Kenneth Norton (2 November 1932 - ) was an English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. He was a right-handed batsman and left-arm slow bowler who played for

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. He was born in

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and educated at Gateshead Secondary School, later called

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. Norton played in the Minor Counties Championship for Northumberland between 1954 and 1980. Norton appeared in three List A matches between 1971 and 1977. He did not bat in any of them, took one catch in the outfield, and bowled 18.4 overs in all, taking two wickets. He still holds the record for the most wickets for Tynedale. Norton's brother Don was a cricket umpire who stood in three List A matches.

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