Name:

Barlow, Edgar John

Nickname:

Bunter

Date of Birth:

12 Aug 1940

Gender:

Men

Place of Birth:

Pretoria, Transvaal

Date Died:

30 Dec 2005

Career:

Test: 1961 - 1970
First Class: 1959 - 1982

Teams:

South Africa (Country)
Derbyshire (Regional)

Great South African Cricketers from the 1960s

Eddie Barlow: Hard hitting batsman, partnership breaker

Eddie Barlow was born on August 12, 1940, Pretoria, Transvaal and died on December 30, 2005 aged 65 years 140 days after suffering a stroke.

After a prodigious schoolboy career, Barlow made his first class debut for Transvaal in 1959 as a right-hand batsman and an accurate right-arm fast-medium bowler with deceptive changes of pace. He had a knack of breaking partnerships.

Barlow was a brilliant catcher at slip. He also represented Transvaal against the All Blacks at rugby.

Eddie Barlow made 2526 runs (average 45.74) in his 30 Test matches, including six centuries. He also took 40 wickets (average 34.05) and 35 catches. In a first-class career Barlow scored 18,212 runs including 43 centuries, took 571 wickets (24.14) and 335 catches.

Barlow was named as one of the six South African Cricket Annual "players of the year" in 1962.

After retirement, Barlow spoke out for change to end segregation in South African cricket before apartheid ended. He became a respected coach at provincial level, and was appointed Bangladesh coach in 1999 before suffering a stroke and retiring in 2000.

Source: CricketCrowd Staff Reporter