Career
Norman"s first-class debut, against India in 1952, coincided with that of Frank Tyson, who regarded the young Norman as "another Dennis Brookes in the making." lieutenant took several seasons for Norman to establish himself in the first team, but in 1959, Brookes" last season, the Northampton Grammar School old boy made his presence felt with just over 1,000 runs and a maiden Championship century against Warwickshire. His four hundreds in 1963 included 152 against Nottinghamshire at Northampton, his highest for the County, but the next two seasons found him struggling for any degree of consistency. Against Glamorgan in 1964 he suffered the miserable experience of a "king pair (falling to the first ball of each innings, on the same day, to Ossie Wheatley both times.
At the end of 1965, Norman made his move to Leicestershire and enjoyed a new lease of cricketing life.
