Jack Barley

Jack Charles Barley (4 December 1887 – 26 October 1956) was an English cricketer and colonial 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.

Jack Barley
Personal information
Full nameJack Charles Barley
Born(1887-12-04)4 December 1887
Eton, Buckinghamshire, England
Died26 October 1956(1956-10-26) (aged 68)
Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1909Oxford University
1909Worcestershire
1908Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 12
Batting average 2.40
100s/50s –/–
Top score 8
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 4/1
Source: Cricinfo, 15 January 2012

Cricket career

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

Barley later worked in the civil service in the Solomon Islands, as District Officer at Tulagi, before becoming British Resident Commissioner in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands from 18 October 1933.[2] Barley's tenure ended officially in December 1941 when started the Japanese occupation of the Gilbert Islands, but Ronald Garvey replaced him as Acting Resident from 1938-1940.

He died at Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia on 26 October 1956.

References
  1. "First-Class Matches played by Jack Barley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  2. The new Resident Commissioner in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony Pacific Islands Monthly, January 1934, p23
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