Harry Marsham

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),Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.6512/1890: marriage to Arthur Edwin Marsham (1867–1958).Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.19837/1936. Henry Kendall,Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no.20837/1890. 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)Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.13411/1937. in 1915.Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.16844/1950. 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."Hogan (1996), p. 133. 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.

Geelong (VFL) Marsham returned to Geelong for the 1917 season and captained the club that year.Geelong Football Club Honour Roll He retired at the end of the 1919 season.

Death He died at his South Geelong residence on 31 December 1932.Deaths; Marsham, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 31 December 1932), p.15.Death of Former Footballer, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 31 December 1932), p.5.H. Marsham Gone: Great League Ruckman, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 4 January 1933), p.11.

Harry Marsham

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