Dead, one of the greatest wicket keepers I have ever seen RIP [Link]

1981 Ashes was a joy and Rod was a great tourist, bowled Lillee.

I might be wrong but was it Marsh that said to gatting
"your getting really fat" gats reply
" That's because everytime I shag your wife she gives me a biscuit"

RIP

Odd to think that when he first got into the Australian side the press dubbed him Iron Gloves due to his dropped catches. His partnership with Dennis Lillee, in both state and National sides, was wonderful as are the memories of him leaping to stop some of Jeff Thomson’s thunderbolts.

Just read this in his obituary in The Times:

Botham came to the crease. Marsh behind the stumps asked, "How are your wife and my kids?" Botham replied, "The wife is fine but the kids are retarded."

Derek Randall once tried to thwart the banter by greeting Marsh, as he (Randall) came to the crease with, "Good morning, Rodney." Randall then kept repeating the same greeting over and over. After a while, Marsh said to Randall, "Mate, this is a Test match not a f***ing garden party!"

And the widely-known story of Marsh calling Randall back to the crease in the Centenary Test because the edge from Randall had not carried into his gloves. Randall went on to score 174. Marsh deflected any praise for his action by saying, "It would have been cheating had I not done so. I don't deserve to be praised for not cheating."

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)