Barlow Carkeek

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = Australian
country = Australia
country abbrev = AUS
name = Barlow Carkeek
picture = WCarkeek.jpg
batting style = Left-hand bat
bowling style = -
tests = 6
test runs = 16
test bat avg = 5.33
test 100s/50s = 0/0
test top score = 6*
test balls = 0
test wickets = 0
test bowl avg = -
test 5s = 0
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = -
test catches/stumpings = 6/0
FCs = 95
FC runs = 1388
FC bat avg = 12.17
FC 100s/50s = 0/2
FC top score = 68
FC balls = 0
FC wickets = 0
FC bowl avg = -
FC 5s = 0
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = -
FC catches/stumpings = 114/46
debut date = 27 May
debut year = 1912
last date = 19 August
last year = 1912
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4533.html Cricinfo

William "Barlow" Carkeek (born 17 October 1878, at Walhalla, Victoria, and died 20 February 1937, at Prahran, Victoria) was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia.

"Barlow"

Carkeek, generally known otherwise as "Bill", earned the nickname "Barlow" amongst Australian cricketing community, because his batting style reminded all and sundry of Dick Barlow, the notoriously defensive opening batsman for both England and Lancashire.

Cricket

Principally played as a wicketkeeper, "Barlow" Carkeek was also a stolid, defensive left-hand batsman.

He played for Victoria for 10 years from 1903-04, and was rated as steady rather than spectacular.

He toured England in 1909 as the second wicketkeeper to Sammy Carter and came back in 1912 as first choice on the tour that was blighted by the dispute between Australia's leading Test players (including the "non-"leading" Test player David Smith (sportsman)) and the Australian Board of Control.

It was on this tour that he played his six Test matches, three each against England and South Africa in the Triangular Tournament. He scored only 16 runs and took just six catches.

Australian Rules football

A blacksmith by trade, Carkeek also played 26 top-class Australian rules football games, scoring 8 goals, for Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League from 1903-1905.

He also played for the (then) Victorian Football Association side Richmond Football Club both before and after his stint with Essendon. He left Essendon after the fourth home-and-away match of the 1905 VFL season; he returned to Richmond, and played in the 1905 Richmond winning VFA Grand Final Team. [He was also a regular member of the Richmond Team that one the VFA Premiership in 1902; however, in 1902, the premiership was simply awarded to the team at the top of the ladder at the end of the season — thus, no "Grand Final" match was played in 1902.]

Footnotes

References

* Hogan P: "The Tigers Of Old", Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
* Maplestone, M., "Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872-1996", Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-959-17402-8

External links

* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4533.html Cricinfo Player Profile: Barlow Carkeek]
* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/W/William_Carkeek.html AFL Statistics: William Carkeek]
* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/ca-ch.htm#William%20Carkeek%20(Richmond%20&%20Essendon) Full Points Footy Biography: William Carkeek]
* [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/296109.html Brydon Coverdale, "Australia's Winter Allrounders: XI Test Cricketers who played Australian Rules football at the highest level", "Cricinfo", 28 May 2007]