Edward William Marvin (7 July 1878 – 24 March 1918) was an English-born South African first-class cricketer and South African Army soldier.
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| Full name | Edward William Marvin | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 July 1878 Leicester, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 March 1918(1918-03-24) (aged 39) Bouchavesnes-Bergen, Somme, France | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1908/09 | Transvaal | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 June 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Marvin was born at Leicester in July 1878.[1] He later emigrated to South Africa, where he played two first-class cricket matches for Gauteng in the 1908–09 Currie Cup against Border and Western Province.[2] He scored 47 runs in these matches, with a highest score of 29.[3] Marvin served in the First World War as a private in the South African Infantry, which formed part of the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force on the Western Front.[1] On 21 March 1918, the Germans launched a new offensive, Operation Michael, during which Marvin was killed in action at Maricourt Wood on 24 March.[4]