Alan Burgess (cricketer)

Alan Burgess

Personal information
Full name	Alan Thomas Burgess
Born	1 May 1920 Christchurch, New Zealand
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1940-41 to 1951-52	Canterbury
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.

External links

• Alan Burgess at Cricket Archive