PLAYER CAREER

Jim Burke

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

Australia1951–1959

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	24	44	12	34	1951-02-02	1959-02-13

24Internationals

1,280Career runs

3Centuries

8Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 24
Innings: 44
Runs: 1,280
Average: 34.59
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 189
Not outs: 7
100s: 3
50s: 5
Ducks: 0
4s: —
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 24
Innings: 16
Balls: 814
Maidens: 41
Runs conceded: 230
Wickets: 8
Average: 28.75
Economy: 1.69
Strike rate: 101.75
Best innings: 4/37
Best match: 4/52
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 24
Innings: 45
Catches: 18
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 18
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 18
Dismissals / inns: 0.400
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

24 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1959-02-13	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 9 wickets
1959-01-30	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 10 wickets
1959-01-09	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1958-12-31	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1958-12-05	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1958-02-28	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1958-02-07	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 10 wickets
1958-01-24	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1957-12-31	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by inns & 141 runs
1957-12-23	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1956-11-02	Australia v India	Test	Australia won by 94 runs
1956-10-26	Australia v India	Test	Match drawn

Australia

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

1951143 runs
195458 runs
195523 runs
1956468 runs
1957215 runs
1958243 runs
1959130 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19510 wickets
19550 wickets
19564 wickets
19572 wickets
19580 wickets
19592 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1959	3	6	130	66	26.00	29.54	0	1	4	440	2	2	16.00	1.60	60.00
1958	5	9	243	83	40.50	—	0	2	—	—	2	0	N/A	0.75	N/A
1957	2	3	215	189	107.50	—	1	0	—	—	3	2	34.50	1.78	116.00
1956	9	16	468	161	31.20	—	1	2	—	—	7	4	22.50	2.43	55.50
1955	1	2	23	18	11.50	—	0	0	2	—	1	0	N/A	2.62	N/A
1954	1	2	58	44	29.00	33.52	0	0	2	173	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1951	3	6	143	101	28.60	—	1	0	11	—	1	0	N/A	1.75	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1951-02-02
First available scorecard
Test v England · Adelaide
1951-02-02
First century in this archive · 101 runs
Test v England · Adelaide
1956-11-02
Best recorded bowling · 4/37
Test v India · Eden Gardens
1957-12-31
Highest recorded innings · 189 runs
Test v South Africa · Cape Town
1959-02-13
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Melbourne