Charlie Barnett (cricketer)
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Stroud, Gloucestershire , England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut | 12 August 1933 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 10 June 1948 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 20 July 2021 |
Charles John Barnett (3 July 1910 – 28 May 1993) was an English cricketer, who played for Gloucestershire and for England in 20 Tests from 1933 to 1948.[1] He was one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year in 1937.
Life and career
Charlie Barnett came from a well-known Gloucestershire cricketing family – his father (Charles Barnett) and two uncles all played for the county, as amateurs. Educated at Wycliffe College in Stonehouse, Barnett began as an amateur (against Cambridge in 1927, when he was 16), turning professional in 1929.
One of the most stylish batsman of the 1930s, Barnett began his career in the
Barnett scored two Test centuries, putting on 219 for the first wicket with
He became a school coach until his retirement, and died in a Stroud Glos nursing home in May 1993, at the age of 82.[1]
References
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