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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Harold Markham Le Marchand
| nickname =
| birth_date = 15 December 1901
| birth_place = [[Chennai|Madras]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|12|31|1901|12|15|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Wells, Somerset|Wells]], [[Somerset]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| family = [[Pat Le Marchand]] (brother)
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1921/22–1933/34
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 5
| runs1 = 55
| bat avg1 = 11.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 32
| deliveries1 = 450
| wickets1 = 5
| bowl avg1 = 47.00
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 3/36
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–
| date = 15 November
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/harold-le-marchand-30773 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Harold 'Guy' Markham Le Marchand''' (15 December 1901 — 31 December 1990) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and a trade commissioner for Australia.

The son of M. Le Marchand, a native of [[Devon]], he was born in [[British India]] at [[Chennai|Madras]]. He was educated in Australia at [[Launceston Church Grammar School|Launceston Grammar School]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Who's who in the Commonwealth of Australia|publisher=[[The Herald and Weekly Times]]|location=Melbourne|year=1965|page=507|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wh06AQAAIAAJ|language=en}}</ref> Returning to India, he played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] between 1922 and 1934, making five appearances in the [[Madras Presidency Matches]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13907/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Guy Le Marchand|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=15 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> As a batsman, he scored 55 runs in his five matches at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of exactly 11 and with a high score of 32.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13907/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Guy Le Marchand|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=15 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> As a [[bowling (cricket)|bowler]], he took 5 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of exactly 47, with best figures of 3 for 36.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13907/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Guy Le Marchand|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=15 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Later returning to Australia, he held a number of trade commissioner posts for the Australian government. He was [[Trade commissioner#Australia|trade commissioner]] to the [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]] from 1957 to 1960, and from 1961 he was appointed as trade commissioner to [[Beirut]]; he had previously served a vice-president of the Australian Exporters Federation.<ref name="BOOK"/> Le Marchand later retired to England, where he died in December 1990 at [[Wells, Somerset]]. His brother, [[Pat Le Marchand|Pat]], was also a first-class cricketer.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=30773}}

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[[Category:1901 births]]
[[Category:1990 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Chennai]]
[[Category:People educated at Launceston Church Grammar School]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Australian public servants]]
[[Category:British sportspeople in British India]]

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