Cecil "Ces" Burke (27 March 1914 – 4 August 1997) was a New Zealand
cricketer who played for
Auckland
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and, once, for
New Zealand
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. He was born in
Ellerslie, New Zealand
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and died in
Auckland
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, New Zealand.
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Cricket career
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
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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
Keith Ross Miller (28 November 1919 – 11 October 2004) was an Australian Test cricketer and a Royal Australian Air Force pilot during World War II. Miller is widely regarded as Australia's greatest ever all-rounder. His ability, irreverent m ...
.
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.
[McConnell, L., and Smith, I., (1993) ''The Shell New Zealand Cricket Encyclopedia'', Auckland: Moa Beckett. p. 30. ]
See also
*
List of Auckland representative cricketers
*
One-Test wonder
In cricket, a one-Test wonder is usually a cricketer who is only selected for one Test match during his career and never represents his country again. This is not necessarily due to a poor performance and can be for numerous reasons, such as inju ...
References
External links
Profileat CricketArchive
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1914 births
1997 deaths
New Zealand cricketers
New Zealand Test cricketers
Auckland cricketers
Cricketers from Auckland
North Island cricketers