MARSDEN

Andrew . b. Nottingham; a pugilist 6 feet 1½ inches in height; beat Edward Baldwin or O’Baldwin at Tring, Herts. £50 a side 3 rounds 21 Oct. 1863; fought Joseph Wormald of London for £200 a side and the champion’s belt at Horley 4 Jany. 1865, when Wormald won after 18 rounds in 37 minutes; fought Baldwin again £100 a side, 11 rounds in 16 minutes at Holme station near Peter borough 25 Sep. 1866, the ring was broken into by Marsden’s party and the referee awarded the stakes to Baldwin; turf commi ion agent at 2 St. Anne’s Valley, Hunger hill, Nottingham to death. d. suddenly at Nottingham 21 July 1892. bur. General cemet. Nottingham 23 July. Modern boxing. By Pendragon (1879) 83–8; Illust. sport. news , ii 284 (1863), portrait .