JOHN BARCLAY
John
Barclay
was born in 1954 in
Two
years later he joined the
Since
then, he has remained in the game as Director of Cricket and Coaching for the
Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation, encouraging young people from less advantaged
backgrounds to play and enjoy the game. To date, more than 150,000 youngsters
have benefited from the scheme.
He
has written two books: The Appeal of the
Championship –
He still plays cricket several times each year. In his first game of 2008, playing for his son Theo's Brasenose College side, he began his bowling spell with a triple-wicket maiden. At his next meeting with his publisher, the story of the over was told ball by ball with great relish.