Arthur Barber

Arthur Howell Barber (13 January 1895 – 1954) was an English cricketer. He played in two first-class cricket matches for Essex in 1925.^[4]

Arthur Barber

Personal information
Full name	Arthur Howell Barber[1]
Born	(1895-01-13)13 January 1895[2] Ringmer, Sussex, England
Died	1954 (aged 59)[3] Brighton, Sussex
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1925	Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 2 Runs scored 46 Batting average 100s/50s Top score Balls bowled Wickets 1 Bowling average 5 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling Catches/stumpings
Source: Cricinfo, 21 July 2013

Barber was born in Ringmer, Sussex, to Charles Barber and Fanny Howell.^[5][6] He took up cricket as a schoolboy and played with locals in Isfield. When the First World War broke out in August 1914, Barber was among 15 cricketers from the Ringmer Cricket Club to enlist early. He was part of the British Expeditionary Force sent to France, where he organised interbattery matches, representing the 20th Division of the Royal Field Artillery.^[7] He suffered a head wound on New Year's Eve 1914 and recovered in Sandgate, Kent.^[8]

In 1919, he returned to Bexhill-on-Sea to work as a general labourer with the railway. He was vice-captain of the Bexhill–Brighton Railway Athletic Cricket Club.^[7]