Career
William Barron was born in Herrington, Company Durham on 26 October 1917. Before the Second World War, Barron, his first name shortened to Bill, was mostly known as a football player, playing for Wolves (though not in a first team fixture), Charlton and Northampton. He was mostly a forward, but played on after the war for Northampton as a left-back.
His post-war focus was on cricket: a left-handed batsman and leg-break bowler and an occasional wicketkeeper, Barron played 118 first-class games for Northamptonshire between 1946 and 1951.
His first-class debut, however, came in a 1945 match for Lancashire against Yorkshire. He also played once for Sir Public Finance Warner"s XI in 1947.
He died in Northampton on 2 January 2006, aged 88.