deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings year birth_date tenfor country death_place fivefor batting name lasttestyear birth_place column international testdebutdate source date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
- 12 7 august 2015 2 1 / - 61/2 1956 3 june 1925 - - new zealand christchurch - - right-hand bat trevor barber 1956 otaki , wellington , new zealand tests first-class true 3 march http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36287.html cricinfo y 1925 6 3 17 2002 1956 - - 3 march 0/0 1/14 1 49 trevor barber

trevor barber

richard trevor barber -lrb- 3 june 1925 -- 7 august 2015 -rrb- was a new zealand cricketer who played in one test in 1956 , against the west indies in wellington .
he was born in otaki , wellington .
a middle-order batsman , barber played for wellington from 1945-46 to 1958-59 , and for central districts in 1959-60 .
he scored his only century , 117 , against otago in wellington in 1953-54 , which was also one of the two plunket shield matches in which he kept wicket .
he captained wellington in 1950-51 and 1951-52 , and from 1955-56 to 1957-58 , and central districts in 1959-60 .
wellington won the shield under his captaincy in 1956-57 .
dick brittenden wrote that barber `` could field anywhere with distinction '' , especially slips and gully , and that `` his cover drive , produced from the best blend of balance and timing , was for the connoisseur '' .
on the death of sammy guillen on 1 march 2013 he became the oldest surviving new zealand test cricketer .
following his death in august 2015 , john richard reid became the oldest surviving new zealand test cricketer .
