Ces Burke

Ces Burke

Cricket information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Legbreak googly
International information
National side	New Zealand
Test debut	29 March 1946 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 1 60 Runs scored 4 959 Batting average 2.00 17.43 100s/50s 0/0 0/2 Top score 3 51* Balls bowled 66 12757 Wickets 2 200 Bowling average 15.00 25.99 5 wickets in innings 0 7 10 wickets in match 0 1 Best bowling 2/30 6/23 Catches/stumpings 0/- 31/-
Source: Profile

The New Zealand Test team, Christchurch, March 1947. Ces Burke, who was 12th man, is at top left.

Cecil "Ces" Burke (27 March 1914 – 4 August 1997) was a cricketer who played for Auckland and, once, for New Zealand. He was born in Ellerslie, New Zealand and died in Auckland, New Zealand.

A lower-order right-handed batsman and a leg-break and googly bowler, Burke, variously known as "Cec" or "Ces", made his first-class debut for Auckland in 1937-38 and then played regularly for the team up to the 1953-54 season. He was picked as a specialist bowler for the single Test match played in 1945-46 between New Zealand and Australia, which was won comprehensively by the Australians, New Zealand failing to total 100 runs in their two innings combined. Burke took two Australian wickets – Bill Brown and Keith Miller.

He was 12th man for the single Test match of the following season, 1946–47, when MCC toured Australia and New Zealand, and was selected for the tour to England in 1949. He had a mixed tour, taking 54 wickets in 18 games at an average of 29.83, including 6–23 against Derbyshire, but scoring just 171 runs. During the course of the tour he injured his hand and as a consequence did not play in any of the Tests.

Links

• Profile, CricketArchive.com; accessed 27 March 2015.