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Michael St John Whitehead Burton (born 14 February 1944) is a Zimbabwean former first-class cricketer.

Burton was born in February 1944 at Bulawayo, in what was then a part of Southern Rhodesia. He was educated at Umtali Boys' High School. Burton was selected to represent a South African Schools XI in cricket, before gaining first-class experience with Eastern Province. He debuted for Eastern Province against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club at Port Elizabeth in 1964. He played first-class cricket intermittently for Eastern Province until November 1967, making five appearances. He took 7 wickets for Eastern Province with his off break bowling, in addition to scoring 102 runs.

Burton went up to Mansfield College at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1968. While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his varsity debut against Lancashire at Oxford in 1969. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1971, making 31 appearances. Burton took 70 wickets for Oxford at an average of 40.24. He took a five wicket haul on two occasions, with best figures of 5 for 96, which came against Nottinghamshire in 1970. As a batsman, he scored 719 runs at a batting average of 15.63 and with a high score of 84. In addition to playing first-class cricket for Oxford, Burton also appeared in a single match for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team against the touring West Indians in 1969. He captained Oxford in 1969–70, the first Rhodes Scholar to do so.

References

1. "Player profile: Mike Burton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
2. Murray, Bruce; Parry, Richard; Winch, Jonty (2018). Cricket and Society in South Africa, 1910–1971: From Union to Isolation. Springer. p. 157. ISBN 978-3319936086.
3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Mike Burton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
4. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Mike Burton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
5. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Mike Burton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
6. "Oxford University v Nottinghamshire, 1970". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
7. "Mansfield College Magazine". Mansfield College, Oxford. p. 24. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

External links

• Mike Burton at ESPNcricinfo

• 1944 births
• Living people
• Cricketers from Bulawayo
• Zimbabwean cricketers
• Eastern Province cricketers
• Zimbabwean Rhodes Scholars
• Alumni of Mansfield College, Oxford
• Oxford University cricketers
• Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricketers