Famous Cricketers No 62 - Ken Barrington

Returning to the Oval, Herbert Strudwick, the former Surrey coach, travelled up from Brighton at his own expense, to point out technical faults in his batting that he had spotted on television. For Surrey against the New Zealanders he scored 70 and 129 not out, but he was dropped from the England team for the Lord’s Test match. He was suprisingly restored to the team for the final New Zealand Test because of injuries to Boycott and Dexter and scored a sound 163 in a stand of 369 with J.H.Edrich. Against South Africa he scored 91 in a drawn match, but when South Africa won at Trent Bridge he scored only 1 in each innings. In the final Test, he scored 73 in the second innings when rain prevented England winning to square the series. Barrington appeared in his only one-day final at Lord’s when Surrey were comprehensively beaten by Yorkshire. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 411. Surrey v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, April (28), 29, 30 (Surrey won by eight wickets) did not bat - 79-0d 127-6d 1 not out 41 176-2 124 412. Surrey v MCC, Lord’s, May 1, 3, (4) (Match drawn) c R.N.S.Hobbs b D.L.Underwood 23 83-5 163 2 413. Surrey v Hampshire, Kennington Oval, May 5, 6, 7 (Match drawn) c D.Shackleton b A.R.Wassell 21 248 260 b P.J.Sainsbury 3 180-7d 41-1 414. Surrey v Warwickshire, Kennington Oval, May 8, 10, 11 (Match drawn) b R.B.Edmonds 7 176 1.2 0 9 2 R.B.Edmonds c R.I.Jefferson 257 1 D.J.Brown c S.J.Storey b T.W.Cartwright 5 239-5d 6 2 18 0 68-2 415. Surrey v Sussex, Hove, May 12, 13, 14 (Sussex won by seven wickets) lbw b A.Buss 6 325-6d 354-7d 1 c R.J.Langridge b N.I.Thomson 3 91 64-3 416. Surrey v Leicestershire, Kennington Oval, May 15, 17, 18 (Leicestershire won by six wickets) c S.Greensword b J.Cotton 0 268 215 lbw b C.T.Spencer 15 108-5d 162-4 2 417. Surrey v Worcestershire, Kennington Oval, May 19, 20, 21 (Match drawn) c R.Booth b L.J.Coldwell 18 216 207 b N.Gifford 35 169-5 237-7 418. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Edgbaston, May 27, 28, 29, 31, June 1 (England won by nine wickets) c A.E.Dick b R.O.Collinge 137 435 - - - - 116 did not bat - 96-1 5 0 25 0 413 1 419. Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, June 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c A.J.Corran b A.A.Johnson 23 279-9d 278-9d 1 22-2 420. Surrey v New Zealanders, Kennington Oval, June 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) c G.E.Vivian b V.Pollard 70 248 29 2 88 5 G.T.Dowling c and b 422-9d 2 A.E.Dick lbw B.R.Taylor c D.Gibson R.W.Morgan c A.Long V.Pollard c R.A.E.Tindall not out 129 295-4 421. Surrey v Oxford University, The Parks, June 12, 14, 15 (Match drawn) did not bat - 175-0d 11 2 27 2 D.P.Toft c and b 161-7d 1 P.J.K.Gibbs lbw did not bat - 4-0 9 5 13 0 86 422. Surrey v Gloucestershire, Bristol, June 16, 17, (18) (Match drawn) c and b A.R.Windows 7 321-8d 63-2 423. Surrey v Kent, Kennington Oval, June 19, 21, (22) (Match drawn) c B.W.Luckhurst b J.C.J.Dye 5 239 95-1 424. Surrey v Essex, Kennington Oval, June 26, 28, 29 (Match drawn) c and b B.R.Knight 60 320-9d 200 23 9 50 1 K.W.R.Fletcher c D.A.D.Sydenham 275-8 40