Joseph Marlow

Joseph Marlow was an English cricketer who played 24 first-class matches for Derbyshire [County Cricket Club] between 1879 and 1886.
Marlow was born at Bulwell, Nottinghamshire. In 1878 he played a match for Buxton against a touring Australia [cricket team|Australia] team, where he opened a 22-man batting line up scoring one and five, and took one wicket. He made his first-class debut for Derbyshire [County Cricket Club in 1879|Derbyshire in the 1879 season] against Nottinghamshire in July, when he took three wickets. However he did not play for Derbyshire again until the Derbyshire County [Cricket Club in 1883|1883 season]. In the 1883 season he played five matches for the county in which he took a respectable number of wickets, most notably against Sussex with 6 for 27 and another 4 to make a ten wicket match. His most successful season of 1884, saw him play twelve matches and take 34 wickets at 19.97. He took 5 for 43 against MCC, 5 for 31 against Kent which included a hat trick, 5 for 40 against Surrey and his career best of 7 for 46 against Yorkshire. He played four matches in the 1885 season and two in the 1886 season but did not show the same level of performance.
A right-arm medium pace bowler, Marlow took 60 first-class wickets at 20.61. His right-handed batting scored 317 runs in 45 first-class innings at 7.92.
Marlow umpired one match between his county and a touring Australian side in 1886. He also returned to Derbyshire for a non-first-class in 1890, struggling with both bat and ball.
Marlow died at Bulwell at the age of 68.