Norman Botton

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Norman Botton
Personal information
Full nameNorman Denis Botton
Born (1954-01-21) 21 January 1954 (age 67)
Hammersmith, London, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1974–1975 Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches15
Runs scored286
Batting average 11.91
100s/50s–/–
Top score38*
Balls bowled1,512
Wickets 11
Bowling average 64.90
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match–
Best bowling2/53
Catches/stumpings 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 January 2020

Norman Denis Botton (born 21 January 1954) is a former English first-class cricketer.

Born at Hammersmith, Botton attended Hertford College, Oxford. [1] While studying at Oxford, Botton played first-class cricket for Oxford University. His debut came against Leicestershire at Oxford in 1974. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1975, making fourteen appearances. [2] In his fourteen matches, he scored a total of 272 runs at an average of 12.36 and with a high score of 38 not out. [3] With his left-arm medium pace bowling, he took 11 wickets at a bowling average of 64.90, with best figures of 2 for 53. [4] He also made a single first-class appearance for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team against the touring West Indians in 1974. [2]

After graduating from Oxford, Botton became a schoolteacher. Prior to his retirement, he was the head of history at Monkton Combe School. [5] Botton continued to play cricket long after the conclusion of his brief first-class career, featuring for the Somerset Over-50s and Over-60s. [6] However, severe osteoarthritis which restricted his ability to walk made it impossible to play cricket. In 2013, Botton received a hip replacement and within ten months he was playing cricket once more, resulting in him being selected to play for the England Over-60s on their 2016 tour of Australia. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Player profile: Norman Botton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Norman Botton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Norman Botton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ↑ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Norman Botton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. 1 2 "Norman gets England cricket call up three years after hip replacement". www.jri-ltd.com. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ↑ "Teams Norman Botton played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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