[1] He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1901 season in a draw against Nottinghamshire in July in which he made his career-best score of 51 not out from sixth in the batting order.
In the same match, English Test cricketer Billy Gunn hit a career best innings of 273, and in response Levi Wright hit an innings of 193 for Derbyshire.
Burton made two solid innings of 34 and 33 a week later against Gloucestershire and opened with 41 against Hampshire.
However, in the other four matches he only achieved low scores and did not play another season.
Burton was a right-handed batsman and played twelve innings in seven first-class matches with an average of 18.18 and a top score of 51 not out.