Joseph Burton (cricketer)

Joseph Parkin Burton (10 December 1873 – 25 January 1940) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire during the 1901 season.

Joseph Burton
Personal information
Full name
Joseph Parkin Burton
Born(1873-12-10)10 December 1873
Somercotes, Derbyshire, England
Died25 January 1940(1940-01-25) (aged 66)
Somercotes, Derbyshire, England
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1901Derbyshire
FC debut15 July 1901 Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire
Last FC15 August 1901 Derbyshire v Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 200
Batting average 18.18
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 51*
Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, April 2012

Burton was born at Somercotes, Derbyshire, the son of Thomas Burton, a plumber and painter, and his wife Elizabeth.[1] He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1901 season in a draw against Nottinghamshire in July in which he made his career-best score of 51 not out from sixth in the batting order. In the same match, English Test cricketer Billy Gunn hit a career best innings of 273, and in response Levi Wright hit an innings of 193 for Derbyshire. Burton made two solid innings of 34 and 33 a week later against Gloucestershire and opened with 41 against Hampshire. However, in the other four matches he only achieved low scores and did not play another season.

Burton was a right-handed batsman and played twelve innings in seven first-class matches with an average of 18.18 and a top score of 51 not out.[2]

Burton died at Somercotes aged 67.

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