Algernon Marsham

Algernon James Bullock Marsham (14 August 1919 – 11 February 2004) was an English cricketer.

Marsham played in 17 first-class cricket matches between 1939 and 1947 as a left-handed batsman and a right arm leg break bowler.[1] He was the last member of the famous Marsham family, which included his father C. H. B. Marsham and grandfather C. D. B. Marsham, to play cricket for Kent.[2]

Marsham was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. During World War II he was commissioned in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and was for some time a prisoner of war in Germany.[3]

References
  1. "Algernon Marsham player profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
  2. "Obituaries in 2004 (K-O)". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
  3. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. 3 (107th ed.). Wilmington, Delaware: Genealogical Books. p. 3387.


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