Country: | England |
Fullname: | Geoffrey Worth Burch |
Birth Date: | 12 April 1937 |
Birth Place: | Braunstone, Leicestershire, England |
Death Date: | 19 September 2022 |
Death Place: | Swansea |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
Role: | Wicket-keeper |
Club1: | Leicestershire |
Year1: | 1958–1964 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 46 |
Runs1: | 1,067 |
Bat Avg1: | 15.46 |
100S/50S1: | –/4 |
Top Score1: | 64 |
Deliveries1: | 12 |
Wickets1: | – |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 55/– |
Date: | 5 February |
Year: | 2013 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10147.html Cricinfo |
Geoffrey Worth Burch (born 12 April 1937) is a former English cricketer. Burch was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace and who could also play as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Braunstone, Leicestershire.
Burch made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Hampshire in the 1958 County Championship, making six further appearances in that season.[1] The following season he established himself in the Leicestershire team, making 24 first-class appearances in 1959,[1] scoring 724 runs at an average of 20.11. He also made three half centuries with a high score of 64 not out,[2] which he made against Nottinghamshire.[3] Burch didn't play for Leicestershire again until 1963, making three appearances in that season,[1] before making twelve first-class appearances in 1964, the last of which came against Essex in the 1964 County Championship.[1] Burch scored 254 runs in his final season with Leicestershire, at an average of 15.00 and with a single half century score of 59 against Hampshire.[2] [4] Burch played a total of 46 first-class matches for Leicestershire, scoring 1,067 runs at an average of 15.46, with a high score of 64 not out. In the field he took 55 catches.[5]