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Owen Burrows

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Owen Burrows
The Tasmanian cricket team in 1932.
Burrows is standing fourth from left.
Personal information
Full name
Arthur Owen Burrows
Born(1903-10-17)17 October 1903
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died4 January 1984(1984-01-04) (aged 80)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1923–1937Tasmania
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 32
Runs scored 1054
Batting average 19.51
100s/50s 0/3
Top score 69
Balls bowled 4568
Wickets 77
Bowling average 30.84
5 wickets in innings 3
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/35
Catches/stumpings 19/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 July 2020

Owen Burrows (17 October 1903 – 4 January 1984) was an Australian cricketer. He played 32 first-class matches between 1923 and 1937, mostly for Tasmania.[1]

Burrows was a pacy opening bowler and useful lower-order batsman. In the 1929–30 season he played a match for Woodfull's XI versus Ryder's XI.[2] His best bowling figures were 5 for 35 in Tasmania's victory over Victoria in 1931-32.[3] In a senior Hobart club match in November 1925, Burrows bowled a ball that, in dismissing a batsman, knocked a bail 83 yards 1 foot 9 inches (76.43 metres), which is believed to be a world record.[4][5]

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  1. ^ "Arthur Burrows". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  2. ^ "NOTES OF THE DAY". The Mercury. 2 December 1929. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Tasmania v Victoria 1931-32". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. ^ Wisden 1985, p. 1190.
  5. ^ "Bail Went 83 Yards". The Sun: 4. 18 December 1925.

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