Famous Cricketers No 90 - Roy Edwin Marshall

594. Hampshire v Kent, Southampton, July 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) c Asif Iqbal b D.L.Underwood 52 267/7d 291 c M.C.Cowdrey b D.L.Underwood 9 106/4 174 595. Hampshire v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, July 29, 31, August (1) (Match drawn) not out 114 392/6d 116/8 596. Hampshire v Worcestershire, Portsmouth, August 5, 7, 8 (Hampshire won by nine wickets) c A.P.Pridgeon b B.L.D’Oliveira 25 253 225 not out 18 63/1 90 597. Hampshire v Glamorgan, Portsmouth, August 9, 10, 11 (Glamorgan won by four wickets) c E.W.Jones b R.D.L.Dudley-Jones 10 216 258/9d c Majid Khan b R.D.L.Dudley-Jones 4 210 169/6 1 598. Hampshire v Derbyshire, Derby, August 12, 14, 15 (Match drawn) c and b P.E.Russell 203 354/8d 195 179/7 599. Hampshire v Kent, Folkestone, August 23, 24, 25 (Kent won by five wickets) c B.W.Luckhurst b P.A.Topley 6 317 179 c D.Nicholls b J.N.Shepherd 31 198/8d 338/5 600. Hampshire v Lancashire, Bournemouth, August 26, 28, 29 (Match drawn) c K.Goodwin b D.P.Hughes 46 309 301 c J.D.Bond b D.P.Hughes 63 183/8 247/5d 601. Hampshire v Sussex, Bournemouth, August 30, 31, September 1 (Match drawn) c J.M.Parks b A.W.Greig 29 292 146 c J.Spencer b C.P.Phillipson 13 110/4 359/5d 602. Hampshire v Yorkshire, Southampton, September (9), 11, 12 (Match drawn) b H.P.Cooper 23 147 255/3d not out 69 224/3 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 16 28 5 979 118 42.56 2 5 1 Other Hampshire matches 2 3 1 60 29 30.00 - - 1 Season 18 31 6 1039 203 41.56 2 5 2 Career 602 1053 59 35725 228* 35.94 68 185 294 Summary Roy Marshall’s career in first-class cricket spanned more than a quarter of a century. He played his first match in January 1946 and his last in September 1972. While he was destined to play only 8 times for Barbados, his native island, he appeared 504 times for Hampshire, his adopted county. For the latter, he registered 30,303 runs, including 60 centuries, at an average of 36.03 per innings. His contribution to the Barbadian cause was 695 runs (ave 57.91). In 35 matches for the West Indies, he made 1,830 runs (ave 35.19). He also represented the Commonwealth on 26 occasions, scoring 1,193 runs (ave 32.24). A brilliant fieldsman, he held 293 catches. His right-arm off-breaks were used very sparingly in his last years with Hampshire. He would certainly have captured more than the 176 wickets which he took in almost 2,000 overs of very steady bowling had arthritis not intervened in the late stages of his career. On five occasions, he claimed five or more wickets in an innings and once, against Yorkshire at Bradford in June 1955, he captured as many as nine in a single game. His most successful effort yielded 6/36 against Surrey at Portsmouth in June 1956. His average of 28.93 runs per wicket was eminently satisfactory. That Roy Marshall should have been allowed many more than four Test matches goes without saying. He could have served either England or the West Indies with great distinction while at his peak. 57