All Ten: The Ultimate Bowling Feat

44 George Burton Middlesex v Surrey, 1888 Kennington Oval, Kennington on 19, 20, 21 July 1888 (3-day match) Toss won by Middlesex Surrey won by three wickets Umpires: C Payne, CK Pullin Middlesex 161 and 53 (GA Lohmann 7-32); Surrey 163 (G Burton 10-59) and 52-7 Surrey first innings R Abel c Vernon b Burton 0 *J Shuter b Burton 17 JM Read c Robertson b Burton 29 WW Read c Robertson b Burton 3 KJ Key c Hadow b Burton 51 +H Wood c Robertson b Burton 0 MP Bowden c Robertson b Burton 21 GA Lohmann c O’Brien b Burton 5 CA Trouncer c Hadow b Burton 26 J Beaumont not out 7 GG Jones c Walker b Burton 0 Extras (b 3, lb 1) 4 Total (all out, 111.3 overs) 163 Fall of wickets 1-9, 2-32, 3-46, 4-53, 5-53, 6-89, 7-105, 8-156, 9-162, 10-163 Middlesex bowling: G Burton 52.3-25-59-10, FGJ Ford 15-9-27-0, J Robertson 23-13-34-0, FM Hadow 6-3-9-0, AJ Webbe 12-6-16-0, SW Scott 3-0-14-0 Middlesex: JG Walker, AJ Webbe (capt), SW Scott, TC O’Brien, EM Hadow, GF Vernon, PJ de Paravicini, FGJ Ford, J Robertson, G Burton, HW Bryant (wk) George Burton is not perhaps one of the most famous names in cricket history. However, he took 529 wickets for Middlesex, a total which at the time he played his last match for them at the end of 1893 was easily a county record. A hardworking and accurate right-arm slow bowler with a round-arm action, Burton was the mainstay of the Middlesex attack during the 1880s, and was their leading wicket-taker in every season bar one from 1881 to 1890. Burton was born in Hampstead, Middlesex in 1851. By trade a coachsmith, even when he became a Middlesex regular he often worked for several hours before taking the field. Unusually he did not make his first-class debut until he was 30, having played club cricket in north London. A photograph taken in 1878 shows that he sported a beard of which W.G. Grace would have been proud. His first match was at the end of May 1881 against Surrey at Lord’s. Opening the bowling, with his second ball he had Harry Jupp caught. It was a considerable scalp. Jupp scored England’s first Test fifty and was coming to the end of a career that left him Surrey’s top