- Ces Burke
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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.
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