List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Sydney Barnes

Barnes claimed 24 five-wicket hauls in 27 Test appearances.

Sydney Barnes was a professional cricketer who played for England in 27 Test matches between 1901 and 1914.^[1] He claimed 24 five-wicket hauls (five or more wickets in an innings) during his Test career. A five-wicket haul is regarded as a notable achievement,^[2] and as of 2014 fewer than 50 bowlers have taken more than 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.^[3] Barnes had only played seven first-class matches when he was chosen by Archie MacLaren to tour Australia,^[4] and played only 47 County Championship matches throughout his entire career, opting to play Minor Counties and Lancashire League cricket instead.^[5] He based his decision upon two main criteria – playing club cricket was more financially rewarding, and he was worried about having to bowl too much in first-class county cricket, and suffering from burnout.^[6]

Barnes is generally regarded as one of the best bowlers to have played international cricket,^[7][8] and finished his Test career with 189 wickets at an average of 16.43; his average places him among the top-ten bowlers in Test cricket.^[9][10] At the start of his career, he was a fast bowler who endeavoured to swing the ball, which was the common style of bowling at the time. However, Barnes experimented with bowling a little slower and cutting the ball, and developed both an off cutter and a leg cutter that he concluded were far more effective than swinging the ball. Despite his bowling talent, Barnes did not play any Test cricket between July 1902 and December 1907, as he was considered a "prima donna" who would only put in the effort when he was in the right mood, and being suitably paid.^[6] After his recall to the England side, he played regularly until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914,^[11] and was named by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack as one of their Cricketers of the Year in 1910.^[12]

Barnes made his Test debut in December 1901 against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and it was in this match that he took his first international five-wicket haul. He claimed five wickets and conceded 65 runs, (noted as five for 65), in the first innings of the match.^[13] On his second Test appearance, during the same tour, Barnes collected six wickets in the first innings and seven wickets in the second innings,^[14] to complete the first of seven occasions in which he took ten or more wickets in a match.^[1] Barnes' best bowling performances were against the South African cricket team in their 1913–14 series in South Africa. In their summary of the tour, Wisden noted that; "his success exceeded all expectation. He was simply irresistible."^[15] Barnes took five-wicket hauls in four of the five Test matches on the tour, and claimed ten or more wickets in three of them.^{[n 1]} During the second Test, he recorded the best figures of his career, collecting eight for 56 in the first innings and nine for 103 in the second.^[17] His match figures of 17 for 159 were the best in Test cricket at the time, and though since surpassed by Jim Laker's 19 wickets in 1956, remain second among all bowlers in Tests.^[20] That series marked Barnes' final appearances in Test cricket.^[11]

Key

Date – Starting date of the match Inn – The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken Overs – Number of overs bowled in that innings Runs – Runs conceded Wkts – Number of wickets taken Econ – Bowling economy rate (average runs per over)

Batsmen – The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul Won – The match was won by England Lost – The match was lost by England Drawn – The match was drawn * – One of two five-wicket hauls by Barnes in a match  – 10 wickets or more taken in the match

