Mike Barnard (sportsman)

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Mike Barnard
Barnard in 1958
Personal information
Full name
Henry Michael Barnard
Born(1933-07-18)18 July 1933
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Died18 December 2018(2018-12-18) (aged 85)
Southampton, Hampshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1952–1966Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 276 9
Runs scored 9,314 315
Batting average 22.07 39.37
100s/50s 6/46 –/2
Top score 128* 98
Balls bowled 1,113 –
Wickets 16 –
Bowling average 35.18 –
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 3/35 –
Catches/stumpings 312/– 8/–
Source: Mike Barnard at ESPNcricinfo
30 August 2009
Association football career
Position(s)
Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1951 Gosport Borough
1951–1959 Portsmouth 116 (24)
1959–1963 Chelmsford City
1963–1964 Poole Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Michael Barnard (18 July 1933 – 18 December 2018) was an English first-class

inside forward for Portsmouth, scoring 24 goals. He also played non-League football for Gosport Borough, Chelmsford City, and Poole Town
.

Biography

Early life

Henry Michael Barnard was born on 18 July 1933 in

Portsmouth Blitz.[3] He was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School, where he was noted as being a talented sportsman in cricket, football, and rugby union. He won several local and national accolades in all three sports as a youth.[4]

Cricket career

Barnard was a member of

off-spinner Charles Knott to say he had been detained at his fishmonger's business and was unable to play in the match. As a result, Barnard was called into the Hampshire team.[5] He came into bat with Hampshire 48 for 8, with batting having proven difficult. Barnard launched a counter-attack against the Middlesex attack, top-scoring with a fluent 39. He added 24 runs in Hampshire's second innings, and although Hampshire lost the match, his performance gained him a regular place in the Hampshire first eleven.[5] In Hampshire's following match against the touring Pakistanis at Portsmouth, Barnard scored his maiden first-class century by making an unbeaten 101 in Hampshire's second innings, watched by his brother and father.[5] He was the first Englishman to score a century against the Pakistanis, on what was their first tour to England.[4] He made fourteen first-class appearances in 1954,[6] scoring 394 runs.[7]

By the 1955 season, Barnard had established himself in the Hampshire

county cap during the 1955 season.[4] He played fewer games (22) the following season,[6] but did make his highest first-class score, with an unbeaten 128 against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's.[4] Between 1956 and 1959, his returns were modest, though he did not make any further centuries during that period.[7] Barnard had a poor start to the 1961 season, scoring just 154 runs in ten innings and subsequently lost his place in the Hampshire team. However, a back injury to Hampshire captain Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie saw him return to the side,[5] with Barnard encountering his best form as a player.[2] Hampshire spent most of the season competing with defending champions Yorkshire for their first County Championship title. Barnard played a series of noteworthy innings, most notably scoring an aggressive 114 against Warwickshire in mid-August, which sent Hampshire top of the table. He followed this up with half centuries against Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. In a title-deciding match against Derbyshire at Bournemouth, he scored 61 runs and shared in a partnership of 99 with Peter Sainsbury, helping to set a target which Derbyshire were unable to reach and handed Hampshire their first County Championship title.[2][5][8] His return for the 1961 season was 661 runs at an average of 28.73, which was to be his highest season average.[7]

Encouraged by Hampshire's Championship success and his own personal form, he went onto have his most successful season in his first-class career in 1962,

opening the batting against the touring Australians.[2] His form fell away dramatically in the 1966 season, with 233 runs at an average of 14.56 from eleven matches. He played the 1967 season in the Second Eleven and had a testimonial season in 1968, but did not play first-class or one-day cricket for Hampshire after the 1966 season.[6][9]

