Herbert John Edwin Burrell (15 November 1866 – 22 May 1949) was an English cleric and cricketer. He played in first-class cricket games for Oxford University in 1889 and for Essex in 1895.[1]

Herbert Burrell
Personal information
Full name
Herbert John Edwin Burrell
Born(1866-11-15)15 November 1866
Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, England
Died22 May 1949(1949-05-22) (aged 82)
Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1889Oxford University
1895Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 3
Runs scored 15
Batting average 3.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 10
Balls bowled 153
Wickets 2
Bowling average 39.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/37
Catches/stumpings 0/0
Source: Cricinfo, 27 July 2013

Life edit

The son of John Burrell of Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, Burrell was educated at Charterhouse School and matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1885.[2][3][4] He graduated B.A. in 1889 and M.A. in 1892.[5]

Burrell was ordained deacon in 1890, and priest of the Church of England in 1891.[2] He then attended Cuddesdon Theological College.[5] He was chaplain to John Festing, Bishop of St Albans, in 1894, and became vicar of Wigginton, Hertfordshire in 1899.[2] He was rector of Balsham, Cambridgeshire, 1910–34.[6]

During the First World War Burrell was a secretary and orderly in Balsham Red Cross Hospital.[7]

His younger brother John also played first-class cricket.

Burrell became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ Herbert Burrell at ESPNcricinfo
  2. ^ a b c Charterhouse School (1911). Charterhouse Register, 1872-1910. Vol. I. Propietors at the Chiswick Press. p. 190.
  3. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Burrell, Herbert John Edwin" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ Herbert Burrell at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  5. ^ a b The Oxford & Cambridge Yearbook. S. Sonnenschein & co., ltd. 1904. p. 91.
  6. ^ "Church Stained Glass". Balsham Parish Council.
  7. ^ "Revd. Herbert John Edwin Burrell". British Red Cross.
  8. ^ The Antiquaries Journal. Oxford University Press. 1930. p. 200.