At the time of his Scotland call up, Marsh was playing club rugby for Edinburgh Institution F.P., and was brought in at three-quarters.
Almost immediately on his move to Swinton, he was playing in the Lancashire versus Yorkshire match on 29 November 1890.
[12] In 1889, Marsh was selected for the Scottish international team when he was chosen to face Wales as part of the 1890 Home Nations Championship.
Scotland beat Wales and Marsh was reselected for the second, and final game of the competition, away to Ireland at Belfast.
With England having withdrawn from the tournament, a win over the Irish would give Scotland the Home Nations, but not the Grand Slam.