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Full name | Alan Thomas Burgess | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Christchurch, New Zealand | 1 May 1920||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 January 2021 Rangiora, New Zealand | (aged 100)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Thomas Burgess (father) Gordon Burgess (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1940/41–1951/52 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 5 January 2020 |
Alan Thomas Burgess (1 May 1920 – 6 January 2021) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1940 to 1952. He was a tank driver in World War II. From June 2020 to January 2021, Burgess was the world's oldest living first-class cricketer.[1]