Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Tuesday, 23rd April, 1929
- Died
- Tuesday, 2nd April, 2002 (Aged 72 years and 344 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- World Cup
- 1957
- Test Series
- 1956/57 France vs. Australia
- Interstate Series
- 1956, 1957, 1958
Biography
Hardy Balmain forward played for NSW against France and Queensland in 1955. Marsh won an award for being the best player in Sydney football that year and after moving to Cootamundra as captain-coach in 1956, gained selection with the 1956-57 Kangaroos. Marsh played in Tests against Great Britain and France on the tour but returned to Balmain in 1957 and represented Australia in the historic World Cup win. In 1958 Marsh was in the front row in the Australian Test team in all three Tests against the Ashes-winning Great Britain team.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
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Competitions | |||||||||||||||
| Competition | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| The Ashes | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| World Cup | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 20 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 55.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Series | 3 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 142 | 30 | 2 | - | 94 | 66 | 72 | 4 | 46.48% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1956-58 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1956-1957 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1956-1957 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Probables (AU) | 1951, 1955 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1954-55, 1957 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1955-58 | 10 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.00% | List | ||||
| Riverina | 1956 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1956 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1958 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1958 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1951-1958 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1950 | 12 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 58.33% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1951 | 13 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 30.77% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1952 | 18 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 44.44% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1954 | 17 | 4 | 1 | - | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 52.94% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1955 | 16 | 8 | 1 | - | 26 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 43.75% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1957 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1958 | 18 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 61.11% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1959 | 17 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 35.29% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1960 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | 1950-52, 1954-55, 1957-60 | 142 | 30 | 2 | - | 94 | 66 | 72 | 4 | 46.48% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, AJ Lucantonio, Max Turner, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
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