Gordon Burgess

Gordon Charles Burgess, OBE (4 October 1918 – 3 September 2000), was a New Zealand cricket player and administrator.

Biography

Burgess was born in Waihi in 1918. He played seven first-class matches for Auckland. He was a member of the New Zealand Cricket Council from 1962 to 1971, and was its president from 1976 to 1983. He died in Auckland in 2000.[1]

In the 1989 New Year Honours, Burgess was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to cricket.[2]

He was the father of New Zealand Test cricketer Mark Burgess.

References

  1. ↑ Gordon Burgess profile. Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  2. ↑ London Gazette (supplement), No. 51580, 30 December 1988. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
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