Bertie Buse

Herbert Francis Thomas "Bertie" Buse, born at Ashley Down, Bristol, on August 5, 1910 and died at Bath on February 23, 1992, was a cricketer who played 304 first-class matches for Somerset before and after the Second World War.

Buse was an all-rounder: a dogged right-handed batsman who, in the mobile Somerset batting line-up of the mid 20th century, batted anywhere from No 3 to No 8, and a medium-paced swing bowler who often opened the bowling for the county side. He first played for Somerset in 1929, and then played occasional matches as a professional almost every season through to 1937. In 1938, he went on to the county's staff as a full professional contracted for all matches, and from then until he retired at the end of the 1953 season he was a regular in the county team.

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