Famous Cricketers No 62 - Ken Barrington

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 9 1 364 83 45.50 - 4 4 Players v Gentlemen 1 2 0 106 53 53.00 - 2 1 Championship 14 24 5 1348 163 70.94 4 7 25 Other Surrey matches 3 4 1 162 68 54.00 - 1 - Other matches 1 2 0 90 55 45.00 - 1 1 Season 24 42 7 2070 163 59.14 4 15 31 Career 280 440 67 14966 186 40.12 30 86 297 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Players v Gentlemen 1 0 5 0 - - - Championship 142 26 463 8 2-32 57.87 - Other Surrey matches 8 1 39 0 - - - Other matches 10 1 49 1 1-28 49.00 - Season 161 28 556 9 2-32 61.77 - Career (6 ball) 1216.3 224 3906 96 6-70 41.11 1 1961/62 - MCC in India, Pakistan and Ceylon In five months an under strength MCC party, led by E.R.Dexter, was earmarked to play eight Test matches and 16 other fixtures when accomodation and travel remained for the most part primitive. Faced with these spartan conditions, a number of players opted out of the venture. Barrington played in 7 Tests and 10 other matches to average over 90 in the Tests and nearly 70 over all. He was a great favourite with the crowds introducing comedy into some performances by mimicking other players such as Mackay and Sobers. His humour off the field was greatly appreciated by his team mates and the nickname of “The Colonel” was born. The series against India was lost and no longer could England afford to take a second XI to this part of the world. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 281. MCC v President’s XI, Rawalpindi, October 13, 14, 15 (Match drawn) b Javed Akhtar 11 197 208 1 c Iqbal Sheikh b Javed Akhtar 4 154-7 195-8d 1 282. MCC v Governor’s XI, Lyallpur, October 17, 18, 19 (MCC won by 29 runs) c Saeed Ahmed b Afaq Hussain 55 252 - - - - 119 1 b Antab D’Souza 0 106 9 2 24 0 210 283. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Lahore, October 21, 22, 24, 25, 26 (England won by five wickets) run out 139 380 6 0 25 0 387-9d lbw b Mahmood Hussain 6 209-5 - - - - 200 284. MCC v Combined Universities, Poona, October 28, 29, 30 (Match drawn) not out 149 417 6 2 11 0 346-9d 1 3 0 3 2 H.Gore st G.Millman 67-3 J.W.Ghorpade lbw 285. ENGLAND v INDIA, Bombay, November 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) not out 151 500-8d - - - - 390 1 not out 52 184-5d 3 0 18 0 180-5 286. MCC v President’s XI, Hyderabad, November 18, 19, 20 (MCC won by four wickets) c B.K.Kunderam b E.A.S.Prasanna 6 261 - - - - 281-5d 2 b R.F.Surti 8 184-6 13 1 53 2 M.L.Jaisimha c and b 163-5d 1 R.F.Surti c P.H.Parfitt 287. MCC v Rajasthan, Jaipur, November 22, 23, 24 (Match drawn) c Ramesh Shah b R.A.J.Singh 91 222-6d 268 did not bat - 86-2 155-6d 1 28