Terence Ian Barwell (born 29 April 1937) is a South African-born former

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er who played first-class and

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for

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over a 10-season period from 1959 to 1968. He later represented

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in the

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and played List A cricket for both Wiltshire and for Minor Counties representative sides. He became a schoolteacher.

Life and career

Born at

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, Barwell was a right-handed middle-order batsman and an occasional wicketkeeper. Towards the end of his first-class career, when he played for Somerset's second eleven, he also bowled with some success. Barwell played first for Somerset in 1959 in a match against the Combined Services, keeping wicket and making the only stumping of his first-class career. Unable to play

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cricket until 1961 as he qualified for the county by residence, his appearances were in any case restricted in some seasons by his career as a schoolmaster. But even in those seasons when he was more regularly available, he often found himself a fringe first-team player, never making more than 11 first-class appearances in any one season and managing a highest season aggregate of just 410 runs, which he achieved in 1967. His best score was an unbeaten and quick 84 against

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in 1965. He also made 74 not out against the

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in 1967, though he was much upstaged by a second wicket partnership of 262 between Roy Virgin and

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, who made 162 and 189 respectively. He appeared in Somerset's losing Gillette Cup side of 1967, being run out for 24 in what

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termed "a fearful mix-up" with

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. After starting the 1968 season as a regular member of the side, he dropped out after a few games and did not regain his place. In second eleven cricket, Barwell was a reliable and prolific scorer, acting as batsman, occasional wicketkeeper, sometime captain and, more rarely, bowler. His final match for the combined

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and Somerset Second Eleven side in 1968 saw him make 45 out of 54 added while he was at the wicket in a first innings that totalled only 78, top-score in the second innings with 68 and then take four wickets for 14 runs as the combined side recovered to force a draw with Kent's second eleven. After leaving Somerset, he played for Wiltshire, appearing in first-round Gillette Cup matches against

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in both 1972 and 1973, and also turning out for the Minor Counties representative side in the

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. In 1973, he made a single final first-class cricket appearance for the Minor Counties side against the

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. As a schoolmaster, Barwell taught at Dr Morgan's School, Bridgwater,

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and at

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