Ken Barrington

Personal information

Full name

Kenneth Frank Barrington

Born

24 November 1930
Reading, Berkshire, England, UK

Died

14 March 1981 (aged 50)
Needham's Point, Saint Michael, Barbados

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm Leg-Spin

Role

Batsman

International information

National side

England

Test debut (cap 380)

9 June 1955 v South Africa

Last Test

30 July 1968 v Australia

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1953–68

Surrey

Career statistics

Competition	Test	FC	LA
Matches	82	533	14
Runs scored	6806	31,714	399
Batting average	58.67	45.63	33.25
100s/50s	20/35	76/171	–/3
Top score	256	256	70*
Balls bowled	2,715	17,924	108
Wickets	29	273	4
Bowling average	44.82	32.61	33.33
5 wickets in innings	–	8	–
10 wickets in match	–	–	–
Best bowling	3/4	7/40	3/41
Catches/stumpings	58/–	514/–	5/–

Source: CricketArchive, 18 July 2009

Kenneth Frank Barrington (24 November 1930 – 14 March 1981), better known as Ken Barrington, played for the England cricket team and Surrey County Cricket Club in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler, known for his jovial good humour and long, defensive innings "batting with bulldog determination and awesome concentration". His batting improved with the quality of the opposition; he averaged 39.87 in the County Championship, 45.63 in first-class cricket, 58.67 in Test cricket and 63.96 against Australia. Only Don Bradman (99.94) has made more than Barrington's 6,806 Test runs at a higher average, which is the seventh highest of batsmen who have made 1,000 Test runs, and the highest by a post-war England batsman. His 256 in the Fourth Test at Old Trafford in 1964 is the third highest score for England against Australia and the highest since the Second World War. Barrington twice made centuries in four successive Tests, and was the first England batsmen to make hundreds on all six traditional Test grounds: Old Trafford, Edgbaston, Headingley, Lord's, Trent Bridge and the Oval. His Test career ended when he had a heart attack in Australia in 1968, even though he had several potentially fruitful years ahead of him. From 1975 to 1981 he was an England selector and a regular tour manager, but died from a second heart attack on 14 March 1981 during the Third Test at Bridgetown, Barbados, where he had made his maiden Test century 21 years before.

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