Career
In 1890 he was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year. Barnes also toured Australia three times and North America once. Barnes was on the groundstaff at Lord"s between 1895 and 1898 and umpired as required.
He was landlord of the Angel Inn, Mansfield Woodhouse in the off-season.
lieutenant is there that he died in March 1899. A little-known fact about him is that he had no teeth.
Although he played cricket professionally, this was only a summer occupation, and in the 1881 Census he listed his profession as a cotton weaver.