John Edward Ledgard Burton (15 February 1925 – 11 May 2010) was a New Zealand
cricket
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er. He played one
first-class match for
Wellington
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in 1946-47 and three for
Ceylon
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
on their
tour of Pakistan in 1949-50.
He also represented Ceylon at
rugby union
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against
the visiting British team in 1950.
[S. S. Perera, ''The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket (1832–1996)'', Janashakthi Insurance, Colombo, 1999, p. 440.]
See also
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List of Wellington representative cricketers
References
External links
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1925 births
2010 deaths
New Zealand cricketers
New Zealand rugby union players
Wellington cricketers
All-Ceylon cricketers
Cricketers from Auckland
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