Famous Cricketers No 62 - Ken Barrington

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 16 23 4 715 108* 37.63 2 3 12 Other Surrey matches 3 2 0 130 102 65.00 1 - 4 Season 19 25 4 845 108* 40.23 3 3 16 Career 28 39 5 1082 108* 31.82 3 4 20 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Championship 13 2 63 1 1-45 63.00 - 1955 Playing for MCC against the South Africans, Barrington was dismissed for 3 and 27, being lbw to Trevor Goddard both times. Goddard bowled left arm accurate over the wicket seamers and it was this defect in his game that persuaded Barrington to change to a more open two-eyed stance. Scoring centuries in consecutive matches saw Barrington being awarded his county cap and a week later being selected for his first Test match. Like many a great batsman before him, he failed to “trouble the scorers” on his debut. He was retained for the Second Test at Lord’s, but then lost his place and it was to be four years before he played for England again. However, Barrington made his full contribution to Surrey in retaining the County Championship. Although at this stage of his career Barrington had not done much bowling, he was asked to bowl in the Festival game at Torquay in September and took more than five wickets in an innings for the first time. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 29. Surrey v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, April 30, May 2, 3 (Surrey won by an innings and 70 runs) c D.J.Smith b S.Singh 66 328 - - - - 82 7 0 31 0 176 30. Surrey v MCC, Lord’s, May 4, 5, 6 (Surrey won by seven wickets) b J.D.Bannister 14 159 129 1 not out 15 55-3 83 31. Surrey v Gloucestershire, Kennington Oval, May 7, 9, 10 (Surrey won by eight wickets) c G.M.Emmett b J.B.Mortimore 46 232 126 did not bat - 33-2 137 32. Surrey v Somerset, Kennington Oval, May 14, 16 (Surrey won by an innings and 4 runs) b J.W.J.McMahon 64 224 99 121 1 33. Surrey v Essex, Ilford, May 18, 19, 20 (Surrey won by five wickets) b D.J.Insole 39 179 126 lbw b W.T.Greensmith 23 150-5 202 34. MCC v South Africans, Lord’s, May 21, 23, 24 (South Africans won by 93 runs) lbw b T.L.Goddard 3 87 185-9d lbw b T.L.Goddard 27 189 184 35. Surrey v Lancashire, Kennington Oval, May 25, 26, 27 (Surrey won by an innings and 143 runs) not out 135 345-3d 94 108 36. Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, May 28, 30, 31 (Surrey won by eight wickets) c J.Hardstaff b P.F.Harvey 126 368-6d - - - - 353 did not bat - 188-2 4 0 22 0 202-7d 37. Surrey v Glamorgan, Kennington Oval, June 1, 2, 3 (Surrey won by eight wickets) b W.Wooller 31 239 56 did not bat - 105-2 287 38. Surrey v Yorkshire, Kennington Oval, June 4, 6, 7 (Surrey won by 41 runs) c D.B.Close R.Appleyard 1 85 131 b J.H.Wardle 11 261-7d 174 2 39. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Trent Bridge, June 9, 10, 11, 13 (England won by an innings and 5 runs) c J.H.B.Waite b E.R.H.Fuller 0 334 181 148 9