Jack Barley

Jack Barley
Personal information
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
Domestic team information
1909	Oxford University
1909	Worcestershire
1908	Sussex
Career statistics
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

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

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

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

^ "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

Jack Barley at ESPNcricinfo
Jack Barley at CricketArchive

[1] "First-Class Matches played by Jack Barley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

[PIM1933-5-2] "Gilbert and Ellice Colony – Mr. J. C. Barley is New Resident Commissioner". IV(3) Pacific Islands Monthly. 20 September 1933. Retrieved 27 September 2021.

[3] The new Resident Commissioner in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony Pacific Islands Monthly, January 1934, p23

[Walsh-4] 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.

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