Jack Barley
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| Full name | Jack Charles Barley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 December 1887 Eton, Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 October 1956 (aged 68) Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1909 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1909 | Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1908 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 January 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Charles Barley (4 December 1887 – 26 October 1956) was an English cricketer and a British Colonial Service 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
[edit]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.[1]
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
[edit]He joined the administration of the British Western Pacific Territories after leaving Oxford University in 1911.[2] Barley was appointed to work in the civil service in the Solomon Islands, as District Officer at Tulagi, before succeeding Arthur Grimble as the British Resident Commissioner in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands from 18 October 1933.[3] Barley's tenure ended officially in December 1941 following the Japanese occupation of the Gilbert Islands, however Ronald Garvey had replaced him as Acting Resident Commissioner from 1938 to 1939.[4] Then Cyril George Fox Cartwright was acting Resident Commissioner until Vivian Fox-Strangways took up his appointment as Resident Commissioner.[4]
Barley died at Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia on 26 October 1956.
References
[edit]- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Jack Barley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ "Gilbert and Ellice Colony – Mr. J. C. Barley is New Resident Commissioner". IV(3) Pacific Islands Monthly. 20 September 1933. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ The new Resident Commissioner in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony Pacific Islands Monthly, January 1934, p23
- ^ a b Walsh, Michael Ravell (2020). A History of Kiribati: From the Earliest Times to the 40th Anniversary of the Republic. pp. 176–178. ISBN 9-79869535-895-7.
External links
[edit]- Jack Barley at ESPNcricinfo
- Jack Barley at CricketArchive
- 1887 births
- 1956 deaths
- Sportspeople from Eton, Berkshire
- People educated at Tonbridge School
- Alumni of St John's College, Oxford
- English cricketers
- Sussex cricketers
- Worcestershire cricketers
- Oxford University cricketers
- British Solomon Islands people
- Governors of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands
- H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers
- Wicket-keepers