Robert Crosbie Burns (24 June 1900 – 10 August 1993) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury between 1928 and 1934.
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| Full name | Robert Crosbie Burns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 June 1900 Templeton, Canterbury, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 August 1993 (aged 93) Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Kuku,[1] Cooker[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicketkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1928-29 to 1933-34 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Burns was a wicket-keeper. In Canterbury's match against Otago in the 1928-29 Plunket Shield he made five stumpings, all of them off the bowling of Bill Merritt.[3] He served on the committee of the Canterbury Cricket Association for many years before he moved to Auckland in 1939.[4]
Burns worked in insurance.[2] He served in the New Zealand Army in World War II as a private.[5] At the time of his death at the age of 93 he was New Zealand's oldest first-class cricketer.[6]
References
edit- ^ "With Southern Batsmen". NZ Truth: 16. 23 January 1930.
- ^ a b "'Cooker' Burns". NZ Truth. 28 June 1928. p. 6.
- ^ "Otago v Canterbury 1928-29". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Personal items". Press: 10. 1 February 1939.
- ^ "Robert Crosbie Burns". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ Wisden 1994, p. 1337.
External links
edit- Bob Burns at ESPNcricinfo
- Bob Burns at CricketArchive