Nostalgia: Mick Barry — the greatest bowler of all time


Two-stroke engines were — and still are — a mystery to me and so I had cause to visit Mick more than most and, in time, I got to know him quite well. I had a vague notion that he was a well-known bowler — a ‘foreign game’ to me — but in conversation with him over time it began to dawn on me that here was a very special sportsman indeed.

He twice completed the four in-a-row from 1964 to1967 and 1969 to 1972. For a team that would be incredible, but he had to do it on his own in a highly competitive sport where one mistake could signal defeat.