Barry Stead (21 June 1939 – 15 April 1980) was an English

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er, who played for

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and

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. Born in Leeds,

, England, Stead was a hard working fast-medium left-arm bowler, who made his first-class debut playing for Yorkshire in 1959. In his debut game, he took 7 for 76 against the touring

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at Bradford. He joined Nottinghamshire in 1962, after failing to turn up when selected for

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early in the season,Wisden 1963 and he played for them for fourteen years. In 1969, he topped the national first-class wicket taking list, with seventy one victims. His career best innings bowling figures of 8 for 44 came during 1972, and included a

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. He finished the year with 98 wickets, and was elected the

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'Player of the Year'. Stead was a useful, hard hitting lower order batsman, who was occasionally sent up the batting order in one day matches. He died of

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, at the age of 40, in

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, Morley,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stead, Barry 1939 births 1980 deaths Deaths from cancer in England Cricketers from Leeds English cricketers Combined Services cricketers Essex cricketers Gauteng cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Northerns cricketers Nottinghamshire cricketers Yorkshire cricketers D. H. Robins' XI cricketers T. N. Pearce's XI cricketers 20th-century English sportsmen