Jack Barnes (Australian footballer)
Jack Barnes | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | John Robert Barnes | ||
Date of birth | 20 May 1905 | ||
Place of birth | Williamstown, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 6 October 1999 | (aged 94)||
Place of death | Williamstown, Victoria | ||
Debut | Round 7, 1925, South Melbourne vs. Essendon, at Windy Hill | ||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1925–1929 | South Melbourne | 41 (71) | |
1930–1934 | Williamstown (VFA) | 67 (76) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
John Robert Barnes (20 May 1905 – 6 October 1999) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s.
Born in Williamstown, Barnes was used mostly as a forward and kicked 34 goals in 1928, including a bag of six against Geelong at Lake Oval. His son Ken played at South Melbourne in the 1960s.
Barnes also represented Victoria in a first-class cricket match in 1930 as a right-handed batsman. Playing against Tasmania at the MCG, Barnes batted in the middle order and made 51. It would be his only innings at first-class level. Fellow VFL footballers Stuart King and Heinrich Schrader also played in that match for Victoria.[1]
After leaving South Melbourne, Barnes played for Williamstown in the VFA from 1930 to 1934, notching up 67 games and kicking 76 goals. He was captain and vice-captain at times during 1931 and 1932 and was vice-captain in 1934 until he quit the club after a dispute following a 20-goal defeat at Toorak Park against Prahran in round 8. He then transferred to Williamstown District as captain-coach and won the VFA Sub-Districts competition best and fairest award despite playing just six games.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Victoria v Tasmania 1929/30". CricketArchive.
External links
[edit]- Jack Barnes's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jack Barnes's playing statistics from The VFA Project
- Cricinfo profile: Jack Barnes
- 1905 births
- 1999 deaths
- Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
- Sydney Swans players
- Williamstown Football Club players
- Australian cricketers
- Victoria cricketers
- Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
- Cricketers from Melbourne
- People from Williamstown, Victoria
- Australian rules biography, 1905 birth stubs