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Full name | Roger Philip Twells Marshall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Horsham, Sussex, England | 28 February 1952|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1973–1978 | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,12 March 2012 |
Roger Philip Twells Marshall (born 28 February 1952) is a former English cricketer. Marshall was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium.
Marshall was born at Horsham,Sussex,and educated at Charterhouse School,where he captained the school cricket team in his final year in 1970. [1] He played for the Public Schools at Lord's in 1969. [2]
Marshall made his first-class debut for Sussex against the touring West Indians in 1973. Wisden noted after his debut season that Marshall,"with his flowing ginger hair,brought some colour to the scene". [3]
He appeared infrequently for the county's first eleven over six seasons,making the last of his 24 first-class appearances against Hampshire in the 1978 County Championship. [4] Playing primarily as a bowler,Marshall took 49 wickets in first-class cricket,which came at an average of 39.32,with best figures of 4 for 37 against Glamorgan in 1973. [5] With the bat,he scored a total of 315 runs at a batting average of 14.31,with a high score of 37. [6]
Marshall also played List A cricket for the county,making his debut in that format against Northamptonshire in the 1973 John Player League. He featured in this format even less frequently than he did in first-class cricket,making eleven further List A appearances for Sussex,the last of which came against Kent in the 1978 John Player League. [7] In his twelve List A appearances,he took 9 wickets at an average of 32.77,with best figures of 2/29. [8] With the bat,he scored a total of 53 runs at an average of 10.60,with a high score of 28. [9]
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