Henry Marshal (cricketer)

Henry Worgan Marshal, (27 June 1900 at Santa Maria, Colombia – 6 January 1970 at Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire, England) played cricket in first-class matches for Argentina against touring sides from England, and for the South American team that toured England in 1932. He also represented Argentina in non-first-class international matches against Chile.

Henry Marshal

Personal information
Full name	Henry Worgan Marshal
Born	27 June 1900 Santa María, Huila Department, Colombia
Died	6 January 1970 (aged 69) Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	Argentina
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 10 Runs scored 487 Batting average 28.64 100s/50s –/2 Top score 153 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 11/–
Source: CricketArchive, 23 January 2011

Educated at Oundle School, Marshal was a right-handed opening batsman, and also acted as wicketkeeper in several of his first-class matches. He made his first-class debut in four matches against an MCC side in 1926-27, scoring 105 on his debut. He also played for Argentina in 1929-30 against a touring side under Sir Julien Cahn.

His biggest innings came for the South American side in England. In the first first-class match, against Oxford University, Marshal made 153 in four-and-a-half hours. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack reported that he "scarcely lifted the ball at all and did not give a chance".[1] The innings was highest of the tour by any batsman in any match, first-class or non-first-class. On the tour as a whole, Marshal scored 255 first-class runs at an average of 31.87 runs per innings; including other matches, his aggregate was 652 runs at 34.31, and he made a second century, 101 not out, in a non-first-class match against the South American Banks at Teddington.[2]

Marshal played in domestic Argentine cricket into his 40s.

References

• Henry Marshal at www.cricketarchive.com contains details of first-class and other matches, complete career statistics and scorecards
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1933 edition, page 508-520, reports on the South American tour to England in 1932.

Notes

1. "South American Team in England". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1933 ed.). Wisden. p. 510.
2. "South American Team in England". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1933 ed.). Wisden. p. 520.