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Barrie Keith Gardom (born 31 December 1952) is a former English cricketer. Gardom was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break googly. He was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire. Gardom made his first-class debut for Warwickshire against Cambridge University in 1973. He made sixteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Essex in the 1974 County Championship. In his seventeen first-class matches, he scored a total of 427 runs at an average of 18.56, with a high score of 79 not out. This score, which was one of two first-class fifties he made, came against Surrey in 1974. With the ball, he took 17 wickets at a bowling average of 41.17, with best figures of 6/139. These figures, which were his only five wicket haul, came against Essex in 1974. His List A debut came in the 1973 John Player League against Somerset, with Gardom making four further List A appearances, though without success.