Robert Henry Bullock-Marsham Vanity Fair 12 October 1905

Robert Henry Bullock Marsham (3 September 1833 – 5 April 1913) was an English barrister and magistrate, known also as a

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er, who made appearances for

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and the

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(MCC).

Life

Marsham was born at

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, the son of Robert Bullock Marsham, the Warden of Merton, and a member of the extended family of the

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. His brothers C. D. B. Marsham and Charles Marsham were also cricketers. Primarily a bowler, Marsham took 35

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s with his slow-medium roundarm deliveries. His greatest achievement was to bowl MCC to victory against a much stronger

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side in 1859, where he took twelve wickets in the match. He made many appearances for

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, and also turned out for England against

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in 1860. Like his brothers, Marsham studied at Merton College. After graduating at Oxford he studied law, and was

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in 1860. He was

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1868–79 and was also a

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. s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Marsham, Robert Henry Bullock He died in

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in 1913.

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