Leslie Marshall (cricketer)
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Leslie Phillips Marshall MC
MD
TD
(25 January 1894 – 28 February 1978) played first-class
cricket
for Somerset
between 1913 and 1931. He was born at Chennai
, India
, then called Madras, and died at Taunton
, Somerset
.
Educated at Taunton School
, Marshall played in three first-class matches for Somerset at the age of 19 in 1913, but a score of 26 against Derbyshire
was his only success. His schooling was interrupted in 1914 when he joined the British forces serving overseas. He was discharged at the end of the war after receiving shrapnel wounds to the leg and buttock. He then made one first-class appearance in each of the 1914, 1919, 1926 and 1928 seasons, making little impact and, while a student at Cambridge University, he also appeared in one of the non-first-class trials matches in 1919, though he did not appear for the University side
in any first-class games. In 1931, he returned for four matches, the most he played in any one season, and in his final match, against the New Zealanders
, he twice improved his highest score, made 18 years earlier, with 29 in the first innings and 37 in the second.
also played for Somerset between 1914 and 1931. He also had a brother Basil and a sister (?) who died in childhood. Following service in the First World War, Marshall qualified as a physician. and in 1931 married Catherine Mary (née Hext) who also qualified as a doctor. He and Mary had two sons, William Hext Marshall (1933), who became a doctor and Hugh Marshall (1935?), who became a vicar. In 1936, they had a son who was stillborn
. In 1937, he was awarded an MD Doctor of Medicine degree at Cambridge University. He lived in Tan House in Blagdon Hill just outside Taunton from WW II until the end of his life. His wife survived him by three years, dying on 16 February 1981.
Military Cross
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MD
Doctor of Medicine
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TD
Territorial Decoration
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(25 January 1894 – 28 February 1978) played first-class
First-class cricket
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cricket
Cricket
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for Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
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between 1913 and 1931. He was born at Chennai
Chennai
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, India
India
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, then called Madras, and died at Taunton
Taunton
Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the shire county of Somerset....
, Somerset
Somerset
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.
Educated at Taunton School
Taunton School
Taunton School is a co-educational independent school in the county town of Taunton in Somerset in South West England. It serves boarding and day-school pupils from the ages of 13 to 18....
, Marshall played in three first-class matches for Somerset at the age of 19 in 1913, but a score of 26 against Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
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was his only success. His schooling was interrupted in 1914 when he joined the British forces serving overseas. He was discharged at the end of the war after receiving shrapnel wounds to the leg and buttock. He then made one first-class appearance in each of the 1914, 1919, 1926 and 1928 seasons, making little impact and, while a student at Cambridge University, he also appeared in one of the non-first-class trials matches in 1919, though he did not appear for the University side
Cambridge University Cricket Club
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in any first-class games. In 1931, he returned for four matches, the most he played in any one season, and in his final match, against the New Zealanders
New Zealand cricket team in England in 1931
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, he twice improved his highest score, made 18 years earlier, with 29 in the first innings and 37 in the second.
Family and life outside cricket
His brother AlanAlan Marshall (cricketer)
Alan George Marshall played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1914 and 1931. He was born at Chennai, India, then called Madras, and died at Pettistree, Woodbridge, Suffolk...
also played for Somerset between 1914 and 1931. He also had a brother Basil and a sister (?) who died in childhood. Following service in the First World War, Marshall qualified as a physician. and in 1931 married Catherine Mary (née Hext) who also qualified as a doctor. He and Mary had two sons, William Hext Marshall (1933), who became a doctor and Hugh Marshall (1935?), who became a vicar. In 1936, they had a son who was stillborn
Stillbirth
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. In 1937, he was awarded an MD Doctor of Medicine degree at Cambridge University. He lived in Tan House in Blagdon Hill just outside Taunton from WW II until the end of his life. His wife survived him by three years, dying on 16 February 1981.