Mark Burgess (cricketer)

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Mark Burgess

Personal information
Full name	Mark Gordon Burgess
Born	17 July 1944 (1944-07-17) (age 67) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm off break
International information
National side	New Zealand
Test debut	15 February 1968 v India
Last Test	26 December 1980 v Australia
ODI debut	11 February 1973 v Pakistan
Last ODI	3 February 1981 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1966–1980	Auckland
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs	FC	LA
Matches	50	26	192	42
Runs scored	2,684	336	10,281	603
Batting average	31.20	16.80	35.82	17.73
100s/50s	5/14	0/0	20/62	0/0
Top score	119*	47	146	47
Balls bowled	498	74	2,328	217
Wickets	6	1	30	4
Bowling average	35.33	69.00	38.26	38.25
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0	0	0
Best bowling	3/23	1/10	3/23	2/28
Catches/stumpings	34/–	8/–	152/–	12/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 17 October 2010

Mark Burgess

Personal information
Full name	Mark Gordon Burgess
Date of birth	17 July 1944 (1944-07-17) (age 67)
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
	Eden
National team
1965–1967	New Zealand U-23	7	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mark Gordon Burgess (born 17 July 1944) was a New Zealand cricketer, and a captain of the New Zealand cricket team from 1978 to 1980. He was a right-handed batsman, and bowled right-arm off break. He was raised in the Auckland suburb of Remuera and attended Remuera Intermediate School. Between the years 1958 and 1963, Mark attended Auckland Grammar School (AGS), where he showed his talent as a natural sportman by becoming a member of both the cricket and soccer 1st Elevens, for several years. During the 1970s, the decade when Mark played most of his international cricket and before the advent of professional sport in New Zealand, sportsmen were required to support themselves and take unpaid leave to complete overseas tours. This was no easy task. In the mid 1970s Mark joined the staff of a leading Auckland sportsgood wholesaler, Brittain Wynyard & Co.Ltd. Beginning as a sales representative, by 2011 Mark would hold the position of promotions manager in this company.

Cricket

Burgess captained 10 of his 50 tests, and during his reign as captain,^[1] New Zealand only won one Test, versus England in Wellington, 1978.

Football

Burgess played regularly for the New Zealand national under-23 football team from 1965 to 1967, scoring 1 goal in his 7 appearances^[2] and played one game for the New Zealand national football team in an unofficial match against a touring Manchester United side in 1967, and over thirty years later served on the New Zealand Soccer council.^[1]

References

• Cricinfo

1. ^ ^{a b} "Soccer: Burgess keen to save goals". New Zealand Herald. 13 February 1999. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=2462. 
2. ^ "New Zealand - U-23 International Matches". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nz-u23-intres.html. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 

Preceded by Glenn Turner

New Zealand national cricket captain 1977/8–1978/9

Succeeded by Geoff Howarth

Persondata
Name	Burgess, Mark
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	17 July 1944
Place of birth	Auckland
Date of death
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