Lionel Michael Lowry Barnwell (born 12 August 1943) is an English former first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Somerset and Eastern Province.
[1] At cricket, Barnwell was a middle-order right-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler.
His only seasons of regular first-class cricket were for Eastern Province in South Africa when he opened the innings for a side that included the Pollock brothers and Tony Greig.
His one century in top-class cricket came in his only List A match: 124 against Orange Free State in the quarter-final of the Gillette Cup in 1970–71.
Barnwell joined the Royal Air Force Secretarial Branch and received the Sword of Merit at the conclusion of his officer training in 1975.