Victor Alexander Barton (6 October 1867 — 23 March 1906) was an English first-class cricketer, footballer, and soldier.

Barton bought himself out of the Royal Artillery in 1891 in order to pursue a professional career with his native-county Hampshire, who were at the time a second-class county.

Prior to his arrival at Hampshire, Barton toured South Africa with an English team captained by Walter Read, and played in the tours final match against South Africa, which was later retrospectively afforded Test status.

As a footballer, he made one appearance for Southampton St Mary's as a goalkeeper in the 1892–93 Hampshire Senior Cup.

[1] Barton served in the British Army, holding the rank of bombardier in the Royal Artillery (RA).

[2] Barton produced a number of strong performances for the Royal Artillery Cricket Club (RACC) in the first half of the 1889, including against the Gentlemen of the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's, where Wisden described his batting as "a superb performance" as he scored 91 out of a total of 167 in the RACC first innings and 102 out of 171 in their second innings.

[12] Prior to the 1900 season he recovered from a serious illness, which the Hampshire Independent noted had "left his life hanging in the balance".

[22] He made one appearance for Southampton St. Mary's in the semi-final of the Hampshire Senior Cup in February 1893, due to an injury to regular goalkeeper Ralph Ruffell.

Barton was injured by the time of the final on 11 March and was replaced by the now fit again Ralph Ruffell, with Southampton losing 2–1 to local rivals Freemantle.

[24] He was also briefly involved in the manufacture of cricket bats, before becoming the landlord of the Alexandra Hotel in Southampton,[25] where he died on 23 March 1906, aged 38, from pneumonia;[1] he had been in declining health for several years.