Rod Marsh

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Rodney (Rod) Marsh Australia (Aus)
Batting style	Left-handed batsman (LHB)
Bowling type	Right-arm Off Break (OB)
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	95	92
Runs scored	3633	1225
Batting average	26.51	20.08
100s/50s	3/16	0/4
Top score	132	66
Overs bowled	12	-
Wickets	0	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	0	-
10 wickets in match	0	N/A
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	343/12	120/4
As of 24 April 2005 Source: Cricinfo.com

Rodney William Marsh (born Armadale, Perth, Western Australia November 4, 1947) was an Australian Wicket keeper.

He played First-class cricket for Western Australia and Test cricket for Australia. He was nicknamed Iron Gloves after an inauspicious Test debut against England in 1970/71. His elder brother is the Australian golfer Graham Marsh.

Contents 1 Background 2 Since retirement as a player 3 Quotations 4 References

[edit] Background

A remarkable 95 of his then world record of 355 dismissals were in combination with Dennis Lillee. He retired after the 1983/84 season where Greg Chappell and Lillee also played their final Tests. Marsh at the time of his retirement played an Australia record 96 Test matches. He was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1982. He was the first Australian wicketkeeper to score a century in Test cricket, and in the judgment of many, including biographer Mark Browning, was Australia's first great wicketkeeper/batsman.

[edit] Since retirement as a player

• Headed the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide for several years.

• Marsh was the Director of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) national academy from October 2001 to September 2005.

• In August 2005, the South Australian Cricket Association announced Marsh had been appointed in a consultancy role to undertake a review of cricket throughout South Australia.

[edit] Quotations

• So how's your wife and my kids? During a match to Ian Botham (See Sledging)

[edit] References

• Browning, Mark. Rod Marsh: A Life of Cricket (2003). ISBN 1877058 Rosenberg Publishing

Persondata
NAME	Marsh, Rodney William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 4, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	Armadale, Western Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH