Barry May

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Barry May
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches22
Runs scored703
Batting average 18.02
100s/50s1/2
Top score103
Catches/stumpings 12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 November 2022

Barry May (born 1 November 1944) is a South African-born former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University in the early 1970s. He was born in Johannesburg and attended Prince Edward School in Salisbury, Rhodesia.

May's only first-class century was the 103 he hit against Glamorgan in June 1970.

With a degree in electronic engineering from the University of Cape Town, May first moved to the UK as a Rhodes Scholar and studied for a master's degree at Brasenose College, University of Oxford. During his time at Oxford he also won an Oxford blue for field hockey.

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