Background
He was born at Anstey, Leicestershire.
He was born at Anstey, Leicestershire.
Marlow was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm slow-medium. Marlow joined the Leicestershire ground staff in 1898, and initially played in the second team He made his first-class debut against Sussex in the 1900 County Championship at Grace Road.
Marlow made fourteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Essex in the 1903 County Championship.
In his total of fifteen first-class matches, he took 31 wickets at an average of 27.29, with best figures of 6/50. One of two five wicket hauls he took, his best figures came against Hampshire in the 1902 County Championship.
A poor tailend batsman, Marlow scored 46 runs at a batting average of 3.28. He died at Leicester, Leicestershire on 13 August 1954.