Robert
James Percival
Marshall
OAM
Born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Dorothea (Marshall) Reardon
Husband of
Jane Dingwall (Robertson) Marshall
— married
1936 (to 22 Jan 1968) in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
[children unknown]
Died
at age 93
in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Profile last modified
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Biography
Robert Marshall OAM is Notable.
Flight Sergeant Robert Marshall OAM served in the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II
Service started: 20 Jan 1942
Unit(s):
Service ended: 29 Nov 1945
Service started: 20 Jan 1942
Unit(s):
Service ended: 29 Nov 1945
Birth
- Robert (Bob) James Percival MARSHALL was born 10 April 1910, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
- Birth Reg #200/1910
- Parents - Robert Marshall & Esther nee Vickers
Marriage One
- Robert J. P. Marshall wed Jane (Jean) Dingwall Robertson in Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 1936
- Marriage Reg #519/1936
- Result of accident
- Jane Dingwall Marshall age 56, 1968, Perth, Parents - Thomas P & Minnie Robertson, Death Reg #286/1968
Marriage Two
- To Ethel nee Gracie in 1973 (she died 1983)
Marriage Three
- To Jean Nicholas ca 1984
Death
- Billiards legend Robert (Bob) Marshall, died in his home town of Perth, Western Australia, on Monday 23rd February 2004. He was 93 years of age.
Burial
- Memorialised at Karrakatta Cemetery - LAWN 2 - WALL 1 - 0014 [1]
Billiards Life
- Robert James Percival Marshall, OAM was a noted Australian amateur player of English billiards. He won the World Amateur Billiards Championship in 1936, 1938, 1951 and 1962 and was runner-up three times, as well as an Australian National Snooker champion.
- Marshall was born in Kalgoorlie, the same town as another legend of the game, Walter Lindrum. Throughout his career he was compared favourably with Lindrum who, in 1954, himself declared that Marshall was one of the greatest amateur players he had ever seen. Ten years later, the contemporary English snooker professional Fred Davis said of Marshall, "Most noticeable about his style is his compactness, so like Walter Lindrum, and the shortness of his back-swing, hardly more than a couple of inches."
- Playing his great rival, Tom Cleary, in the final of the Australian Amateur Billiards Championship in 1953 Marshall compiled a break of 702, which was the highest ever made by an amateur in a championship match.
- His best break was 1,056 which he made in practice in 49 minutes.
- Marshall dominated Amateur Billiards before and after the war with a career that spanned six decades, broken by retirements in 1963 and 1970 followed by come-backs.
- In 1985 he won the Australian title at the age of 76. This success encouraged him to travel to New Delhi, India for an attempt at his fifth world title where he won all matches except the final which was taken by rising Indian champion Geet Sethi
Australian National Billiards
- Australian Billiards Championships won by Bob Marshall
- Highest breaks are by Bob
Year Opponent Highest Break 1936 Arthur Bull (NSW) 269 1937 Tom Cleary (Vic) 250 1938 Tom Cleary (Vic) 285 1939 W Matthews (SA) 289 1946 J Harris (SA) 338 1948 Tom Cleary (Vic) 540 1949 Tom Cleary (Vic) 307 1951 J Harris (SA) 589 1952 Jim Long (Vic) 498 1953 Tom Cleary (Vic) 702 1954 Tom Cleary (Vic) 1955 Tom Cleary (Vic) 368 1957 Tom Cleary (Vic) 596 1959 Tom Cleary (Vic) 619 1961 Tom Cleary (Vic) 688 1962 Tom Cleary (Vic) 407 1963 Tom Cleary (Vic) 399 1969 Frank Harris (NSW) 295 1970 Jim Collins (NSW) 373 1985 Phil Tarrant (NSW) 1986 Phil Tarrant (NSW)
Awards and Honours
- In 1980, national recognition came his way with the award of the “Medal of the Order of Australia” (OAM).
- Inducted into the Western Australian Hall of Champions in 1985.
- 1963, Western Australia’s Sportsman of the Year
- 1960 Robert Marshall was made a “Life Member” of the Western Australian Billiards Association, in recognition of the services he has rendered to Billiards both in Australia and overseas.
- Since his death at the age of 93, the memorial Bob Marshall Medal is awarded each year by the Australian Billiards & Snooker Council.
- His biography Bob Marshall - MY LIFE and TIMES was written with Cyril Ayris and Ross Haig. Some dates errors.
WW2, Air Force
- Name MARSHALL, ROBERT JAMES PERCIVAL
- Service Royal Australian Air Force
- Service Number 46280
- Date of Birth 10 Apr 1910
- Place of Birth KALGOORLIE, WA
- Date of Enlistment 20 Jan 1942
- Locality on Enlistment BAYSWATER
- Place of Enlistment PERTH, WA
- Next of Kin MARSHALL, JANE
- Date of Discharge 29 Nov 1945
- Rank Flight Sergeant
Politics
- He entered politics in 1965 when he won the seat of Maylands in the Western Australia state election for the Liberal party.
Occupation
- Marshall's first job was as a hairdresser, and he later opened a successful dry-cleaning outlet. Also an SP Bookie.
Sources
- Other reading
- Youtube - Top of the table
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvxMr-qeOTM
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