Famous Cricketers No 62 - Ken Barrington

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Test matches 39 6 154 1 1-44 154.00 - Other matches 82.2 11 369 9 3-53 41.00 - Season 121.2 17 523 10 3-53 52.30 - Career (6 ball) 1408 262 } 5100 121 6-70 42.14 1 Career (8 ball) 121.2 17 1962/63 - MCC in New Zealand A successful tour in New Zealand gave him an overall tour aggregate of 1763 (Avge 80.13), which was only 18 runs short of the 1781 scored by D.C.S.Compton in South Africa in 1948/49. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 340. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Auckland, February 23, 25, 26, 27 (England won by an innings and 215 runs) c W.R.Playle b F.J.Cameron126 562-7d 12 4 38 0 258 - - - - 89 1 341. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, March 1, 2, 4 (England won by an innings and 47 runs) c A.E.Dick b J.R.Reid 76 428 2.3 1 1 1 F.J.Cameron lbw 194 11 3 32 3 B.W.Sinclair c and b 187 3 M.J.F.Shrimpton c P.H.Parfitt F.J.Cameron lbw 342. MCC v Otago Invitation XI, Dunedin, March 8, 9, 11 (MCC won by an innings and 10 runs) lbw b F.J.Cameron 18 296-9d - - - - 116 10 2 41 3 R.Hendry c F.J.Titmus 170 J.C.Alabaster lbw J.Hill lbw 343. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Christchurch, March 15, 16, 18, 19 (England won by seven wickets) lbw b R.C.Motz 47 253 5 0 18 0 266 1 c J.R.Reid b R.W.Blair 45 173-3 - - - - 159 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 3 4 0 294 126 73.50 1 1 5 Other matches 1 1 0 18 18 18.00 - - - Season 4 5 0 312 126 62.40 1 1 5 Career 343 539 87 19923 219* 44.07 47 109 350 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Test matches 30.3 8 89 4 3-32 22.25 - Other matches 10 2 41 3 3-41 13.66 - Season 40.3 10 130 7 3-32 18.57 - Career (6 ball) 1448.3 272 } 5230 128 6-70 40.85 1 Career (8 ball) 121.2 17 1963 Barrington scored a century for Surrey against the visiting West Indians but England were soundly beaten at Old Trafford in the First Test. A dramatic match at Lord’s was drawn with plucky defence by Barrington in the second innings culminating with Cowdrey batting in the last over despite a broken arm. England won at Edgbaston handsomely although Barrington had a poor game being dismissed twice by Sobers playing on to balls outside the off stump. England lost at Headingley, at one stage in the first innings being 34-5 following a devastating spell by Griffith. In the Oval Test match, Barrington attacked Griffith but fell in a trap when, expecting another bouncer, he was bowled by a fast swinging yorker. For Barrington, the series had been a bitter disappointment. For the whole season, he averaged over 40 with the bat. In the last match of the season against Warwickshire his 51 33