Joseph Burton (cricketer)
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| Full name | Joseph Parkin Burton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
10 December 1873 Somercotes, Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
25 January 1940 (aged 66) Somercotes, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1901 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 15 July 1901 Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 15 August 1901 Derbyshire v Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Parkin Burton (10 December 1873 – 25 January 1940) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire during the 1901 season.
Burton was born at Somercotes, Derbyshire, the son of Thomas Burton, a plumber and painter, and his wife Elizabeth.[1] He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1901 season in a draw against Nottinghamshire in July in which he made his career-best score of 51 not out from sixth in the batting order. In the same match, English Test cricketer Billy Gunn hit a career best innings of 273, and in response Levi Wright hit an innings of 193 for Derbyshire. Burton made two solid innings of 34 and 33 a week later against Gloucestershire and opened with 41 against Hampshire. However in the other four matches he only achieved low scores and did not play another season.
Burton was a right-handed batsman and played twelve innings in seven first class matches with an average of 18.18 and a top score of 51 not out.[2]
Burton died at Somercotes aged 67.
References
- ↑ British Census 1881
- ↑ Joseph Burton at Cricket Archive