Those who remember Arthur Marshall as an international tennis player and outstanding teacher of the sport are spot on. But there was much more to him: league footballer in a top team and outstanding performer in squash, cricket, table tennis, golf and lawn bowls.
And thats just the sport. Well, even that isnt the end of his sports story: he also became a highly respected sports journalist in both print and broadcast media. Beyond that, he was an entrepreneur and a tireless promoter of and fundraiser for causes that ignited his passion, many of which he initiated himself. Outstanding among these was his major role in the creation of the Peel Thunder Football Club within the West Australian Football League competition. Surely thats enough, Arthur. But no: he went on to become a state parliamentarian with a strong record of achievement. In these memoirs Marshall tells engaging and often amusing stories of his multifarious exploits from childhood on, not the least of them an extended account of his two adventurous years on the international tennis circuit. Never a Dull Moment will confirm Arthur Marshalls standing as a Western Australian of considerable substanc
