Norman Hampton Humphries (19 May 1917 – 18 December 2000) was an English

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er who played

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for

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in 1946. He also played

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cricket for

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between 1938 and 1955. Humphries made his debut near the end of June 1946, against

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, and scored 21 in his only innings. After making 3 in the first innings of his next game, against

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, he showed quite some consistency, his next five innings being 22, 16, 17, 22 and 16. However, he was unable to break through and produce a significant score, and after this one season he was never again to appear at first-class level. For Devon, however, it could be a different story, and in June 1949 Humphries produced his finest form. First he hit 199 against

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II, and immediately thereafter he struck 216

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, carrying his bat against

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II. By coincidence, in this game Alan Brazier made 216 not out in Surrey II's own first innings! Two brothers,

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and

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, also played for Worcestershire.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Humphries, Norman English cricketers Worcestershire cricketers 1917 births 2000 deaths Sportspeople from Kidderminster