Kenneth Frank Barrington, generally known as Ken Barrington, was an English cricketer who played for the English test team and Surrey County Cricket Club. He was a right-handed batsman and an occasional leg break bowler. He was born in Reading, Berkshire on 24 November 1930 and died in Barbados on 14 March 1981.

Domestic Career

Barrington began his first class career with Surrey in 1953 and retired due to health problems in 1968. He scored 1,000 runs in a season twelve times and reached 2,000 runs three times. He made seventy six first class centuries, with a highest score of 256 (which he made in a test match against Australia at Old Trafford in 1964) and a total of 31,714 first class runs at an average of 45.63. He also took 273 first class wickets at an average of 32.61.

International Career

Barrington's test career run from 1955 to 1968. He played 82 matches and scored 6,806 runs at an average of 58.67, which was notably better than his overall first class average. However, he was an accumulated rather than an aggressive strokemaker, and he was sometimes accused of playing excessively slowly, on one occasion being dropped immediately after scoring a century. He finished his career with 20 test centuries.

Later Career

After the end of his playing career Ken Barrington became a test selector and a manager of English touring teams. He died suddenly of a heart attack during England's tour to the West Indies in 1980-81.

External Link

cricinfo - Ken Barrington profile