Full Name

James Wallace Burke

Born

June 12, 1930, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales

Died

February 02, 1979, Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, (aged 48y 235d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

After scoring an eyecatching century on his Test debut against England in January 1951, Jim Burke took his omission from the 1953 Ashes tour so hard that he redoubled efforts to banish risk from his game. Henceforward he was both a curse on bowlers and the bane of spectators: his 28 not out in 250 minutes during the Brisbane Test of December 1958 is almost as infamous as Trevor Bailey's batting marathon in the same game. Team-mates, though, often had cause to bless his blunting presence. His highest Test innings underwrote an innings victory at Cape Town in January 1958, and his dour batting belied an impish humorist.
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Jim Burke Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests24447128018934.59350180
FC13020436756322045.012135-580

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests241681423084/374/5228.751.69101.7100
FC130-854029411016/40-29.112.0684.5-30
James Wallace Burke

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Test

Debut/Last Matches of Jim Burke

Recent Matches of Jim Burke

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
NSW vs West Aust50/1027-Feb-1959PerthFC
NSW vs South Aust103 & 650/20 & 0/5320-Feb-1959AdelaideFC
Australia vs England16 & 13--13-Feb-1959MelbourneTest # 468
NSW vs Victoria5 & 114/52 & 1/1907-Feb-1959SydneyFC
Australia vs England66 & 16*0/630-Jan-1959AdelaideTest # 466

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Tony Lock catches Jim Burke for 33 off Jim Laker