Charles Jacob Bullock Marsham (18 January 1829 – 20 August 1901) was an English

England

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 cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er, who appeared for Oxford University

Oxford University Cricket Club

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 and Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...

.

Born in Merton College, Oxford

Merton College, Oxford

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, Marsham was the brother of C. D. B. Marsham

C. D. B. Marsham

The Rev. Cloudesley Dewar Bullock Marsham was an English cricketer, primarily playing for Oxford University....

, who was noted as the best amateur bowler in England. Marsham himself played in 38 first-class

First-class cricket

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 fixtures, scoring a total of 782 run

Run (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement...

s and taking 6 wicket

Wicket

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s. His best innings

Innings

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 were against Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

; against whom he scored both of his half-centuries.

His obituary

Obituary

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 in the 1902 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

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described him as "a fine and powerful hitter, especially forward". An original member of the Harlequins, Marsham died at Pall Mall, London

Pall Mall, London

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in 1901, following a short illness.

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