After leaving Oxford, Gorell played with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) for 13 seasons, averaging 431 runs and 43 wickets in his 19-match career.

[1] During World War I he served in the Rifle Brigade, where he reached the rank of captain, was mentioned in despatches and, in 1917, received the Military Cross.

[1] Barnes succeeded as third Baron Gorell on 16 January 1917 after his unmarried elder brother was killed in the War.

He died at his home in Arundel, aged 79, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Timothy John Radcliffe Barnes.

[1] Gorell wrote 14 works of fiction, mainly detective stories, and several collections of poetry, published by John Murray.