Anthony Marshall (cricketer)

Anthony Granville Marshall (10 September 1932 – 5 December 1988) was an English cricketer. Marshall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast.

Anthony Marshall
Personal information
Full name
Anthony Granville Marshall
Born(1932-09-10)10 September 1932
Isleworth, Middlesex, England
Died5 December 1988(1988-12-05) (aged 56)
Bristol, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1950–1954Kent
1955–1970Wiltshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 6 3
Runs scored 37 41
Batting average 3.70 20.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 7 31*
Balls bowled 936 228
Wickets 13 3
Bowling average 30.69 33.33
5 wickets in innings 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 6/53 3/36
Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/–
Source: CricInfo, 15 May 2010

Marshall made his first-class cricket debut for Kent County Cricket Club against Glamorgan in 1950. Marshall represented Kent in four further first-class matches against Essex and Nottinghamshire in 1950, Cambridge University in 1953 and Oxford University in 1954. In his 5 first-class matches for the county, he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 44.00.[1]

In 1955, Marshall joined Wiltshire, where he represented the county in the Minor Counties Championship until 1970. Marshall also played three List-A cricket matches for Wiltshire against Hampshire in 1964, Nottinghamshire in 1965 and Essex in 1969, with all three fixtures coming in the Gillette Cup.[1]

In 1967, he played his final first-class match for a combined Minor Counties team against the touring Pakistanis, where in their second innings he claimed his career best first-class bowling figures by taking 6/53.[2]

Marshall died at Bristol in 1988 aged 56.[3]

References
  1. Anthony Marshall, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  2. Marshall, Anthony Granville, Obituaries in 1989, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1990. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  3. Anthony Marshall, Cricinfo. Retrieved 2018-12-11.

Anthony Marshall at ESPNcricinfo

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