Gerald Ivor Desmond Norton MC (19 May 1919 – 18 July 2012) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Ivor Norton
Personal information
Full name
Gerald Ivor Desmond Norton
Born19 May 1919
Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, England
Died18 July 2012(2012-07-18) (aged 93)
Barnet, London, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1958–1960Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 4
Batting average 4.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 2*
Balls bowled 491
Wickets 17
Bowling average 7.82
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 6/57
Catches/stumpings 3/–
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

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  1. ^ a b c d Berry, Scyld; Booth, Lawrence (2015). The Shorter Wisden 2011 - 2015. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 928.
  2. ^ "No. 34888". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 July 1940. p. 4074.
  3. ^ "No. 36679". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 August 1944. p. 4045.
  4. ^ "No. 37886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 February 1947. p. 849.
  5. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Ivor Norton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Ireland v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1960". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Tents on the Common – No Smoking on The Field!". www.thewimbledonclub.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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