Oswald Burton

Oswald Burton

Personal information
Full name	Oswald Burton
Born	24 June 1874(1874-06-24) Gorton, Manchester, England
Died	4 July 1944(1944-07-04) (aged 70) Kingsdown, Bristol, England
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm medium fast bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1901–1905	Derbyshire
First-class debut	23 May 1901 Derbyshire v MCC
Last First-class	21 August 1905 Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition	First-class
Matches	3
Runs scored	21
Batting average
100s/50s	/
Top score	9*
Balls bowled	232
Wickets	5
Bowling average	31.20
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling	2-44
Catches/stumpings	2/-
Source: [1], October 2011

Oswald Burton (21 August 1874 – 4 July 1944) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1901 and 1905.

Burton was born at Gorton, Manchester. He made his debut for Derbyshire in a match against MCC in the 1901 season. He was not out for 9 in both innings and took 2 wickets. He next appeared in the 1905 season against Lancashire when he again took 2 wickets but did not bat in either innings. Against Nottinghamshire he was not out in both innings and took one wicket.

Burton was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and in three first-class matches took five wickets at an average of 31.20 with a best performance of 2 for 44. He was a right-hand batsman and played four innings in three first class matches without being out in any of them and with a top score of 9 not out.^[1]

Burton died at Kingsdown, Bristol at the age of 69.

References

1. ^ Oswald Burton at Cricket Archive

Persondata
Name	Burton, Oswald
Alternative names
Short description	Cricketer
Date of birth	21 August 1874
Place of birth	Gorton, Manchester, England
Date of death	4 July 1944
Place of death	Kingsdown, Bristol, England