Algernon James Bullock Marsham (14 August 1919 – 11 February 2004) was an English

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. Marsham played in 17 first-class cricket matches between 1939 and 1947 as a left-handed batsman and a right arm

leg break Leg spin is a type of spin bowling in cricket. A leg spinner bowls right-arm with a wrist spin action. The leg spinner's normal delivery causes the ball to spin from right to left (from the bowler's perspective) when the ball bounces on the ...

bowler. He was the last member of the famous Marsham family, which included his father

C. H. B. Marsham Cloudesley Henry Bullock Marsham (10 February 1879 – 19 July 1928), also known as Slug Marsham, was an English amateur cricketer. Primarily a batsman, he played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1900 and 1922 and is most notable for having ...

and grandfather

C. D. B. Marsham The Rev. Cloudesley Dewar Bullock Marsham (30 January 1835 – 23 March 1915) was an English amateur cricketer who played mainly for Oxford University Cricket Club, The Gentlemen and England in the period between 1854 and 1866.

, to play cricket for Kent. Marsham was educated at Eton and

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church ( la, Ædes Christi, the temple or house, '' ædēs'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniqu ...

. During World War II he was commissioned in the

King's Royal Rifle Corps The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during the phase of the Seven Years' War in North America known in the United St ...

and was for some time a prisoner of war in Germany.

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* 1919 births 2004 deaths Kent cricketers Oxford University cricketers Combined Services cricketers English cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford King's Royal Rifle Corps officers British Army personnel of World War II {{England-cricket-bio-1910s-stub