Edward Barnes (cricketer) should not be confused with Ed Barnes (cricketer).
| Edward Barnes | |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Fullname: | William Edward Parker Barnes |
| Nickname: | Jum |
| Birth Date: | 23 December 1856 |
| Birth Place: | Kildare, Geelong, Colony of Victoria |
| Death Place: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Heightft: | 6 |
| Heightinch: | 3 |
| Club1: | Canterbury |
| Year1: | 1882-83 to 1893-94 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 16 |
| Runs1: | 290 |
| Bat Avg1: | 12.08 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 49 not out |
| Deliveries1: | 649 |
| Wickets1: | 9 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 23.44 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 2/43 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 23/0 |
| Date: | 27 March 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36381.html Cricinfo |
William Edward Parker "Jum" Barnes (23 December 1856 – 19 August 1897)[1] was a New Zealand cricketer who played 16 first-class matches for Canterbury between 1882 and 1894.
Born in Geelong in Australia, Barnes played cricket for the East Melbourne club and represented Victoria at Australian rules football.[2] He went to Christchurch as an official with the Christchurch Exhibition of 1882 and stayed, working for the Lyttelton Times, where for some years he was a sports reporter. He played rugby union in New Zealand, and was noted for his weight and strength.[2] [3]
Barnes began playing cricket for Canterbury a few months after he arrived. His highest first-class score was 49 not out against Wellington in 1886–87, by far the highest score in a match in which 40 wickets fell for 309 runs.[4] A few weeks earlier he had made 35, equal top-score in the match, when a Canterbury XVIII outplayed the touring Australians in a drawn match.[5] He stood six feet three inches tall, and aside from his batting he was a useful bowler, an occasional wicket-keeper, and one of the outstanding slip fieldsmen in New Zealand.[6] [2]
In the last year of his life he suffered from severe jaundice, aggravated by heavy drinking. On the night before his death, his drinking companions in Christchurch had helped him to a shed and left him there asleep, covered with his coat. He was discovered unconscious the next morning and taken to hospital, but died shortly after being admitted.[7]