Norman Sidney John Burrell (17 September 1900 — 7 November 1986) was an English first-class cricketer and an important figure in colonial cricket in Lahore.

Norman Burrell
Personal information
Full name
Norman Sidney John Burrell
Born17 September 1900
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Died7 November 1986(1986-11-07) (aged 86)
Havering, Essex, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1929/30Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 7
Batting average 3.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 7
Balls bowled 48
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 November 2023

Burrell was born at Chelmsford in September 1900 and was educated at Brentwood School.[1] He served as a non-commissioned officer in the nascent Royal Air Force in the closing stages of the First World War.[2] Following the war, he worked as a clerk in the insurance industry.[2] His career took him to British India, where he resided at Lahore. Burrell was an important figure in the Lahore Gymkhana Club, becoming its cricket secretary in 1927.[3] Whilst in Lahore, he featured twice in first-class cricket, firstly for the Punjab Governor's XI against Northern India in March 1928, and later for the Europeans cricket team against the Muslims in the 1929–30 Lahore Tournament.[4] In these matches, he scored 7 runs and went wicketless.[5] Burrell played club cricket in Northern India, and alongside Roland Ingram-Johnson, he was the only club cricketer to pass 1,000 runs for the season in 1927.[6] He married Mary Gillert in April 1934 at All Saints Church, Srinagar.[7]

Following the Partition of India, he played a role alongside George Abell in getting the newly-formed Pakistan national cricket team recognised by the Imperial Cricket Conference,[8] with their elevation to Test status coming in 1952. Having left Lahore in 1946,[9] Burrell returned to Essex, where he became bursar at Brentwood School until his retirement in 1968.[1] He died at Havering in November 1986.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Friday October 1968". Brentwood Gazette. 4 October 1968. p. 9. Retrieved 5 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ a b "Norman Sidney John Burrell". www.livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  3. ^ "The revised team". Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore). Lahore. 15 March 1929. p. 10. Retrieved 5 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Norman Burrell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Player profile: Norman Burrell". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  6. ^ "The Sportsman's Diary". Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore). Lahore. 25 April 1928. p. 11. Retrieved 5 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "A wedding in Kashmir". Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore). Lahore. 7 April 1934. p. 6. Retrieved 5 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Crescent players honoured". Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore). Lahore. 22 April 1949. p. 8. Retrieved 5 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Nurseries of cricket". Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore). Lahore. 27 March 1959. p. 6. Retrieved 5 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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