Marshall D'Souza (or de Souza; 30 June 1941 – 10 April 2013) was a Canadian

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er. A right-arm

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ner, before emigrating to Canada he played several seasons in Pakistani domestic competitions, including at first-class level. He debuted for the Canadian national side in 1967, with his final international match coming in 1975.

Career in Pakistan

D'Souza was born in

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to a

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family that had recently left what was then

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. His older brother, Antao D'Souza, played

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, and another brother, Paul D'Souza, also played first-class cricket. Marshall D'Souza made his first-class debut during the 1962–63 season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, playing four matches for a Karachi B team. He took 1/16 from 10 overs on debut against a Pakistan Universities side, and then 3/52 from 27 overs in the next game against

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, bowling only in one innings in each case. Both matches were concluded in unusual circumstances – Pakistan Universities had only eight batsmen (three being recorded as " absent hurt" in each innings), while Railways' captain, Aslam Khokhar, conceded the match after a single innings each. D'Souza performed well in the semi-final against

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, taking 1/12 and 2/19 bowling in tandem with a left-arm spinner, Ziaullah. However, in the tournament final against Karachi A, he finished with 1/74 in Karachi A's only innings, with his side losing by an innings and 163 runs. Opening the bowling for Karachi A in that game was Antao D'Souza, the only time any of the brothers played together in a first-class match. The fifth and final first-class match D'Souza played came late in the 1963–64 season, a Quaid-i-Azam match for the Karachi Blues against the Lahore Whites at

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. Aged 22 at the time, he went wicketless, bowling only seven overs.

Career in Canada

D'Souza first appeared for the Canadian national side in 1967, playing first against a touring

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(MCC) team, and then in the annual match against the U. S. national side.Miscellaneous matches played by Marshall D'Souza
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2015. The match against the MCC was played in the grounds of

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, and on his national debut D'Souza was Canada's best bowler, with figures of 4/133 from 47 overs. After the 1967 season, he did not appear in another international match until 1973, when he played against

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. D'Souza's 1974 season included two matches against

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in Toronto, followed by a tour of England in July. Canada's most notable opponents on the tour were the minor counties of

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and

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, as well as the second XIs of

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, and

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. D'Souza's best performances were 4/25 against the Sussex 2nd XI and 4/17 against Berkshire. The only other Canadian player with first-class experience on the tour was

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. D'Souza's final recorded international match was against the U.S. in 1975, by which time he was 34. His career in Canada had also included occasional interprovincial appearances for Quebec – an especially notable performance was 6/22 against Saskatchewan in 1967, which ensured Quebec won that year's Canadian Cricket Championship. D'Souza and his wife Bertha (née Fernandes) had two children. He died in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, a suburb of

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, in April 2013, having suffered from Parkinson's disease.(10 April 2013)
Marshal De Souza Obituary
– ''Montreal Gazette'', retrieved from Legacy.com, 29 April 2015.

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Career in Pakistan

Career in Canada

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