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A right-hand batsman and slow left-arm bowler, Burgess appeared in 11 first-class matches for Canterbury from 1940-41 to 1951-52 and also for New Zealand Services in England in 1945. He took 6-52 on debut against Otago at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, in a match which began on Christmas Day 1940.
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Alan Burgess, former Canterbury cricketer and WWII tank driver, in a 2015 interview. Burgess played alongside New Zealand great Martin Donnelly when they were picked for the NZEF Base XI team during the war and in 1943 was named in the side to face the South African 6th Armoured Division XI in Cairo.