Jim Marshall (Australian footballer) explained

Jim Marshall
Fullname:James Charles Marshall
Birth Date:16 January 1882
Birth Place:Fitzroy, Victoria
Death Place:Caulfield, Victoria
Statsend:1904
Years1:1904
Club1: (VFL)
Games Goals1:1 (0)
Years2:1904
Club2:North Melbourne (VFA)
Games Goals2:5 (7)

James Charles Marshall (16 January 1882 – 21 August 1950) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Family

The son of George Grasby Marshall (1844-1883),[2] and Maria Anne Marshall (-1915), née Cooper, [3] James Charles Marshall was born in Fitzroy, Victoria on 16 January 1882.

He married Janet Eliza Tonkin (-1948) in 1916; they had three children.[4]

Football

St Kilda (VFL)

Recruited from South Melbourne Juniors, he played one match for the St Kilda First XVIII, against Melbourne, at the Junction Oval on 7 May 1904.[5]

North Melbourne (VFA)

Cleared from St Kilda in June 1904,[6] he played five matches for North Melbourne in the VFA.[7] [8]

Death

He died at the Caulfield Convalescent Hospital on 21 August 1950.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 553.
  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202609355 Deaths: Marshall, The Age, (Friday, 28 December 1883), p.1.
  3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1518918 Deaths: Marshall, The Argus, (Saturday, 22 May 1915), p.13.
  4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2270854 Deaths: Marshall, The Argus, (Thursday 2 December 1948), p.14.
  5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10318434/336741 St. Kilda's Finishing Rally, The Argus, (Monday, 9 May 1904), p.7.
  6. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/201653518 Football, The Age, (Thursday, 16 June 1904), p.9.
  7. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/103266352 North Melbourne v. West Melbourne, The North Melbourne Courier and West Melbourne Advertiser, (Friday, 24 June 1904), p.3.
  8. http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Marshall.php The VFA Project: Marshall.
  9. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22898926? Deaths: Marshall, The Argus, (Tuesday 22 August 1950), p.14.