Jim Burrows (soldier)

James Burrows
CBE DSO and Bar

Birth name	James Thomas Burrows
Date of birth	(1904-07-13)13 July 1904
Place of birth	Prebbleton, New Zealand
Date of death	10 June 1991(1991-06-10) (aged 86)
Place of death	Christchurch, New Zealand
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
School	Christchurch Boys' High School
University	Canterbury University College
Notable relative(s)	Ian Hamilton Burrows (son)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Canterbury University () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1923–30 Template:Rut Canterbury () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1928 New Zealand 0 (0) Coaching career Years Team 1932–33 1937 Template:Rut Canterbury New Zealand
Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed batsman
Bowling	Right-arm medium pace
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1926/27–1932/33	Canterbury
First-class debut	25 December 1926  v Auckland
Last First-class	3 February 1933  v Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 9 Runs scored 36 Batting average – 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 14* Balls bowled 1938 Wickets 31 Bowling average 22.06 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 4-24 Catches/stumpings 4/0
4th Rector of Waitaki Boys' High School
In office 1945–1949
Preceded by	Frank Milner

James Thomas Burrows CBE (13 July 1904 – 10 June 1991) was a New Zealand teacher, sportsman, administrator, and military leader. He was born in Prebbleton, New Zealand, on 13 July 1904. Following his education at Christchurch Boys' High School, he became a teacher.

As a rugby union player, Burrows was a hooker. He represented Template:Rut Canterbury in 1923 and from 1925 to 1930. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their first ever tour of South Africa in 1928. On that tour he played in nine matches and scored two tries, but he did not appear in any of the Tests. He was sole selector and coach of the Canterbury team from 1932 to 1933, and manager–coach for the All Blacks in their 1937 test series against South Africa.

He also played nine first-class matches for the Canterbury cricket team in the Plunket Shield.

A Territorial Force officer, Burrows volunteered for overseas service during the Second World War. Serving in Greece, Crete, North Africa and Italy, he rose to the rank of brigadier.

Leaving the army in 1944, he became rector of Waitaki Boys' High School. He resigned this position in 1949 and rejoined the Army, serving as commander of the New Zealand force in Korea in 1953.