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Tom Barling

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Tom Barling
Personal information
Full name
Henry Thomas Barling
Born(1906-09-01)1 September 1906
Kensington, London
Died2 January 1993(1993-01-02) (aged 86)
Hastings, Sussex
BattingRight-handed
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 391
Runs scored 19,209
Batting average 34.61
100s/50s 34/99
Top score 269
Balls bowled 856
Wickets 7
Bowling average 78.57
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/46
Catches/stumpings 172/–
Source: CricketArchive, 14 April 2023

Henry Thomas Barling (1 September 1906 – 2 January 1993) was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, in a first-class career with Surrey lasting from 1927 to 1948, he scored 19209 runs at an average of 34.61, with 34 hundreds and a highest score of 269.

During World War II, he served in Coastal Command of the RAF. After retiring from first-class cricket, he was a coach at Harrow School from 1948 to 1966.

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