Selby Norton (13 September 1836 – 11 November 1906) was an English medical doctor who played one

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

match for

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. He was born at

West Malling West Malling ( , historically Town Malling) is a market town in the Tonbridge and Malling district of Kent, England. It has a population of 2,590. Landmarks West Malling contains several historic buildings, including St Leonard's Tower, a Norma ...

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and died in

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.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 414–415.
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. Retrieved 7 August 2022.) Norton made an appearance in 1860 for the Gentlemen of Kent, but his only first-class appearance came three years later against

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. A medical doctor by trade, Norton was called up to play in an emergency by his brother

South Norton William South Norton (8 June 1831 – 19 March 1916) was an English cricketer active from 1849 to 1870 who played for Kent and was the club captain for many years. He was born in Town Malling and died in London Charterhouse. He appeared in 87 fi ...

, who was the county captain at the time. Another brother, Bradbury Norton, and a nephew, Henry Hayman, also played first-class cricket.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Norton, Selby 1836 births 1906 deaths English cricketers Kent cricketers People from West Malling 19th-century English medical doctors