Richard Norden (cricketer)

For the Australian soldier and awardee of the Victoria Cross for Australia, see Richard Norden (soldier).

Richard Watts Norden (4 January 1879 – 20 February 1952) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Transvaal from 1904 to 1907.^[1]

Richard Norden

Personal information
Full name	Richard Watts Norden
Born	(1879-01-04)4 January 1879 Cape Town, Cape Colony
Died	20 February 1952(1952-02-20) (aged 73) Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox spin
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1903–04 to 1906–07	Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 8 Runs scored 128 Batting average 16.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 45* Balls bowled 632 Wickets 20 Bowling average 14.50 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match 1 Best bowling 8/12 Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 October 2020

Norden was a left-arm spin bowler who played in the Transvaal teams that won the Currie Cup in 1903–04 and 1904–05. His outstanding match was the semi-final in 1904–05, when he took 4 for 21 and 8 for 12 (figures of 12–8–12–8) in Transvaal's innings victory over Rhodesia. After the match Norden was presented with the ball suitably mounted, a piece of memorabilia that now appears in the Gauteng Cricket Museum.^[2] The match was Rhodesia's first in the Currie Cup; they did not return to the competition until 1929–30.^[3]