Guy Le Marchand

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Harold Markham Le Marchand

| nickname =

| birth_date = 15 December 1901

| birth_place = Madras, Madras Presidency, British India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|12|31|1901|12|15|df=yes}}

| death_place = Wells, Somerset, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Unknown

| bowling = Unknown

| family = Pat Le Marchand (brother)

| club1 = Europeans

| year1 = 1921/22–1933/34

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 55

| bat avg1 = 11.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 32

| deliveries1 = 450

| wickets1 = 5

| bowl avg1 = 47.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 3/36

| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–

| date = 15 November

| year = 2022

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/harold-le-marchand-30773 ESPNcricinfo

}}

Harold 'Guy' Markham Le Marchand (15 December 1901 — 31 December 1990) was an English first-class cricketer and a trade commissioner for Australia.

The son of M. Le Marchand, a native of Devon, he was born in British India at Madras. He was educated in Australia at Launceston Grammar School.{{cite book |title=Who's who in the Commonwealth of Australia|publisher=The Herald and Weekly Times|location=Melbourne|year=1965|page=507|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wh06AQAAIAAJ|language=en}} Returning to India, he played first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team between 1922 and 1934, making five appearances in the Madras Presidency Matches.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13907/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Guy Le Marchand|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=15 November 2022|url-access=subscription}} As a batsman, he scored 55 runs in his five matches at an average of exactly 11 and with a high score of 32.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13907/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Guy Le Marchand|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=15 November 2022|url-access=subscription}} As a bowler, he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of exactly 47, with best figures of 3 for 36.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13907/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Guy Le Marchand|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=15 November 2022|url-access=subscription}} Later returning to Australia, he held a number of trade commissioner posts for the Australian government. He was trade commissioner to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland from 1957 to 1960, and from 1961 he was appointed as trade commissioner to Beirut; he had previously served a vice-president of the Australian Exporters Federation. Le Marchand later retired to England, where he died in December 1990 at Wells, Somerset. His brother, Pat, was also a first-class cricketer.