He is famously remembered in the magnificent, nostalgic poem about cricket: "At Lords", by Francis Thompson, which has the refrain: "Oh my Hornby and my Barlow long ago".
He is famously remembered in the magnificent, nostalgic poem about cricket: "At Lords", by Francis Thompson, which has the refrain: "Oh my Hornby and my Barlow long ago".
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HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF RICHARD GORTON BARLOW
DIED 31ST JULY 1919 AGED 88 YEARS
FOR TWENTY ONE SEASONS A PLAYING MEMBER OF THE LANCASHIRE COUNTY X1. AND FOR TWENTY ONE SEASONS AN UMPIRE IN COUNTY MATCHES. HE ALSO MADE THREE JOURNEYS TO AUSTRALIA WITH ENGLISH TEAMS. THIS IS A CONSECUTIVE RECORD IN FIRST CLASS CRICKET WHICH NO OTHER CRICKETER HAS YET ACHIEVED.
"BOWLED AT LAST"
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