Bradbury Norton

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

Norton was born at Town Malling in Kent.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] As well as playing for Kent, Norton also made appearances for the Gentlemen of Kent between 1860 and 1869.[2] 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.[3][4]

Professionally Norton was a lawyer working in Kent.[5][6] He died in 1917 at Taltal in Chile aged 82.[1]

References
  1. Bradbury Norton, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  2. Bradbury Norton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-20. (subscription required)
  3. Mr William South Norton, Other deaths in 1916, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1917. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  4. Dr Selby Norton, Obituaries in 1906, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1907. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  5. The West Malling Poisoning Case, The Times, 1883-01-25, p.7. (The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 2019-02-20. (subscription required)).
  6. Lord Clifton, The Times, 1890-03-05, p.10. (The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 2019-02-20. (subscription required))

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