Born in the Clarence River district of NSW in 1874, Jack Marsh and brother Larry excelled as sprinters.  Marsh was rated fastest man in the state over 75 yards.   As a specialist fast bowler, he played six first class matches for NSW in 1901-1903 even though people branded him a 'chucker', he took 34 wickets for a 21.47 average.  He wasn't picked for an English tour because of his Aboriginality.  In 1902 the visiting Englishmen refused to play against him, but the 1903-1904 side did, Marsh took 5 for 55. He was banned from the Sydney Cricket Ground and drifted into circus life and then to petty crime.  Two men were acquitted of kicking him to death in a street brawl in Orange (1916). The judge's astonishing comment was that "Marsh may have deserved it."