Barry Jarman

Barrington Noel Jarman (born February 17 1936 in Hindmarsh, Adelaide, South Australia) is a former Australian Test cricketer and International Cricket Council (ICC) Match Referee.

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February 17 - 1936 - Hindmarsh - Adelaide - South Australia - Australia - Test cricketer - International Cricket Council

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Jarman was a talented wicketkeeper and useful middle-order batsman who made his first-class debut for his native South Australia in 1955 as a nineteen year old.

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Wicketkeeper - Batsman - First-class - South Australia - 1955

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He was selected in the Australian team touring South Africa two seasons later but lost out on the wicketkeeping role in the team to Wally Grout, who was the mainstay for a number of years after.

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South Africa - Wally Grout

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Jarman did make his Australian Test debut in December 1959 on the tour of India. In a ten-year Test career he went on to play nineteen Tests for Australia, taking fifty catches and four stumpings in this time.

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December - 1959 - India

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Throughout his career Jarman was a mainstay in the South Australian team and by the time of his playing retirement in 1969, he had taken 560 first-class dismissals (431 catches and 129 stumpings) in 191 games, an outstanding record only bettered at the time by Grout and former Test wicketkeeper Bert Oldfield.

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1969 - Bert Oldfield

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He captained Australia in one Test match, against England at Headingley in 1968, as a replacement for the injured Bill Lawry. The match was drawn.

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England - Headingley - 1968 - Bill Lawry

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Later in life Jarman was appointed as one of the first ICC Match Referees - a role which saw him oversee players and officials during international games - and during a prominent six-year career (between 1995 and 2001) was involved in 53 international matches.

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1995 - 2001

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An avid horse racing fan, he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 1997 "for service to sport as a cricket player, coach and international cricket referee, and to horseracing in South Australia".

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Horse racing - Order of Australia - 1997

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