Country: | England |
Fullname: | Geoffrey Peter Marsland |
Birth Date: | 17 May 1932 |
Birth Place: | Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England |
Death Place: | Sherborne, Dorset, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
Club1: | Oxford University |
Year1: | 1953 - 1954 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 17 |
Runs1: | 448 |
Bat Avg1: | 16.00 |
100S/50S1: | –/3 |
Top Score1: | 74 |
Deliveries1: | 234 |
Wickets1: | 2 |
Bowl Avg1: | 69.00 |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | 2/68 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 7/– |
Date: | 10 June |
Year: | 2020 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17386.html Cricinfo |
Geoffrey Peter Marsland (17 May 1932 – 30 August 2016) was an English first-class cricketer and educator.[1]
Marsland was born at Ashton-under-Lyne in June 1932. He was educated at Rossall School,[2] before going up to Lincoln College, Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Gloucestershire at Oxford in 1953. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1954, making seventeen appearances.[4] In his seventeen first-class matches, Marsland scored 448 runs at an average of 16.00 and a high score of 74, one of three half centuries he made.[5]
After graduating from Oxford, he became a schoolmaster who taught at Eton College.[6] Marsland died in August 2016.[7]