Bill Marsh (rugby league)

Bill Marsh

Personal information
Full name	William Lawrence Marsh
Born	(1929-04-23)23 April 1929
Died	Lurnea, New South Wales
Playing information
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1950–55	Balmain	76	24	2	0	76
1956	Cootamundra
1957–60	Balmain	66	6	0	0	18
	Total	142	30	2	0	94
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1955–58	New South Wales	8	3	0	0	9
1956	NSW Country	1	0	0	0	0
1956–58	Australia	8	2	0	0	6
1958	NSW City	1	1	0	0	3

Bill Marsh (1929-2002) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s. A New South Wales interstate and Australia international representative forward, he played his club football in Sydney's NSWRFL Premiership for Balmain.

Marsh started playing for Balmain in the NSWRFL Premiership's first grade in 1950. He was selected to play for the New South Wales team against France and Queensland in 1955. He also won an award for being the best Sydney footballer that year. After moving to Cootamundra as captain-coach in 1956, Marsh gained selection for the Country New South Wales team and then became Kangaroo No. 329 when he represented Australia on the 1956-57 Kangaroo tour, playing in Tests against Great Britain and France. Marsh returned to Balmain for the 1957 NSWRFL season and helped host country Australia to victory in the 1957 Rugby League World Cup tournament. In 1958 Marsh was in the front row in the Australian Test team in all three Tests against the Ashes-winning Great Britain team.