Education
Kenneth attended Christian Brothers College, in Kimberley and later Edinburgh Academy, in Edinburgh.
Kenneth attended Christian Brothers College, in Kimberley and later Edinburgh Academy, in Edinburgh.
Born in Kimberley, South Africa in 1911, of Scottish descent. One of two brothers (brother - Gordon Marshall). He was capped for Scotland between 1934-1937.
He also played for Edinburgh Academical Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He also played for the Scotland national cricket team
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.
He established a coffee farm in the Vumba, in the eastern highlands of Rhodesia, where he spent the latter part of his working life.
He died in Cape Town in 1992, and is buried in Hermanus, South Africa.