Graham Walter "Bay" Norris (1905–1933) was an English cricketer active from 1925 to 1926 who played for

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(Northants). He was born at Steane Park near

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on 17 October 1905, the son of former

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winner Walter Norris. Norris appeared in five first-class matches as a righthanded

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who

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right arm medium pace. He scored 38 runs with a highest score of 16 and took seven

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s with a best performance of three for 48. Educated at

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and

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, he was a director of the family brewery. A successful rider in point-to-points and under National Hunt Rules he died in the Horton Hospital at

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on 6 December 1933, from injuries received when his horse fell at Birmingham Races a week before his death.Buckingham Advertiser, 9 December 1933, p.5

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1905 births 1933 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford Sportspeople from Brackley English cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers Deaths by horse-riding accident in England Sport deaths in England 20th-century English sportsmen {{england-cricket-bio-1900s-stub