Robert Marshall (born 25 August 1964) is an English former professional snooker player.
Marshall reached the last 32 at the non-ranking 1987 English Professional Championship, recording victories over Bill Oliver, 6âÂÂ3 at the last-64 stage, and 6âÂÂ4 against Pat Houlihan. In his last-32 match, Marshall in turn led Willie Thorne 3âÂÂ1, but lost 3âÂÂ6. After winning his first professional play-off match against Darren Clarke 10âÂÂ5, compiling his first century break, an effort of 106, in the process, he finished the season ranked 119th.
Marshall's second season on tour brought mild success, with runs to the last 64 at the 1989 Classic and the last 32 at that year's British Open. In the former, he overcame Ian Black 5âÂÂ0 and Ray Edmonds 5âÂÂ2 before losing 1âÂÂ5 to Tony Drago; the latter featured wins over Jim Chambers, Kirk Stevens and Bob Chaperon, but ended with a 1âÂÂ5 defeat to Thorne.
At the 1989 International Open, Marshall reached the last-16 stage, defeating Paul Watchorn, Colin Roscoe, Dean Reynolds and Eddie Charlton before exiting 3âÂÂ5 to Welshman Cliff Wilson. He registered the best performance of his career at the 1990 British Open, where his opponents en route to the semi-final included Nigel Gilbert, David Roe, Joe Johnson, Eugene Hughes and Steve Newbury. Drawn against Chaperon, Marshall led the Canadian 3âÂÂ2 but, on this occasion, lost 5âÂÂ9 to the eventual champion.
Ranked at a career-best 46th for the 1990/1991 season, Marshall defeated Tony Wilson of the Isle of Man, fellow Englishman Mark Johnston-Allen and South African Peter Francisco - all 10âÂÂ9 - to qualify for the main stages of the 1991 World Championship, his first appearance at the Crucible Theatre. In his last-32 match against Reynolds, he led 4âÂÂ2 but went on to lose 8âÂÂ10.
The following season proved fruitless, and Marshall began 1992/1993 ranked 70th. By 1994, he had fallen further; although he won five matches to reach the last 64 at the 1995 Thailand Open - where he lost 2âÂÂ5 to Jason Wallace - he concluded the season having slipped to 162nd. He had made a break of 133 in his 1995 World Championship qualifying match against Kieran McMahon, but lost 4âÂÂ5 to the Northern Irishman and did not play professionally again; he was relegated from the tour in 1996, aged 31.
After seventeen years out of the competitive game, Marshall entered Event 3 of the 2013 European Tour as an amateur, but lost his pre-qualifying match 3âÂÂ4 to Oliver Brown.