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William Beaumont Burns -LRB- 29 August 1883 -- 7 July 1916 -RRB- was an English cricketer who played more than 200 first-class matches in the early 20th century , the great bulk of them for Worcestershire , for whom he filled in as captain on a number of occasions when the usual incumbents were not available .. English. England. cricketer. cricketer. first-class. first-class cricket. Worcestershire. Worcestershire County Cricket Club. Burns ' obituary in Wisden described him as a `` dashing , hard-hitting batsman '' but added that his bowling -- which he scarcely pursued until the middle of his career -- had to be considered suspect  : `` the fairness of his delivery was often questioned -- and not without good reason '' .. Wisden. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Born in Rugeley , Staffordshire , Burns played for that county in the Minor Counties Championship while aged just 16 , but his debut came in May 1903 when he represented Worcestershire against Oxford University at The Parks , making 3 and 35 .. Worcestershire. Worcestershire County Cricket Club. Rugeley. Rugeley. Staffordshire. Staffordshire. that county. Staffordshire County Cricket Club. Minor Counties Championship. Minor Counties Championship. Oxford University. Oxford University Cricket Club. The Parks. The University Parks. He also played that season against Cambridge University and the Philadelphians , but could not appear in the County Championship because he had not yet qualified .. Cambridge University. Cambridge University Cricket Club. Philadelphians. Philadelphian cricket team. County Championship. County Championship. In 1904 Burns became a near-regular , appearing 19 times , and he finished with 834 runs at 26.00 , including an innings of 165 in 180 minutes against Oxford University .. Oxford University. Oxford University Cricket Club. at 26.00. batting average. The following season was not as impressive , but he returned to form with a vengeance in 1906 , hitting 1,206 first-class runs at 43.07 , with another innings of 165 against Oxford among his three centuries .. first-class. first-class cricket. That winter he visited New Zealand with MCC  : he did relatively little with the bat , only twice passing 50 in 11 innings , but he did take his maiden wicket when he dismissed Wellington 's Harold Monaghan .. New Zealand. New Zealand. MCC. Marylebone Cricket Club. Wellington. Wellington cricket team. Harold Monaghan. Harold Monaghan. Burns had a mediocre 1907 season , but in all the following four summers he passed 1,000 first-class runs , in 1908 hitting three centuries as he had done two years earlier .. first-class. first-class cricket. In 1909 , in a rich vein of form which saw him score over 500 runs in five matches , he made his career-best score of 196 against Warwickshire .. Warwickshire. Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He and Ted Arnold shared a fifth-wicket stand of 393 , which as of 2007 remains a Worcestershire record for this wicket .. Worcestershire. Worcestershire County Cricket Club. Ted Arnold. Ted Arnold. The innings-and-233-run victory margin remained Worcestershire 's widest until 2002 .. Worcestershire. Worcestershire County Cricket Club. This period also saw Burns develop his bowling .. In 1908 he sent down 633 deliveries , almost twice the number he had bowled in his first-class career up to that point , and claimed 16 wickets at 28.50 including a haul of 6-110 against Hampshire .. first-class. first-class cricket. at 28.50. bowling average. Hampshire. Hampshire County Cricket Club. In the following three seasons he bowled around 2,000 deliveries each summer , claiming a total of 145 first-class wickets , and recording career-best figures of 7-58 for the Gentlemen against the Players at The Oval in July 1910 .. first-class. first-class cricket. Gentlemen against the Players. Gentlemen v Players. The Oval. The Oval. This was the first of three appearances he made in such matches , but in the others he made little impression .. Burns suffered another dip in his form in 1912 , scoring only 599 runs and taking only six wickets in his 22 matches , but he recovered his form , with the ball especially , the next season and ended with 42 first-class wickets at 30.81 , as well as 866 runs at 27.06 .. first-class. first-class cricket. He made his last hundred , 102 not out against Gloucestershire , in June , while he claimed six wickets in an innings twice  : once against Hampshire in July , and once in his very last first-class game , Worcestershire 's innings victory over Somerset in late August .. first-class. first-class cricket. Worcestershire. Worcestershire County Cricket Club. Hampshire. Hampshire County Cricket Club. not out. not out. Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. Somerset. Somerset County Cricket Club. He took one final wicket in the second innings of that game  : that of Len Braund .. Len Braund. Len Braund. According to David Frith 's book The Fast Men , Burns was an exceptionally quick bowler -- Frank Chester , who played against him before the war , named him the fastest bowler , ahead even of Harold Larwood , that he ever saw -- , but he was handicapped by suspicions that he threw .. David Frith. David Frith. Frank Chester. Frank Chester ( umpire ). war. First World War. Harold Larwood. Harold Larwood. threw. throwing ( cricket ). He then emigrated to Canada .. Canada. Canada. In the First World War , he joined the Worcestershire Regiment of the British Army and served as a Second Lieutenant in France .. Worcestershire. Worcestershire County Cricket Club. Worcestershire Regiment. Worcestershire Regiment. British Army. British Army. Second Lieutenant. Second Lieutenant. France. France. He was killed in action at Contalmaison during the Battle of the Somme .. Contalmaison. Contalmaison. Battle of the Somme. Battle of the Somme