Timothy James 'Anaerobic' Barry (born 12 December 1964) is a former English

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er. Barry was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born in

Chalfont St Giles Chalfont St Giles is a village and civil parish in southeast Buckinghamshire, England. It is in a group of villages called The Chalfonts, which also includes Chalfont St Peter and Little Chalfont. It lies on the edge of the Chiltern Hills, ...

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. Barry made his debut for

in the 1985

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against

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. Barry played

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cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1985 to 1995, which included 40 Minor Counties Championship matches and 15

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matches. However, it wasn't for Buckinghamshire that he made his

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debut. This instead came for the Combined Universities team in the

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against

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. He played seven further List A matches for the Combined Universities, spread over the 1987 Benson & Hedges Cup and

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. He took 10 wickets for the team at a

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of 20.90, with best figures of 3/26. He later made his first List A appearance for Buckinghamshire in the

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against

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. He played three further List A matches for the county, the last coming against

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in the

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. With the ball he took 6 wickets for Buckinghamshire in List A matches, at an average of 27.50, with best figures of 3/49. This left him with an overall List A bowling average of 23.37. He also played Second XI cricket for the Essex Second XI and the Derbyshire Second XI.

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