David Cecil Fowler Burton, better known as Cecil Burton, (13 September 1887 – 24 September 1971)[1] was a first-class cricketer, who played for Cambridge University (1907–1908), Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) (1910–1922) and Yorkshire (1907–1921).
He was born in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
A right-handed batsman, Burton scored 3,057 runs in his 130 first-class matches, with a highest score of 142* against Hampshire.
His brother Claude Burton, cousin David S.G. Burton and uncle Arthur Trollope, all played first-class cricket.
Burton died at the age of 84 in September 1971, in Chertsey, Surrey.