| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Frederick Alfred Burton |
| Birth Date: | 28 September 1885 |
| Birth Place: | Islington, Middlesex, England |
| Death Place: | Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England |
| Family: | George Burton (father) George Hearne (father-in-law) |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Club1: | Minor Counties |
| Year1: | 1924 |
| Club2: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year2: | 1921–1925 |
| Club3: | Hertfordshire |
| Year3: | 1910–1932 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 7 |
| Runs1: | 99 |
| Bat Avg1: | 12.37 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 35 |
| Deliveries1: | 1,116 |
| Wickets1: | 11 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 51.27 |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/101 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
| Date: | 14 December |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10191.html Cricinfo |
Frederick Alfred Burton (28 December 1885 – 7 January 1978) was an English cricketer active from the early 1910s to the early 1930s. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, Burton played in half a dozen first-class cricket matches, but was mostly associated with Hertfordshire in minor counties cricket. The son of first-class cricketer George Burton, he was born at Islington, Middlesex, and died at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. His father-in-law was George Hearne of the Hearne family.
Burton made his debut for Hertfordshire against the Surrey Second XI in the 1910 Minor Counties Championship,[1] with him featuring in 43 Minor Counties Championship matches before the suspension of county cricket in September 1914 due to the First World War.[1]
He resumed his minor counties career with Hertfordshire following the conclusion of the war. He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1921, playing two matches at Lord's against Cambridge University and Oxford University.[2] He appeared in first-class cricket for the MCC the following season against Cambridge University, while in 1924 he was selected to represent a combined Minor Counties cricket team against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI.[2] Two further first-class matches for the MCC followed in 1925, against Wales and Oxford University,[2] before playing in a final first-class match for the East of England against the touring New Zealanders in 1927.[2] In seven first-class matches, Burton scored 99 runs at an average of 12.37, with a high score of 35 not out,[3] while with the ball he took 11 wickets, averaging 51.27 per wicket, with best figures of 4/101.[3] His minor counties career with Hertfordshire ended in 1932, by which time he had appeared in 171 Minor Counties Championship matches.[1]
Besides playing, Burton also stood as an umpire in eight first-class matches between 1922 and 1930.[4]