Martin Horton

Martin Horton

Personal information
Full name	Martin John Horton
Born	21 April 1934(1934-04-21) Worcester, England
Died	3 April 2011(2011-04-03) (aged 76) Worcester, England
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak
International information
National side	English
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	2	410
Runs scored	60	19945
Batting average	30.00	29.54
100s/50s	–/1	23/112
Top score	58	233
Balls bowled	238	54352
Wickets	2	825
Bowling average	29.50	26.94
5 wickets in innings	–	40
10 wickets in match	–	7
Best bowling	2/24	9/56
Catches/stumpings	2/–	166/–
Source: [1],

Martin John Horton (21 April 1934^[1] – 3 April 2011) was an English cricketer, who played in two Tests in 1959. He was born in Worcester, England, and played the bulk of his first-class cricket for his native county.

Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, noted that Horton was, "a versatile all-rounder who could bat anywhere in the top six and who twice took more than 100 wickets in a season with his off-spin...".^[1]

Life and career

Horton made his debut for Worcestershire in 1952, and was an integral part of the side which won the County Championship in 1964 (for the first time in the county's history) and 1965.^[1] He passed 1,000 runs in a season on 11 occasions, scoring 2,468 runs in 1959, the year he won his two Test caps. He scored a half century against India in his first Test and took 2 for 24 in his second. He was dropped from the side, never to return. He achieved the double in 1955 and 1961, and he took 9 for 56 against the 1955 South Africans. In nearly two decades of cricket, he took 825 first-class wickets in all and scored 23 centuries with the bat.

In 1966, Horton moved to New Zealand and played four seasons of cricket with Northern Districts before becoming the national team's coach, a position he maintained for seventeen seasons. He remained there until 1983, when he returned to Worcester to become cricket coach at the Royal Grammar School, a post he held until 1996. He also became chairman of Worcestershire County Cricket Club.

Horton died following a long illness in April 2011.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 91. ISBN 1-869833-21-X. 
2. ^ Williamson, Martin. "Former England allrounder Martin Horton dies". ESPNcricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/509521.html. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 

• Daily Telegraph obituary Retrieved 10 Apr 2011

Persondata
Name	Horton, Martin
Alternative names	Horton, Martin John
Short description	English Test and County cricketer
Date of birth	21 April 1934
Place of birth	Worcester, England
Date of death	3 April 2011
Place of death	Worcester, England