Famous Cricketers No 62 - Ken Barrington

ball only to tear fibres from his hamstring muscle. He was unable to bowl again in the match. The series depended on the last match at Sydney but the match petered out in a draw on an unsuitable pitch. Barrington’s century in the first innings contained only four boundaries. His return of 582 runs in the series was the best since W.R.Hammond. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 327. MCC v Western Australia, Perth, October 19, 20, 22 (MCC won by ten wickets) c H.G.Bevan b D.E.Hoare 24 303 - - - - 77 did not bat - 49-0 10 1 47 0 274 328. MCC v Combined XI, Perth, October 26, 27, 29, 30 (Combined XI won by ten wickets) c B.L.Buggins b G.D.McKenzie 0 157 2 0 8 0 317 1 c M.T.Vernon b D.E.Hoare 44 270 4 0 35 0 115-0 329. MCC v South Australia, Adelaide, November 2, 3, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c B.N.Jarman b N.J.N.Hawke 104 508-9d 4 0 27 0 335 did not bat - 95-1 - - - - 283-7d 330. MCC v Australian XI, Melbourne, November 9, 10, 12, 13 (Match drawn) not out 219 633-7d 451 c F.M.Misson b T.R.Veivers 19 68-5d 201-4 1 331. MCC v Queensland, Brisbane, November 23, 24, 26, 27 (Match drawn) not out 183 581-6d 8 1 71 1 D.G.Hughson lbw 433-7d 12 3 28 0 94-7 332. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, November 30, December 1, 3, 4, 5 (Match drawn) c P.J.P.Burge b R.Benaud 78 389 12 3 44 1 A.K.Davidson c F.S.Trueman 404 1 c G.D.McKenzie b A.K.Davidson 23 278-6 - - - - 362-4d 333. MCC v South Australia, Adelaide, December 23, 24, 26, 27 (Match drawn) run out 52 586-5d 18 2 55 3 G.St A.Sobers c D.A.Allen 450 2 H.N.Dansie c and b J.F.Sangster c P.H.Parfitt not out 52 167-6d - - - - 113-4 334. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, December 29, 31, January 1, 2, 3 (England won by seven wickets) lbw b G.D.McKenzie 35 331 6 0 23 0 316 2 not out 0 237-3 5 0 22 0 248 335. MCC v Combined XI, Launceston, January 4, 5, 7 (MCC won by 313 runs) c K.J.Aldridge b B.C.Patterson 73 331-7d 2.4 1 16 1 K.J.Aldridge st J.T.Murray 77 1 did not bat - 116-1d 2 0 8 1 K.J.Aldridge c D.S.Sheppard 57 336. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, January 11, 12, 14, 15 (Australia won by eight wickets) lbw b A.K.Davidson 35 279 8 0 43 0 319 1 b G.D.McKenzie 21 104 - - - - 67-2 337. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, January 25, 26, 28, 29, 30 (Match drawn) b R.B.Simpson 63 331 393 not out 132 223-4 293 2 338. MCC v Victoria, Melbourne, February 1, 2, 4, 5 (Match drawn) c R.M.Cowper b C.Guest 33 375 2.6 0 14 1 A.N.Connolly c P.H.Parfitt 307 c R.C.Jordon b I.Meckiff 66 218-5d 17 3 60 2 R.C.Jordon c and b 188-9 1 I.Meckiff c L.J.Coldwell 339. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, February 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 (Match drawn) c R.N.Harvey b R.Benaud 101 321 - - - - 349 c A.T.W.Grout b G.D.McKenzie 94 268-8d 8 3 22 0 152-4 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 10 2 582 132* 72.75 2 3 6 Other matches 8 12 3 869 219* 96.55 3 4 6 Season 13 22 5 1451 219* 85.35 5 7 12 Career 339 534 87 19611 219* 43.87 46 108 345 32