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Anthony Burton (Kent cricketer)

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Anthony Burton
Personal information
Full name
Anthony Frederick Augustus Burton
Born1785
Died5 September 1850 (aged 64–65)
Wimbledon, Surrey
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1822Kent XI
FC debut15 July 1822 Kent v MCC
Last FC25 July 1822 Kent v MCC
Source: CricketArchive, 30 March 2013

Anthony Frederick Augustus Burton (1785 – 5 September 1850) was an English cricketer who played for Kent sides during the 1820s.

Burton was born in 1785 and worked as a maltster at Westerham in Kent.[1][2] He played village cricket for the Westerham side and is known to have played for a variety of other teams in west Kent, including Leigh.[3] A wicket-keeper, he played in two first-class matches for Kent in 1822, both against the Marylebone Cricket Club. In the first match at Lord's Burton scored 21 runs as Kent won by an innings. In the second, played at Chislehurst on the West Kent side's ground, he made scores of four and 17 runs. In the two matches he claimed five wicket-keeping victims, with three catches and two stumpings.[4]

During the same year Burton played for a West Kent side at Chevening,[2] and in 1826 and 1827 he played for the Players of Kent against the Gentlemen of Kent.[4] He died at Wimbledon in 1850, leaving property to his wife Sarah.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Anthony Burton, CricInfo. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  2. ^ a b c Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 97. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  3. ^ Vigar K, Bechervaise C (2022) A History of Westerham Cricket Club, Westerham Cricket Club. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  4. ^ a b Anthony Burton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2013-03-30. (subscription required)