| Bob Burns | |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Fullname: | Robert Crosbie Burns |
| Nickname: | Kuku,[1] Cooker |
| Birth Date: | 24 June 1900 |
| Birth Place: | Templeton, Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Wicketkeeper |
| Club1: | Canterbury |
| Year1: | 1928-29 to 1933-34 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 15 |
| Runs1: | 176 |
| Bat Avg1: | 9.77 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 27 |
| Deliveries1: | 0 |
| Wickets1: | – |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 14/17 |
| Date: | 9 June 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36553.html Cricinfo |
Robert Crosbie Burns (24 June 1900 – 10 August 1993) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury between 1928 and 1934.
Burns was a wicket-keeper. In Canterbury's match against Otago in the 1928-29 Plunket Shield he made five stumpings, all of them off the bowling of Bill Merritt.[2] He served on the committee of the Canterbury Cricket Association for many years before he moved to Auckland in 1939.[3]
Burns worked in insurance.[4] He served in the New Zealand Army in World War II as a private.[5] At the time of his death at the age of 93 he was New Zealand's oldest first-class cricketer.[6]