Jack Barnes (Australian footballer)

Jack Barnes
Personal information
Full name John Robert Barnes
Date of birth (1905-05-20)20 May 1905
Place of birth Williamstown, Victoria
Date of death 6 October 1999(1999-10-06) (aged 94)
Place of death Williamstown, Victoria
Debut Round 7, 1925, South Melbourne vs. Essendon, at Windy Hill
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925–1929 South Melbourne 41 (71)
1930–1934 Williamstown (VFA) 67 (76)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Robert Barnes (20 May 1905 – 6 October 1999) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s.

Born in Williamstown, Barnes was used mostly as a forward and kicked 34 goals in 1928, including a bag of six against Geelong at Lake Oval. His son Ken played at South Melbourne in the 1960s.

Barnes also represented Victoria in a first-class cricket match in 1930 as a right-handed batsman. Playing against Tasmania at the MCG, Barnes batted in the middle order and made 51. It would be his only innings at first-class level. Fellow VFL footballers Stuart King and Heinrich Schrader also played in that match for Victoria.[1]

After leaving South Melbourne, Barnes played for Williamstown in the VFA from 1930 to 1934, notching up 67 games and kicking 76 goals. He was captain and vice-captain at times during 1931 and 1932 and was vice-captain in 1934 until he quit the club after a dispute following a 20-goal defeat at Toorak Park against Prahran in round 8. He then transferred to Williamstown District as captain-coach and won the VFA Sub-Districts competition best and fairest award despite playing just six games.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Victoria v Tasmania 1929/30". CricketArchive.


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