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Edgar John ‘Eddie’ Barlow. Transvaal, Eastern Province, Western Province, Derbyshire, Boland & South Africa 1960-1983. Three letters relating to Eddie Barlow in 1968. The first is dated 5th March from Leslie Deakins, General Secretary of Warwickshire C.C.C. to ‘The Members of the Cricket Sub-Committee’. Following the change in regulations enabling county sides to recruit one overseas player, Warwickshire had contacted Barlow by cablegram who had ‘just joined Stellenbosch Farmers Winery in Capetown’. The reply stated he had ‘already been approached several times’ and he would not be interested in joining. Three days later on 8th March, Warwickshire captain, Alan Smith, wrote to Barlow with an attractive offer to play for the Club, and on the 15th March Barlow replied confirming he was ‘not interested in taking up a professional appointment at present’. The letter nicely signed by Barlow. Good condition.