Frederick Burton (English cricketer)
Frederick Alfred Burton (28 December 1885 – 7 January 1978) was an English cricketer active from the early 1910s to the early 1930s. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, Burton played in half a dozen first-class cricket matches, but was mostly associated with Hertfordshire in minor counties cricket. The son of first-class cricketer George Burton, he was born at Islington, Middlesex, and died at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. His father-in-law was George Hearne of the Hearne family.
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| Full name | Frederick Alfred Burton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 September 1885 Islington, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 January 1978 (aged 92) Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | George Burton (father) George Hearne (father-in-law) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 | Minor Counties | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921–1925 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1910–1932 | Hertfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricket career
editBurton made his debut for Hertfordshire against the Surrey Second XI in the 1910 Minor Counties Championship,[1] with him featuring in 43 Minor Counties Championship matches before the suspension of county cricket in September 1914 due to the First World War.[1]
He resumed his minor counties career with Hertfordshire following the conclusion of the war. He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1921, playing two matches at Lord's against Cambridge University and Oxford University.[2] He appeared in first-class cricket for the MCC the following season against Cambridge University, while in 1924 he was selected to represent a combined Minor Counties cricket team against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI.[2] Two further first-class matches for the MCC followed in 1925, against Wales and Oxford University,[2] before playing in a final first-class match for the East of England against the touring New Zealanders in 1927.[2] In seven first-class matches, Burton scored 99 runs at an average of 12.37, with a high score of 35 not out,[3] while with the ball he took 11 wickets, averaging 51.27 per wicket, with best figures of 4/101.[3] His minor counties career with Hertfordshire ended in 1932, by which time he had appeared in 171 Minor Counties Championship matches.[1]
Besides playing, Burton also stood as an umpire in eight first-class matches between 1922 and 1930.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Frederick Burton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d "First-Class Matches played by Frederick Burton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Player profile: Frederick Burton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ "Frederick Burton as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
External links
edit- Frederick Burton at ESPNcricinfo
- Frederick Burton at CricketArchive