Norman Shortland
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Full name | Norman Arthur Shortland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 6 July 1916 Coventry, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 March 1973 Finham, Warwickshire, England | (aged 56)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1938–1950 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 October 2015 |
Norman Arthur Shortland (6 July 1916 – 15 January 1951) was an English
Born at Coventry, Shortland was educated in his home city at Stoke School, where he captained the school cricket team.[1] He made his debut in first-class cricket for Warwickshire in the 1938 County Championship against Glamorgan at Edgbaston.[2] He made a further appearance in 1939 against Worcestershire, before making seven first-class appearances in 1939.[2] During the Second World War he served in the Eighth Army as a Staff Captain.[3] Following the war he returned to playing first-class cricket for Warwickshire, earning his county cap in 1946, in which season he made ten first-class appearances.[2] He would not play first-class cricket again for Warwickshire until 1949, when he made two appearances in that season's County Championship,[2] before making his final two appearances in first-class cricket against Essex and Lancashire in 1950.[2] In 23 first-class matches he scored a total of 487 runs, averaging 13.91, with a high score of 70,[4] which he made against Sussex in 1946.[5]
Outside of cricket, Shortland worked in the transport industry, first for Mortons (BRS) Ltd, who he joined as an office boy in 1934, before rising to the position of company chairman.
References
- ^ a b c "Wisden - Obituaries in 1973". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "First-Class Matches played by Norman Shortland". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Commercial Motor. Temple Press. 23 April 1971. p. 52.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Norman Shortland". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "Warwickshire v Sussex, 1946 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
External links
- Norman Shortland at ESPNcricinfo
- Norman Shortland at CricketArchive