Barney McCall
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| Full name | Barney Ernest Willford McCall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 May 1913 Clifton, Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 March 1991 (aged 77) Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm (unknown style) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1937 | Minor Counties | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1931–1936 | Dorset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 July 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Barney Ernest Willford McCall MC (13 May 1913 – 31 March 1991) was an English-born Welsh cricketer, rugby player and British Army officer. He was born at Clifton, Bristol, and died at hospital in Cardiff, Glamorgan.
McCall's cricketing skills first became apparent while attending Weymouth College from 1928 to 1931, with Wisden later describing him as one of the best cricketers the college produced between the world wars.[1] His final year of attending the college saw McCall make a single appearance for Dorset in the 1931 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire.[2] Having enlisted in the British Army, McCall represented the British Army cricket team from 1935, making one first-class appearance for the Army against Cambridge University in 1936.[3] He returned to play minor counties cricket for Dorset following a five-year gap in 1936, making seven appearances for the county.[2] The following season he was selected to play for a combined Minor Counties cricket team in a first-class match against Oxford University.[3] McCall would make a third and final appearance in first-class cricket in 1948 for the Combined Services against Worcestershire.[3] His three first-class matches yielded him 56 runs at an average of 9.33, with a top-score of 31.[4]
Rugby career
McCall played rugby union for Newport RFC as a winger, making two known appearances for the club in 1935/36.[5] He was selected to play for Wales in the 1936 Home Nations Championship, making his debut against England at St Helen's a no-score draw, in doing so becoming the 500th Welshman to be capped for the country.[5] He made two further appearances for Wales in the Championship's against Scotland and Ireland.[6] He was one of only seven rugby players of all time to be called up for international duty whilst serving with the armed forces.[7]