The Club received notice on 23/7/2025 that Colin ‘Col’ Barr, former First grade allrounder from the flourishing 1950s era, sadly passed away this week at 94 years of age.

Colin Barr was a gifted, enthusiastic cricketer whose skills complemented those of the more illustrious players (Richie Benaud, Jack Treanor, Ron James, Wilf Ewens and Wally Cornock) in the Cumberland teams of the 1950s. His principal forte was accurate and determined right-handed medium paced bowling that skidded deceptively off the pitch, which he backed up with forceful, clean hitting lower-order batting and sharp fielding.

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