Full name Walter John Marsham Role Cricket Player Name Walter Marsham | Batting style Unknown | |
Relations John Marsham (father)Arthur Hoare (brother-in-law) Died March 8, 1945, Winchester, United Kingdom | ||
Walter John Marsham (24 October 1869 – 8 March 1945) was an English cricketer. Marsham's batting style is unknown.
The son of Kent cricketer Rev. Hon. John Marsham and Penelope Jane Hume, grandson of Charles Marsham 3rd Earl of Romney. Marsham was born at Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire. Marsham appeared once for Northamptonshire in the 1897 Minor Counties Championship against Worcestershire at the County Ground, Northampton. While in the British Raj, Marsham made a single first-class appearance for the Gentlemen of India against Oxford University Authentics in January 1903 at the Polo Ground, Delhi. In a match which Oxford University Authentics won by 6 wickets, Marsham batted twice, scoring 7 runs in the Gentlemen of India's first-innings before he was dismissed by Ralph Williams, while in their second-innings he top—scored with 68 before he was dismissed by Horatio Powys-Keck. He later married Frances Leonora Monckton, daughter of Edward Philip Monckton, in 1908. He died at Winchester, Hampshire on 8 March 1945. His brother-in-law Arthur Hoare was also a first-class cricketer.