Ces Burke
| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Legbreak googly | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | New Zealand | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | First-class | ||
| Matches | 1 | 60 | ||
| Runs scored | 4 | 959 | ||
| Batting average | 2.00 | 17.43 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/2 | ||
| Top score | 3 | 51* | ||
| Balls bowled | 66 | 12757 | ||
| Wickets | 2 | 200 | ||
| Bowling average | 15.00 | 25.99 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 7 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 1 | ||
| Best bowling | 2/30 | 6/23 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 0/- | 31/- | ||
| Source: Cricinfo, | ||||
Cecil Burke (born 27 March 1914 in Ellerslie, New Zealand and died 4 August 1997 in Auckland) was a cricketer who played for Auckland and, once, for New Zealand.
A lower-order right-handed batsman and a leg-break and googly bowler, Burke, variously known as Cec or Ces, made his first-class debut for Auckland in 1937-38 and then played regularly for the team up to the 1953-54 season. He was picked as a specialist bowler for the single Test match played in 1945-46 between New Zealand and Australia, which was won comprehensively by the Australians, New Zealand failing to total 100 runs in their two innings combined. Burke took two Australian wickets – Bill Brown and Keith Miller.
He was not picked for the single Test match of the following season, 1946-47, when MCC toured Australia and New Zealand, but was selected for the tour to England in 1949. He had a fairly undistinguished tour, taking 54 wickets at an average of 29.83 and scoring just 171 runs, and did not play in any of the Tests.
