Background
Marples was born in Attercliffe, Sheffield.
Marples was born in Attercliffe, Sheffield.
He made two first-class appearances for Derbyshire in the 1905 season, his debut against the touring Australians when he took a wicket. Marples was a left-arm medium-fast bowler who took one wicket in his career at an average of 116.00 and a tailend batsman who scored 11 runs in 4 innings in 2 first-class matches. Marples died in Chesterfield at the age of 64.