Edgar ("Eddie") John Barlow (12 August 1940 in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa – 30 December 2005 in Jersey) was a South African cricketer. Barlow played first-class cricketer for Transvaal and Eastern Province from 1959-60 to 1967-68 before moving to Western Province for the seasons from 1968-69 to 1980-81. During this time he also played three seasons with Derbyshire in the English County Championship from 1976 - 1978. He completed his first-class career in Boland in 1982-83. Barlow was named as one of the six South African Cricket Annual players of the year in 1962. He was one of the leading all-rounders on the world stage in the 1960s.
Eddie Barlow | ||
Right-hand bat | ||
Bowling style | Right-arm medium pace | |
| First-Class | |
Matches | 30 | 283 |
Runs scored | 2,516 | 18212 |
45.74 | 39.16 | |
100s/50s | 6/15 | 43/86 |
Top score | 201 | 217 |
Balls bowled | 3021 | ? |
40 | 571 | |
34.05 | 24.14 | |
5 wickets in innings | 1 | 16 |
10 wickets in match | 0 | 2 |
Best bowling | 5/85 | 7/24 |
Catches/stumpings | 35/- | 335/- |
Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Barlow