Gerald Ivor Desmond Norton MC (19 May 1919 – 18 July 2012) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | Gerald Ivor Desmond Norton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 May 1919 Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 July 2012 (aged 93) Barnet, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1960 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 28 April 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norton was born in May 1919 at Earl Shilton, Leicestershire. He was educated at Malvern College, where he captained the college cricket team.[1] He served in the British Army during the Second World War, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in June 1940.[2] He was awarded the Military Cross in August 1944, for gallantry in the Normandy landings.[3] He was decorated with the Efficiency Medal in February 1947, at which point he was serving in the King's Royal Rifle Corps as a lieutenant holding the temporary rank of captain.[4] Norton later played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on two occasions against Ireland at Dublin in 1958 and 1960.[5] He found success in both matches as a slow left-arm orthodox bowling, taking figures of 4 for 44 in the Irish first innings and 5 for 26 in their second innings, reducing the Irish to 82 for 9 as they held out for a draw.[1] In his second match two years later, he took figures of 6 for 57 in the Irish first innings and 2 for 6 in their second innings,[1] with the match again ending in a draw.[6] He had a long association with club cricket, playing for Wimbledon Cricket Club.[7] Norton died at Barnet in July 2012.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Berry, Scyld; Booth, Lawrence (2015). The Shorter Wisden 2011 - 2015. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 928.
- ^ "No. 34888". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 July 1940. p. 4074.
- ^ "No. 36679". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 August 1944. p. 4045.
- ^ "No. 37886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 February 1947. p. 849.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Ivor Norton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ "Ireland v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1960". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ "Tents on the Common – No Smoking on The Field!". www.thewimbledonclub.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2021.