Norman Gordon
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Norman Gordon (6 August 1911 – 2 September 2014) was a South African cricketer who played in five Test matches during the 1938–39 South African cricket season.
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Full name | Norman Gordon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1911-08-06)6 August 1911 Boksburg, Transvaal, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 September 2014(2014-09-02) (aged 103) Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 151) | 24 December 1938 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 14 March 1939 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1933–1948 | Transvaal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 22 August 2009 |
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He was born in Boksburg, Transvaal. He is the only male Test cricketer to live beyond 100 years of age. Gordon became the oldest-ever Test cricketer on 23 March 2011, when he surpassed New Zealander Eric Tindill, who died on 1 August 2010, at age 99.[1]