David Alexander Cadman Marshall (29 December 1935 – 2 January 2019) was an
English first-class
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er and educator.
Marshall was born in December 1935 at
Dore, Yorkshire. He was educated at
Rugby School, before going up to
Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the mi ...
. While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in
first-class cricket for
Oxford University against the
Free Foresters at
Oxford in 1957. Batting twice in the match, he ended the Oxford first innings of 347 for 6
declared
In the sport of cricket, a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's innings closed and a forfeiture occurs when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings without batting. Declaration and forfeiture are covered in Law 15 of the ''Laws of ...
unbeaten on 54, while in their second innings of 166 for 5 he was unbeaten on 14.
After graduating from Oxford, Marshall became a schoolteacher. He became the headmaster of
Musselburgh Grammar School
Musselburgh Grammar School a state-funded secondary school in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. It serves as the main secondary school for Musselburgh and the surrounding areas of Wallyford and Whitecraig. The school dates back to the sixtee ...
in August 1967. He died in January 2019 at
Bourton, Warwickshire.
His brother,
John, also played first-class cricket.
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1935 births
2019 deaths
People from Dore
People educated at Rugby School
Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
English cricketers
Oxford University cricketers
Heads of schools in Scotland
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