Syd Barnes should have been in the Australian team of the century.
In 1963, Wisden had him rated as one of the top 6 players for the past 100 years. Other Australian batsmen included Trumper and Bradman.
No Australian playing as many tests has a higher average than Barnes, excluding Bradman. Barnes averaged 63.06 from 13 tests. Would have played many more except for the war, then the Australian adminstrators.
Arthur Morris rates Barnes as the best player of the new ball he has ever seen.
After the Aussies were nearly beaten by Yorkshire during the 1948 tour (when both Barnes and Bradman did not play), Bradman decided that either himself or Barnes would play in every game. This is a compliment of the highest kind, given that Morris, Hassett, Miller, Brown and Harvey also toured that year.
In 1963, Wisden had him rated as one of the top 6 players for the past 100 years. Other Australian batsmen included Trumper and Bradman.
No Australian playing as many tests has a higher average than Barnes, excluding Bradman. Barnes averaged 63.06 from 13 tests. Would have played many more except for the war, then the Australian adminstrators.
Arthur Morris rates Barnes as the best player of the new ball he has ever seen.
After the Aussies were nearly beaten by Yorkshire during the 1948 tour (when both Barnes and Bradman did not play), Bradman decided that either himself or Barnes would play in every game. This is a compliment of the highest kind, given that Morris, Hassett, Miller, Brown and Harvey also toured that year.
