Kenneth Walker Marshall

Kenneth Walker Marshall (23 July 1911 – 14 October 1992)[1] was a Scottish international rugby and cricket player.[2]

Born in Kimberley, South Africa in 1911, of Scottish descent. One of two brothers (brother - Gordon Marshall). Their father Walker Marshall (born Edinburgh, 1866) was an Accountant for De Beers, and their mother Margaret Marshall (Purves) (born Belfast) was a nurse. Kenneth attended Christian Brothers College, in Kimberley and later Edinburgh Academy, in Edinburgh.

He was capped for Scotland between 1934-7.[2] He also played for Edinburgh Academical RFC.[2] He also played for the Scotland national cricket team.[2] In addition to his Scottish sporting career (based in Edinburgh) he lived in India and in China in the early to middle part of his adult life, as well as travelling extensively. A 2nd Lieutenant in the 6th Gurkha Rifles, India (1941-1945). Interested in Chinese antiquities, and had an export business in China exporting these to Scotland. He had a working knowledge of Mandarin. Married three times (Marion, Patricia, Diana), the father of two sons, Hugh (born in India) and Al (born in Rhodesia), and four grandchildren - Alison (born in Malawi), Sarah (born in Sri Lanka), Kaiser and Dakota (both born in the United States).

He established a coffee farm in the Vumba, in the eastern highlands of Rhodesia, where he spent the latter part of his working life. Retired to Hermanus, South Africa with his third wife. He died in Cape Town in 1992, and is buried in Hermanus, South Africa.