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Guy Le Marchand

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Guy Le Marchand
Personal information
Full name
Harold Markham Le Marchand
Born15 December 1901
Madras, Madras Presidency, British India
Died31 December 1990(1990-12-31) (aged 89)
Wells, Somerset, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
RelationsPat Le Marchand (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1921/22–1933/34Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 5
Runs scored 55
Batting average 11.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 32
Balls bowled 450
Wickets 5
Bowling average 47.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 3/36
Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 November 2022

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

The son of M. Le Marchand, a native of Devon, he was born in British India at Madras. He was educated in Australia at Launceston Grammar School.[1] 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.[2] As a batsman, he scored 55 runs in his five matches at an average of exactly 11 and with a high score of 32.[3] As a bowler, he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of exactly 47, with best figures of 3 for 36.[4] Later returning to Australia, he held a number of trade commissioner posts for the Australian government. He was 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.[1] Le Marchand later retired to England, where he died in December 1990 at Wells, Somerset. His brother, Pat, was also a first-class cricketer.

References

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  1. ^ a b Who's who in the Commonwealth of Australia. Melbourne: The Herald and Weekly Times. 1965. p. 507.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Guy Le Marchand". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  3. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Guy Le Marchand". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  4. ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Guy Le Marchand". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
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