Country: | England |
Fullname: | Eric George Barber |
Birth Date: | 22 July 1915 |
Birth Place: | Bishopsgate Green, Warwickshire, England |
Death Place: | Coventry, Warwickshire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Club1: | Warwickshire |
Year1: | 1936 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 31 |
Bat Avg1: | 10.33 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 13 |
Deliveries1: | – |
Wickets1: | – |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
Date: | 25 December |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9513.html Cricinfo |
Eric George Barber (22 July 1915 – 30 April 1995[1]) was an English cricketer. Barber was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Bishopsgate Green, Warwickshire.
Barber made two first-class appearances for Warwickshire against Derbyshire and Leicestershire in the 1936 County Championship.[2] Against Derbyshire, Barber was dismissed for 13 in Warwickshire's first-innings by Leslie Townsend, with Warwickshire making 109 all out in response to Derbyshire's first-innings total of 318. Warwickshire were forced to follow-on in their second-innings, with Barber scoring 9 runs before he was again dismissed by Townsend. Warwickshire could only manage a total of 199, which gave Derbyshire victory by an innings and 10 runs.[3] Against Leicestershire, Barber was dismissed by Ewart Astill for 9 runs in Warwickshire's first-innings total of 266, made in response to Leicestershire's first-innings total of 288. Leicestershire made 102/5 in their second-innings, with the match ending in a draw.[4] These were his only major appearances for Warwickshire.
He died at Coventry, Warwickshire on 30 April 1995.