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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.

References

1. Booth, Lawrence (2021). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. p. 265. ISBN 9781472975478.
2. The Old Rossallian. Rossall School. 2017. p. 18.
3. "Player profile: Geoffrey Marsland". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
4. "First-Class Matches played by Geoffrey Marsland". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
5. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Geoffrey Marsland". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
6. Sisman, Adam (2015). John le Carré: The Biography. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 174. ISBN 9781408849446.
7. Geoffrey Peter Marsland. The Times. 3 September 2016

External links

• Geoffrey Marsland at ESPNcricinfo

• 1932 births
• 2016 deaths
• Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford
• Cricketers from Ashton-under-Lyne
• English cricketers
• Teachers at Eton College
• Oxford University cricketers
• People educated at Rossall School
• 20th-century English sportsmen