# Graham Barlow > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Graham_Barlow > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Graham_Barlow.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Barlow > Source revision: 1351913502 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English cricketer (born 1950)}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Graham Barlow | image = | fullname = Graham Derek Barlow | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|03|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Folkestone](/source/Folkestone), [Kent](/source/Kent), England | country = England | batting = Left-handed | club1 = [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club) | year1 = {{nowrap|1969–1986}} | international = true | testdebutdate = 17 December | testdebutyear = 1976 | testdebutagainst = India | lasttestdate = 16 June | lasttestyear = 1977 | lasttestagainst = Australia | testcap = 470 | odidebutdate = 26 August | odidebutyear = 1976 | odidebutagainst = West Indies | lastodidate = 6 June | lastodiyear = 1977 | lastodiagainst = Australia | odicap = 32 | columns = 4 | column1 = [Tests](/source/Test_cricket) | matches1 = 3 | runs1 = 17 | bat avg1 = 4.25 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 7[*](/source/not_out) | deliveries1 = 0 | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 0/– | column2 = [ODIs](/source/One_Day_International) | matches2 = 6 | runs2 = 149 | bat avg2 = 29.80 | 100s/50s2 = 0/1 | top score2 = 80[*](/source/Not_out) | deliveries2 = 0 | wickets2 = – | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = 4/– | column3 = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket) | matches3 = 251 | runs3 = 12,387 | bat avg3 = 35.90 | 100s/50s3 = 26/58 | top score3 = 177 | deliveries3 = 115 | wickets3 = 3 | bowl avg3 = 22.66 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 1/6 | catches/stumpings3 = 136/– | column4 = [LA](/source/List_A_cricket) | matches4 = 257 | runs4 = 6,006 | bat avg4 = 27.55 | 100s/50s4 = 5/33 | top score4 = 158 | deliveries4 = 125 | wickets4 = 6 | bowl avg4 = 19.16 | fivefor4 = 0 | tenfor4 = 0 | best bowling4 = 2/13 | catches/stumpings4 = 91/– | date = 1 January | year = 2006 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8990.html Cricinfo }} '''Graham Derek Barlow''' (born 26 March 1950){{cite book |title=If The Cap Fits |last=Bateman |first=Colin |year=1993 |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |isbn=1-869833-21-X |page=[https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse/page/17 17] |url=https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse/page/17 }} is a former [cricket](/source/cricket)er and was a [middle-order](/source/Batting_order_(cricket)) [batsman](/source/Batting_(cricket)) for [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex) and, briefly, for [England](/source/England_cricket_team). ==Early life== Educated at the former Ealing Grammar School for Boys (now [Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College](/source/Ealing%2C_Hammersmith_and_West_London_College)), Barlow was both a talented cricketer and rugby player in his youth. He has been capped for the [England](/source/England_rugby_union_team) under-23 [Rugby Union](/source/Rugby_Union) team. ==Career== A stylish, confident and powerful player, Barlow was an important figure in the powerhouse [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_CCC) team of the late 1970s and early 1980s under [Mike Brearley](/source/Mike_Brearley) (and later [Mike Gatting](/source/Mike_Gatting)), helping them to win the [County Championship](/source/County_Championship) outright in [1976](/source/1976_County_Championship), [1980](/source/1980_County_Championship), [1982](/source/1982_County_Championship) and [1985](/source/1985_County_Championship), and to share it with [Kent](/source/Kent_CCC) in 1977. He was described as a natural athlete, and his quick running between the wickets, often in partnership with the equally fleet of foot [Clive Radley](/source/Clive_Radley), and later in profitable partnerships with [Wilf Slack](/source/Wilf_Slack), was a feature of his play. Barlow won many one-day games for his team, helping Middlesex to win the [Gillette Cup](/source/Friends_Provident_Trophy) in [1977](/source/1977_Gillette_Cup) and [1980](/source/1980_Gillette_Cup), the [1983 Benson & Hedges Cup](/source/1983_Benson_%26_Hedges_Cup) and the [1984 NatWest Trophy](/source/1984_NatWest_Trophy). He was an outstanding fieldsman, ranked alongside [Derek Randall](/source/Derek_Randall) and the youthful [David Gower](/source/David_Gower) in the covers. He ran out many batsmen with a fine sense of anticipation, good ground coverage and a fast and accurate arm. He played three [Test matches](/source/Test_cricket), but was unable to play the major innings, which might have cemented himself in the England team. His debut [One Day International](/source/One_Day_International) saw his best innings, an unbeaten 80 against a strong [West Indies](/source/West_Indies_cricket_team) side, but he struggled in five more ODIs after that. He made a strong start in the first-class matches of his [1976–77 tour to India](/source/English_cricket_team_in_India_and_Sri_Lanka_in_1976-77), but could not translate that form into the Test arena. At the end of this tour he made a century in a match for the England XI against the Sri Lankans,{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1976-77/ENG_IN_SL/ENG_SL_25-28FEB1977.html|title=Sri Lankans v England XI at Colombo, 25-8 February 1977|publisher=[ESPNCricinfo](/source/ESPNCricinfo)|access-date=20 June 2022}} but as [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka_cricket_team) were five years short of Test status, this did not count towards his Test record. At the start of the [1977 Australia tour of England](/source/Australian_cricket_team_in_England_in_1977) he top-scored for England in their first victory over Australia of the summer in a [One Day International](/source/One_Day_International) in [Manchester](/source/Old_Trafford_cricket_ground),{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-england-1977-61348/england-vs-australia-1st-odi-64958/full-scorecard|title=Full scorecard of Australia vs England, 1st ODI, 1977|publisher=[ESPNCricinfo](/source/ESPNCricinfo)|access-date=20 June 2022}} but he was dropped after another failure in the first Test of the summer.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-england-1977-61348/england-vs-australia-1st-test-63190/full-scorecard|title=Full scorecard of England vs Australia, 1st Test, 1977|publisher=[ESPNCricinfo](/source/ESPNCricinfo)|access-date=20 June 2022}} In five Test innings, Barlow never reached double figures, and defensive flaws saw him ultimately overlooked. He continued as a prolific player for Middlesex, often opening the batting, but ironically for such a fit and athletic player his career was ended prematurely by a persistent [back injury](/source/back_injury). He turned to coaching and, in 2001, moved to New Zealand, taking charge of the [Central Districts Stags](/source/Central_Districts_Stags) in 2004.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/139458.html Graham Barlow named new coach of Central Districts] at ESPN Cricinfo, 14 June 2004 He later resided in [Whangārei](/source/Whang%C4%81rei), teaching. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{cricinfo|id=8990}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Barlow, Graham}} Category:1950 births Category:Living people Category:English cricketers Category:England Test cricketers Category:England One Day International cricketers Category:Middlesex cricketers Category:People educated at Ealing County Grammar School for Boys Category:Cricketers from Folkestone Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Category:T. N. Pearce's XI cricketers Category:20th-century English sportsmen {{England-cricket-bio-1950s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Graham Barlow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Barlow) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Barlow?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.