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Full name | Norman Whittaker Hardy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 3 June 1907 Wakefield, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 June 1980 72) at sea, aboard SS Canberra | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 July 2019 |
Norman Whittaker Hardy (3 June 1907 – 2 June 1980) was an English first-class cricketer.
Hardy, who was born at Wakefield in June 1907, made a single appearance in first-class cricket for H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI against Cambridge University at Eastbourne in 1926. [1] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 6 runs in their first-innings by Edward Cawston, while in their second-innings he finished not out on 8. Opening the bowling in the Cambridge first-innings, he took the wicket of Denys Wilcox to finish with innings figures of 1 for 43, while in their second-innings he dismissed Wilcox, Ken Farnes and Joseph Comber, to finish with innings figures of 3 for 48. [2] He died at sea on board the cruise ship Canberra in June 1980, a day shy of his 73rd birthday.
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