Barclay Bailes

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Barclay Bailes
Personal information
Birth August 9, 1883,
Recruited from Perth
Height and weight 157 cm / 65 kg
Playing career¹
Debut 1905, Fitzroy vs. , at
Team(s) Fitzroy (1905-09)
  • 79 games, 29 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1909 season
Career highlights

Barclay 'Titch' Bailes (born August 9, 1883) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL during the early 1900s.

A wingman, Bailes transferred to Fitzroy from Perth Football Club and made his debut for the Maroons in the 1905 season. He finished the year in a premiership side with Fitzroy defeating Collingwood in a low scoring Grand Final. Bailes won Fitzroy's Club Champion in 1907 and represented Victoria at the Melbourne Carnival the following year. He finished his career at the Brighton Football Club, spending the 1910 VFA season with them before being forced to retire with a bad facial injury.

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