Harry Marsham

Harry Marsham
Personal information
Full name	Henry Marsham (born Kendall)
Nickname(s)	Nipper
Date of birth	19 July 1890
Place of birth	Carlton, Victoria
Date of death	31 December 1932(1932-12-31) (aged 42)
Place of death	Geelong, Victoria
Original team(s)	Chilwell (GDFA)
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Position(s)	Ruckman/Forward
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1908	Chilwell (GDFA)
1909–1915	Geelong (VFL)	093 (51)
1916	Richmond (VFL)	007 0(4)
1917–1919	Geelong (VFL)	035 (12)
Total		135 (67)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Career highlights
Geelong Captain 1917 Three times state representative
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Harry "Nipper" Marsham (19 July 1890 – 31 December 1932) was a player for the Geelong Football Club and the Richmond Football Club in the VFL between 1909 and 1919.

Family

The son of Rebecca Josephine Kendall (1869–1936),^[1][2] Henry Kendall,^[3] later known as Henry Marsham, was born at Carlton, Victoria on 19 July 1890.

He married Olive Gertrude Elizabeth McQueen (1893–1950) (later Mrs. Albert Payor Rapkins)^[4] in 1915.^[5] Their son, Alan Robert Marsham (1920–1990), also played with Geelong in the VFL.

Football

"Harry was a well-built ruckman and key-position player. He was a strong mark and although not blessed with pace he had the stamina to ruck all day."^[6]

Geelong (VFL)

Recruited from the Chilwell Football Club in the Geelong District Football Association (GDFA), he played as a ruckman and forward for Geelong for seven seasons.

Richmond (VFL)

When Geelong were unable to compete in 1916 due to World War I, he crossed to Richmond, and played in 7 matches (including the Semi-Final against Carlton, at the MCG, on 19 August 1916), and scored 4 goals.^[6]

Geelong (VFL)

Marsham returned to Geelong for the 1917 season and captained the club that year.^[7] He retired at the end of the 1919 season.

Death

He died at his South Geelong residence on 31 December 1932.^[8][9][10]

See also

• 1914 Sydney Carnival

Notes

1. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.6512/1890: marriage to Arthur Edwin Marsham (1867–1958).
2. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.19837/1936.
3. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no.20837/1890.
4. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.13411/1937.
5. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.16844/1950.
6. Hogan (1996), p. 133.
7. Geelong Football Club Honour Roll Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
8. Deaths; Marsham, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 31 December 1932), p.15.
9. Death of Former Footballer, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 31 December 1932), p.5.
10. H. Marsham Gone: Great League Ruckman, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 4 January 1933), p.11.

References

• Hogan P: The Tigers of Old: A complete History of Every Player to Represent the Richmond Football Club between 1908 and 1996, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1

External links

• Harry Marsham's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Harry Marsham at AustralianFootball.com