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	'''Kenneth Walker Marshall''' (23 July 1911 – 14 October 1992)<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/25412.html \|title=Kenneth Marshall \|work=espncricinfo.com \|accessdate=8 December ~~2022~~}}</ref> was a Scottish international [[rugby football\|rugby]] and cricket player.<ref name=Bath1>Bath, p105</ref>		'''Kenneth Walker Marshall''' (23 July 1911 – 14 October 1992)<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/25412.html \|title=Kenneth Marshall \|work=espncricinfo.com \|accessdate=8 December 2013}}</ref> was a Scottish international [[rugby football\|rugby]] and cricket player.<ref name=Bath1>Bath, p105</ref>

	Born in [[Kimberley, South Africa]] in 1911, of Scottish descent. One of two brothers (brother – Gordon Marshall). Their father Walker Marshall (born [[Edinburgh]], 1866) was an Accountant for De Beers, and their mother Margaret Marshall (Purves) (born [[Belfast]]) was a nurse. Kenneth attended Christian Brothers College, in Kimberley and later [[Edinburgh Academy]], in Edinburgh.		Born in [[Kimberley, South Africa]] in 1911, of Scottish descent. One of two brothers (brother – Gordon Marshall). Their father Walker Marshall (born [[Edinburgh]], 1866) was an Accountant for De Beers, and their mother Margaret Marshall (Purves) (born [[Belfast]]) was a nurse. Kenneth attended Christian Brothers College, in Kimberley and later [[Edinburgh Academy]], in Edinburgh.

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{{short description|Scottish rugby union player and cricketer}}
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'''Kenneth Walker Marshall''' (23 July 1911 – 14 October 1992)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/25412.html |title=Kenneth Marshall |work=espncricinfo.com |accessdate=8 December 2022}}</ref> was a Scottish international [[rugby football|rugby]] and cricket player.<ref name=Bath1>Bath, p105</ref>

Born in [[Kimberley, South Africa]] in 1911, of Scottish descent. One of two brothers (brother – Gordon Marshall). Their father Walker Marshall (born [[Edinburgh]], 1866) was an Accountant for De Beers, and their mother Margaret Marshall (Purves) (born [[Belfast]]) was a nurse. Kenneth attended Christian Brothers College, in Kimberley and later [[Edinburgh Academy]], in Edinburgh.

He was capped for {{nrut|Scotland}} between 1934 and 1937.<ref name=Bath1/> He also played for [[Edinburgh Academical RFC]].<ref name=Bath1/> He also played for the [[Scotland national cricket team]].<ref name=Bath1/> In addition to his Scottish sporting career (based in Edinburgh) he lived in India and in China in the early to middle part of his adult life, as well as travelling extensively. A 2nd Lieutenant in the 6th Gurkha Rifles, India (1941-1945). Interested in Chinese antiquities, and had an export business in China exporting these to Scotland. He had a working knowledge of Mandarin. Married three times (Marion, Patricia, Diana), the father of two sons, Hugh (born in India) and Al (born in Rhodesia), and four grandchildren – Alison (born in Malawi), Sarah (born in Sri Lanka), Kaiser and Dakota (both born in the United States).

He established a coffee farm in the Vumba, in the eastern highlands of Rhodesia, where he spent the latter part of his working life. Retired to Hermanus, South Africa with his third wife. He died in [[Cape Town]] in 1992, and is buried in Hermanus, South Africa.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

;Sources
* Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 {{ISBN|1-905326-24-6}})
* Massie, Allan ''A Portrait of Scottish Rugby'' (Polygon, Edinburgh; {{ISBN|0-904919-84-6}})

==See also==
* [[List of cricket and rugby union players#Scottish|List of Scottish cricket and rugby union players]]

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