Owen Burrows (17 October 1903 – 4 January 1984) was an Australian
cricket
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er. He played 32
first-class matches between 1923 and 1937, mostly for
Tasmania
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Burrows was a pacy opening bowler and useful lower-order batsman. In the 1929–30 season he played a match for Woodfull's XI versus Ryder's XI. His best bowling figures were 5 for 35 in Tasmania's victory over
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in 1931-32. In a senior Hobart club match in November 1925, Burrows bowled a ball that, in dismissing a batsman, knocked a
bail
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83 yards 1 foot 9 inches (76.43 metres), which is believed to be a world record.
See also
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List of Tasmanian representative cricketers
This is a list of cricket players who have played representative cricket for Tasmania in Australia.
It includes players that have played at least one match, in senior first-class, List A cricket, or Twenty20 matches. Practice matches are not i ...
References
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1903 births
1984 deaths
Australian cricketers
Tasmania cricketers
Cricketers from Hobart
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