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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Fernley Marrison
| birth_date = 13 October 1891
| birth_place = [[Gillingham, Kent|Gillingham]], [[Kent]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|2|13|1891|10|13|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Farnborough, Hampshire|South Farnborough]], [[Hampshire]],<br />England
| nickname =
| family =
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1925/26
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 8
| runs1 = 85
| bat avg1 = 10.62
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 20[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 1,098
| wickets1 = 16
| bowl avg1 = 33.56
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 6/44
| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–
| date = 7 April
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17056.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Fernley Marrison''' {{postnominal|MBE}} (13 October 1891 – 13 February 1967) was an English first-class cricketer and [[British Army]] officer. Marrison spent over twenty years as a [[non-commissioned officer]] in the [[Royal Army Service Corps]], during which he served in the [[First World War]]. He was eventually [[Officer (armed forces)#Commission Sources and Training|commissioned]] in 1935 and went on to serve in the [[Second World War]]. He also played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[British Army cricket team]] and the [[Europeans cricket team]] in [[British India]].

==Life and military career==
Marrison was born at [[Gillingham, Kent|Gillingham]]. He enlisted in the [[Royal Army Service Corps]] prior to the [[First World War]] as a [[non-commissioned officer]] and later served during the conflict. In June 1914, a before the start of the conflict, Marrison made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[British Army cricket team]] against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]] at [[Fenner's]].<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14028/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Fernley Marrison |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-04-07 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Following the war, he resumed playing first-class cricket for the Army in 1920, during which he played in four matches.<ref name="FCM"/> In five first-class matches for the Army, he scored 85 runs and took 6 wickets with his right-arm [[fast bowling]], albeit at an expensive [[bowling average|average]] of 60.00.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14028/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Fernley Marrison |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-04-07 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="FCB">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14028/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Fernley Marrison |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-04-07 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He later appeared in a first-class match for [[H. D. G. Leveson Gower|H. D. G. Leveson Gower's]] personal XI in 1925, playing against [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] at [[St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground|Swansea]].<ref name="FCM"/> He was the [[Aldershot Garrison]] horn champion in the same year. The following year he was posted to [[British India]], where he played two first-class matches for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Sikhs cricket team|Sikhs]] and the [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]] in [[1925-26 Lahore Tournament]].<ref name="FCM"/> In the match against the Sikhs, he took figures of [[five wicket haul|6 for 44]] in the Sikhs second-innings to guide the Europeans to a 58 run victory.<ref name="FCB"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11781.html |title=Europeans v Sikhs, Lahore Tournament 1925/26 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-04-07 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

He was made a [[Officer (armed forces)#Commission Sources and Training|commissioned officer]] in July 1935, when he was promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] (mechanist officer).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/88742932?mode=transcription |title=Half-yearly Army lists 1923 - Feb 1950 |publisher=[[National Library of Scotland]] |access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> At some point between July 1935 and September 1944, he was promoted to the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]]. He served in the [[Second World War]], during which he was promoted to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in September 1944.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=36680|date=29 August 1944|page=4056|supp=y}}</ref> He exceeded the age limit for service in December 1948 and was placed on the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|retired list]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=38475|date=7 December 1948|page=6421|supp=y}}</ref> He was made an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] in the [[1949 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=38493|date=31 December 1948|page=8|supp=y}}</ref>

He died at [[Farnborough, Hampshire|South Farnborough]] in February 1967.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=17056}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marrison, Fernley}}
[[Category:1891 births]]
[[Category:1967 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Gillingham, Kent]]
[[Category:Royal Army Service Corps officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:British Army cricketers]]
[[Category:H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Kent]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Kent]]
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]

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