William Norris

November 4, 1830 (age 58)

Halifax, West Yorkshire

He also rowed for Cambridge University in the University Boat Race of 1852. Norris was a regular cricket player as a middle-order batsman in the first team at Eton, appearing in the Eton v Harrow match in both 1848 and 1849. At Cambridge, he had only one match for the first eleven, but that was the University Match of 1851 against Oxford University, when he batted at Number 10 and scored 12 runs in his only innings. After this match, he played only in minor cricket. He served as curate at Langley, then in Worcestershire, at Aberford in Yorkshire and at Felixkirk, also in Yorkshire. From 1860 to 1875 he was rector of Oaksey, Wiltshire, and from 1875 to his death he was vicar of Flore, Northamptonshire.

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He was born and died at Halifax, West Yorkshire.

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Norris was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge.

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He also rowed for Cambridge University in the University Boat Race of 1852. Norris was a regular cricket player as a middle-order batsman in the first team at Eton, appearing in the Eton v Harrow match in both 1848 and 1849. At Cambridge, he had only one match for the first eleven, but that was the University Match of 1851 against Oxford University, when he batted at Number 10 and scored 12 runs in his only innings.

After this match, he played only in minor cricket.

He served as curate at Langley, then in Worcestershire, at Aberford in Yorkshire and at Felixkirk, also in Yorkshire. From 1860 to 1875 he was rector of Oaksey, Wiltshire, and from 1875 to his death he was vicar of Flore, Northamptonshire.

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