Famous Cricketers No 90 - Roy Edwin Marshall

c J.N.Shepherd b D.L.Underwood 28 156 227/9d 583. Hampshire v Somerset, Southampton, September 1, 2, 3 (Hampshire won by 69 runs) c D.J.S.Taylor b A.A.Jones 8 273/9d 214 b K.J.O’Keefe 12 198/8d 188 584. Hampshire v Surrey, Southampton, September 11, 13, 14 (Hampshire won by four wickets) not out 142 295/4d 269 1 c G.G.Arnold b S.J.Storey 22 162/6d 187 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 24 45 7 1388 142* 36.52 2 7 8 Other Hampshire matches 2 2 0 155 122 77.50 1 - - Season 26 47 7 1543 142* 38.57 3 7 8 Career 584 1022 53 34686 228* 35.79 66 180 292 1972 - in England Roy Marshall played his last season for Hampshire in 1972 and finished this phase of his career, just as he had begun in his first full summer in 1955, with more than 1,000 runs even though he participated in only 18 games. The highlight of the year for him was a sparkling double-century against Derbyshire at Derby in mid-August when it took a marvellous return catch by Philip Russell to prevent him from surpassing his previous best. In “exuberant form”, he struck 2 sixes and 29 fours on that occasion. At Nottingham in late July he decorated his ebullient 114 not out with 15 fours as the team made almost 400 runs in a single day. Hampshire were lucky to be able to replace Marshall and Jimmy Gray, who had opened the innings so well for so long, with two such great batsmen as Barry Richards and Gordon Greenidge. The county finished ninth in 1972 but, within a year, would rise to the top of the proverbial greasy pole once again. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 585. Hampshire v Oxford University, The Parks, April (29), May 1, 2 (Match drawn) not out 29 233/4d 150/9d 39/2 586. Hampshire v Glamorgan, Neath, May 10, 11, (12) (Match drawn) c P.M.Walker b M.A.Nash 15 141/8 587. Hampshire v Australians, Southampton, May 17, 18, 19 (Australians won by nine wickets) c R.Edwards b R.J.Inverarity16 311 191 run out 15 184/5d 306/1 1 588. Hampshire v Essex, Chelmsford, May 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) c and b J.K. Lever 63 367 297/5d did not bat - 185/0d 198/5 589. Hampshire v Northamptonshire, Northampton, May 27, 29, 30 (Hampshire won by five wickets) c P.J.Watts b B.S.Bedi 4 238 247/7d st G.Sharp b B.S.Bedi 58 228/5 218/9d 590. Hampshire v Middlesex, Lord’s, June 10, 12, 13 (Hampshire won by five wickets) b K.V.Jones 0 190 296 not out 14 193/5 86 591. Hampshire v Leicestershire, Bournemouth, July 1, 3 (Leicestershire won by nine wickets) c K.Higgs b B.F.Davison 0 168 207 c B.Dudleston b R.Illingworth1 96 61/1 592. Hampshire v Somerset, Bournemouth, July (8), 10, 11 (Match drawn) c H.R.Moseley b T.W.Cartwright 44 124/5d 223 not out 34 95/2 105/6d 593. Hampshire v Surrey, Guildford, July 12, 13, 14 (Surrey won by 126 runs) b A.R.Butcher 1 171 264 c A.R.Butcher b C.E.Waller 30 173 206/2d 56