Bradbury Norton Explained

Bradbury Norton (23 August 1834 – 21 February 1917) was an English lawyer and amateur cricketer.[1]

Norton was born at Town Malling in Kent.[2] He played in ten first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club between his debut in 1858 and his final match for the side in 1866.[3] Norton's brother, William South Norton, was captain of the Kent team at the time and honorary secretary of the county club formed at Maidstone in 1859.[4] As well as playing for Kent, Norton also made appearances for the Gentlemen of Kent between 1860 and 1869. Another brother, Selby Norton, made a single first-class appearance for Kent as an emergency replacement in 1863 and a cousin, William Norton, played three times for the county side.[5]

Professionally Norton was a lawyer working in Kent.[6] [7] He died in 1917 at Taltal in Chile aged 82.

Notes and References

  1. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), p. 414. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  2. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18165.html Bradbury Norton
  3. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31754/31754.html Bradbury Norton
  4. http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228031.html Mr William South Norton
  5. http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/227834.html Dr Selby Norton
  6. The West Malling Poisoning Case, The Times, 1883-01-25, p.7. (The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 2019-02-20.).
  7. Lord Clifton, The Times, 1890-03-05, p.10. (The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 2019-02-20.)

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