| James Burns | |
| Birth Date: | 20 June 1866 |
| Birth Place: | Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Death Place: | Hampstead, London, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Club1: | Essex |
| Year1: | 1890–1896 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 41 |
| Runs1: | 1134 |
| Bat Avg1: | 17.18 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/4 |
| Top Score1: | 114 |
| Deliveries1: | 894 |
| Wickets1: | 15 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 30.66 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/41 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 15/0 |
| Date: | 27 July 2013 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9303.html Cricinfo |
James Burns (20 June 1866 – 11 September 1957) was an English cricketer. He played for Essex between 1890 and 1896 as a right-handed middle order batter and as an occasional left-arm slow bowler, and for Marylebone Cricket Club in occasional matches up to 1901.[1] He was also a football player who played for West Bromwich Albion and Notts County.[2]
Burns and George Higgins both scored centuries in Essex's first-ever County Championship fixture, the match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in May 1895; Burns scored 114 and Higgins 118, and together they put on 205 for the fourth wicket.[3] Neither scored any further centuries in first-class cricket.