Full Name

Sydney Frank Burke

Born

March 11, 1934, Pretoria, Transvaal

Died

April 03, 2017, Die Wilgers, Pretoria, Gauteng, (aged 83y 23d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium fast

Sydney Burke was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who made a dramatic debut against New Zealand at Cape Town in 1961-62, taking 11 for 196 in 81 overs. Surprisingly, he was made 12th man for the next Test and then discarded. His second - and final - Test came three years later against England at Cape Town when he went wicketless. He managed the South African Universities side which toured England in 1967.

Sydney Burke Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests241422014.0000100
FC589810233411126.52111-240

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests23660257116/12811/19623.362.3360.0021
FC58--51542417/11-21.38---124
Sydney Frank Burke

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Debut/Last Matches of Sydney Burke

Recent Matches of Sydney Burke

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
South Africa vs England10* & 200/6101-Jan-1965Cape TownTest # 573
EPR Inv XI vs Int Cav'rs420/80 & 3/3515-Mar-1963GqeberhaFC
South Africa vs New Zealand0 & 126/128 & 5/6801-Jan-1962Cape TownTest # 519