Education
He attended Repton School, but did not get into the cricket team there.
He attended Repton School, but did not get into the cricket team there.
He scored 20 and 17 on debut against Sussex, but his best match was his second, against Glamorgan at Cardiff Arms Park. He scored 32 and 35 not out, in the first innings putting on 91 with Harry Higgins to bring Worcestershire from 43/4 up to a position where they were able to record a 44-run victory. In the six remaining innings of his first-class career, however, he made only ten runs, being dismissed for 0, 5, 1, 0, 4 and 0.
Burlton"s only wicket (that of Peter Perrin) came in an otherwise disastrous match against Essex at Leyton.
Worcestershire were bowled out for 49, then saw Essex pile up 521 in reply. Burlton also played at minor counties level for Devon.
In 1955 wrote a book, Cricketing Courtesy. Outside cricket he reached the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Burlton was born in Coimbatore, Madras.
He died a month short of his 80th birthday at Ballochneck, Thornhill, Stirling, Scotland.