{{short description|English cricketer (1923–1993)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Tolly Burnett | image = Tolly Burnett.png | country = England | fullname = Anthony Compton Burnett | nickname = Tolly | international = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|10|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Chipstead, Surrey, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|5|31|1923|10|26|df=yes}} | death_place = Wexham, Berkshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = Occasional wicket-keeper | family = | club1 = Glamorgan | year1 = 1958 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Marylebone Cricket Club | year2 = 1951 | clubnumber2 = | club3 = Cambridge University | year3 = 1949–1950 | clubnumber3 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 27 | runs1 = 790 | bat avg1 = 23.23 | 100s/50s1 = 0/5 | top score1 = 79* | deliveries1 = 24 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 20/– | date = 28 October | year = 2012 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9302.html Cricinfo }}
'''Anthony''' "'''Tolly'''" '''Compton Burnett''' (26 October 1923 – 31 May 1993) was an English cricketer. Burnett was a right-handed batsman who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Chipstead, Surrey, and was educated at Lancing College.<ref name=CA>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4312/4312.html|title=Player profile: Tolly Burnett|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 October 2012}}</ref>
Burnett served in the Second World War before going to Pembroke College, Cambridge. He had a successful season as a batsman with the university team in 1949 and a few matches again in 1950 before becoming a science master at Eton College.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tolly Burnett |url=https://glamorgancricketarchives.com/tolly-burnett/ |website=Glamorgan Cricket Archives |date=2 April 2020 |access-date=14 November 2024}}</ref> After that he played only club cricket until his mid-30s, when Glamorgan, who were looking for somebody to take over the captaincy when Wilf Wooller retired, decided to give him a trial in the 1958 season. After eight matches in which he scored only 71 runs in 11 innings, Burnett returned to Eton.<ref>''Wisden'' 1994, p. 1337.</ref> His highest first-class score was 79 not out for Cambridge University against Middlesex in 1949.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cambridge University v Middlesex 1949 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1940S/1949/ENG_LOCAL/UNIV/CAMB-UNIV_MIDDX_UNIV_21-24MAY1949.html |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 November 2024}}</ref>
Burnett later changed his name to Anthony Compton-Burnett.<ref name=CA/> His son, Richard Compton-Burnett, played one first-class match for Cambridge University in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Compton-Burnett |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/richard-compton-burnett-11269 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 November 2024}}</ref>
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