Sir John Barker-Mill, 1st Baronet (4 December 1803 – 20 February 1860) was an English

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 cricketer

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In 1842 three local gentlemen, Thomas Chamberlayne

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, Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst

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 and Barker-Mill himself, financed the development of the Antelope Ground

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 in Southampton

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Barker-Mill made a single first-class

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 appearance for pre-county club Hampshire

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 against the Marylebone Cricket Club

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 in 1842. In his only first-class match Mill was absent hurt in both of Hampshire's innings.

Barker-Mill died at Mottisfont Abbey

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, Hampshire

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 on 20 February 1860.

External links

• John Barker-Mill at Cricinfo
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• John Barker-Mill at CricketArchive
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