, 5 (Sussex won by eight wickets) * b J.A.Snow 12 206 215 c E.J.Lewis b J.A.Snow 18 109 101/2 464. Hampshire v Surrey, Basingstoke, June 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) * c M.J.Stewart b G.G.Arnold 6 213 200 c M.J.Edwards b G.G.Arnold 8 192 189/8 465. Hampshire v Gloucestershire, Portsmouth, June 10, 11, 12 (Hampshire won by 85 runs) * c R.B.Nicholls b J.B.Mortimore 76 304 170 1 c sub b D.A.Allen 37 141/3d 190 47