Bob Burns (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bob Burns (cricketer)

Date of Birth: 24-Jun-1900

Place of Birth: Templeton, New Zealand

Date of Death: 10-Aug-1993

Profession: cricketer

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Bob Burns (cricketer)

  • Robert Crosbie Burns (24 June 1900 – 10 August 1993) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury between 1928 and 1934. Burns was a wicket-keeper.
  • In Canterbury's match against Otago in the 1928-29 Plunket Shield he made five stumpings, all of them off the bowling of Bill Merritt.
  • He served on the committee of the Canterbury Cricket Association for many years before he moved to Auckland in 1939.Burns worked in insurance.
  • He served in the New Zealand Army in World War II as a private.
  • At the time of his death at the age of 93 he was New Zealand's oldest first-class cricketer.

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