| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | William Barnes | |||
| Born | 27 May 1852 Sutton-in-Ashfield, England |
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| Died | 24 March 1899 (aged 46) Mansfield Woodhouse, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm fast-medium | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 21) | 6 September 1880 v Australia | |||
| Last Test | 12 August 1890 v Australia | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1875–1894 | Nottinghamshire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | First-class | ||
| Matches | 21 | 459 | ||
| Runs scored | 725 | 15,425 | ||
| Batting average | 23.38 | 23.19 | ||
| 100s/50s | 1/5 | 21/69 | ||
| Top score | 134 | 160 | ||
| Balls bowled | 2,289 | 42,428 | ||
| Wickets | 51 | 902 | ||
| Bowling average | 15.54 | 17.12 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 3 | 45 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 10 | ||
| Best bowling | 6/28 | 8/64 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 19/– | 342/3 | ||
| Source: Cricinfo, 2 October 2009 | ||||
William Barnes (27 May 1852 in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England – 24 March 1899 in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, England) was a professional cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire between 1875 and 1894 and England between 1880 and 1890. In 1890 he was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year. Barnes also toured Australia three times and North America once. Barnes was on the groundstaff at Lord's between 1895 and 1898 and umpired then too, and landlord of the Angel Inn, Mansfield Woodhouse in the off-season. It is there that he died in March 1899. A little-known fact about him is that he had no teeth.
He wife was named Eliza. Although he played cricket professionally, this was only a summer occupation, and in the 1881 Census he listed his profession as cotton weaver.
References
- Brief profile of William Barnes by Don Ambrose
- CricketArchive page on Billy Barnes
- Cricinfo page on Billy Barnes
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