Manliff Barrington

Manliff Barrington

Motorcycle Grand Prix Career
Nationality	Ireland
Active years	1935–1951
Team(s)	Excelsior, Moto Guzzi, Norton, Vincent-HRD
Grands Prix Wins	1
Championships	N/A
TT Race Wins	2
Podium finishes	N/A
Pole positions	N/A
Fastest laps	N/A
First Race
First TT Race	1935 Isle of Man 350cc Junior TT
First TT win	1947 Isle of Man 250cc Lightweight TT
Last TT Race win	1949 Isle of Man 250cc Lightweight TT
Last TT Race	1951 Isle of Man 500cc Senior TT

Manliff Barrington (1910–1999^[1]) Monkstown, County Dublin, was an Irish motorcycle racer famous for winning the Isle of Man TT races 2 times in his career.

Racing career

The son of an official importer for CAV (a predecessor of Lucas) for tractors in Ireland. Barrington first competed in the 1935 Isle of Man TT finishing in 11th place in the 1935 Senior TT Race riding an Excelsior motor-cycle at an average race speed of 72.06 mph. Manliff also occasionally raced cars including finishing 4th at Phoenix Park in 1937 driving a Rapier.

Motor-Cycle Grand Prix Career

Entered by the recently retired from racing Stanley Woods riding a motor-cycle Moto Guzzi in the 1947 Isle of Man TT Races. The 1947 250cc Lightweight TT race was won Manliff Barrington in what proved highly controversial circumstances from team-mate Maurice Cann.

1947 Lightweight TT Race Results

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Manliff Barington	Moto Guzzi	73.22 mph	3:36.26.6
2	Maurice Cann	Moto Guzzi	72.972	3:37.10.8
3	Ben Drinkwater	Excelsior	70.139	3:34.57.0

Despite Maurice Cann lapping consistently for the whole race at an average race speed of over 74 mph and Barrington at just over 73 mph the 1947 250cc Lightweight TT Race was awarded to Barrington riding a Moto-Guzzi motorcycle. Despite a protest to the ACU, the result was allowed to stand as "....in those days of wind-up watches and hand-written records, the officials had under-estimated Barrington's time by a minute."^[2]

The first event of the new 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 1949 Isle of Man TT Race. A further race win for Barrington in the new Grand Prix Championship in the 1949 250cc Lightweight TT Race at an average race speed of 77.99 mph again riding a Moto-Guzzi motor-cycle.

During practice for the 1952 Isle of Man TT Races, Manliff Barrington was riding a 500cc Norton in the Senior TT class when the engined seized at the left-hand bend before the cross-roads at Barregarrow and a broken thigh from the crash led to a retirement from motor-cycle racing.^[3]

TT Race Wins

Year	Race & Capacity	Motorcycle	Average Speed
1947	Lightweight 250cc	Honda	73.22 mph
1949	Lightweight 250cc	Honda	77.99 mph

TT career summary

Finishing Position	1st	5th	11th	17th	18th	39th	DNF
Number of times	2	1	1	1	1	1	7

Sources

1. ^ Manx Independent page 58 dated 11 June 1999
2. ^ Manx Independent Page 58 dated 11 June 1999
3. ^ Isle of Man Examiner dated 6 June 1952

External links

• TT database rider profile iomtt.com
• TT database TT results iomtt.com

Persondata
Name	Barrington, Manliff
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1910
Place of birth
Date of death	1999
Place of death