Cuthbert Burnup

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Cuthbert Burnup
Burnup in about 1905
Personal information
Full name
Cuthbert James Burnup
Born(1875-11-21)21 November 1875
Blackheath, Kent
Died5 April 1960(1960-04-05) (aged 84)
Golders Green, Middlesex
NicknamePinky
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1895–1898Cambridge University
1896–1907Kent
1899–1903Marylebone Cricket Club
1901London County
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 228
Runs scored 13,614
Batting average 36.79
100s/50s 26/81
Top score 200
Balls bowled 5,813
Wickets 98
Bowling average 32.42
5 wickets in innings 4
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/36
Catches/stumpings 107/–
Source: CricInfo, 5 March 2016

Cuthbert James "Pinky" Burnup (21 November 1875 – 5 April 1960) was an English amateur sportsman who played

Cricketers of the Year
in 1903.

Early life and education

Burnup was born in

racquets teams,[1] and, from 1894, Clare College, Cambridge, gaining Blues in football and cricket.[2][3] Burnup played for Cambridge University Cricket Club for three years from 1896, leading the university in runs scored in both 1896 and 1898, and the University football team from 1895 to 1898.[3][4]

Football career

Burnup played 79 matches for Corinthian F.C. between 1894 and 1901, scoring 28 times.[1] He played on the left wing and was considered a quick player who could dribble the ball effectively.[1] He toured with Corinthian to South Africa in 1897 and helped the club win the London Charity Cup in the same year.[1][5] He also played for Old Malvernians F.C.

Whilst at Cambridge, Burnup was selected to represent England against Scotland at Celtic Park in Glasgow in April 1896. The match, part of the 1896–97 British Home Championship, ended with England losing 2–1, the first Scottish victory in the fixture for 20 years.[6] The match did much to signal the end of the reliance of the Football Association on amateur footballers.[citation needed] It was his only game for England.[2][7]

Cricket career

Burnup made his

Gravesend.[10]

As an opening batsman Burnup was considered cautious but was able to score on all types of pitch and could, when required, score quickly.

Cricketers of the Year.[3][11] He made 102 consecutive County Championship appearances for Kent between 1899 and 1903, becoming the first man to play in over 100 consecutive Championship matches for the county.[12] He captained Kent for one season in 1903, taking over from Jack Mason who had resigned as captain at the end of the previous season.[3]

Burnup played an important role in Kent's first County Championship winning campaign in 1906, leading the domestic first-class batting averages, scoring 1,207 runs at 67.05 despite playing in only 13 matches during the season.[11][13] He was described by The Guardian as "essentially a sound, steady batsman" who contrasted with the flamboyant Kenneth Hutchings, Kent's leading run scorer of the season.[14] He took part in tours to Holland, America and Australia and New Zealand during his career.[1][2]

Burnup appears in the record books as the only first-class bowler to have 10 runs scored off one ball. This happened when he was playing for

Samuel Hill Wood.[15]

Later life

Burnup was a stockbroker and businessman in London.[1] He died at North End, Golders Green, Middlesex at the age of 84 in 1960.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Corinthians – Notable Players Archived 2018-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, Corinthian-Casuals Football Club. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  2. ^
    Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1961. Available online
    . Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  3. ^
    Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1903. Available online
    . Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  4. ^ Venn J, Venn JA (1940) Burnup, Cuthbert James, Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, Part II, Vol 1, p.461.
  5. CricInfo
    . Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  6. ^ Murray S (2013) England v Scotland: after 141 years of rivalry, clash must rediscover its edge, The Guardian, 2013-10-10. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  7. ^ "England Players – C.J. Burnup". England Football Online. Retrieved 2018-09-24. Edit this at Wikidata
  8. ^ a b First-class matches played by Cuthbert Burnup, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  9. ^ First-class batting and fielding for each team by Cuthbert Burnup, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  10. ^ The Maidstone Week - an interesting match, The Times, 1921-07-19, p.5.
  11. ^ a b Wilde S (2013) "1903 Five cricketers of the year" in Wisden Cricketers of the Year: A Celebration of Cricket's Greatest Players, pp.46–48. (Available online. Retrieved 2016-03-20.)
  12. ^ Geraint Jones reaches impressive County Championship milestone, Kent County Cricket Club, 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  13. ^ First-class batting and fielding in each season by Cuthbert Burnup, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  14. ^ Quoted in Burnton S (2016) The forgotten feats of Kenneth Hutchings, a life cruelly cut short at the Somme, The Guardian, 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  15. ^ Lynch S (2000) Ten runs off one ball, The Guardian, 2000-03-16. Retrieved 2016-03-20.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Kent County Cricket Club captain
1903 		Succeeded by
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