Victor Norbury
Personal information
Full name
Duncan Victor Norbury
Born(1887-08-03)3 August 1887
Bartley, Hampshire, England
Died23 October 1972(1972-10-23) (aged 85)
Sutton, Surrey, England
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1905–1906Hampshire
1919–1922Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 26
Runs scored 806
Batting average 19.19
100s/50s 1/4
Top score 100
Balls bowled 1,737
Wickets 30
Bowling average 33.2
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/28
Catches/stumpings 8/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 June 2009

Duncan Victor Norbury (3 August 1887 – 23 October 1972) was an English all-round sportsman, who played football for Southampton and first-class cricket for Hampshire and Lancashire.

Cricket career

He made his first-class debut for Hampshire in a County Championship at New Road, Worcester in June 1905.[1] He appeared regularly for Hampshire that summer, and twice in 1906, making a total of eleven appearances, scoring a total of 179 runs.[2]

Between 1909 and 1913, he played minor counties cricket with Northumberland, making 24 appearances in total and establishing a reputation as a reliable opening batsman and slow right-arm bowler.[3] From 1912 onwards, Norbury also played for East Lancashire as a professional,[4] claiming over 100 wickets for the 1912 and 1913 seasons.

After the First World War, he joined Lancashire for whom he made eight appearances in 1919.[2] In a match against Surrey, Norbury scored his only first-class century when he scored exactly 100 runs in a drawn match.[5] Whilst on the books of the county club, he continued to turn out for East Lancashire in the Lancashire League until 1924.[6]

His next county championship appearances came for Lancashire in 1922, when he made a further six appearances.[2] His swan song as a professional cricketer came in 1935, when he played for Sir Lindsay Parkinson's XI against Leicestershire.[7]

Football career

Personal information
Position(s) Centre-half
Youth career
Bartley
Brockenhurst
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1905–1907 Southampton 3 (0)
1907 Bartley Cross
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Norbury was born in Bartley on the eastern edge of the New Forest. His youth football was played for the village team and later for Brockenhurst, from where he joined Southampton in 1905.[8] Norbury spent most of his football career in the reserves, but made his debut for the first team as a replacement at left-back for Horace Glover away to Brentford on 29 September 1906. Norbury retained his place for the next match, in a 5–1 victory at home to Millwall. This was the "Saints" first win of the season (having managed only two draws in the first five matches); despite this, Norbury lost his place back to Glover and made only one further first-team appearance, taking over from Jack Eastham at right-back at home to Clapton Orient on 16 February 1907.[9]

In the summer of 1907, he turned out for his local village team, Bartley Cross, but broke his leg, thus preventing him from playing cricket that summer.[8]

Personal life

Norbury's brother-in-law, Henry Smoker, also played cricket for Hampshire and football for Southampton.[10] Victor served as a lieutenant in the East Lancashire Regiment and South Lancashire Regiment during the First World War.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Worcestershire v Hampshire, June 1905 (Scorecard)
  2. 1 2 3 First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Victor Norbury
  3. ↑ Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Victor Norbury
  4. ↑ East Lancashire Professionals
  5. ↑ Surrey v Lancashire, July 1919 (Scorecard)
  6. ↑ Lancashire League Matches played by Victor Norbury
  7. ↑ Sir L Parkinson's XI v Leicestershire, July 1935 (Scorecard)
  8. 1 2 Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 256. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
  9. ↑ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. pp. 40–41. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
  10. ↑ The Alphabet of the Saints. pp. 316–317.
  11. ↑ "Duncan Victor Norbury | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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