Barry May

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

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| name = Barry May

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| batting = Right-handed

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 22

| runs1 = 703

| bat avg1 = 18.02

| 100s/50s1 = 1/2

| top score1 = 103

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1= 12/–

| source = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17451.html Cricinfo

| date = 8 November

| year = 2022

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Barry May (born 1 November 1944) is a South African-born former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University in the early 1970s. He was born in Johannesburg and attended Prince Edward School in Salisbury, Rhodesia.

May's only first-class century was the 103 he hit against Glamorgan in June 1970.

With a degree in electronic engineering from the University of Cape Town, May first moved to the UK as a Rhodes Scholar and studied for a master's degree at Brasenose College, University of Oxford. During his time at Oxford he also won an Oxford blue for field hockey.