for spin and was not chosen for any of the Test matches, with Doug Wright being preferred. Hilton was picked for the 1951–52 tour to India, and Berry did not play Test cricket again. Berry stayed with Lancashire for four more seasons, but was usually considered as second choice to Hilton, except in 1953, when Hilton had the first experience of the loss of control that was eventually to end his career. In that season, Berry took 98 wickets at an average of 18.97, including all 10 in an innings for Lancashire against Worcestershire at Blackpool. He toured India successfully in the winter of 1953–54 with a Commonwealth XI, but with the return of Hilton, Lancashire picked him for only six County Championship matches in 1954, and he left at the end of the season to join Worcestershire. Berry enjoyed considerable success in his four seasons with Worcestershire, before leaving to join Derbyshire in the 1959 season He played four further seasons until the 1962 season. He was the first cricketer to receive a county cap from three different first-class counties. Berry was an orthodox slow left-arm spin bowler and took 703 first-class wickets. He was an excellent outfielder, but a tail-end left-handed batsman. In all first-class cricket, his highest first-class score was 40. Berry became a publican after he retired from professional cricket, running pubs in Burton, Derby, Mansfield and Farnsfield. He was president of Farnsfield Cricket Club and of the Lancashire Players' Association. It is often claimed that he bred pigeons, but that misapprehension originates from an incident at a match against Derbyshire at Queen's Park, Chesterfield, when Berry rescued a pigeon from the pitch. He married twice. After his first wife, Eileen, died in 1992, Berry married Vera Hilton, the widow of his long-time friend and rival Malcolm Hilton, who had died in 1990. He finally retired to Greenfield near Oldham in 2004, and died in Manchester. He was survived by his second wife. References External links Bob Berry dies aged 80, Cricinfo, 8 December 2006 Obituary, The Independent'', 13 February 2007 1926 births 2006 deaths England Test cricketers English cricketers Derbyshire cricketers Lancashire cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Commonwealth XI cricketers People from Gorton Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Minor Counties cricketers North v South cricketers Cricketers who have taken five wickets on Test debut Cricketers who have taken ten wickets in an innings