| Harry Marsham | |
| Fullname: | Henry Marsham (born Kendall) |
| Nickname: | Nipper |
| Birth Date: | 19 July 1890 |
| Birth Place: | Carlton, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Geelong, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Chilwell (GDFA) |
| Height: | 185 cm |
| Weight: | 90 kg |
| Position: | Ruckman/Forward |
| Guernsey: | 10 |
| Statsend: | 1919 |
| Years1: | 1908 |
| Club1: | Chilwell (GDFA) |
| Years2: | 1909–1915 |
| Club2: | Geelong (VFL) |
| Games Goals2: | 93 (51) |
| Years3: | 1916 |
| Club3: | Richmond (VFL) |
| Games Goals3: | 7 (4) |
| Years4: | 1917–1919 |
| Club4: | Geelong (VFL) |
| Games Goals4: | 35 (12) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 135 (67) |
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Harry "Nipper" Marsham (19 July 1890 – 31 December 1932) was a player for the Geelong Football Club and the Richmond Football Club in the VFL between 1909 and 1919.
The son of Rebecca Josephine Kendall (1869–1936),[1] [2] Henry Kendall,[3] later known as Henry Marsham, was born at Carlton, Victoria on 19 July 1890.
He married Olive Gertrude Elizabeth McQueen (1893–1950) (later Mrs. Albert Payor Rapkins)[4] in 1915.[5] Their son, Alan Robert Marsham (1920–1990), also played with Geelong in the VFL.
"Harry was a well-built ruckman and key-position player. He was a strong mark and although not blessed with pace he had the stamina to ruck all day."[6]
Recruited from the Chilwell Football Club in the Geelong District Football Association (GDFA), he played as a ruckman and forward for Geelong for seven seasons.
When Geelong were unable to compete in 1916 due to World War I, he crossed to Richmond, and played in 7 matches (including the Semi-Final against Carlton, at the MCG, on 19 August 1916), and scored 4 goals.[6]
Marsham returned to Geelong for the 1917 season and captained the club that year.[7] He retired at the end of the 1919 season.
He died at his South Geelong residence on 31 December 1932.[8] [9] [10]