Full Name

Frederick John Burton

Born

November 02, 1865, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria

Died

August 25, 1929, Wanganui, New Zealand, (aged 63y 296d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Other

Umpire

It is now thought Fred Burton was born in Collingwood, Victoria, on November 2, 1865, and was thus 63. He was chosen to keep wicket for Australia in the Second Test of the 1886-87 series when Jack Blackham was unavailable. Blackham returned for the only Test of the following season but Burton was retained as a batsman even though his career average was only 15 - he was out for one in each innings. His best score was 47 for New South Wales against Victoria in 1887-88 when he batted three hours and helped Harry Moses in a stand of 185; Moses went on to make 297. Burton later settled in New Zealand and died in Wanganui.
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Fred Burton Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests24242*2.00000011
FC2238103764713.4200--257

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests2------------
FC22-000-----000

Umpire & Referee

FormatMatUmpire
FC11
Frederick John Burton

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Test

Debut/Last Matches of Fred Burton

Recent Matches of Fred Burton

MatchBatWktDateGroundFormat
NSW vs New Zealand1 & 01c/0s & 0c/0s30-Dec-1895ChristchurchFC
NSW vs Wellington12 & 83c/0s & 0c/0s26-Dec-1895WellingtonFC
NSW vs Otago27*0c/0s & 0c/0s20-Dec-1895DunedinFC
NSW vs Canterbury30 & 0*2c/0s & 1c/0s14-Dec-1895ChristchurchFC
Australia vs England1 & 1--10-Feb-1888SydneyTest # 27