MajorAlexander Gould Barrett (17 November 1866 – 12 March 1954) was anEnglishman who was a member of thelanded gentry. He served in theWest Somerset Yeomanry, and was a keen amateurcricketer who played onefirst-class cricket match forSomerset in 1896, and was president of the club in the early 1930s.

Barrett was born on 17 November 1866, the son of Major William Barrett, who served in the2nd Somerset Militia, and Maria Herring (née Chard). He attended firstEton College and thenLincoln College, Oxford. He then entered theWest Somerset Yeomanry, in which he remained until 1911, when he left having gained the rank of Major.^[1]

Barrett made his onlyfirst-class appearance for Somerset, playing as a lower-order batsman againstCambridge University atCambridge in 1896. He scored six runs in his first innings and a duck in his second, both times being bowled byHorace Gray.^[2] Three other players made their first-class debuts for Somerset in this match: like Barrett, two of them,Harry MacDonald andDouglas McLean never played first-class cricket again.

Barrett played a lot of cricket for the Somerset Stragglers, an amateur side that played for enjoyment. He also established an annual fixture between a team of his selection "A. G. Barrett's XI" and the Somerset Light Infantry. He acted as President of Somerset County Cricket Club from 1931 to 1932. After outliving his brothers, he inherited the family estate late in life, and donatedBurrow Mump to theNational Trust in 1946. He died on 12 March 1954 at Musgrove Hospital in Taunton,^[1] after a motor accident.^[3]

• 1866 births
• 1954 deaths
• Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford
• English cricketers
• People educated at Eton College
• Somerset cricketers
• Cricketers from Taunton
• 19th-century British Army personnel
• 20th-century British Army personnel
• Somerset Militia officers
• Somerset Light Infantry officers
• West Somerset Yeomanry officers
• Volunteer Force officers
• Military personnel from Taunton

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