Robert Barbour (29 March 1899 – 29 December 1994) was an Australian
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er. He played six
first-class matches for
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club (OUCC), which represents the University of Oxford, has always held first-class status since 1827 when it made its debut in the inaugural University Match between OUCC and Cambridge University Cricket Club (CUCC). ...
and
Queensland
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between 1919 and 1923.
He won a
Rhodes Scholarship
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Established in 1902, it is the oldest graduate scholarship in the world. It is considered among the world' ...
to study at
Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...
. He returned to Australia and was warden of
Melbourne University Union 1940–54 and senior lecturer in classics 1954–67.
Barbour, George Pitty (1867–1951)
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian National University, Canberra, 1979
See also
* List of Oxford University Cricket Club players
This is a list in alphabetical order of cricketers who have played for Oxford University Cricket Club (OUCC) in top-class matches since the club was first recorded in 1827. OUCC teams have always had important or first-class cricket status. Birl ...
* List of Queensland first-class cricketers
This is a complete list in alphabetical order of cricketers who have played for Queensland in First-Class matches since 1892–93.
The Appendix contains names of 18 players who appeared for Queensland teams in List A or Twenty20 cricket matches ...
References
External links
*
1899 births
1994 deaths
Australian cricketers
Oxford University cricketers
Queensland cricketers
Cricketers from Sydney
Australian Rhodes Scholars
Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
University of Melbourne faculty
Australian male tennis players
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