Rick Smith (5)

Sid Barnes was an "interesting" and controversial character, and seemingly not the nicest of people, which his mental illness would have only exacerbated. He was however a very good batsman and a shrewd businessman who made money from cricket when many others couldn't.

Smith covers Barnes's cricketing and business careers well and details his scrapes with officialdom, his idiosyncrasies and his slide into depression. In the end though Barnes remains an enigma.