(1930-11-24)24 November 1930 Reading, Berkshire, England
Died
14 March 1981(1981-03-14) (aged 50) Saint Michael, Barbados
Height
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm leg break
Role
Batsman
International information
National side
England
Test debut (cap 380)
9 June 1955 v South Africa
Last Test
30 July 1968 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1953–1968
Surrey
Career statistics
Competition
Test
FC
LA
Matches
82
533
14
Runs scored
6,806
31,714
399
Batting average
58.67
45.63
33.25
100s/50s
20/35
76/171
0/3
Top score
256
256
70*
Balls bowled
2,715
17,924
108
Wickets
29
273
4
Bowling average
44.82
32.61
33.33
5 wickets in innings
0
8
0
10 wickets in match
0
0
0
Best bowling
3/4
7/40
3/41
Catches/stumpings
58/–
514/–
5/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 July 2009
Kenneth Frank Barrington (24 November 1930 – 14 March 1981),[1] was an English international cricketer who played for the England cricket team and Surrey County Cricket Club in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler, known for his jovial good humour and long, defensive innings "batting with bulldog determination and awesome concentration".[2]
His batting improved with the quality of the opposition; he averaged 39.87 in the County Championship, 45.63 in first-class cricket, 58.67 in Test cricket and 63.96 against Australia. Of players with a completed career, only Don Bradman with his average of 99.94 made more than Barrington's 6,806 Test runs at a higher average,[3] which is the seventh highest of batsmen who have made 1,000 Test runs, and the highest by a post-war England batsman. His 256 in the Fourth Test at Old Trafford in 1964 is the third highest score for England against Australia and the highest since the Second World War. Barrington twice made centuries in four successive Tests, and was the first England batsmen to make hundreds on all six traditional Test grounds: Old Trafford, Edgbaston, Headingley, Lord's, Trent Bridge and The Oval.[4]
His Test career ended when he had a heart attack in Australia in 1968, even though he had several potentially fruitful years ahead of him. From 1975 to 1981 he was an England selector and a regular tour manager. He died from a second heart attack on 14 March 1981 during the Third Test at Bridgetown, Barbados, where he had made his maiden Test century 21 years before.[5][6]
^Cricwaves.com. "KF Barrington". Cricwaves. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
^p. 460, Frith
^"Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records Test Batting average with minimum qualification of 5000 runs in Test cricket".
^p. 125, Peel
^pp 42, 190, Peel
^Selvey, Mike (16 March 2016). "Remembering Ken Barrington: a sudden departure, most unlike his batting". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
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'close' run out decision early on. England saved the game with 256 from KenBarrington, his 10th test century but his first at home. Most famously Fred Trueman...
centuries in four Tests, making him just the fourth man after Bradman, KenBarrington and Matthew Hayden to score four centuries in four Tests on two different...
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