Roy Marshall
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Relations | Norman Marshall (rrother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 72) | 9 November 1951 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 15 February 1952 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1946–1953 | Barbados | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1953–1972 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 5 January 2009 |
Roy Edwin Marshall (25 April 1930 – 27 October 1992) was a West Indian
Early career
The son of a wealthy plantation owner, Marshall was born in Farmers Plantation,
Move to England
Marshall made his Test debut against
He played for Hampshire from 1953 to 1972, qualifying for Championship matches in 1955, and captained them from 1966 to 1970. Marshall was an important component of Hampshire's 1961 Championship-winning side. He was an attacking opening batsman at a time when these were rare in county cricket. He scored over 1,000 runs in 17 of his 18 full county seasons and made 60 centuries for Hampshire. His best season was 1961 when he scored 2,607 runs. Marshall played 504 first-class matches for Hampshire, scoring 30,303 runs in his time with the county.[1]
Marshall died from cancer at Taunton, Somerset, on 27 October 1992.
Family
His brother Norman Marshall played a single Test for the West Indies in 1955. He also played first-class cricket for Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago.