Henry Burgess (5 May 1879 – 16 April 1964) was an English

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er. Burgess was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm

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. He was born at

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. Burgess made his first-class debut for

against Essex at the

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in the

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. He made seven further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against

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at Aylestone Road, Leicester in the

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. In his eight first-class matches for Leicestershire, he took 11 wickets at an average of 47.63, with best figures of 3/106. A tailend batsman, he scored a total of 53 runs at a batting average of 5.30, with a high score of 20. He later made a single first-class appearance for Northamptonshire in the

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against

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at the County Ground, Northampton. He died at Middleton, Northamptonshire on 16 April 1964. His brother John Burgess and nephew

Robert Fetherstonhaugh Charles Bateman Robert Fetherstonhaugh ( ; born 17 November 1932) is a former English cricketer. Fetherstonhaugh was a right-handed Batsman (cricket), batsman and a wicket-keeper. He was born in Tavistock, Devon, Tavistock, Devon and educated ...

both played first-class cricket.

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