Anthony Marshall

Who was Anthony Marshall?

Anthony Granville Marshall was an English cricketer. Marshall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast.

Marshall made his first-class debut for Kent against Glamorgan in 1950. Marshall represented Kent in 4 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.

In 1955, Marshall joined Wiltshire, where he represented the county in the Minor Counties Championship until 1970. Marshall also played 3 List-A matches for Wiltshire against Hampshire in 1964, Nottinghamshire in 1965 and Essex in 1969, with all 3 fixtures coming in the Gillette Cup.

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.

Marshall died in Bristol on 5 December 1988.