Former Australian Test player Barry Jarman has tragically died at the age of 84.
It is understood Jarman lost his private battle with leukemia.
The cricketer played 19 Test matches for Australia and was a stand-in captain during the 1968 Ashes series in England when Bill Lawry was injured in the Headingley Test.
Before he retired in 1969, Jarman played 13 first-class seasons, debuting with South Australia in 1955.
Former teammate Ian Chappell fondly recalled his memories with the man nicknamed 'Jar'.
"I spent a lot of time with Barry because I was at first slip when he was wicketkeeping for South Australia and Australia," Chappell told Wide World of Sports.
"In my early days when I first came into the South Australian side as a young guy, I'd just started working so I didn't have a lot of money. Barry was very generous. He would take not only myself but a few of the younger guys to and pay for our meals. The only thing was you'd have to have the steak done the same as Jar and you'd have to have the same hot mustard.
"As a wicketkeeper he was a very solidly-built guy, but very agile.
"He was a good teammate. He was a big part of the spirit of that South Australian side in the '60s that had a lot of success. Jar was always at the forefront and making sure everyone got on well together.
"I was 18 when I came into the South Australian side. There were two or three of the senior players in that side including Jar who looked after the young blokes. They made sure that you didn't have too much to drink, they'd keep an eye on you at a party. They'd make sure you were only drinking beer and then they'd come over at 11 o'clock and say 'Righto, finish that beer then you're off to bed'. So they really looked after you when you were on tour.
"Apart from being a very good wicketkeeper he was a very good batsman.
"He performed better in Shield cricket than he did in Test cricket. He seemed to get over-anxious in Test cricket, but his top score in first class cricket I remember his innings well. He got 196 for South Australia against a strong NSW team and I've never seen a bloke cramp up in every muscle in his body. But he was a tough guy and still got wickets after that."
Chappell said it was the honesty with which Jarman played the game that he really appreciated.
"The thing I'll remember him most for as a wicketkeeper - it was a rarity - he always used to say you should only appeal when you think it's out," Chappell recalled.
"A lot of players might say that, I don't think I've heard any other wickekeeper say that, but Barry, in all the years I stood next to him, he lived up to that mantra.
"He was very fair and would only appeal when he thought it was out. That was a good lesson for me and something I tried to carry on when I became captain."
Jarman was also a talented footballer, playing for West Torrens juniors in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) as a teenager, but a leg injury forced him to focus solely on cricket.
His Test debut for Australia came in 1959 in India after an injury to first-choice 'keeper Wally Grout, and in 19 appearances in the Baggy Green he amassed 400 runs, 50 catches, and four stumpings, with a batting average of 14.81.
The South Australian cricket Association added their tributes to Jarman after the news of his passing, describing him as a "monumental figure" in the state.
"The burly wicketkeeper played in 13 seasons for South Australia, and he sits third in the all-time dismissals list with 250, including an impressive 58 stumpings," SACA said in a statement.
"His enviable record was surpassed by Tim Nielsen in the 1998/99 Sheffield Shield season, some 30 years after he retired.
"Jarman has a total of 560 dismissals, including 129 stumpings from the 191 first-class matches that he played."
"Barry was one of South Australia's internationally known names," SACA President Andrew Sinclair said.
"He was a great competitor and gentleman, who appreciated the way the game should be played and always had a terrific sense of humour.
"Last Summer, Barry and wife Gaynor attended day 3 of the Adelaide Test Match which happened to be their wedding anniversary, a partnership of well over 50 years. When Barry was asked, being a cricketer, how could you get married in Summer? His reply – 'Well play finished at 6.00pm, so there was plenty of time for the wedding!'
"He lived his life to the full and was not afraid to share his opinion; you were never left in any doubt as to his view. He was a delight to be around.
"Our thoughts are with his family: wife Gaynor, and children Kristen, Gavin, Jason, Erin."
Following Jarman's retirement, he moved into cricket administration where he was appointed one of the ICC's first Match Referees in 1995. Until 2001 in this role he oversaw players and officials during 53 international matches.
Chappell said Jarman's strong stance against incorrect bowling action was one of the issues of the game he passionately wanted to stamp out.
"He had strong views on a number of things, probably the most prominent was chucking. He was very down on anybody he thought had an illegal action and he certainly thought a few of them did. I think he wanted to do a lot more in that regard.
"But generally I looked upon him as a very fair man."
Jarman was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1997 "for service to sport as a cricket player, coach and international cricket referee, and to horseracing in South Australia".
He also opened a sports store, and Chappell said his work in the Adelaide community was another valuable contribution Jarman made.
"Barry Jarman along with David Rowe had a sports store and Barry 'Nugget' Rees and Robert 'Swan' Richards, he gave both of them a start there," Chappell said.
"Nugget had a life expectancy of about 30. Now Barry is roughly the same age as me and still going and a lot of that is thanks to Barry Jarman. Because he gave him a job and encouraged him and now Nugget is one of the best known and most loved figures in Adelaide.
"Swanny Richards went on to become Australia's leading batmaker with Gray-Nicholls. And I'm sure without the encouragement that Barry and David gave those two guys, they wouldn't have enjoyed the life that they have.
"He was a very generous-spirited man, Barry Jarman."
