Thursday, March 18, 2010

Edgar John Barlow

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

Batting style

Right-hand bat

Bowling style

Right-arm medium pace


Tests

First-Class

Matches

30

283

Runs scored

2,516

18212

Batting average

45.74

39.16

100s/50s

6/15

43/86

Top score

201

217

Balls bowled

3021

?

Wickets

40

571

Bowling average

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

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