In total, Barnard made 276 first-class and nine one-day appearances.[6][9] He was described as a "strongly built and powerful right-handed [batsman]" who commanded "elegant and economical" movement and was particularly strong off the back foot, and was always keen to seize on any deliveries bowled just short of a length.[4] In 276 first-class matches, he scored 9,314 runs at an average of 22.07; he made six centuries, alongside 46 half centuries.[10] He was noted as being a fielder of "high class", particularly close-in to the batsman and at slip.[4][2] His 312 catches are, as of 2024, the tenth-highest by a Hampshire fielder (excluding wicket-keepers).[5] He was, on occasion, utilised as a part-time medium pace bowler,[4] taking 16 wickets in first-class cricket.[11] In nine one-day matches, he scored 315 runs at an average of 39.37, while also taking eight catches.[12] The Daily Telegraph noted that he did not score the amount of runs throughout his career that he perhaps should have,[2] with The Independent echoing a similar sentiment by suggesting that he had not fully fulfilled the "rich promise" of his early years.[4] Barnard himself was pragmatic about his shortcomings, admitting that he suffered from occasional lapses in concentration.[2]

Football career

Barnard started his football career in 1950, playing as an

following season, with Barnard making 30 appearances that season and scoring five goals.[15][2][16]

One of his best performances came in a 5–4 home victory over

the Football League.[13] He continued to play football, albeit at non-League level, signing for Chelmsford City in 1959,[13][15] with the club able to match Portsmouth's £20 a week wage.[3] His last season in football came with Poole Town in 1963–64.[4][13]

Later life

After the end of his first-class cricket career, Barnard became a mature student at King Alfred's College in Winchester.[4] He had intended to go into coaching following his playing career,[2] and was earmarked to coach the Second Eleven and succeed Leo Harrison as Hampshire head coach.[4][5] However, while on a cricket tour of British Army bases in West Germany, he was seriously injured when his minibus driver fell asleep at the wheel. The resultant crash broke his neck and gave him severe spinal injuries, which would afflict him for the rest of his life.[2] He would recover sufficiently to coach cricket at the Warsash School of Navigation, while also working as a commentator for BBC Radio Solent and Southampton Hospitals.[8] He would later organise reunions between Portsmouth footballers and Hampshire cricketers.[15]

Barnard died on 18 December 2018 in Southampton, Hampshire, following a stroke.[17] His wife, Theresa, predeceased him in 2001. He was survived by their two sons and one daughter.[4] He was considered to be the greatest all-round sportsman the city of Portsmouth has ever produced.[16][3] Paying tribute following his death, then Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove said "he was an indelible part of Hampshire cricket history".[5]

Football career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[13]
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Portsmouth 1953–54 First Division 16 5 3 1 19 6
1954–55 First Division 30 5 1 0 31 5
1955–56 First Division 26 7 2 0 28 7
1956–57 First Division 12 2 0 0 12 2
1957–58 First Division 17 4 1 1 18 5
1958–59 First Division 15 1 0 0 15 1
Career total 116 24 7 2 123 26

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mike Barnard". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Mike Barnard, sportsman who won the County Championship with Hampshire and played football for Portsmouth – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. London. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Hacker, Lawrie (27 December 2018). "Tributes to a cricket and football master". The Jewish Chronicle. London. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Shenton, Kenneth (11 January 2019). "Mike Barnard: Portsmouth footballer who helped Hampshire win their first cricket county championship title". The Independent. London. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  5. ^
    ISBN 9781472963871
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  6. ^ a b c d e "First-Class Matches played by Mike Barnard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "First-Class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Mike Barnard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Hampshire Cricket mourn the great Mike Barnard". Hampshire Chronicle. Winchester. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "List A Matches played by Mike Barnard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  10. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Mike Barnard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  11. ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Mike Barnard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  12. ^ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Mike Barnard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g "Player Details: Mike Barnard". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  14. ISBN 0903852500
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  15. ^ a b c d "Pompey Mourn Mike Barnard". Portsmouth F.C. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  16. ^ a b "Farewell Mike Barnard One of Portsmouth's greatest all-round sportsmen". The News. Portsmouth. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  17. ^ "Mike Barnard obituary". The Times. London. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2024.

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