Thomas Marshall.

 

 

Thomas was born in Withnell Lancashire on the 12th September 1858, He had been a professional sprinter before joining the Salmoners in 1878 aged 20. He was a member of the FA cup semi-final team that lost to eventual winners The Old Carthusians 4-1 in 1881.It was his performances in the three match FA cup quarter final tie against The Old Etonians in 1879 that would earn him a England Call-up, He played for England against Wales at Alexandra meadows Blackburn on the 26th February 1881 which England lost 0-1, Thomas also represented Lancashire and "The North" against the South several times. By the time Darwen were elected to the Football League in 1891 Thomas had left The Salmoners to join Bolton Wanderers.
26-2-1881
Location ........... Blackburn
Competition ...... Friendly
Fixture ............... England v Wales
Result .......... 0-1
Wales Scorer .......... Vaughan
Team.
Hawtrey (Old Etonians),
Harvey (Wednesday Strollers),
Bambridge AL (Swifts),
Hunter (Sheffield Heeley),
Hargreaves FW (Blackburn Rovers),
Marshall (Darwen),
Rostron (Darwen),
Brown J (Blackburn Rovers),
Tait (Birmingham Excelsior),
Hargreaves J (Blackburn Rovers),
Mosforth (Sheffield Wednesday).
 

Acknowledgements for the history in this section are made to :  Darwen RBL -- who originally published this page in 2002