Ces Burke

Ces Burke

Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Legbreak googly
International information
National side	New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	1	60
Runs scored	4	959
Batting average	2.00	17.43
100s/50s	0/0	0/2
Top score	3	51*
Balls bowled	66	12757
Wickets	2	200
Bowling average	15.00	25.99
5 wickets in innings	0	7
10 wickets in match	0	1
Best bowling	2/30	6/23
Catches/stumpings	0/-	31/-
Source: Cricinfo,

Cecil Burke (born 27 March 1914 in Ellerslie, New Zealand and died 4 August 1997 in Auckland) was a cricketer who played for Auckland and, once, for New Zealand.

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 Test match 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.

He was not picked for the single Test match of the following season, 1946-47, when MCC toured Australia and New Zealand, but was selected for the tour to England in 1949. He had a fairly undistinguished tour, taking 54 wickets at an average of 29.83 and scoring just 171 runs, and did not play in any of the Tests.

References

• Cecil Burke statistics
• Cricket Archive

Persondata
Name	Burke, Ces
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	27 March 1914
Place of birth
Date of death	4 August 1987
Place of death