Billy Barnes (cricketer)

Billy Barnes

Billy Barnes

Personal information

Full name

William Barnes

Born

27 May 1852
Sutton-in-Ashfield, England

Died

24 March 1899 (aged 46)
Mansfield Woodhouse, England

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right arm fast-medium

International information

National side

England

Test debut (cap 21)

6 September 1880 v Australia

Last Test

12 August 1890 v Australia

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1875–1894

Nottinghamshire

Career statistics

Competition	Test	First-class
Matches	21	459
Runs scored	725	15,425
Batting average	23.38	23.19
100s/50s	1/5	21/69
Top score	134	160
Balls bowled	2,289	42,428
Wickets	51	902
Bowling average	15.54	17.12
5 wickets in innings	3	45
10 wickets in match	0	10
Best bowling	6/28	8/64
Catches/stumpings	19/–	342/3

Source: Cricinfo, 2 October 2009

William Barnes (27 May 1852 in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England – 24 March 1899 in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, England) was a professional cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire between 1875 and 1894 and England between 1880 and 1890. In 1890 he was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year. Barnes also toured Australia three times and North America once. Barnes was on the groundstaff at Lord's between 1895 and 1898 and umpired as required. He was landlord of the Angel Inn, Mansfield Woodhouse in the off-season. It is there that he died in March 1899. A little-known fact about him is that he had no teeth.

His wife was named Eliza. Although he played cricket professionally, this was only a summer occupation, and in the 1881 Census he listed his profession as a cotton weaver. His brother, Thomas, and nephew, James Barnes, both played first-class cricket.

References

Billy Barnes on the playing field

Australian first-class cricket season leading run-scorers (1850–51 to 1899–1900)

1850–51: Hamilton 1851–52: Hamilton 1852–53: – 1853–54: Cavenagh 1854–55: – 1855–56: Driver/McKone 1856–57: Gilbert 1857–58: Wills 1858–59: Lewis 1859–60: Wills 1860–61: Bryant 1861–62: Caffyn 1862–63: D'Arcy 1863–64: Lockyer 1864–65: – 1865–66: N. Gregory 1866–67: Cosstick 1867–68: Wardill 1868–69: Phillips 1869–70: Gordon 1870–71: Loughnan 1871–72: Thomson 1872–73: Arthur 1873–74: – 1874–75: C. Bannerman 1875–76: D. Gregory 1876–77: C. Bannerman 1877–78: Thomson 1878–79: Ulyett 1879–80: A. Bannerman 1880–81: Horan 1881–82: Murdoch 1882–83: A. Bannerman 1883–84: Murdoch 1884–85: Barnes 1885–86: McIlwraith 1886–87: Shrewsbury 1887–88: Moses 1888–89: Trott 1889–90: Lyons 1890–91: Giffen 1891–92: Lyons 1892–93: Giffen 1893–94: Giffen 1894–95: Ward 1895–96: Donnan 1896–97: Lyons 1897–98: Hill 1898–99: Trumper 1899–1900: Trumper

Leading run-scorers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards Leading wicket-takers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards

Bowlers with career strike rate of 50 or less in Test matches

Australia	Mitchell Starc (47.9)

England	Sydney Barnes (41.6) Billy Barnes (44.8) Johnny Briggs (45.1) Fred Trueman (49.4)

Pakistan	Waqar Younis (43.4) Shoaib Akhtar (45.7) Mohammad Asif (48.7)

South Africa	Dale Steyn (41.7) Allan Donald (47.0) Reggie Schwarz (47.9) Vernon Philander (48.1)

West Indies	Malcolm Marshall (46.7) Colin Croft (49.3)

Minimum 20 Test matches. Current players are listed in italics.

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