Middle Years
Better bowling form returned in 1922, when Barratt took 109 wickets at 16.33 runs each, the best bowling average in a single season in his career. Among the wickets were his career-best innings figures, eight for 26 against what Wisden termed a "helpless" Glamorgan team: the innings, which totalled just 47, lasted only 75 minutes. He maintained form in 1923, with 101 wickets and made the highest score of his career so far with 92 in "a wonderful display of hitting" against Leicestershire.
The seasons between 1924 and 1927 saw a slight dropping off from Barratt, though he remained an important part of the Nottinghamshire side. In Wisden 1925, he was singled out for consistency. In both 1924 and 1925, he took more than 90 wickets at an average of less than 20 runs per wicket, but in 1926, that fell to just 66 wickets at a cost of 32 runs apiece. The recovery to 75 wickets at 21.14 in 1927 owed something to his fourth return of eight wickets in an innings, eight for 53 against Worcestershire at Trent Bridge. Nor was the batting anything out of the ordinary: he failed to pass 50 in 1924, 1925 or 1926, and reached a highest of only 57 in 1927.
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