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Full name | William Edward Parker Barnes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kildare, Geelong, Colony of Victoria | 23 December 1856||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 August 1897 Christchurch, New Zealand | (aged 40)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Jum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1882-83 to 1893-94 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 27 March 2019 |
William Edward Parker "Jum" Barnes (23 December 1856 – 19 August 1897) [1] was a New Zealand cricketer who played 16 first-class matches for Canterbury between 1882 and 1894.
Born in Geelong in Australia, Barnes played cricket for the East Melbourne club and represented Victoria at Australian rules football. [2] He went to Christchurch as an official with the Christchurch Exhibition of 1882 and stayed, working for the Lyttelton Times, where for some years he was a sports reporter. [3] He played rugby union in New Zealand, and was noted for his weight and strength. [2] [4]
Barnes began playing cricket for Canterbury a few months after he arrived. His highest first-class score was 49 not out against Wellington in 1886–87, by far the highest score in a match in which 40 wickets fell for 309 runs. [5] A few weeks earlier he had made 35, equal top-score in the match, when a Canterbury XVIII outplayed the touring Australians in a drawn match. [6] He stood six feet three inches tall, and aside from his batting he was a useful bowler, an occasional wicket-keeper, and one of the outstanding slip fieldsmen in New Zealand. [3] [2]
In the last year of his life he suffered from severe jaundice, aggravated by heavy drinking. On the night before his death, his drinking companions in Christchurch had helped him to a shed and left him there asleep, covered with his coat. He was discovered unconscious the next morning and taken to hospital, but died shortly after being admitted. [7]