MR. R. D. W. BARRY

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 3, 5 January 1938, Page 11

MR. R. D. W. BARRY

'Well known as a Canterbury representative cricketer forty-five years ago, Mr. Robert Deey William Barry died suddenly at his .residence, Gloucester Street, Christchurch, on Monday. Mr. Barry, who was born in Avonside sixty-nine years ago, was educated at the Cathedral Grammar' School, and for some time was a chorister in the Cathedral. In the late eighties Mr. Barry played senior cricket for the old Midland Club, and in 1892 he travelled to Auckland as a member of the Canterbury representative team. He was a good leg-break bowler, a fair fieldsman, and, in later years, a, serviceable bat. He played for the Canterbury team for some years and jcaptained the side in 1904. For some years he lived in Auckland, but he did not continue his playing career in the northrern city. When he returned to Christchurch he offered his services as an umpire, and until recent years he was called on to umpire Plunket Shield fixtures. Mr. Barry played full-back in the Merivale Rugby Football Club's junior team, and when he retired from the game he became a referee and on several occasions he 'controlled representative fixtures. Other interests of his younger days included skating and billiards.