Arthur Marshall (rugby union)

Arthur Marshall was a Scotland international rugby football player.[1]

Arthur Marshall
Birth nameArthur Marshall
Date of birth(1855-04-27)27 April 1855
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Date of death9 December 1909(1909-12-09) (aged 54)
Place of deathChislehurst, Bromley, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Edinburgh Academicals ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1874- Edinburgh District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1875 Scotland 1 (0)

Rugby Union career edit

Amateur career edit

Marshall played for Edinburgh Academicals.[2]

Provincial career edit

Marshall played for Edinburgh District in the 1874–75 season and the 1875–76 season.[3]

International career edit

He was capped once for Scotland on 8 March 1875.[4]

Family edit

Marshall was the son of David Captain Marshall and Christina Thomson Morgan. Arthur was one of their seven children.[5]

It was noted that Marshall died in Erpingham, Chislehurst in the borough of Bromley on the 9 December 1909, following an operation.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Arthur Marshall". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  3. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. ^ "Scotland v England". ESPN scrum.
  5. ^ "Ancestry - Sign In". www.ancestry.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.