Edward Barrett (cricketer)

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Personal information
Edward Barrett
England
Full name	Edward Ivo Medhurst Barrett
Born	22 June 1879(1879-06-22)
	Churt, Surrey, England
Died	10 July 1950 (aged 71)
	Boscombe, Hampshire, England
Role	Batsman
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Not known
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1896-1925	Hampshire
1903-1920	MCC
1912	South of England
1912	Gentlemen of England
1912	Rest of England
First-class debut	13 August 1896: Hampshire v Warwickshire
Last First-class	25 July 1925: Hampshire v Worcestershire
Career statistics
	First-class
Matches	86
Runs scored	3804
Batting average	32.23
100s/50s	6/20
Top score	215

Balls bowled	32
Wickets	0
Bowling average	-
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	0/10
Catches/stumpings	36/0
As of 4 December 2007 Source: CricketArchive

Edward Ivo Medhurst Barrett (born 22 June 1879 in Churt, Surrey, England; died 10 July 1950 in Boscombe, Hampshire) was an English cricketer.^[1] A right-handed batsman^[2] who was considered one of the finest and hardest hitters of his day,^[3] he played first-class cricket for Hampshire, mainly between 1896 and 1912, with additional matches in 1920 and 1925.^[4]

[edit] Career

Barrett made his debut for Hampshire in 1896, playing a County Championship match against Warwickshire. He also played against Essex and Leicestershire the same year. He played more matches in 1897 and 1898^[4] before serving in the Second Boer War between 1899 and 1902^[5] though he did return for a handful of matches in 1901.^[4]

He was injured during the war,^[5] though this didn't stop him from appearing for the England national rugby union team in 1903, playing one match against Scotland in the Four Nations.^[6]

He returned to the Hampshire team in 1903, playing three matches that year,^[4] but by then his career with the police force was beginning to affect his availability for Hampshire, even more so when he was posted in the far east, where he played cricket for the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States and was eventually made Commissioner of the Shanghai Municipal Police, where he played 14 matches for their cricket team over the years,^[3] his last coming as late as 1927.^[7]

In amongst his police career in the far east, he did still manage to play more for Hampshire, including a complete season in 1912, during which he also played for the MCC, the Gentlemen of England, the South of England and the Rest of England. Following that season, he did not play again for Hampshire in 1920, when he again played a full season, and returned for one final match against Worcestershire in 1925.^[4] He died in 1950 following an accident.^[5]