John Barclay (cricketer)

John Robert Troutbeck Barclay DL (born 22 January 1954) was an English- Hong Kong cricketer, who played internationally once for Hong Kong.

John Barclay

Personal information
Full name	John Robert Troutbeck Barclay
Born	22 January 1954 Bonn, Germany
Nickname	Trout
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Off spin
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Francis Ford (Great-uncle)
International information
National side	Hong Kong
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1970–1986	Sussex
1978–1979	Orange Free State
1977	Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 274 236 Runs scored 9677 2792 Batting average 24.81 21.81 100s/50s 9/46 0/7 Top score 119 93* Balls bowled 20980 6150 Wickets 324 167 Bowling average 30.66 25.49 5 wickets in innings 9 2 10 wickets in match 1 0 Best bowling 6/61 5/43 Catches/stumpings 214/0 79/0
Source: CricketArchive, 2 February 2009

John Barclay was born in Bonn, Germany. He was educated at Eton and was an acclaimed schoolboy cricketer. He was honoured by The Cricket Society and he made his first-class debut for Sussex, while still at school in 1970.

He was an opening batsman who never got quite as many runs as he should have, though having an excellent technique and eye. He also bowled off-spin, dismissing Ian Botham and Viv Richards several times. He succeeded Arnold Long as the County Captain of Sussex County Cricket Club in 1981 and led the team to second place in the County Championship. He was rated as one of the best county captains around and he was tipped for the Test captaincy. He was forced to retire in 1986, due to a finger injury.

After his playing career ended he became the Director of Cricket at the Friends of Arundel Castle Cricket Club, which he continues to this day, in tandem with the Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation. He has been a successful tour manager, as he took the England Under-19's, the England A's and also managed the England team for two tours. He briefly returned to management recently with the blind team, but he is now working for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and running a charity, the Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation for young cricketers and underprivileged children in Arundel, West Sussex. He holds a number of posts, such as President of the Cricket Society and the English Schools Cricket Association, Chairman of the Sussex Cricket Board and Chairman of Cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club. He served as President of the Marylebone Cricket Club for 2009-10. He is also a Governor of Dorset House School, Bury, West Sussex. He is currently President of The Forty Club.[1]

Books by John Barclay

• Barclay, John (2002). The Appeal of the Championship: Sussex in the Summer of 1981. Fairfield Books. ISBN 978-0-95311966-0.
• Barclay, John (2008). Life Beyond the Airing Cupboard. Fairfield Books. ISBN 978-0-9560702-0-3.
• Barclay, John (2013). Lost in the Long Grass. Fairfield Books. ISBN 978-0-95685113-0.
• Edited with Stephen Chalke (2016). Team Mates. Fairfield Books. ISBN 0-95685-117-7[2]

References

1. "Club Officers and Key Personnel". The Forty Club. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
2. "John Barclay: Publications". Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

External links

• John Barclay at Cricinfo
• John Barclay at CricketArchive
• The Friends of Arundel Castle Cricket Club
• The Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation
• The Cricket Society