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Paul Barton
Personal information
Full name
Paul Thomas Barton
Born (1935-10-09) 9 October 1935 (age 90)
Wellington, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm slow-medium
RelationsEddie Barton (father)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 89)8 December 1961 v South Africa
Last Test15 March 1963 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1954–55 to 1967–68Wellington
Career statistics
Competition Test FC
Matches 7 71
Runs scored 285 2,820
Batting average 20.35 23.89
100s/50s 1/1 3/8
Top score 109 118
Balls bowled 0 594
Wickets – 7
Bowling average – 26.71
5 wickets in innings – 0
10 wickets in match – 0
Best bowling – 3/33
Catches/stumpings 4/– 54/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017

Paul Thomas Barton (born 9 October 1935) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1961 to 1963. He played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1954–55 to 1967–68.

Early and family life

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Barton was born in Wellington, and grew up in Lower Hutt. He attended St Patrick's College, Wellington.[1]

Barton's father Eddie played football for New Zealand in the 1930s.[2] Paul's sister, Carole Fredrick, was a prominent bowler, winning two national titles.[3]

Cricket career

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A batsman who usually came in at number three or four, Barton played his provincial cricket for Wellington from 1954–55 to 1967–68. His highest score was 118 in Wellington's victory over Auckland in the 1960–61 Plunket Shield.[4] A few days before this innings he had top-scored for Wellington against the touring MCC,[5] and shortly afterwards he was selected to play for New Zealand in the first of three unofficial Tests against the MCC. He scored 42 and 31, and was retained in the team for the rest of the series.[6]

Barton made his Test debut on tour against South Africa in 1961–62 in Durban with a fine half-century.[7] His other Test innings of note came in the final game of the same series, when he made 109 in Port Elizabeth, a "composed, correct and polished" innings of four and a half hours that was the only century in a match that New Zealand won by 40 runs to square the series.[8][9] This promising first series, 240 runs at 30.00, cemented his place in the Test team against England in 1962–63 but he made only 45 runs in the three Tests and was not selected again.[10][11]

After his first-class cricket career ended, Barton moved to Perth, Western Australia.[1] He won the batting award in the Western Australian Cricket Association competition in 1970–71, when he scored 488 runs at an average of 81.33 for South Perth.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b Campbell, Erin. "Last Over With Erin: Paul Barton". NZ Cricket Museum. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  2. ^ "Mary and Carole, formidable on-green opponents". Bowls North Harbour. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
  3. ^ "Carole Fredrick 2021". Bowls North Harbour. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
  4. ^ "Wellington v Auckland 1960-61". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Wellington v MCC 1960-61". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
  6. ^ Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 299–302.
  7. ^ "South Africa vs New Zealand, 1st Test at Durban, Dec 08 1961". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  8. ^ Wisden 1963, pp. 911–12.
  9. ^ "South Africa vs New Zealand, 5th Test at Port Elizabeth, Feb 16 1962". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  10. ^ Wisden 1964, pp. 831–34.
  11. ^ Christopher Martin-Jenkins, The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers, Rigby, Adelaide, 1983, p. 376.
  12. ^ "Award for Barton". Press: 26. 20 April 1971.
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