Frank Arthur Barrs (24 April 1871 – 16 December 1963) was an English

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er who played for

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in 1900 and 1901. Barrs was born in

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, the son of Henry Barrs, a farmer and his wife Elizabeth. He made his Derbyshire debut in the 1900 season in May against

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and in his first innings scored his best innings total of 58. He made ten more runs in his career in one further match in 1900 and a single game in the 1901 season. Barrs was a left-handed batsman and played five innings in three first class matches with an average of 13.6 and a top score of 58. He was a left-arm fast bowler and took one wicket in six overs at a cost of 29 runs.Frank Barrs at Cricket Archive
/ref> Barrs emigrated to

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in 1908 and after 3 months went on to

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, Canada. He played a match for Vancouver against the Australians in 1913. He lived for the rest of his life in Vancouver where he died aged 92.

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