Famous Cricketers No 62 - Ken Barrington

Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 372. MCC v President’s XI, Bangalore, January 3, 4, 5 (Match drawn) not out 76 272-3d 8 2 16 0 298-4d did not bat - 259-6 373. MCC v South Zone, Hyderabad, January 6, 7, 8 (MCC won by an innings and 27 runs) c sub b Mahendar Kamur 108 480 5.2 2 11 3 A.A.Baig c P.J.Sharpe 140 1 D.Kameth hit wkt Habeeb Khan b 14 4 45 2 A.G.Milka Singh c M.J.Stewart 313 Habeeb Khan lbw 374. ENGLAND v INDIA, Nehru Stadium, Madras, January 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 (Match drawn) c and b C.G.Borde 80 317 4 0 23 0 457-7d did not bat - 241-5 2 0 6 0 152-9d 375. MCC v West Zone, Ahmedabad, January 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) lbw b R.F.Surti 72 400-5d 1.3 1 1 1 B.P.Gupte c J.M.Parks 208 5 0 29 1 N.J.Contractor c and b 282-3 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 1 1 0 80 80 80.00 - 1 - Other matches 3 3 1 256 108 128.00 1 2 2 Season 4 4 1 336 108 112.00 1 3 2 Career 375 588 95 21827 219* 44.27 50 123 370 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Test matches 6 0 29 0 - - - Other matches 33.5 9 102 7 3-11 14.57 - Season 39.5 9 131 7 3-11 18.71 - Career (6 ball) 1565.2 307 } 5528 144 6-70 38.38 1 Career (8 ball) 121.2 17 1964 In his benefit year, Barrington had great help from his wife, Ann, whose secretarial skills and financial training was invaluable. In the Test matches against Australia, bad weather at Trent Bridge and Lord’s made draws inevitable. At Headingley, Barrington was dismissed for 29 in the first innings continuing a bad trot for England at home with precisely 200 runs in his last ten innings with a highest score of 33. In the second innings, facing a deficit of 121, he came out to partner J.H.Edrich and went for his shots making 85 before being given out lbw to Vievers, a decision even the Australians thought harsh. Australia won the match and on a docile pitch at Old Trafford, Australia scored 659-8 in their first innings. Barrington joined Dexter coming in at no 4 and by the Monday morning England still needed 295 to avoid the follow-on. Despite alarms, Dexter and Barrington put on 246 and eventually Barrington scored 256 batting for 11 hours 25 minutes. In his next first class match, he scored 207 against Nottinghamshire at the Oval. His benefit match was against Yorkshire – it raised £10,702 - and despite some controversy, was financially successful and at the end of the season, he finished top of the averages. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 376. Surrey v MCC, Lord’s, May 2, 4, 5 (Match drawn) lbw b B.R.Knight 55 200-9d 14 3 46 5 K.W.R Fletcher c S.J.Storey 210 K.E.Palmer b D.N.F.Slade b J.G.Binks b R.N.S.Hobbs c M.J.Stewart c J.S.E.Price b R.N.S.Hobbs 23 193-7 7 1 35 0 183-1d 36