William Barber (cricketer)

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William Barber (1734 – 1805) was an English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club in its great days during the 1760s and 1770s. Originally from Walberton, near Chichester, he came to Hambledon to play after being "spotted".

Barber finished playing in 1777. He is said to have bowled a "high delivery on a good length" and was probably a medium quick bowler.

His family and that of Thomas Brett were inter-married. Barber seems to have been a shoemaker but he latterly took over the Bat and Ball Inn (see also Broadhalfpenny Down) from Richard Nyren. He died aged 71 in 1805 and was buried in Catherington.

English cricketers of 1761 to 1786

Edward "Curry" Aburrow | Henry Attfield | James Aylward | William Barber | Bayton | William Bedster | Francis Booker | John Boorman William Bowra | William Brazier | Thomas Brett | William Bullen | Childs | Robert Clifford | Samuel Colchin | Duke of Dorset John Edmeads | John Frame | Richard Francis | David Harris | William Hogsflesh | Lamborn | George Leer | George Louch Sir Horatio Mann | Noah Mann | Richard Miller | John Minshull | Muggeridge | Richard Nyren | William Palmer | Thomas Pattenden Richard Purchase | Thomas Quiddington | Joey Ring | Richard Simmons | John Small | Edward "Lumpy" Stevens | Peter Stewart Tom Sueter | Earl of Tankerville | Thomas Taylor | Richard Aubrey Veck | "Shock" White | Thomas "Daddy" White John Wood of Seal | John (Thomas) Wood | William Yalden

[edit] References

• Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
• Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G B Buckley (FL18)
• Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
• The Dawn of Cricket by H T Waghorn (WDC)
• The Glory Days of Cricket by Ashley Mote (GDC)
• John Nyren's "The Cricketers of my Time" by Ashley Mote