Bob Burns (cricketer)
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Fullname
Robert Crosbie Burns
Born24 June 1900
Templeton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Templeton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Died10 August 1993 (aged 93)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Christchurch, New Zealand
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| Full name | Robert Crosbie Burns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 June 1900 Templeton, Canterbury, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 August 1993 (aged 93) Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Kuku,[1] Cooker[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicketkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1928–29 to 1933–34 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.[3] He served on the committee of the Canterbury Cricket Association for many years before he moved to Auckland in 1939.[4]
Burns worked in insurance.[2] He served in the New Zealand Army in World War II as a private.[5] At the time of his death at the age of 93 he was New Zealand's oldest first-class cricketer.[6]