Algernon Marsham Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Algernon Marsham player profile. Cricinfo. 23 July 2008.
  2. Web site: Obituaries in 2004 (K-O). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. 23 July 2008.
  3. Book: Mosley . Charles . Charles Mosley (genealogist) . . 107th . Genealogical Books . Wilmington, Delaware . 2003 . 3 . 3387.

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