James Thomas Burrows

James Burrows
CBE DSO and Bar
Full name James Thomas Burrows
Date of birth (1904-07-13)13 July 1904
Place of birth Prebbleton, New Zealand
Date of death 10 June 1991(1991-06-10) (aged 86)
Place of death Christchurch, New Zealand
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
School Christchurch Boys' High School
University Canterbury University College
Notable relative(s) Ian Hamilton Burrows (son)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Hooker
New Zealand No. 336
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Canterbury University
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1923–30 Canterbury
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1928 New Zealand 0 (0)
Coaching career
Years Club / team
1932–33
1937		 Canterbury
New Zealand
Cricket information
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling style Right-arm medium pace
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1926/27–1932/33 Canterbury
First-class debut 25 December 1926  v Auckland
Last First-class 3 February 1933  v Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 9
Runs scored 36
Batting average –
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 14*
Balls bowled 1938
Wickets 31
Bowling average 22.06
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4-24
Catches/stumpings 4/0
4th Rector of Waitaki Boys' High School
In office
1945–1949
Preceded by Frank Milner

James Thomas Burrows CBE (13 July 1904 – 10 June 1991) was a New Zealand teacher, sportsman, administrator, and military leader. He was born in Prebbleton, New Zealand, on 13 July 1904. Following his education at Christchurch Boys' High School, he became a teacher.[1]

As a rugby union player, Burrows was a hooker. He represented Canterbury in 1923 and from 1925 to 1930. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their first ever tour of South Africa in 1928. On that tour he played in nine matches and scored two tries, but he did not appear in any of the Tests.[2] He was sole selector and coach of the Canterbury team from 1932 to 1933, and manager–coach for the All Blacks in their 1937 test series against South Africa.[1]

He also played nine first-class matches for the Canterbury cricket team in the Plunket Shield.[3]

A Territorial Force officer, Burrows volunteered for overseas service during the Second World War. Serving in Greece, Crete, North Africa and Italy, he rose to the rank of brigadier.[1]

Leaving the army in 1944, he became rector of Waitaki Boys' High School. He resigned this position in 1949 and rejoined the Army, serving as commander of the New Zealand force in Korea in 1953.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ogilvie, Gordon. "Burrows, James Thomas". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ↑ Knight, Lindsay. "James Burrows". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "First-class matches played by Jim Burrows". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
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