Norman Ogilvie "Pompey" Norton (11 May 1881 – 27 June 1968) was a South African cricketer. He was a lawyer by career and became a provincial administrator for the game.
An all-rounder, Norton made his first-class debut with Western Province versus an Australian team in 1902. He returned in 1907 with Border and within two years attained a personal best score of 57 during a game in Cape Town against Western Province. In another game at Cape Town during the 1908/09 season, he took 6 for 34 against Eastern Province, taking 10 for 92 in the match and also making a second and last first-class fifty.
norman, norton, norman, ogilvie, pompey, norton, 1881, june, 1968, south, african, cricketer, lawyer, career, became, provincial, administrator, game, personal, informationfull, namenorman, ogilvie, nortonborn11, 1881grahamstown, cape, colonydied27, june, 1968. Norman Ogilvie Pompey Norton 11 May 1881 27 June 1968 was a South African cricketer He was a lawyer by career and became a provincial administrator for the game Norman NortonPersonal informationFull nameNorman Ogilvie NortonBorn11 May 1881Grahamstown Cape ColonyDied27 June 1968 1968 06 27 aged 87 East London South AfricaNicknamePompeyBattingRight handedBowlingRight arm mediumInternational informationNational sideSouth AfricaCareer statisticsCompetition Tests First classMatches 1 15Runs scored 9 347Batting average 4 50 15 08100s 50s 0 0 0 2Top score 7 57Balls bowled 90 1798Wickets 4 49Bowling average 11 75 15 755 wickets in innings 0 110 wickets in match 0 1Best bowling 4 47 6 34Catches stumpings 0 0 7 0Source CricketArchive An all rounder Norton made his first class debut with Western Province versus an Australian team in 1902 He returned in 1907 with Border and within two years attained a personal best score of 57 during a game in Cape Town against Western Province In another game at Cape Town during the 1908 09 season he took 6 for 34 against Eastern Province taking 10 for 92 in the match and also making a second and last first class fifty In the 1909 10 season Norton played in the Fifth Test against the touring English team He took 4 for 47 including the wickets of Jack Hobbs and Frank Woolley and scored 2 and 7 1 Norton founded the East London law firm of Norton Gale and Kingon He also served as mayor of East London References edit 5th Test Cape Town Mar 11 Mar 14 1910 England tour of South Africa Cricinfo Retrieved 16 February 2021 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 External links editNorman Norton at ESPNcricinfo nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to a South African cricket person born in the 1880s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Norman Norton amp oldid 1158417310, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
