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Norman A. "Norrie" Claxton (1877–1951), was a sportsman from South Australia. He represented South Australia in Cricket and North Adelaide in the SANFL and had a keen interest in Baseball, Cycling and Athletics. The annual Australian Baseball Championships bear his name as the Claxton Shield.
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Cricket
Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm fast-medium First-class Stats First Class debut: debut date, 1898 Last Match: last date, 1910 Matches 39 Runs scored 2090 Batting average 29.43 100s/50s 1/14 Top score 199* Balls bowled ? Wickets 66 Bowling average 34.42 5 wickets in innings 3 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 5/56 Catches/stumpings 26/0 Norrie represented South Australia 39 times in the Sheffield Shield over a period of 12 years. He achieved his best bowling stats (5/56 and 5/130) against Victoria as well as his 199 no out in 1906.
Football
Norrie represented North Adelaide Roosters in the South Australian Football League. He was a part of the Roosters 1900 winning side.
Baseball
Other sports
Norrie also competed in Athletics events where at the age of 23 he won the Bay Sheffield 100 Yard Sprint at Glenelg in 1900, and repeated the effort at Bendigo (Victoria) the following year, as well as competing in Cycling and Hockey events.
Categories:- 1877 births
- 1951 deaths
- People from Adelaide
- South Australia cricketers
- North Adelaide Football Club players
- Claxton Shield
- Australian baseball biography stubs
- Australian cricket biography stubs
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