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    Mervyn Burden was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire from 1953 to 1963 as a right-arm off-break bowler and right-handed batsman. He took 481 wickets over 174 first-class matches for Hampshire and helped them win the county championship in 1961. Though his batting average was only 6.82, he was a popular player among teammates and fans for his humor and personality. He died in 1987.

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    Mervyn Burden was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire from 1953 to 1963 as a right-arm off-break bowler and right-handed batsman. He took 481 wickets over 174 first-class matches for Hampshire and helped them win the county championship in 1961. Though his batting average was only 6.82, he was a popular player among teammates and fans for his humor and personality. He died in 1987.

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    Mervyn Burden was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire from 1953 to 1963 as a right-arm off-break bowler and right-handed batsman. He took 481 wickets over 174 first-class matches for Hampshire and helped them win the county championship in 1961. Though his batting average was only 6.82, he was a popular player among teammates and fans for his humor and personality. He died in 1987.

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    Mervyn Burden
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    Personal information
    Full name
    Mervyn Derek Burden
    Born 4 October 1930
    Southampton, Hampshire, England
    Died 9 November 1987 (aged 57)
    Whitchurch, Hampshire, England
    Batting Right-handed
    Bowling Right-arm off-break
    Role Bowler
    Domestic team information
    Years Team
    1953�1963 Hampshire
    Career statistics
    Competition First-class
    Matches 174
    Runs scored 901
    Batting average 6.82
    100s/50s 0/1
    Top score 51
    Balls bowled 29,210
    Wickets 481
    Bowling average 26.11
    5 wickets in innings 23
    10 wickets in match 4
    Best bowling 8/38
    Catches/stumpings 76/�
    Source: Cricinfo, 10 December 2009
    Mervyn Derek Burden (4 October 1930 � 9 November 1987) was an English cricketer.
    Burden was a right-arm off break bowler and a right-handed tail-end batsman.

    Burden initially had a trial with Hampshire in 1947, reportedly turning up with no
    pads or bat. His first delivery of his trial flew over the nets without bouncing
    and shattered a dining-room window.[1]

    Burden played first-class cricket for 11 seasons, making his debut in 1953 against
    Worcestershire. Over the next ten years he made 174 appearances for the club,
    taking 481 wickets with his off breaks. His batting yielded few results, with
    Burden making only one half century in his career, that being a score of 51 runs as
    a nightwatchman against Warwickshire in 1960. Burden helped Hampshire win the 1961
    County Championship, taking 50 wickets during their first-ever title-winning
    campaign. His final first-class match for Hampshire came in the 1963 County
    Championship against Glamorgan.

    Popular among both players and spectators, he was included in a 2005 list of
    Hampshire cricket cult figures.[1] His obituary in Wisden declared, "The value of
    such a man is not to be estimated in figures."[2] Tony Lewis said of him that "his
    humour was never extinguished by failure" and noted that John Arlott called Burden
    "salt of the cricketing earth".[3] Arlott devoted a chapter to Burden in John
    Arlott's Book of Cricketers (Lutterworth Press, 1979).

    Burden died in Whitchurch, Hampshire on 9 November 1987.

    References
    "Hampshire cult heroes". Cricinfo. December 2005. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
    Wisden 1988, p. 1197.
    Tony Lewis, Taking Fresh Guard, Headline, London, p. 103.
    External links
    Mervyn Burden at ESPNcricinfo

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