Wayne Burtt

{{Short description|New Zealand cricketer (1944–2023)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Wayne Burtt

| country = New Zealand

| fullname = John Wayne Burtt

| nickname = Burtis{{cite web |title=John Wayne Burtt – Obituary |url=https://www.canterburycricket.org.nz/news/john-wayne-burtt-obituary/ |website=Canterbury Cricket |access-date=13 June 2023}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|6|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|2|25|1944|6|10|df=yes}}

| death_place = Spreydon, Christchurch, New Zealand

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm leg-spin

| role =

| family = {{ubl|Noel Burtt (father)|Tom Burtt (uncle)|John Ward (cousin)}}

| club1 = Canterbury

| year1 = {{nowrap|1965/66–1972/73}}

| club2 = Central Districts

| year2 = 1973/74–1974/75

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 54

| runs1 = 2,378

| bat avg1 = 28.30

| 100s/50s1 = 1/11

| top score1 = 130*

| deliveries1 = 2,616

| wickets1 = 27

| bowl avg1 = 51.77

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 4/49

| catches/stumpings1 = 23/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 4

| runs2 = 128

| bat avg2 = 32.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/1

| top score2 = 77

| deliveries2 = 0

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

| date = 4 October

| year = 2024

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36561.html Cricinfo

}}

John Wayne Burtt (11 June 1944 – 25 February 2023) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1966 to 1975.

Burtt's father, Noel Burtt, played first-class cricket for Canterbury, as did his uncle, Tom Burtt, who also played Test cricket. A stylish middle-order batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler, Wayne Burtt made his Plunket Shield debut in the fourth match of the 1965–66 season and was never out of the Canterbury side until he moved to Central Districts at the end of the 1972–73 season. In his first match for Canterbury he made 53 and took 4 for 49 as Central Districts hung on for a draw.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3179.html| title = Central Districts v Canterbury 1965–66| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =27 February 2018}}

Burtt had his most productive season in 1967–68 when he scored 416 runs at an average of 46.22, including his only century, 130 not out against Wellington.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21572/f_Batting_by_Season.html| title=First-class batting in each season by Wayne Burtt| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =27 February 2018}}{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/29/29217.html| title = Wellington v Canterbury 1967–68| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =27 February 2018}} Towards the end of the season he was selected to play for a New Zealand Cricket Council President's XI against the touring Indian team, scoring 33 and 71 in a low-scoring match.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/29/29275.html| title = NZCC President's XI v Indians 1967–68| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =27 February 2018}}

Burtt was close to national selection for some years. He represented South Island twice in 1968–69 – in a trial match against North Island and against the touring West Indies team – but with only moderate success. He moved to Wanganui, and then New Plymouth, and spent two seasons with Central Districts in 1973–74 and 1974–75 but was less successful there than with Canterbury, and he retired after the 1974–75 season. He represented Taranaki in the Hawke Cup from 1974 to 1980.

Burtt died in the Christchurch suburb of Spreydon in February 2023, aged 78.{{cite news |title=Wayne Burtt obituary |url=https://deaths.press.co.nz/nz/obituaries/the-press-nz/name/wayne-burtt-obituary?id=48775343 |access-date=12 June 2023 |work=The Press |date=1 March 2023}}