| Barney O'Shaughnessy | |
| Country: | Australia |
| Birth Date: | 28 February 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Wiluna, Western Australia |
| Death Place: | Nedlands, Western Australia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast |
| Club1: | Western Australia |
| Year1: | 1932/33 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 0 |
| Bat Avg1: | 0.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 0 |
| Deliveries1: | 144 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 81.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/31 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Date: | 2 December |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/16/16519/16519.html CricketArchive |
Barney O'Shaughnessy (28 February 1912 – 27 May 2007) was an Australian cricketer who played a single first-class match for Western Australia. Born in the isolated Mid-West town of Wiluna, Western Australia, where his family managed a hotel, O'Shaughnessy was sent to Perth for schooling, attending Christian Brothers' College as a boarder. Playing as a fast bowler and attacking batsman, he played cricket for the school in the Darlot Cup, and also captained the school's football team in 1931, his final year at the school.[1] In one match, against Scotch College in November 1931, O'Shaughnessy scored a century, 100 runs exactly, from 65 minutes of batting, including seven sixes and nine fours.[2]
O'Shaughnessy's single match for Western Australia was against the Marylebone Cricket Club on their 1932–33 tour of Australia.[3] In the match, held at the WACA Ground in late October 1932, he opened Western Australia's bowling alongside Ron Halcombe in both innings, taking 0/50 in the first and 1/31 in the second innings. His only wicket was that of Leslie Ames, who he bowled for 19 runs.[4] He batted at number ten in Western Australia's only innings, and scored a duck.[5] O'Shaughnessy returned to Wiluna in 1933 to take over the Club Hotel, which his family had previously run.[6] During the Second World War, O'Shaughnessy enlisted in the Australian Army, along with several other sportsmen from Western Australia.[7] He served as a private in the 2/1 Guard Regiment, and was discharged in November 1944.[8] O'Shaughnessy eventually retired to Perth, dying in Nedlands in May 2007, at the age of 95.[4]