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Charlie Barnett

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Topic: Charlie Barnett

Posted By: scuudz
Subject: Charlie Barnett
Date Posted: 08 July 2009 at 4:13am

Since I'm down with Ashes fever, I thought I'd read Cricket: My World by Wally Hammond in which he gives the reader an inside look of the 1946-47 Ashes down under (which AUS won 3-0).

In the book, he basically says that in the England 'batting line' of 46-47, he can think of only one other player who could turn a match on its head other than Denis Compton, and that was Charlie Barnett of Gloucester. He said when fit and in-form, he was one of Hammond's first choices against the aussies.

I looked on Cricinfo, and it came up with a first-class batting avg of 21 odd and he never played any tests. There wasnt even a write-up about him. Anyone know/heard anything about him?

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Posted By: bladescape
Date Posted: 09 July 2009 at 9:35am

Why is this in Fun & Games?
No I haven't heard anything about him.

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Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 09 July 2009 at 10:19am

I am not sure which cricinfo version do you use matey. The one I use gives a first class average of 32.7 and a test average of 35. aNd there is a detailed write up on him as well.

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9000.html

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Posted By: Colombo
Date Posted: 09 July 2009 at 11:33am

Check out our own stats at

http://stats.cricketworld.com/Players/0/620/620.html - http://stats.cricketworld.com/Players/0/620/620.html

Much better than cricinfo

Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 09 July 2009 at 11:37am

Thanks skipper - but just how are they even better than cricinfo is beyond me. I live cricketworld and that is why I stay here but I do feel cricinfo guys have a fantastic database and good presentation.

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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 17 July 2009 at 7:53am

Charlie Barnett was a fine player and holds the record for an Ashes opening partnership with the great Len Hutton! They put on 219 in the Trent Bridge test of 1938 , the same series where Hutton made the then highest individual score of 364.

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