Best wishes...
Rod Marsh RIP
Rod Marsh RIP
Y'all prolly already heard...heart attack/cardiac arrest..and now in ICU, on a ventilator.
Best wishes...
Best wishes...
Last edited by F111 on Fri Mar 04, 2022 9:28 am, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Rod Marsh
Yes, major heart attack a few days ago. Sounds pretty bad
Hope he pulls through ok.
All the best Bacchus
Hope he pulls through ok.
All the best Bacchus
Essendunny
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Hopefully Rod will pull through and gets better in the long run.
Best Wishes to All Family and Friends.
Best Wishes to All Family and Friends.
RIP Rod Marsh
C7 news...remains ventilated, but transferred to Adelaide.
EDIT: RIP Swampy 4/3/22
EDIT: RIP Swampy 4/3/22
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RIP Rod.
Condolences to his family and friends (of which there are many).
Condolences to his family and friends (of which there are many).
Re: Rod Marsh RIP
Gee, still a bit shocked by this. Wasn't that long ago that I watched him on The Front Bar. RIP Bacchus
One of the biggest names in Australian cricket growing up in my youth. His famous 110 not out in the 1977 Centenary Test was one of my earliest memories watching the game.
Then World Series Cricket came along, and all that razzamatazz that captivated my mind. Loved it. His acrobatic work behind the stumps was legendary. He took some extraordinary catches in WSC. Freakish.
There were many catches taken at full stretch flying horizontal to the ground over his whole career. Just brilliant.
He could throw the bat pretty well ol' Rodney. Always loved it when he came to the crease because he always gave it a thrash. 1980/81 one day series was pretty entertaining - Marshy belted the last over off Lance Cairns for 26. I think the following game his bat broke when he went to heave one into orbit. It obviously went through a bit of a pounding.
He left behind a lot of good memories.
One of the biggest names in Australian cricket growing up in my youth. His famous 110 not out in the 1977 Centenary Test was one of my earliest memories watching the game.
Then World Series Cricket came along, and all that razzamatazz that captivated my mind. Loved it. His acrobatic work behind the stumps was legendary. He took some extraordinary catches in WSC. Freakish.
There were many catches taken at full stretch flying horizontal to the ground over his whole career. Just brilliant.
He could throw the bat pretty well ol' Rodney. Always loved it when he came to the crease because he always gave it a thrash. 1980/81 one day series was pretty entertaining - Marshy belted the last over off Lance Cairns for 26. I think the following game his bat broke when he went to heave one into orbit. It obviously went through a bit of a pounding.
He left behind a lot of good memories.
Essendunny
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Double the Great Memories if you’re Western Australian.
Rodney William Marsh was always The Keeper in any Best Australian Test Team(Sorry Gilly,Rodney got in 1st and you loved ‘Im anyway
).
He did it tough when he started,be it in Club Cricket,Shield Cricket or the Test Team.
He had to get past established Western Australian Wicket Keeper Gordon Becker,not once but twice,having to move Clubs to be able to Don the Gloves.
He eventually got in the WA Team and stood out as a Batsman,scoring an impressive Century against Sir Garfield Sobers’ West Indian Team.
Regular Wicket Keeper Gordon Becker had retired after the 1968/69 Season,which left the door open for Marsh to take the number one spot for the Sandgropers.
Despite cementing his position for Western Australia,any thought then of National Selection was on the backburner,as he was considered to below Brian Taber,Ray Jordan and even John McLean in the pecking order.
However,his shock selection for the 1st Test of the 1970/71 Ashes Series at the expense of Taber,provoked controversy and negative reaction in the Eastern States press,particularly New South Wales.
3 Dropped Catches in his 1st Innings ,didn’t help matters and soon the nickname Iron Gloves was levelled at him.Despite the negative press,Marsh’s spirits with Ian Chappell and Doug Walters around would soon lift and on the inside,he was starting to become a part of the Test Team and was not too fussed about Bill Larry’s Declaration when he was on 92 at the MCG.
However,convincing the Hillites at the SCG was a tough assignment,which came to a head in the Rest of The World Series in Sydney,when it seemed like the whole outer got up and roundly Booed him.It didn’t impress Richie Benaud who thoroughly castigated the Mob on the Hill,for their appalling behaviour and manners.
Had Benaud known the Vote of Confidence Marsh got from none other than Brian Taber,with the thumbs up before Marsh walked out on to the ground,it mightn’t have mattered so much.Or the Determination Marsh had shown in showing the Hill that he wasn’t going anywhere and after a swashbuckling innings of 77,Rodney Marsh Never looked back,although the Standing Ovation from the Mob,was sweet Music to his ears.
He was on his way,…….
Rodney William Marsh was always The Keeper in any Best Australian Test Team(Sorry Gilly,Rodney got in 1st and you loved ‘Im anyway
).He did it tough when he started,be it in Club Cricket,Shield Cricket or the Test Team.
He had to get past established Western Australian Wicket Keeper Gordon Becker,not once but twice,having to move Clubs to be able to Don the Gloves.
He eventually got in the WA Team and stood out as a Batsman,scoring an impressive Century against Sir Garfield Sobers’ West Indian Team.
Regular Wicket Keeper Gordon Becker had retired after the 1968/69 Season,which left the door open for Marsh to take the number one spot for the Sandgropers.
Despite cementing his position for Western Australia,any thought then of National Selection was on the backburner,as he was considered to below Brian Taber,Ray Jordan and even John McLean in the pecking order.
However,his shock selection for the 1st Test of the 1970/71 Ashes Series at the expense of Taber,provoked controversy and negative reaction in the Eastern States press,particularly New South Wales.
3 Dropped Catches in his 1st Innings ,didn’t help matters and soon the nickname Iron Gloves was levelled at him.Despite the negative press,Marsh’s spirits with Ian Chappell and Doug Walters around would soon lift and on the inside,he was starting to become a part of the Test Team and was not too fussed about Bill Larry’s Declaration when he was on 92 at the MCG.
However,convincing the Hillites at the SCG was a tough assignment,which came to a head in the Rest of The World Series in Sydney,when it seemed like the whole outer got up and roundly Booed him.It didn’t impress Richie Benaud who thoroughly castigated the Mob on the Hill,for their appalling behaviour and manners.
Had Benaud known the Vote of Confidence Marsh got from none other than Brian Taber,with the thumbs up before Marsh walked out on to the ground,it mightn’t have mattered so much.Or the Determination Marsh had shown in showing the Hill that he wasn’t going anywhere and after a swashbuckling innings of 77,Rodney Marsh Never looked back,although the Standing Ovation from the Mob,was sweet Music to his ears.
He was on his way,…….
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Essendunny
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Doesn’t seem like it,Benny.
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thanks for posting that, some great memories there!