lastagainst deliveries death_date lastdate debutyear columns catches/stumpings year birth_date debutagainst country death_place club batting name fullname debutfor birth_place column debutdate source type lastyear runs date lastfor s/s matches article_title
kent balls 20 april 1914 20 july 1871 1 2 / - / 1871 & ndash ; 1876 6 june 1839 lancashire england derby , england derbyshire right-handed batsman john burnham john william burnham derbyshire nottingham , england first-class 26 may http://cricketarchive.com/players/28/28313/28313.html first-class 1876 55 1839 6 6 yes derbyshire - / - / 6 john burnham -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

john burnham -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

john william burnham -lrb- 6 june 1839 -- 20 april 1914 -rrb- was an english cricketer who played for derbyshire between 1871 and 1876 .
he was a member of the team that played derbyshire 's first match in may 1871 .
burnham was born at nottingham , the son of william burnham , a joiner and his wife catherine .
he became a clerk and in 1863 he was playing for suffolk and in one match for an all england xi .
in 1870 he played several club games for burnley .
he joined derbyshire in the 1871 season and took part in derbyshire 's first-ever match as a county side , an innings victory over lancashire .
he played the return game later in the season , and played again for derbyshire in the 1872 season in both fixtures between derbyshire and lancashire .
also in 1872 he played some games for prince 's club in london .
in the 1873 season he only played one match for derbyshire against lancashire .
he did not play again until the 1876 season when his final match , as a first-class player , was against kent , in which he was bowled out by test cricketer charlie absolom .
burnham was a right-handed batsman and played eleven innings in six first class matches with an average of 5.00 and a top score of 31 .
in 1881 he was living at litchurch .
burnham umpired one game during the 1879 season , three years after giving up the first-class game .
burnham died at derby .
