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Rodney William Marsh (4 November 1947 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian professional
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er who played as a
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for the Australian national team. Marsh had a Test career spanning from the 1970–71 to the 1983–84 Australian seasons. In 96 Tests, he set a world record of 355 wicketkeeping dismissals, the same number his pace bowling
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teammate
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achieved with the ball. The pair were known for their bowler–wicketkeeper partnership, which yielded 95 Test wickets, a record for any such combination. They made their Test debuts in the same series and retired from Test cricket in the same match. ''
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'' stated that "Few partnerships between bowler and wicket-keeper have had so profound an impact on the game." Marsh had a controversial start to his Test career, selected on account of his batting abilities. Sections of the media lampooned Marsh's glovework, dubbing him "Iron Gloves" after sloppy catching in his debut Test. His keeping improved over time and by the end of his career he was regarded as one of the finest in the history of the sport. He was widely regarded for his sense of team discipline, in particular after
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controversially declared the Australian first innings closed in the Fifth Test of the 1970–71 series at the MCG with Marsh eight runs short of a century. He was known for his athletic keeping. He was nicknamed Australia's marshal due to his ability to uplift the spirit and energy within the Australian side by having some word with opponent batsmen during his playing days which had also influenced a shift in momentum in several occasions where Australia would go on to win matches from precarious situations. He continued to maintain his work ethics when he refused to sign a cricket bat in 2009 which had the signature of former New Zealand cricketer
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, with the latter being later found guilty of involving in a spot-fixing scandal. In 2009, Marsh was inducted into the
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Early years

Marsh was born in the
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suburb of Armadale on 4 November 1947 to Barbara and Ken Marsh. Marsh played
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with his older brother
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, who became a professional golfer and won eleven times on the European Tour. Both brothers represented Western Australia at cricket at schoolboy level. Marsh played his first competitive match at the age of eight for the Armadale under-16s, where he also kept wicket. At thirteen he captained the state schoolboys' team, and joined the West Perth district club. When he debuted for West Perth's first XI he was a specialist batsman, as Western Australia wicketkeeper
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also represented the club. In order to further his keeping, Marsh joined the University club. He formed a bond with Dennis Lillee in 1966 at a time when Marsh was serving as a trainee teacher with the University Club. Since then, he has been dubbed as Lillee's partner-in-crime by pundits. Marsh made his first-class debut for Western Australia, again as a specialist batsman, against the touring
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in 1968–69. He had an unusual match, scoring 0 and 104. His whirlwind knock of 104 on state debut against a fancied West Indian bowling attack which comprised
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Test career

Marsh replaced the retired Becker from the 1969–70 season. At the time, Australia was touring India and South Africa with
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and
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as the team's wicketkeepers. In the autumn of 1970, an Australian second team toured New Zealand with John MacLean as wicketkeeper. Therefore, Marsh was behind these players in the pecking order. However, he was a controversial selection for the first Test of the 1970–71 Ashes series, replacing Taber; Marsh was selected for his batting. The media was quick to criticise Marsh's glovework in his early career, dubbing him "Iron Gloves" after he missed a number of catches. Even on his debut in the First Test in the 1970–71 Ashes series he took four catches in his first innings. His batting proved invaluable on a number of occasions and in the Fifth Test he equalled the record for the highest Test innings by an Australian keeper, set by
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. The end of the innings was controversial; the captain
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declared with Marsh eight runs short of a century so he could get an extra hour of bowling before stumps. When questioned by the press about his lost chance to make an historic century Marsh said he had gained forty runs instead of missing eight as he thought Lawry should have declared an hour earlier. Even though Marsh was unbeaten on 92 before declaration was made, Marsh emphasized first priority for the team before personal milestones and achievements. His gesture eventually would help him to win accolades and also to stamp a sense of authority and loyalty among the fans as well as among the teammates. Marsh later admitted that he was underprepared as a wicketkeeper, but he learned from watching his English counterpart
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. He and Knott did, however, concede the same number of byes in the series: 44. Marsh became an integral part of the team as the side improved during the 1972 tour of England. He was deemed a strong gatekeeper to Australia's baggy green culture and was known for his authorship of Australian team victory song " Under the Southern Cross I Stand" which he co-opted from the original version of
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’s 1887 poem " Flag of the Southern Cross". Marsh initially had the role of leading the team in singing it, and on his retirement he passed it on to Allan Border. It was revealed that it was Marsh who started the victory celebration by narrating the song following Australia's emphatic victory against England on the final day of the fifth and final test match on 16 August 1972 at The Oval where Australia successfully chased down 242 with 5 wickets to spare. He became the first Australian keeper to hit a century by scoring 118 in the first Test against
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at
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in 1972–73. He also hit 236 against the tourists for Western Australia, the best score of his career. Playing a key role in Australia's series victories over England and the West Indies in the series of 1974–75 and 1975–76, Marsh made many acrobatic dives to catch balls delivered by
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and
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. He took 45 dismissals in those two series, including a world-record 26 catches in six Tests against the West Indies. Marsh scored an unbeaten 110 in the second innings of the Centenary Test against England in 1977, becoming the first Australian wicketkeeper to score a Test century against England. In the same match he passed
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's Australian wicket-keeping record of 187 Test dismissals. He scored a further 16 half centuries. In first class matches, he accumulated 11 centuries including a best of 236, aggregating more than 10000 runs in his career. When the breakaway
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was formed, Marsh had no hesitation in signing for
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. He claimed 54 dismissals in 16 Supertests. Upon his return to traditional international cricket in 1979–80, his age did not affect his keeping ability. On the 1981 tour of England, he took 23 dismissals to become the first wicketkeeper to take 100 dismissals in Ashes Tests, broke Knott's world record in 22 fewer Tests and passed 3000 runs in Test cricket. He was the wicketkeeper, in the infamous
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which happened during the 3rd final of the 1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series. In 1982–83, his penultimate season, he took 28 dismissals against England, including nine and eight in the second and third Test respectively. His batting form fell away towards the end of his Test career, his last 22 Tests yielding only 589 runs at an average of 19.63. On his final test match appearance against Pakistan at the
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on 6 January 1984, he effected five dismissals and set a then world record for most test dismissals by a keeper at that time with 355. He also became the first keeper to reach 350 dismissals. Marsh's retirement coincided with those of Dennis Lillee and former Australia captain
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.


