| Harold Barton | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Harold George Mitford Barton |
| Birth Date: | 10 October 1882 |
| Birth Place: | Mudeford, Hampshire, England |
| Death Place: | Southampton, Hampshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Club1: | Buckinghamshire |
| Year1: | 1907 |
| Club2: | Hampshire |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 8 |
| Runs1: | 146 |
| Bat Avg1: | 11.23 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 31 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
| Date: | 15 January |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9023.html Cricinfo |
Harold George Mitford Barton (10 November 1882 — 3 July 1970) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of The Reverend H. C. M. Barton, he was born at Mudeford in November 1882.[1] Though he did not make it into the Sherborne cricket eleven,[2] he did play minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire in the 1907 Minor Counties Championship, making three appearances.[3] Barton later played first-class cricket for Hampshire, debuting against Northamptonshire at Portsmouth in the 1910 County Championship. He played first-class cricket for Hampshire until 1912, making eight appearances.[4] In these, he scored 146 runs at an average of 11.23, with a highest score of 31.[5] Prior to the First World War, he also played field hockey for and was vice-captain of Basingstoke Hockey Club.[6]
A civil engineer by profession, Barton served in the First World War with the Royal Engineers, being commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in June 1915. He was made a temporary lieutenant and captain in February 1916. He saw action during the war on the Western and Macedonian front's.[1] Five years after the end of the war, Barton relinquished his commission, retaining the rank of captain. He died at Southampton in July 1970;[2] he had married Phyllis Simmons in October 1907.[7]