The Man They Called 'Bunter'

[fredfertang]

The Man They Called 'Bunter'

In this feature Martin looks back at the life of one of the most combative all-rounders there has been, Eddie Barlow of South Africa, the Rest of the World and Derbyshire

 

[smash84]

Quite enjoyed the article Fred, much more than i thought i would. Lots of detail i would have never known about Barlow in there.

 

[bagapath]

Beautiful piece. Learnt a lot about Barlow. Thanks, Martin.

 

[SeamUp]

Fantastic piece mate.

My parents actually knew him when they had a farm at Klapmuts and they would have dinners together.

According to my old man he changed WP and SA cricket.

In the 50s we started to produce more competitive teams because we had McGlew, Goddard, Waite, McLean, Tayfield, Adcock & Heine but only in the 60s did we start to play a more positive brand of cricket and he was a large part of that.

Western Province cricket was falling to pieces and he came down and was made captain and he made us a dominant force with Transvaal again. Very big on fitness. They would run up the mountain and down again pre-season. The rather sturdy Hylton Ackerman said I'm here to play cricket and not run, Barlow basically said if you don't run you won't be in my WP team. Professionalism before it's time.