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James Burns (20 June 1866 – 11 September 1957) was an English cricketer. He played for Essex between 1890 and 1896 as a right-handed middle order batter and as an occasional left-arm slow bowler, and for Marylebone Cricket Club in occasional matches up to 1901.[1] He was also a football player who played for West Bromwich Albion and Notts County.[2]
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Born | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | 20 June 1866||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 September 1957 91) Hampstead, London, England | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1890–1896 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 July 2013 |
Burns and George Higgins both scored centuries in Essex's first-ever County Championship fixture, the match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in May 1895; Burns scored 114 and Higgins 118, and together they put on 205 for the fourth wicket.[3] Neither scored any further centuries in first-class cricket.
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