Herbert Burrell
Herbert John Edwin Burrell (15 November 1866 – 22 May 1949) was an English cleric and cricketer. He played in first-class cricket games for Oxford University in 1889 and for Essex in 1895.[1]
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| Full name | Herbert John Edwin Burrell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 1866 Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 May 1949 (aged 82) Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1889 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1895 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life edit
The son of John Burrell of Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, Burrell was educated at Charterhouse School and matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1885.[2][3][4] He graduated B.A. in 1889 and M.A. in 1892.[5]
Burrell was ordained deacon in 1890, and priest of the Church of England in 1891.[2] He then attended Cuddesdon Theological College.[5] He was chaplain to John Festing, Bishop of St Albans, in 1894, and became vicar of Wigginton, Hertfordshire in 1899.[2] He was rector of Balsham, Cambridgeshire, 1910–34.[6]
During the First World War Burrell was a secretary and orderly in Balsham Red Cross Hospital.[7]
His younger brother John also played first-class cricket.
Burrell became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.[8]
References edit
- ^ Herbert Burrell at ESPNcricinfo
- ^ a b c Charterhouse School (1911). Charterhouse Register, 1872-1910. Vol. I. Propietors at the Chiswick Press. p. 190.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Herbert Burrell at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- ^ a b The Oxford & Cambridge Yearbook. S. Sonnenschein & co., ltd. 1904. p. 91.
- ^ "Church Stained Glass". Balsham Parish Council.
- ^ "Revd. Herbert John Edwin Burrell". British Red Cross.
- ^ The Antiquaries Journal. Oxford University Press. 1930. p. 200.