| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Richard Watts Norden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 January 1879 Cape Town, Cape Colony | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 February 1952 (aged 73) Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1903–04 to 1906–07 | Transvaal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 October 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Watts Norden (4 January 1879 – 20 February 1952) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Transvaal from 1904 to 1907.[1]
Norden was a left-arm spin bowler who played in the Transvaal teams that won the Currie Cup in 1903–04 and 1904–05. His outstanding match was the semi-final in 1904–05, when he took 4 for 21 and 8 for 12 (figures of 12–8–12–8) in Transvaal's innings victory over Rhodesia. After the match Norden was presented with the ball suitably mounted, a piece of memorabilia that now appears in the Gauteng Cricket Museum.[2] The match was Rhodesia's first in the Currie Cup; they did not return to the competition until 1929–30.[3]