Herbert Burrell

Herbert John Edwin Burrell (15 November 1866 – 22 May 1949) was an English cleric and cricketer. He played in first-class cricket games for Oxford University in 1889 and for Essex in 1895.^[1]

Herbert Burrell

Personal information
Full name	Herbert John Edwin Burrell
Born	(1866-11-15)15 November 1866 Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, England
Died	22 May 1949(1949-05-22) (aged 82) Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1889	Oxford University
1895	Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 3 Runs scored 15 Batting average 3.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 10 Balls bowled 153 Wickets 2 Bowling average 39.00 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1/37 Catches/stumpings 0/0
Source: Cricinfo, 27 July 2013

Life

The son of John Burrell of Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, Burrell was educated at Charterhouse School and matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1885.^[2][3][4] He graduated B.A. in 1889 and M.A. in 1892.^[5]

Burrell was ordained deacon in 1890, and priest of the Church of England in 1891.^[2] He then attended Cuddesdon Theological College.^[5] He was chaplain to John Festing, Bishop of St Albans, in 1894, and became vicar of Wigginton, Hertfordshire in 1899.^[2] He was rector of Balsham, Cambridgeshire, 1910–34.^[6]

During the First World War Burrell was a secretary and orderly in Balsham Red Cross Hospital.^[7]

His younger brother John also played first-class cricket.

Burrell became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.^[8]

References

1. Herbert Burrell at ESPNcricinfo
2. Charterhouse School (1911). Charterhouse Register, 1872-1910. Vol. I. Propietors at the Chiswick Press. p. 190.
3. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Burrell, Herbert John Edwin" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
4. Herbert Burrell at CricketArchive (subscription required)
5. The Oxford & Cambridge Yearbook. S. Sonnenschein & co., ltd. 1904. p. 91.
6. "Church Stained Glass". Balsham Parish Council.
7. "Revd. Herbert John Edwin Burrell". British Red Cross.
8. The Antiquaries Journal. Oxford University Press. 1930. p. 200.