About Geoffrey Marsland
Lived 1932 – 2016 (aged 84). Geoffrey Marsland was a cricketer and teacher.
Geoffrey Peter Marsland (17 May 1932 – 30 August 2016) was an English first-class cricketer and educator.
Marsland was born at Ashton-under-Lyne in June 1932. He was educated at Rossall School, before going up to Lincoln College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Gloucestershire at Oxford in 1953. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1954, making seventeen appearances. In his seventeen first-class matches, Marsland scored 448 runs at an average of 16.00 and a high score of 74, one of three half centuries he made.
After graduating from Oxford, he became a schoolmaster who taught at Eton College. Marsland died in August 2016.
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Who was Geoffrey Marsland?
English cricketer and educator (1932-2016)
When was Geoffrey Marsland born?
Geoffrey Marsland was born on 17 May 1932 in Ashton-under-Lyne.
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Geoffrey Marsland died on 30 August 2016 in Sherborne.
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Geoffrey Marsland was a cricketer and teacher.
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