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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.

Bob Burns

Personal information
Full name	Robert Crosbie Burns
Born	(1900-06-24)24 June 1900 Templeton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Died	10 August 1993(1993-08-10) (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
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 15 Runs scored 176 Batting average 9.77 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 27 Balls bowled 0 Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 14/17
Source: Cricinfo, 9 June 2019

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]

References

External links

• Bob Burns at ESPNcricinfo
• Bob Burns at CricketArchive

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