Norman Doncaster Noble DSO (2 March 1881 — 21 September 1955) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | Norman Doncaster Noble | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 March 1881 Lucknow, North-Western Provinces, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 September 1955 (aged 74) Hartlip, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1922 | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 October 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The son of Colonel Charles Noble of the Bengal Staff Corps,[1] 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.[2] He graduated into the Royal Engineers as a second lieutenant in July 1899.[3] He gained his first promotion to lieutenant in May 1902,[4] later gaining promotion to captain in August 1908.[5] Noble married Madeleine Arbuthnot at St Luke's Church in Chelsea in April 1912.[6] He served in the First World War, during which he was decorated with the Distinguished Service Order in January 1916.[7] He was promoted to major in April of the same year,[8] with promotion to the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel following in March 1918,[9] which he relinquished in October of the same year.[10]
Noble was a keen club cricketer, who played in Scotland for Grange,[11] having previously played regimental cricket for the Royal Engineers. Following the war, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Scotland against Ireland at Glasgow in 1922.[12] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 15 runs in the Scotland first innings by 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.[13] His career in the Royal Engineers continued following the end of the war, with Noble gaining promotion to lieutenant colonel in January 1925.[14] He was seconded to the Eastern Command of the British Indian Army in April 1925,[15] an appointment which lasted until October 1928.[16] He was promoted to colonel in April 1929.[17] 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,[18] later retiring in August 1934.[19] He died in September 1955 in England at Hartlip, Kent.[20]
References
edit- ^ Marriages. Homeward Mail from India, China and the East. 7 February 1912. p. 2–3
- ^ Edinburgh Academy Register. T. & A. Constable Ltd. 1914. p. 441.
- ^ "No. 27106". The London Gazette. 8 August 1899. p. 4896.
- ^ Royal Engineers. Army and Navy Gazette. 17 May 1902. p. 17
- ^ "No. 28172". The London Gazette. 28 August 1908. p. 6302.
- ^ Weddings at St Luke's. Chelsea News and General Advertiser. 26 April 1912. p. 7
- ^ "No. 29438". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 January 1916. p. 575.
- ^ "No. 29546". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 April 1916. p. 3896.
- ^ "No. 30751". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1918. p. 7184.
- ^ "No. 30948". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 October 1918. p. 12026.
- ^ "Grange Cricket Club 175" (PDF). www.grangecricket.org. p. 19. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Norman Noble". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Scotland v Ireland, 1922". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "No. 33008". The London Gazette. 2 January 1925. p. 54.
- ^ "No. 33187". The London Gazette. 30 July 1926. p. 5040.
- ^ "No. 33487". The London Gazette. 19 April 1929. p. 2598.
- ^ "No. 33489". The London Gazette. 26 April 1929. p. 2763.
- ^ "No. 33642". The London Gazette. 9 September 1930. p. 5573.
- ^ "No. 34083". The London Gazette. 31 August 1934. p. 5520.
- ^ Wills. East Kent Gazette. 3 February 1956. p. 3