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{{short description|Scottish cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = Scotland
| full_name = Norman Doncaster Noble
| birth_date = 2 March 1881
| birth_place = [[Lucknow]], [[North-Western Provinces]], British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|9|21|1881|2|3|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Hartlip]], [[Kent]], England
| family =
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Scotland cricket team|Scotland]]
| year1 = 1922
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 53
| bat avg1 = 26.50
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 38
| deliveries1 = 12
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| date = 20 October
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/norman-noble-25314 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Norman Doncaster Noble''' {{postnominal|DSO}} (2 March 1881 — 21 September 1955) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

The son of Colonel Charles Noble of the [[Bengal Staff Corps]],<ref>Marriages. ''Homeward Mail from India, China and the East''. 7 February 1912. p. 2–3</ref> he was born in [[Lucknow]] of [[British India]] in March 1881. He was educated in Scotland at the [[Edinburgh Academy]], before going up to the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Edinburgh Academy Register |date=1914 |publisher=[[Thomas Constable (printer and publisher)|T. & A. Constable Ltd.]]|page=441 |url=https://archive.org/details/edinburghacademy00edinuoft |language=en}}</ref> He graduated into the [[Royal Engineers]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in July 1899.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27106|date=8 August 1899|page=4896}}</ref> He gained his first promotion to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in May 1902,<ref>Royal Engineers. ''Army and Navy Gazette''. 17 May 1902. p. 17</ref> later gaining promotion to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in August 1908.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28172|date=28 August 1908|page=6302}}</ref> Noble married Madeleine Arbuthnot at [[St Luke's Church, Chelsea|St Luke's Church]] in Chelsea in April 1912.<ref>Weddings at St Luke's. ''Chelsea News and General Advertiser''. 26 April 1912. p. 7</ref> He served in the [[First World War]], during which he was decorated with the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in January 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29438|date=11 January 1916|page=575|supp=y}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in April of the same year,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29546|date=11 April 1916|page=3896|supp=y}}</ref> with promotion to the temporary rank of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] following in March 1918,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30751|date=14 June 1918|page=7184|supp=y}}</ref> which he relinquished in October of the same year.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30948|date=11 October 1918|page=12026|supp=y}}</ref>

Noble was a keen [[club cricket]]er, who played in Scotland for [[The Grange Club|Grange]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://grangecricket.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/grangeCC175.pdf|title=Grange Cricket Club 175|publisher=www.grangecricket.org|page=19|access-date=20 October 2022}}</ref> having previously played regimental cricket for the Royal Engineers. Following the war, he made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for [[Scotland national cricket team|Scotland]] against [[Ireland cricket team|Ireland]] at [[Hamilton Crescent|Glasgow]] in 1922.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27114/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Norman Noble|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=20 October 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 15 runs in the Scotland first innings by [[Lawrence Walker (cricketer)|Lawrence Walker]], while in their second innings he was dismissed for 38 runs by [[Gustavus Kelly]], which was the highest score of the Scottish innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/10/10532.html|title=Scotland v Ireland, 1922|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=20 October 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> His career in the Royal Engineers continued following the end of the war, with Noble gaining promotion to lieutenant colonel in January 1925.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33008|date=2 January 1925|page=54}}</ref> He was seconded to the Eastern Command of the [[British Indian Army]] in April 1925,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33187|date=30 July 1926|page=5040}}</ref> an appointment which lasted until October 1928.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33487|date=19 April 1929|page=2598}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] in April 1929.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33489|date=26 April 1929|page=2763}}</ref> Having been placed on the [[half-pay]] list, Noble was appointed as the officer in command of the Record and Pay Office for the Royal Engineers in August 1930,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33642|date=9 September 1930|page=5573}}</ref> later retiring in August 1934.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34083|date=31 August 1934|page=5520}}</ref> He died in September 1955 in England at [[Hartlip|Hartlip, Kent]].<ref>Wills. [[Local World|East Kent Gazette]]. 3 February 1956. p. 3</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=25314}}

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[[Category:1881 births]]
[[Category:1955 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Lucknow]]
[[Category:People educated at Edinburgh Academy]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]]
[[Category:Royal Engineers officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]
[[Category:Scottish cricketers]]

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