For Those Who Wait The Barry Jarman Story
For those who wait: The Barry Jarman story is a vivid biography tracing a man’s sporting journey from the suburbs of Adelaide to international cricket fields across five continents. It is a story of perseverance, endurance and ultimately the pinnacle of Australian sport – captaincy of the test team.
But for ten years Barry Jarman languished as his country’s reserve wicketkeeper, while arch-rival Wally Grout, preferred in a line-ball decision, established himself as one of the all-time keeping greats. It was one of the longest waits in sporting history, but never curbed Jarman’s “double dose of enthusiasm” for the game.
‘BJ’ toured England, South Africa, the West Indies, New Zealand, India and Pakistan and was mentor to many, including the Chappell brothers. Along the way he snared one of the greatest catches ever seen in test cricket. This is a long-overdue account of the life of one of South Australia’s favourite sporting sons.
