John Marshall | |
Birth Name: | John Campbell Marshall |
Birth Date: | 30 January 1929 |
Birth Place: | Sheffield, England |
Ru Position: | Fullback |
Ru Amateuryears: | - |
Ru Amateurclubs: | |
Ru Nationalteam: | |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 5 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1954 |
School: | Rugby School |
University: | Oxford University |
John Marshall (30 January 1929 – 26 April 2012) was a Scotland international rugby union player. In his rugby career he played as a fullback.[1] He was also a first-class cricketer.
Marshall played for London Scottish.[2]
He was capped for 5 times in 1954.[3]
While studying at Brasenose College, Oxford he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Worcestershire at Oxford in 1951. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1953, making sixteen appearances.[4] Marshall scored a total of 710 runs in his sixteen matches, at an average of 26.29 and a high score of 111.[5] This score, which was his only first-class century, came against the Free Foresters in 1953.[6] [7] His brother, David, also played first-class cricket.
A pupil at Rugby School, Marshall later became a Housemaster at the school, then Acting Head Master, then Head of the Junior Department.[2] [7]