Style

Powerfully built, Marsh was regarded as an all rounder for the majority of his career. Coupled with his short stature, his power suited him to the task of keeping wicket. Despite his bulk, which forced him to work heavily on reducing his weight in his early career, he had fast foot movement, combined with fast anticipation and reflexes, which allowed him to cover more ground. He raised the role of wicketkeeper to a more prominent status in a team with his acrobatic diving, raucous appeals and habit of throwing a ball high into the air upon completing a dismissal. As the wicketkeeper, he made himself the focal point in the field and attempted to extract higher standards of concentration from both himself and his teammates. Speaking of his understanding with Lillee, he said, "I've played with him so much now that most of the time I know what he is going to do before he has bowled ... I know from the way he runs up; the angle, the speed, where he hits the crease, where the ball is going to be." At state level, Marsh was a noted captain, leading the state to a Sheffield Shield and Gillette Cup double in both forms of the game in 1976–77. He had nine wins and seven losses in 20 Shield matches as captaincy, and seven from nine matches in the limited overs competition. Marsh was an effective player in ODI matches, contributing as a keeper and a lower order batsman. His power and aggression was put to good use in the closing overs, when he could score at a rapid rate. In one match against New Zealand in 1980–81 against
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at the
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, he struck 26 from the final over, with three sixes and two fours, before falling on the final ball.


Coaching and other non-playing duties

Marsh was a cricket commentator for Channel Nine's international matches between 1986–1990 and 1996–1998. He was a coach at the
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in
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since its inception and was its director from 1990 to 2001. Some of his former proteges include Australian internationals wicketkeeper–
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and
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s
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and
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. Marsh was the Director of the
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(ECB) national academy from October 2001 to September 2005. During this time, England went from being a mediocre team to challenging Australia as the best team in Test cricket and in 2005, they regained the Ashes after 16 years in Australian hands with a 2–1 win. Marsh later criticised the ECB for releasing
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, who had trained England's four pronged pace battery, and attacked
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's selection of
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as the
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ahead of Chris Read. He once declared his cricketing allegiance to England and was at one time a selector for the English team. In August 2006, the
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announced Marsh had been appointed in a consultancy role to undertake a review of cricket throughout South Australia. Marsh had also worked with the Global Cricket Academy in
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. He was included in a part-time capacity as a part of the Cricket Australia national selection panel in 2011. In 2011, in a newly created role by Cricket Australia he was asked to coach the coaches in order to ensure a unified approach to mentor the players across the states of Australia. Marsh was appointed chairman of selectors for
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on 2 May 2014, replacing
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. He was previously Cricket Australia's manager of elite coaching development. He felt the heat at times from former cricketers including
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for not selecting
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in the Australian playing XI especially during the Chappell-Hadlee ODI series in February 2016 in New Zealand. On 16 November 2016, Marsh resigned as chairman of selectors, after a series defeat to South Africa.


Honours

Marsh was made a Member of the
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in the 1982 New Year Honours and inducted into the
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in 1985. He was named as one of Wisden's Cricketer of the Year in 1982. He received an
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in 2000 and a
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in 2001. In 2005, he was inducted into the Cricket Hall of Fame by Cricket Australia. Actor
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portrayed Rod Marsh in the 2012 Australian miniseries ''
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''. In 2015, he became the fourth Australian cricketer to deliver MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture after
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,
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and
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. He received Honorary Life Membership of the
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in 1988.


Personal life and death

Marsh's son
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captained the
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in the absence of
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in the mid-2000s. In 2010, he appeared in an episode of '' Who Do You Think You Are?'', where it was revealed that his grandmother died after giving birth to one of his aunts, leading his grandfather to put their three children, including Marsh's father Ken, up for adoption. On 24 February 2022, Marsh was left in a critical condition following a
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in
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,
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, whilst en route to a charity event hosted by Queensland Bulls Masters. He died eight days later, on 4 March 2022, in
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,
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, at the age of 74. His death came on the same day as that of fellow Australian cricket icon
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, who had paid tribute to Marsh in a tweet a few hours prior to his own death in
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. His funeral service was held at the
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on the 17th March, and was hosted by
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; amongst the tributes included a recorded eulogy by
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Notes


References

*Browning, Mark. ''Rod Marsh: A Life of Cricket'' (2003). Rosenberg Publishing *


External links

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