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Full name | John Ronald Burnet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Saltaire, Yorkshire, England | 11 October 1918||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 March 1999 Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, England | (aged 80)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman, captain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1958–1959 | Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 7 September 2013 |
John Ronald Burnet OBE (11 October 1918 – 6 March 1999) was an English first-class cricketer and the last amateur captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Yet despite this, and his modest playing record, he is remembered as a success in that his captaincy laid the foundation of Yorkshire's dominance of the County Championship during the 1960s.