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Alan Burgess
Personal information
Full name
Alan Thomas Burgess
Born (1920-05-01) 1 May 1920 (age 104)
Christchurch, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1940-41 to 1951-52Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 14
Runs scored 466
Batting average 22.19
100s/50s 0/2
Top score 61 not out
Balls bowled 1139
Wickets 16
Bowling average 30.68
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/52
Catches/stumpings 12/0
Source: Cricket Archive, 19 January 2015

Alan Thomas Burgess (born 1 May 1920, Christchurch, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1940 to 1952.

In his first first-class match in December 1940 he played as a bowler, taking 6 for 52 and 3 for 51 with his left-arm spin against Otago.[1] Later that season he batted as high as number seven, scoring 61 not out against Wellington.[2]

After the war ended in Europe he played as a batsman. He toured England with the New Zealand Services team from July to September 1945, making another score of 61 not out in the only first-class match.[3] In nine matches between 1945-46 and 1951-52 his top score was 42 against Auckland in 1950-51, when he put on 105 for the first wicket with Ray Emery.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Canterbury v Otago 1940-41". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Wellington v Canterbury 1940-41". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. ^ "H.D.G. Leveson-Gower's XI v New Zealand Services 1945". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Auckland v Canterbury 1950-51". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.