capt_Luffy
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Better duo for an average Test Side.
Barrington and Compton are definitely comparableBarrington >> Compton
Trueman >>>>> Anderson
+1, agreedBarrington and Compton are definitely comparable
There was no debate when either were playing, or for several decades afterwards. During most of the second half of the 20th century Compton was generally considered the fifth best-ever English batsman after Grace, Hobbs, Hammond and Hutton.@peterhrt was Compton vs Barrington a debate back in the day? If there is enough data, who was rated higher?
Much respect for Griffith.There was no debate when either were playing, or for several decades afterwards. During most of the second half of the 20th century Compton was generally considered the fifth best-ever English batsman after Grace, Hobbs, Hammond and Hutton.
Barrington was not rated highly even compared with his own contemporaries. Certainly behind Cowdrey and Dexter. When Cowdrey and Barrington faced the same fast bowlers in challenging conditions, Cowdrey seemed to have all the time in the world while Barrington hung on grimly.
Trueman ranked Barrington a tier below Compton and a couple of tiers below Hutton.
When the Centenary Test of 1977 encouraged a series of all-time England teams, Barrington was never mentioned even as a candidate. But come 2009 he takes his place in Cricinfo's team with seven out of ten judges' votes. There may have been some Statsguru revisionism, but also a reassessment by experienced journalists. David Frith said: Ken Barrington is often forgotten when England's best are being discussed - a criminal oversight.
There has been recent discussion about the 100 all-time world teams chosen by ex-players. Compton was picked in ten teams, all by contemporaries. Barrington got two votes. One was from Ian Healy who never saw him: I don't know too much about Ken Barrington but I wanted a gutsy Englishman in the top order.
The other was from Charlie Griffith: Not everyone appreciated the way he batted, but I just thought that Kenny was such a solid player. I rate Ted Dexter as a better attacking player, but he wasn't as consistent as Kenny. This is intriguing because Barrington averaged 33 when Griffith was in the opposition (23 in England), and also accused Griffith of throwing, threatening not to play against him.
****in brylcream boinot very sure Compton's reputation as a gentleman and a laid back person is really all that true after reading stories like this.
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Seems every bit as confrontational and stubborn as Trueman at times.