John Barnard (cricketer)

John Barnard
Personal information
Born(1794-07-06)6 July 1794
Chislehurst, Kent
Died17 November 1878(1878-11-17) (aged 84)
King's College, Cambridge
Relations
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1815–1822Kent
1830Sussex
FC debut17 July 1815 Kent XI v England XI
Last FC16 July 1830 Sussex v Surrey
Source: CricInfo, 19 June 2022

John Barnard FSA (6 July 1794 – 17 November 1878) was an English amateur first-class cricketer who was a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge between 1817 and 1878. Barnard was the President of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1829 and a noted collector of decorative porcelain.

Life

Barnard was born at Chislehurst in Kent in 1792, the son of the Edward and Mary Ann Barnard (née Beadon).[1] His father served in the West Kent troop of the Yeomanry Cavalry at Chislehurst from their formation in 1793 before being ordained in the Church of England in 1797.[2] Barnard's grandfather, also Edward, was a clergyman who had been a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge and was the Headmaster of Eton College between 1754 and 1765 and the College Provost from 1765 until his death in 1781.[3][4][5] Barnard's mother Mary Ann was the daughter of Edward Beadon, the vicar of St Nicolas Church, North Stoneham in Hampshire. She married his father, who had also attended St John's, in 1784.[a][2]

Along with his three brothers, Barnard was educated at Eton. He was Captain of Montem in 1814.[2][6] He went up to King's College, Cambridge in 1814 as a scholar, graduating in 1818. He was elected as a Fellow of the college in 1817, retaining his position for the rest of his life.[b][7]

During his life, Barnard was a collector of antique china and porcelain. He was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1855 and his collection of decorative porcelain was sold by Sotheby's after his death. His entry in Alumni Cantabrigienses also noted that he attended The Derby each year for more than 50 years.[7] He was Senior Fellow at King's when he died in his rooms at the college in 1878 aged 84 and is buried in Mill Road Cemetery in Cambridge.[8][9]

Cricket

A wicket-keeper, Barnard is not known to have played cricket whilst at school. He made his first-class debut for a Kent XI against an England side[c] in 1815 at Wrotham Napps, playing alongside his brother Henry Watson Barnard who also made his debut in the same match.[1][11] He played in a total of 18 first-class matches for a variety of sides, most of which were connected to the MCC. He first played for the club in non-first-class matches in 1816. He played twice more for Kent sides in 1822 and twice for Sussex sides in 1830, the final two first-class matches of his career. He appeared three times for the Gentlemen against the Players, playing in the match in 1822, 1825 and 1829, and was President of MCC in 1829–30.[1][11]

Henry Watson Barnard, who was a clergyman, played in five first-class matches.[12][13] Another of Barnard's brothers, George, also played first-class cricket, playing twice for Cambridge University in 1825 and 1826, having captained Eton whilst at school.[d][14]

Notes

  1. ^ Barnard's father held a number of appointments in the Church. He died at Alverstoke in Hampshire, where he had been vicar since 1825, in 1840. Despite his father being Provost and having been Headmaster, he did not attend Eton, instead being privately educated.[2][5]
  2. ^ At the time, King's College only admitted men who had been educated at Eton. They were eligible for election as Fellows of the College after three years.
  3. ^ During the period in which Barnard played, England sides were not representative of the country. Instead, they were sides composed of players from a range of locations brought together to play against another side.[10]
  4. ^ Barnard's oldest brother Charles is not known to have played cricket. He lived between 1790 and 1878 and after attending Eton and St John's, Cambridge was the British Chargé d'affaires at Coburg from 1842.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), p. 45. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  2. ^ a b c d e Venn J, Venn JA (1940) Alumni Cantabrigienses, part II, vol. I, p. 158. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Available online. Retrieved 2022-06-19.)
  3. ^ Harwood T (1797) Alumni etonenses, 1443 to 1797, p. 30. Birmingham: T Pearson. (Available online. Retrieved 2022-06-19.)
  4. ^ Venn J, Venn JA (1922) Alumni Cantabrigienses, part I, vol. I, p. 90. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Available online. Retrieved 2022-06-19.)
  5. ^ a b Card T (2004) Barnard, Edward (1717–1781), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2022-06-19. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  6. ^ Stapylton HEC (1884) Eton school lists from 1791 to 1877, p. 51b. London: EP Williams. (Available online. Retrieved 2022-06-19.)
  7. ^ a b Venn, p. 159.
  8. ^ John Barnard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  9. ^ John Barnard, Mill Road Cemetery. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  10. ^ Birley D (1999) A Social History of English Cricket, p. 364. London: Aurum Press. ISBN 978 1 78131 1769
  11. ^ a b James Barnard, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-06-19. (subscription required)
  12. ^ Carlaw, pp. 44–45. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  13. ^ Henry Barnard, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-06-19. (subscription required)
  14. ^ George Barnard, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-06-19. (subscription required)