George Burton (cricketer)

He was born at Hampstead, London and dies at Covent Garden.

He began in North London club cricket, before appearing with the Middlesex Colts in 1875.

From 1883 until 1904 he was a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) groundstaff and appeared in several matches between 1883 and 1892.

He acted as the official scorer for Middlesex for a number of years and also stood as a first-class umpire between 1898 and 1899.

His son Frederick Alfred (1885–1978) also played cricket for Hertfordshire and MCC, and married a daughter of Herbert Hearne.