Lord Harris, the most influential figure in Kent cricket at the time, had happened to ask Marchant if he was eligible to play for Kent during a break in play at the Eton v Harrow match at Lord's earlier in the summer,[5] during which Marchant had scored 93 runs in a "delightful display" of batting.

[3][7] His Wisden obituary said that he was "rather disappointing for a player of such promise" at Cambridge but went on to do "some great things for Kent" in county cricket.

[9][11] Kent's fortunes at the time were mixed and after a successful first season captaining together, during with the touring Australians were beaten at Canterbury, 1891 was "one of the worst in the club's history".

In club cricket he played for amateur sides such as Band of Brothers, a team closely associated with Kent,[14] Eton Ramblers, I Zingari and Free Foresters.

[6] Marchant was President of Kent County Cricket Club in 1934[8] and professionally was a director of Saunders and Co, a paper making company.