 He won his first Railway Cup medal as a non-playing substitute after Munster's 6-03 to 3-02 defeat of Leinster.After defeats in 1935 and 1936, Barrett claimed his second winners' medal as a non-playing substitute after a 1-09 to 3-01 victory over Leinster in the 1937 Railway Cup final.It was the first of four successive Railway Cup titles for Barrett, with the subsequent victories all coming on the field of play.