Jack Barley

Jack Barley

Personal information
Full name	Jack Charles Barley
Born	(1887-12-04)4 December 1887 Eton, Buckinghamshire, England
Died	26 October 1956(1956-10-26) (aged 68) Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1909	Oxford University
1909	Worcestershire
1908	Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 4 Runs scored 12 Batting average 2.40 100s/50s –/– Top score 8 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 4/1
Source: Cricinfo, 15 January 2012

Jack Charles Barley (4 December 1887 – 26 October 1956) was an English cricketer and colonial administrator. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he played four first-class matches, all for different teams. He scored 12 runs in eight innings and made five dismissals: one stumping and four catches.

Cricket career

His debut came for Sussex against Cambridge University in 1908; he had a quiet match, taking only one catch and scoring 0 and 1 with the bat. The following year he played for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI against Oxford University, for Worcestershire against the same opposition, and finally for Oxford University against Surrey.

Barley has one minor claim to fame: he shared in Worcestershire's record eleventh-wicket partnership – albeit one of just 9 – with Maurice Jewell in their 12-a-side match against Oxford University.

Colonial administrator

Barley later worked in the civil service in the Solomon Islands, before becoming British Resident Commissioner in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in 1933. Barley's tenure ended in December 1941 when the Japanese took control of the colony.

He died at Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia on 26 October 1956.

External links

• Jack Barley at ESPNcricinfo
• Jack Barley at CricketArchive