Frederick Eric Marsh was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 cricket

Cricket

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er who played first class cricket for Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 between 1946 and 1949.

Marsh was born in Bolsover

Bolsover

Bolsover is a town near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. It is 145 miles  from London, 18 miles  from Sheffield, 26 miles  from Nottingham and 54 miles  from Manchester. It is the main town in the Bolsover district.The civil parish for the town is called...

 and played several miscellaneous matches for Derbyshire and local sides during the Second World War. He was one of several players to be given the chance to represent Derbyshire on the restart of the County Championship

County Championship

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. He made a fair impact during his debut season of 1946

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1946

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1946 represents the first cricket season after a six year break from first class cricket during World War II. The English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy five years...

, making one half-century. In the three seasons following his debut, he hit two half-centuries per season and bowled 6 for 37 against Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...

 in 1947.

Marsh was a left-handed batsman and played 109 innings in 66 first class matches with an average of 18.28 and a top score of 86. He was a slow left-arm bowler and took 44 first class wickets at an average of 38.59 and with a best performance of 6 for 37.

Marsh died at Derby

Derby

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 at the age of 82. His uncle was Stan Worthington

Stan Worthington

Thomas Stanley "Stan" Worthington, , was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1923 and 1947 and for England between 1930 and 1937. He was an all-rounder scoring over 19000 runs and taking over 600 first class wickets....

, nine-time Test cricketer and Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1937.