Des Barrick
Encyclopedia
Desmond William Barrick (28 April 1926 – 25 December 2007) was an English cricket
er who played in 301 first-class
matches between the 1949
and 1960 seasons
.
and was awarded his county cap in 1952. He was a right-handed batsman and an occasional leg-break and googly bowler. He played a number of matches for MCC
between 1953 and 1957.
He scored 13,970 runs at 32.64 with a highest innings of 211. He made 20 centuries and 67 half-centuries. He took 115 catches and 79 wickets. His best bowling performance was 5-71.
, Yorkshire
and married Jean Reynolds and they had three children and two grandchildren.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played in 301 first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches between the 1949
1949 English cricket season
The 1949 English cricket season saw the County Championship being shared for the first time since the official competition began in 1890.-Honours:*County Championship - Middlesex, Yorkshire...
and 1960 seasons
1960 English cricket season
The 1960 English cricket season was marked by a throwing controversy which came to a head in the England v South Africa Test series. Umpire Syd Buller repeatedly called the South African fast bowler Geoff Griffin for throwing in the exhibition match staged following the early conclusion of the...
.
Career
Barrick played for Northamptonshire County Cricket ClubNorthamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
and was awarded his county cap in 1952. He was a right-handed batsman and an occasional leg-break and googly bowler. He played a number of matches for MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
between 1953 and 1957.
He scored 13,970 runs at 32.64 with a highest innings of 211. He made 20 centuries and 67 half-centuries. He took 115 catches and 79 wickets. His best bowling performance was 5-71.
Personal life
Des Barrick was born in FitzwilliamFitzwilliam
Fitzwilliam may refer to:Persons:*Richard FitzWilliam, 5th Viscount FitzWilliam , Irish nobleman and politician*Wendy Fitzwilliam , Trinidad and Tobago's second Miss Universe...
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
and married Jean Reynolds and they had three children and two grandchildren.