Background
Barbour was born in Ashfield, Sydney, the son of George Pitty Barbour, a school headmaster.
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He played for New South Wales and played first-class cricket between 1908 and 1925. His bowling style was leg break googly. He was selected to go to South Africa in 1914 but the tour was cancelled due to World War I. He served in the Australian Imperial Force in Egypt, England and France and was demobilized in 1919.
He practiced medicine at Dorrigo in 1919-1923, Stockton in 1923-1929 and at Kensington until his death.
He was also a writer on cricket for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Sydney Mail, and published two books on cricket. He died at Darlinghurst, Sydney, aged 43.
