Barney McCall
Barney Ernest Willford McCall Military Cross, MC (13 May 1913 – 31 March 1991) was an English-born Welsh people, Welsh cricketer, rugby union, rugby player and British Army officer. He was born at Clifton, Bristol, Clifton, Bristol, and died at hospital in Cardiff, Glamorgan. Cricket career McCall's cricketing skills first became apparent while attending Weymouth College (public school), Weymouth College from 1928 to 1931, with ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Wisden'' later describing him as one of the best cricketers the college produced between the world wars. His final year of attending the college saw McCall make a single appearance for Dorset County Cricket Club, Dorset in the 1931 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire County Cricket Club, Wiltshire. Having enlisted in the British Army, McCall represented the British Army cricket team from 1935, making one first-class cricket, first-class appearance for the Army against Cambridge University Cricket Club, Cambridge ...
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Clifton, Bristol
Clifton is both a suburb of Bristol, England, and the name of one of the city's thirty-five council wards. The Clifton ward also includes the areas of Cliftonwood and Hotwells. The eastern part of the suburb lies within the ward of Clifton Down. Notable places in Clifton include Clifton Suspension Bridge, Clifton Cathedral, Clifton College, The Clifton Club, Clifton High School, Bristol, Goldney Hall and Clifton Down. Clifton Clifton is an inner suburb of the English port city of Bristol. Clifton was recorded in the Domesday book as ''Clistone'', the name of the village denoting a 'hillside settlement' and referring to its position on a steep hill. Until 1898 Clifton St Andrew was a separate civil parish within the Municipal Borough of Bristol. Various sub-districts of Clifton exist, including Whiteladies Road, an important shopping district to the east, and Clifton Village, a smaller shopping area near the Avon Gorge to the west. Although the suburb has no formal boundar ...
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