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{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Norman Burrell
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Norman Sidney John Burrell
| birth_date = 17 September 1900
| birth_place = [[Chelmsford]], [[Essex]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|11|7|1900|9|17|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Havering]], Essex, England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1929/30
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 7
| bat avg1 = 3.50
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 7
| deliveries1 = 48
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 5 November
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/norman-burrell-27085 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Norman Sidney John Burrell''' (17 September 1900 — 7 November 1986) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and an important figure in colonial cricket in [[Lahore]].

Burrell was born at [[Chelmsford]] in September 1900 and was educated at [[Brentwood School, Essex|Brentwood School]].<ref name="NEWS">{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003747/19681004/009/0009|title=Friday October 1968|work=Brentwood Gazette|page=9|date=4 October 1968|access-date=5 November 2023|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> He served as a [[Non-commissioned officer#United Kingdom|non-commissioned officer]] in the nascent [[Royal Air Force]] in the closing stages of the [[First World War]].<ref name="IWM">{{cite web|url=https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/6807107|title=Norman Sidney John Burrell|website=www.livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk|access-date=5 November 2023}}</ref> Following the war, he worked as a clerk in the insurance industry.<ref name="IWM"/> His career took him to [[British India]], where he resided at [[Lahore]]. Burrell was an important figure in the [[Lahore Gymkhana Club]], becoming its cricket secretary in 1927.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19290315/129/0010|title=The revised team|work=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore)|location=[[Lahore]]|page=10|date=15 March 1929|access-date=5 November 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> Whilst in Lahore, he featured twice in [[first-class cricket]], firstly for the [[Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montmorency|Punjab Governor's XI]] against [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]] in March 1928, and later for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]] in the 1929–30 [[Lahore Tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13098/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Norman Burrell|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=5 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In these matches, he scored 7 runs and went wicketless.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/norman-burrell-27085|title=Player profile: Norman Burrell|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=5 November 2023}}</ref> Burrell played [[club cricket]] in Northern India, and alongside [[Roland Ingram-Johnson]], he was the only club cricketer to pass 1,000 runs for the season in 1927.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19280425/205/0011|title=The Sportsman's Diary|work=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore)|location=Lahore|page=11|date=25 April 1928|access-date=5 November 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> He married Mary Gillert in April 1934 at [[All Saints Church, Srinagar]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19340417/068/0006|title=A wedding in Kashmir|work=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore)|location=Lahore|page=6|date=7 April 1934|access-date=5 November 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>

Following the [[Partition of India]], he played a role alongside [[George Abell (civil servant)|George Abell]] in getting the newly-formed [[Pakistan national cricket team]] recognised by the [[International Cricket Council|Imperial Cricket Conference]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19490422/112/0008|title=Crescent players honoured|work=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore)|location=Lahore|page=8|date=22 April 1949|access-date=5 November 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> with their elevation to [[Test cricket|Test status]] coming in 1952. Having left Lahore in 1946,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19590327/115/0006|title=Nurseries of cricket|work=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore)|location=Lahore|page=6|date=27 March 1959|access-date=5 November 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> Burrell returned to Essex, where he became [[bursar]] at Brentwood School until his retirement in 1968.<ref name="NEWS"/> He died at [[Havering]] in November 1986.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=27085}}

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[[Category:1900 births]]
[[Category:1986 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Chelmsford]]
[[Category:People educated at Brentwood School, Essex]]
[[Category:Royal Air Force personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Royal Air Force airmen]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Chelmsford]]

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