Joseph Parkin Burton (10 December 1873 – 25 January 1940) was an English

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er who played first-class cricket for

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during the 1901 season. Burton was born at

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, the son of Thomas Burton, a plumber and painter, and his wife Elizabeth. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1901 season in a draw against

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in July in which he made his career-best score of 51 not out from sixth in the batting order. In the same match, English Test cricketer

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hit a career best innings of 273, and in response

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hit an innings of 193 for Derbyshire. Burton made two solid innings of 34 and 33 a week later against

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and opened with 41 against

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. However, in the other four matches he only achieved low scores and did not play another season. Burton was a right-handed batsman and played twelve innings in seven first-class matches with an average of 18.18 and a top score of 51 not out.Joseph Burton at Cricket Archive
/ref> Burton died at Somercotes aged 67.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burton, Joseph 1873 births 1940 deaths English cricketers Derbyshire cricketers People from Somercotes