Over the years Norton Cricket Club have had an array of proffesional cricketers who have showcased their talents at Station Road.

Here are a few who have plied their trade...............

Michael John Raymond Rindel

Born February 9, 1963, Durban, Natal

Major teams South Africa, Buckinghamshire, Easterns, Northern Transvaal, Staffordshire, Transvaal, Worcestershire Cricket Board

Batting style Left-hand bat

Mike played over 300 first class games during a distinguished career in South Africa including 22 one day internationals for the national side. He was also a highly sort after overseas professional in the UK. Mike has played with and against many of the current test players.

Chris Gregory Mason

Born June 28, 1975

Major teams Western Australia

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Bayswater-Morley captain Chris Mason capped a stellar season when he was crowned the WACA Pennant Competition's Olley Cooley Medallist.

In West Australian cricket's 'Brownlow Medal' equivalent, Mason was named the fairest and best player in Perth's premier cricket competition.

Mason was the league's most damaging all-rounder. He made 656 runs at the excellent average of 54.67 (fourth best in the league) with two centuries and four fifties.

He claimed 31 wickets at the sterling average of 12 (third best in the league) with best figures of 5-7.

Benjamin Che Usher

Born February 3, 1970, Wycliffe, Co Durham

Major teams Combined Universities, Durham Cricket Board

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Usher's debut List A match came for a combined British Universities team against Worcestershire in the 1992 Benson and Hedges Cup. He represented the team in 4 List A matches in 1992, the last of which came against Glamorgan.

Usher later made his debut for Northumberland in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship, playing 2 matches against Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire. He also represented the county in a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match against Lincolnshire in 1996.

His next appearance in List A cricket came when he represented the Durham Cricket Board against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2000, he represented the Board in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Northamptonshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy.

In his career total of 10 List A matches, he scored 76 runs at a batting average of 19.00, with a high score of 32. In the field he took a single catch. With the ball he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 51.16, with best figures of 2/30.

James Brinkley

Born March 13, 1974 in Dunbartonshire

Batting Style Right-hand bat

Bowling Style right-arm medium-fast

James Brinkley is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He played five One-day Internationals in May 1999. He played List A cricket until 2004 and participated in the 2001 ICC Trophy.

Brinkley was generally used as the opening bowler in the Scottish attack.

He is currently playing league cricket for the Old Elizabethans Cricket Club, based in Worcester. The club plays in the Second Division of the Birmingham League.

He is now a sports teacher for Winterfold House School, Chaddesley Corbett, Wyre Forest, West Midlands and is Head of Boys' Sport at Winterfold, teaching the 1st XV Rugby, 2nd XI Football, and 1st Cricket.

Marc Joseph Symington

Born 19 January 1980

Batting Style Right hand bat

Bowling Style right-arm medium

Marc is an English cricketer. Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He played first-class cricket between 1998 and 2002, and List A cricket until 2005, for Durham, and later Northumberland. Mark came through the ranks at Norton until turning professional. He is currently playing for Hartlepool CC.

Timothy Peter Macdonald

Born September 7, 1980, Subiaco, Western Australia

Major teams Tasmania, Western Australia, Western Australia Second XI

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Timothy Peter MacDonald (born September 7, 1980, Subiaco, Western Australia) is an Australian cricket player. MacDonald is a good fast bowler who generates swing and seam movement. After regularly dominant performances in the Western Australian domestic grade cricket competition, he finally received a Pura Cup debut for the Western Warriors in the 2006/07 season, but failed to take any wickets.

He fared better in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, which some saw as an indication he was better suited to limited overs cricket. With no guarantee of regular cricket in his home state, MacDonald surprisingly transferred to the Tasmanian Tigers for the 2007/08 season, citing his belief that the conditions at Bellerive Oval would help him develop his ability to swing and move the ball, and hopefully lead him to greater success.

MacDonald also represented Norton Cricket Club in North East England - he was a popular member of the 2001 and 2002 teams that participated in the North East Premier League, playing alongside the likes of Marc Symington, Peter Armstrong and Mark Chapman. Across the two seasons he took 58 wickets @ 25.17 runs, a club record, with best figures of 6 for 34 against Newcastle at Station Road.

Sources - www.wikipedia.com, www.espncricinfo.com

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