barber known april september professional class cricketer played played test matches england south_africa opening batsman excellent batting technique barber batted middle order scored runs class cricket average centuries barber debut appearances seasons despite sound defence barber secure regular team place scored thousand runs time season feat achieve times scored runs second world war broke barber continued regular member yorkshire war played season retiring career continued club cricket went coach local sides death career barber born april yorkshire appear yorkshire second scored runs including century averaged season class debut yorkshire playing single innings scheduled bat later innings needed bat yorkshire completed easy victory season chosen play matches score years unable attain regular spot yorkshire batsmen competing places season barber played matches mainly batsmen required representative matches passing time innings followed fifties season scored maiden class century south innings team total batsman reaching total played occasions scored runs average including second century barber seasons play matches reach runs season passed times total matters changed barber season yorkshire regular long serving opening batsman began suffer illness left batting place enabled barber play regularly believed thoroughly deserved place team scored exactly runs average time reached figures season finished fifth yorkshire batting averages time placed high runs played yorkshire winning season breakthrough barber steadily improved total runs batting average helping yorkshire win county championship twice scored runs average scored runs average seasons finished fourth yorkshire averages barber best season following season achieved best aggregate runs highest average english season passing runs season time career scored runs average finished yorkshire averages performances earned selection players gentlemen lord cricket ground time career scored barber chosen represent england test series south_africa played fourth tests england lost second match series yorkshire players selected season scored runs innings highest score fourth test england drew matches left final game took wicket second final ball test cricket match heading obvious draw following matches chosen non test playing tour new_zealand winter senior professional effective expected australia new_zealand scored runs matches new_zealand representative team average scored runs class matches average including centuries barber play tests scoring consistent seasons world war scored runs year scored runs averaged averaged second yorkshire batting averages fourth slipped sixth following war barber played season scoring runs average fourth yorkshire averages eighth final time passed runs season seasons barber runs contributed yorkshire county champions consecutive seasons war played matches bring career close barber regular player season championship winning seven times style achievements barber scored total runs career hundreds catches described fourth pillar yorkshire batting mid-1930s generally defensive batsman played carefully tradition yorkshire opening batsmen said barber small stature upright style good batsman good defensive technique strength leg noted test debut opening batsman went lower batting order comfortable normal circumstances crisis enjoy batting difficult pitches called correct orthodox batsman seen barber kind modest man believed contribution good scored century death described having rendered admirable service barber highest score surrey innings opened batting shared successive century partnerships barber scored kent scored innings kent built lead second day match barber opening batting scored shared stand wicket result yorkshire drew game barber shared seven century opening partnerships yorkshire partnerships included stand half hours middlesex record yorkshire second wicket fielding generally deep described rate said went nearly years dropping catch leg boundary bowling retirement retirement barber played club cricket fifties playing king cross went play club professional reformed time club barber scored half centuries won award batting left coach later working coach school died aged hospital short illness september
Wilf Barber