Norman Norton

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Norman Norton South Africa (RSA)

Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm medium
	Tests	First-class
Matches	1	15
Runs scored	9	347
Batting average	4.50	15.08
100s/50s	0 / 0	0 / 2
Top score	7	57
Balls bowled	90	1798
Wickets	4	49
Bowling average	11.75	15.75
5 wickets in innings	0	1
10 wickets in match	0	1
Best bowling	4/47	6/34
Catches/stumpings	0 / 0	7 / 0
Test debut: 11 March 1910 Last Test: 11 March 1910 Source: CricketArchive

NORTON, Norman Ogilvie, - A respectable all-rounder, Norton was born at Grahamstown, Cape Colony, on May 11, 1881 and died in East London, Cape Province on June 27, 1968, aged 87. His initial first-class match was in 1902 for Western Province against the Australians but he failed to score or take a wicket and it was 1907 before he re-appeared. Now playing for Border, he enjoyed a couple of seasons of moderate success. In 1908/09 he recorded his highest score of 57 playing against Western Province at Cape Town. And in the match against Eastern Province that season, also played at Cape Town, he notched up his best bowling figures, 6 for 34, and took his only haul of ten wickets in a match, 10 for 92. He also scored his second and last first-class 50 in that particular match. When England came to South Africa in 1909/10 under the leadership of F.L. Fane, “Pompey” Norton was selected for the fifth Test match of the series. He scored 2 and 7 and took four wickets for 47, including those of Jack Hobbs and Frank Woolley. A lawyer by profession, he went on to captain Border, quite a weak team at the time, and later became a prominent cricket administrator for the province. His death went unnoticed by Wisden and therefore no obituary appeared within its pages at the time.

[edit] References:

World Cricketers - A Biographical Dictionary by Christopher Martin-Jenkins published by Oxford University Press (1996),
The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, Volume 1 (1877-1977) compiled and edited by Bill Frindall published by Headline Book Publishing (1995),
www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players.