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General First nameReverend Herbert John Edwin
LastnameBurrell
GenderMale
CountryEngland
Date of birth1866-11-15
Place of birthKirtling, Cambridgeshire, England
Date of death1949-05-22
Place of deathTrumpington, Cambridgeshire, England


About

From Wikipedia:

Herbert John Edwin Burrell was an English cleric and cricketer. He played in first-class cricket games for Oxford University in 1889 and for Essex in 1895. The son of John Burrell of Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, Herbert Burrell was educated at Charterhouse School and matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1885. He graduated B.A. in 1889 and M.A. in 1892.

Burrell was ordained deacon in 1890, and priest of the Church of England in 1891. He then attended Cuddesdon Theological College. He was chaplain to John Festing, Bishop of St Albans, in 1894, and became Vicar of Wigginton, Hertfordshire in 1899. He was Rector of Balsham, Cambridgeshire, 1910-34.

During the First World War, Burrell was a secretary and orderly in Balsham Red Cross Hospital. His younger brother John also played first-class cricket. Henry Burrell also became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

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Archive statistics Career1887 - 1910
Tournament wins0
Matches13
Match wins8


Tournaments North of England Championships - 1910 Suffolk Championships - 1910 Norwich Open - 1910 Dorset County Championships - 1910 Oxford University Tournament - 1887