Bob Barber (cricketer)
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| Full name | Robert William Barber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 September 1935 Withington, Manchester | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg-break and googly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 9 June 1960 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 11 June 1968 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert William "Bob" Barber (born 26 September 1935). An outstanding schoolboy cricketer at Ruthin School, Barber initially struggled to gain a place whilst at Cambridge after making his debut in 1955. Scoring 1000 runs for the first time in 1959, Barber was made captain of Lancashire.
Hampered by an intrusive committee and hostile crowd,
Often in bleak moments do I cast back to Bob Barber's 185 in front of 40,000 on that sunny Friday in January '66. He batted without chance for five hours, starting decorously enough and then hitting the ball progressively harder and with a superb disdain to every corner of the field. One recalls the exceptional vigour of his driving and how he brought his wrists into the cut, making room for the stroke. It made blissful watching to English eyes – to one pair in particular, for by a wonderful chance father Barber had flown in from home that very day.[3]
In 1969 he retired from county cricket although he appeared in the
Notes
- ^ ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
- ^ WISDEN 1960-2
- E.W. Swanton, Swanton in Australia, with MCC 1946–1975, Fontana, 1977
References
- Wisden. Editions for 1961, 62 and 63
- Playfair Cricket Monthly 1965
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