Famous Cricketers No 62 - Ken Barrington

288. ENGLAND v INDIA, Kanpur, December 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 (Match drawn) b S.P.Gupte 21 244 467-8d run out 172 497-5 289. MCC v North Zone, Jullundur, December 8, 9, 10 (MCC won by nine wickets) did not bat - 256-9d 7 0 18 2 Surendranath c D.R.Smith 152 Anil Khanna b did not bat - 42-1 3 1 13 1 H.Ghosh b 145 290. ENGLAND v INDIA, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, December 13, 14, 16, (17), (18) (Match drawn) not out 113 256-3 9 1 39 0 466 291. MCC v East Zone, Cuttack, December 22, 23, 24 (Match drawn) not out 80 261-4d 21 6 63 2 P.Roy lbw 263-8d P.C.Podder c G.Pullar not out 4 227-5 292. ENGLAND v INDIA, Calcutta, December 30, 31, January 1, 3, 4 (India won by 187 runs) b S.A.Durani 14 212 380 c S.A.Durani b R.B.Desai 3 233 252 1 293. MCC v South Zone, Bangalore, January 6, 7, 8 (MCC won by 37 runs) b G.Kasturirangan 3 193 132 did not bat - 192-2d 216 294. ENGLAND v INDIA, Nehru Stadium, Madras, January 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 (India won by 128 runs) c V.L.Manjrekar b S.A.Durani 20 281 428 lbw b R.G.Nadkarni 48 209 190 295. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Dacca, January 19, 20, 21, 23, 24 (Match drawn) b A.D’Souza 84 439 11 1 39 0 393-7d 1 did not bat - 38-0 21 13 17 0 216 296. MCC v Combined XI, Bahawalpur, January 26, 27, 28 (Match drawn) b Fazal Mahmood 0 114 162 did not bat - 69-0 297. MCC v All Ceylon, Colombo, February 16, 17, 18 (MCC won by eight wickets) b A.Fuard 93 284 210 not out 2 72-2 144 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 7 12 3 823 172 91.44 4 2 3 Other matches 10 14 4 506 149* 50.60 1 4 9 Season 17 26 7 1329 172 69.94 5 6 12 Career 297 466 74 16295 186 41.56 35 92 309 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Test matches 50 15 138 0 - - - Other matches 62 12 185 9 2-3 20.55 - Season 112 27 323 9 2-3 35.88 - Career (6 ball) 1328.3 251 4229 105 6-70 40.66 1 1962 An attack of tonsilitis delayed Barrington’s start to the season and left him short of practice for the First Test at Edgbaston. He “came good” for Surrey with centuries in three consecutive matches during June, having been discarded for the Test match at Trent Bridge. A good season for Surrey lifted his season’s average to nearly 50, scoring 1865 runs at 49.07. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 298. Surrey v Glamorgan, Kennington Oval, May 19, 21, 22 (Surrey won by an innings and 73 runs) c E.J.Lewis b P.M.Walker 3 339-9d 154 112 1 29