Edward D'Oyley Barratt was an English cricketer who primarily played for Surrey in a first-class career that lasted from 1872 to 1886.
12 Facts About Ted Barratt
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Ted Barratt had a deadly quicker ball, which went on with the arm, but his primary proclivity lay in floating the ball up to the bat, about a foot to the offside, and turning it a few inches away.
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Ted Barratt played in 18 matches in 1877 and was given more bowling, so that he finished with 92 wickets.
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Ted Barratt took five or more wickets in an innings on 15 occasions and five times took 10 or more in a match.
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Ted Barratt appeared to take a particular liking to the touring Australians.
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Ted Barratt lost form in 1879, taking only 10 wickets at 31.50 in seven matches, and never represented the Players again, kept out by the likes of Alfred Shaw and James Southerton.
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Ted Barratt played only six times the following season, but his figures were much better: 29 wickets at 17.65.
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Ted Barratt was not quite so effective in 1884: the same number of matches as the previous year yielded him 121 wickets at 18.17.
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Ted Barratt played only one further first-class match after leaving Surrey, turning out in July 1886 for CI Thornton's XI against the Australians.
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Ted Barratt occasionally umpired during his playing career as this was part of the duties of senior professionals on the Oval staff.
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Ted Barratt was one of the umpires used in major matches during 1889 and 1890, standing in seventeen first-class matches.
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In January 1889, Ted Barratt became the landlord of the Duchy Arms, a public house not far from The Oval.