{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Barry May | image = | country = England | fullname = Barry May | birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|11|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | heightft = | heightinch = | nickname = | family = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = Batsman | club1 = Oxford University | year1 = 1970–1972 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 22 | runs1 = 703 | bat avg1 = 18.02 | 100s/50s1 = 1/2 | top score1 = 103 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 12/- | source = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17451.html Cricinfo | date = 8 November | year = 2022 }}
'''Barry May''' (born 1 November 1944) is a South African-born former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University in the early 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Barry May |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31338/31338.html |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=cricketarchive.com}}</ref> He was born in Johannesburg and attended Prince Edward School in Salisbury, Rhodesia.
May's only first-class century was the 103 he hit against Glamorgan in June 1970.
With a degree in electronic engineering from the University of Cape Town, May first moved to the UK as a Rhodes Scholar and studied for a master's degree at Brasenose College, University of Oxford. During his time at Oxford he also won an Oxford blue for field hockey.
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