[1] He also played for Oxford University, and appeared in a total of 70 first-class matches.
[2] Barber was born in Ecclesall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, and educated at Shrewsbury School and The Queen's College, Oxford.
Barber was captain of Oxford in 1929 and of Yorkshire in 1930, and was awarded his county cap the same season.
[4] He scored two hundreds, both in 1929: 119 against Nottinghamshire for Oxford,[5] and 100 for Yorkshire against an England XI a few weeks later.
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