Bob Burns (cricketer)

Robert Crosbie Burns (24 June 1900 – 10 August 1993) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury between 1928 and 1934.

Bob Burns
Personal information
Full nameRobert Crosbie Burns
Born(1900-06-24)24 June 1900
Templeton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Died10 August 1993(1993-08-10) (aged 93)
Christchurch, New Zealand
NicknameKuku,[1] Cooker[2]
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicketkeeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1928-29 to 1933-34Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 15
Runs scored 176
Batting average 9.77
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 27
Balls bowled 0
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 14/17
Source: Cricinfo, 9 June 2019

Burns was a wicket-keeper. In Canterbury's match against Otago in the 1928-29 Plunket Shield he made five stumpings, all of them off the bowling of Bill Merritt.[3] He served on the committee of the Canterbury Cricket Association for many years before he moved to Auckland in 1939.[4]

Burns worked in insurance.[2] He served in the New Zealand Army in World War II as a private.[5] At the time of his death at the age of 93 he was New Zealand's oldest first-class cricketer.[6]

References
  1. "With Southern Batsmen". NZ Truth: 16. 23 January 1930.
  2. "'Cooker' Burns". NZ Truth. 28 June 1928. p. 6.
  3. "Otago v Canterbury 1928-29". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  4. "Personal items". Press: 10. 1 February 1939.
  5. "Robert Crosbie Burns". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. Wisden 1994, p. 1337.
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