Marshall Porter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Marshall Porter

South African cricketer (1874-1900)

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1874

Place of Birth: Donnycarney, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 05-Jun-1900

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Marshall Porter

  • Andrew Marshall Porter (6 January 1874 – 5 June 1900) was an Irish barrister who was killed in the Second Boer War while fighting for the Imperial Yeomanry.
  • He was also a noted sportsman, representing Ireland at both cricket and field hockey. Born at Donnycarney, Porter was the son of Andrew Marshall Porter, Sr.
  • (later 1st Baronet), a lawyer who was an MP for Londonderry and served variously as Ireland's Solicitor-General, Attorney-General, and Master of the Rolls, and his wife Agnes Horsburgh.
  • The elder Porter sent his son to Harrow School, where he kept wicket for the school's cricket team and was praised by James Lillywhite, a former England captain, as a "very hard hitter".
  • In 1892, he played in the annual match between Eton and Harrow at Lord's, which Harrow won.
  • Despite being offered a scholarship to Oxford, Porter opted to return home to study law at the University of Dublin.
  • He continued his cricket career for the Dublin University Cricket Club, and during the 1895 season, played in four matches with first-class status – against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in Dublin, against Leicestershire and Cambridge University on a brief tour of England, and then a return fixture against Cambridge University in Dublin.
  • He played solely as a batsman (Arthur Gwynn being given the wicket-keeping duties), with his highest score being 44 against Leicestershire.In 1896, Porter was selected to represent the Irish national team against the MCC, in a match that did not have first-class status.
  • He scored 18 runs as Ireland won by an innings, but did not play for his country again.
  • During the Irish winter, during which no cricket was played, Porter played hockey for the Three Rock Rovers, gaining selection for the national hockey team in 1897.
  • After graduating from Dublin University, he was called to the Irish bar, becoming a barrister.
  • However, in 1900, Porter enlisted as a private in the 45th (Dublin) Company of the Imperial Yeomanry, and was sent to South Africa.
  • In June of that year, while fighting at Ladywood (near Lindley in the Orange Free State), he was badly wounded and four days later died of wounds.
  • Porter's death was commemorated by his father with the establishment of the Marshall Porter Memorial Prize, for classics students, as well as a stained-glass window in the Graduates Memorial Building.

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