Talk:Sydney Barnes

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Article status[edit]

I have decided to adopt this article about one of the greatest cricketers of all time as it is currently no more than a loose collection of brief notes. I've given it the beginnings of a structure and checked the infobox but, as the rating criteria provided above reveals, there is a lot of work to be done before it can rise above class=start. --Mykleavens (talk) 11:47, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wales[edit]

How did Barnes end up playing for Wales? Wasn't he from Staffordshire? – Pee Jay 00:29, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's a good question. Perhaps he was living in Wales at the time? JH (talk page) 08:39, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Useful source material[edit]

([1]) --Dweller (talk) 11:40, 24 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That's a brilliant piece. Thanks for the link. JH (talk page) 15:42, 24 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And here's another: ([2]), Jhall1 --Dweller (talk) 14:20, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Problems[edit]

Hey, article has citation requests so cannot be classed C with "no major omissions or inaccuracies". Start class only. Nowhere near complete. Here's an issue. Lead says he "took 1,432 wickets for Staffordshire at less than 9 runs each and played for the county until he was 61" and text says his "record for Staffordshire was 1,441 wickets at a cost of 8.15 runs per wicket". So. Which, if either? And CricketArchive doesnt help. --Bill (talk) 14:22, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]