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Full name | Gerald Ivor Desmond Norton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 19 May 1919 Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 18 July 2012 Barnet, London, England | (aged 93)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
Gerald Ivor Desmond Norton MC (19 May 1919 – 18 July 2012) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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]