Ben Marsh

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{other people|Benjamin Marsh}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Ben Marsh

| image =

| fullname = Benjamin Keith Marsh

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|7|9}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = West Adelaide (SANFL)

| height = {{convert|201|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|102|kg|stlb lb|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Ruckman / Full forward

| statsend = 2004

| years1 = 1998–2003

| club1 = {{AFL Ade}}

| games_goals1 = 48 (17)

| years2 = 2004

| club2 = {{AFL Ric}}

| games_goals2 = {{0}}7 {{0}}(1)

| games_goalstotal = 55 (18)

| careerhighlights = *AFL Premiership player (1998)

}}

Benjamin Keith Marsh (born 9 July 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with {{AFL Ade}} and {{AFL Ric}} in the Australian Football League (AFL).

A tall 201 cm ruckman, Marsh made his league debut with West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) in 1996 and made his AFL debut for Adelaide in 1998 against the Sydney Swans at the Sydney Cricket Ground and played in their Grand Final win over {{AFL NM}} at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Marsh remained with the Crows for another five seasons before being delisted at the end of 2003. He was then picked up in the 2004 pre-season draft by Richmond where he would add a further 7 games and one goal to his tally before retiring at the end of 2004.

Statistics

:{{cite web|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/B/Ben_Marsh.html|title=Ben Marsh|publisher=AFL Tables}}

{{AFL player statistics legend/ruckman}}

{{AFL player statistics start/ruckman}}

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

|style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;"|1998†

|{{AFL Ade}}

| 31 || 9 || 4 || 3 || 26 || 20 || 46 || 20 || 1 || 70 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 2.9 || 2.2 || 5.1 || 2.2 || 0.1 || 7.8

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1999

|{{AFL Ade}}

| 31 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2000

|{{AFL Ade}}

| 31 || 12 || 5 || 7 || 48 || 37 || 85 || 35 || 9 || 120 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 4.0 || 3.1 || 7.1 || 2.9 || 0.8 || 10.0

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2001

|{{AFL Ade}}

| 31 || 18 || 7 || 7 || 78 || 57 || 135 || 40 || 15 || 187 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 4.3 || 3.2 || 7.5 || 2.2 || 0.8 || 10.4

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2002

|{{AFL Ade}}

| 31 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 20 || 14 || 34 || 9 || 7 || 50 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 3.3 || 2.3 || 5.7 || 1.5 || 1.2 || 8.3

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2003

|{{AFL Ade}}

| 31 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 15 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 7.5

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2004

|{{AFL Ric}}

| 15 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 19 || 24 || 43 || 16 || 5 || 73 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 2.7 || 3.4 || 6.1 || 2.3 || 0.7 || 10.4

|- class="sortbottom"

! colspan=3| Career

! 55

! 18

! 18

! 193

! 153

! 346

! 122

! 37

! 515

! 0.3

! 0.3

! 3.5

! 2.8

! 6.3

! 2.2

! 0.7

! 9.4

|}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{AFL Tables|ref=B/Ben_Marsh.html}}

{{1998 Adelaide premiership players}}

{{1997 AFL rookie draft}}

{{2004 AFL pre-season draft}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marsh, Ben}}

Category:1976 births

Category:Living people

Category:Adelaide Football Club players

Category:Adelaide Football Club premiership players

Category:Richmond Football Club players

Category:West Adelaide Football Club players

Category:Australian rules footballers from South Australia

Category:Flagstaff Hill Football Club players

Category:VFL/AFL premiership players