Tests

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	13 December 1901	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia	2	35.1	65	5	1.84	Victor Trumper Clem Hill Charlie McLeod Joe Darling Ernie Jones	Won[13]
2	1 January 1902 * 1	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia	1	16.1	42	6	2.59	Victor Trumper Clem Hill Reggie Duff James Kelly Bill Howell Ernie Jones	Lost[14]
3	1 January 1902 * 2	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia	3	64	121	7	1.89	Joe Darling Hugh Trumble Bill Howell Ernie Jones Syd Gregory Victor Trumper Clem Hill	Lost[14]
4	3 July 1902	Bramall Lane, Sheffield	Australia	1	20	49	6	2.45	Reggie Duff Joe Darling Clem Hill Syd Gregory Bert Hopkins James Kelly	Lost[21]
5	1 January 1908	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia	3	27.4	72	5	2.60	Warwick Armstrong Charles Macartney Vernon Ransford Gerry Hazlitt Sammy Carter	Won[22]
6	21 February 1908	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia	1	22.4	60	7	2.64	Charles Macartney Monty Noble Clem Hill Victor Trumper Vernon Ransford Syd Gregory Jack Saunders	Lost[23]
7	1 July 1909	Headingley, Leeds	Australia	3	35	63	6	1.80	Peter McAlister Vernon Ransford Monty Noble Victor Trumper Warren Bardsley Sammy Carter	Lost[24]
8	26 July 1909	Old Trafford, Manchester	Australia	1	27	56	5	2.07	Warren Bardsley Vernon Ransford Victor Trumper Charles Macartney Sammy Carter	Drawn[25]
9	30 December 1911	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia	1	23	44	5	1.91	Warren Bardsley Charles Kelleway Clem Hill Warwick Armstrong Roy Minnett	Won[26]
10	12 January 1912	Adelaide Oval	Australia	3	46.4	105	5	2.25	Clem Hill Roy Minnett Ranji Hordern Jimmy Matthews Tibby Cotter	Won[27]
11	9 February 1912	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia	1	29.1	74	5	2.53	Ranji Hordern Warwick Armstrong Clem Hill Jimmy Matthews Tibby Cotter	Won[28]
12	10 June 1912 * 1	Lord's, London	South Africa	1	13	25	5	1.92	Gerald Hartigan Herbie Taylor Frank Mitchell Tip Snooke Reggie Schwarz	Won[29]
13	10 June 1912 * 2	Lord's, London	South Africa	3	34	85	6	2.50	Herbie Taylor Aubrey Faulkner Frank Mitchell Sid Pegler Reggie Schwarz Tom Campbell	Won[29]
14	8 July 1912	Headingley, Leeds	South Africa	2	22	52	6	2.36	Louis Tancred Dave Nourse Charlie Llewellyn Aubrey Faulkner Tip Snooke Claude Carter	Won[30]
15	12 August 1912 * 1	Kennington Oval, London	South Africa	1	21	28	5	1.33	Louis Tancred Louis Stricker Aubrey Faulkner Gordon White Rolland Beaumont	Won[31]
16	12 August 1912 * 2	Kennington Oval, London	South Africa	3	16.4	29	8	1.74	Herbie Taylor Louis Stricker Aubrey Faulkner Charlie Llewellyn Gordon White Tip Snooke Rolland Beaumont Sid Pegler	Won[31]
17	19 August 1912	Kennington Oval, London	Australia	2	27	30	5	1.11	Syd Gregory Charles Macartney Warren Bardsley Jimmy Matthews Bill Whitty	Won[32]
18	13 December 1913 * 1	Lord's, Durban	South Africa	1	19.4	57	5	2.89	Gerald Hartigan Plum Lewis Alfred Cooper George Tapscott Joe Cox	Won[16]
19	13 December 1913 * 2	Lord's, Durban	South Africa	3	25	48	5	1.92	Herbie Taylor Plum Lewis Alfred Cooper Dave Nourse Tommy Ward	Won[16]
20	26 December 1913 * 1	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	South Africa	1	26.5	56	8	2.08	Billy Zulch Philip Hands Rolland Beaumont Dave Nourse Herbie Taylor Louis Tancred Claude Newberry Joe Cox	Won[17]
21	26 December 1913 * 2	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	South Africa	3	38.4	103	9	2.66	Herbie Taylor Billy Zulch Gerald Hartigan Philip Hands Dave Nourse Tommy Ward Louis Tancred Claude Newberry Joe Cox	Won[17]
22	1 January 1914	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	South Africa	4	38	102	5	2.68	Philip Hands Rolland Beaumont Dave Nourse Gerald Hartigan Claude Newberry	Won[18]
23	14 February 1914 * 1	Lord's, Durban	South Africa	1	29.5	56	7	1.87	Herbie Taylor Tommy Ward Dave Nourse Fred le Roux Dan Taylor Horace Chapman Joe Cox	Drawn[19]
24	14 February 1914 * 2	Lord's, Durban	South Africa	3	32	88	7	2.75	Tommy Ward Dan Taylor Herbie Taylor Fred le Roux Philip Hands Claude Newberry Jimmy Blanckenberg	Drawn[19]

Notes and references

Notes

1. For individual match scorecards see:^{[16][17][18][19]}

References

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7. Peebles, Ian (1970). "S. F. Barnes". In Batchelor, Denzil. Great cricketers. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. pp. 48–54. ISBN 9780413265104.
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13. "1st Test: Australia v England at Sydney, Dec 13–16, 1901". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
14. "2nd Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 1–4, 1902". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
15. "The M.C.C. Team in South Africa, 1913–14". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
16. "1st Test: South Africa v England at Durban, Dec 13–17, 1913". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
17. "2nd Test: South Africa v England at Johannesburg, Dec 26–30, 1913". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
18. "3rd Test: South Africa v England at Johannesburg, Jan 1–5, 1914". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
19. "4th Test: South Africa v England at Durban, Feb 14–18, 1914". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
20. "Records / Test matches / Bowling records / Best figures in a match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
21. "3rd Test: England v Australia at Sheffield, Jul 3–5, 1902". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
22. "2nd Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 1–7, 1908". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
23. "5th Test: Australia v England at Sydney, Feb 21–27, 1908". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
24. "3rd Test: England v Australia at Leeds, Jul 1–3, 1909". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
25. "4th Test: England v Australia at Manchester, Jul 26–28, 1909". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
26. "2nd Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, Dec 30, 1911 – Jan 3, 1912". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
27. "3rd Test: Australia v England at Adelaide, Jan 12–17, 1912". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
28. "4th Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, Feb 9–13, 1912". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
29. "England v South Africa at Lord's, Jun 10–12, 1912". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
30. "England v South Africa at Leeds, Jul 8–10, 1912". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
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External links

• "Statistics / Statsguru / SF Barnes / Test matches". ESPNcricinfo.