Norman Featherstone
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Norman George Featherstone (born Que, Que
, Northern Rhodesia
20 August 1949) was a South Africa
n cricketer
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Smokey Featherstone was educated at King Edward VII High School in Johannesburg and toured England with the South African Schools team in 1967.
He made his debut for Transvaal B as a right-handed batsman and an off-break bowler
in the 1967/1968 Currie Cup competition. He represented Middlesex
between 1968 and 1979, being awarded his county cap in 1971. He scored 8,882 runs in 216 first-class matches with eight centuries and took 137 wickets. He later played for Glamorgan
between 1980 and 1981.
Kwekwe
Kwekwe or Kwe Kwe , formerly spelt Que Que, is a city in central Zimbabwe. It is located in the centre of the country —roughly equidistant from Harare to the northeast and Bulawayo to the southwest. Its population stood at 47,607 in 1982, 75,425 in 1992 and the preliminary result of the 2002...
, Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia was a territory in south central Africa, formed in 1911. It became independent in 1964 as Zambia.It was initially administered under charter by the British South Africa Company and formed by it in 1911 by amalgamating North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia...
20 August 1949) was a South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n cricketer
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
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Smokey Featherstone was educated at King Edward VII High School in Johannesburg and toured England with the South African Schools team in 1967.
He made his debut for Transvaal B as a right-handed batsman and an off-break bowler
Off spin
Off spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket which is bowled by an off spinner, a right-handed spin bowler who uses his or her fingers and/or wrist to spin the ball from a right-handed batsman's off side to the leg side...
in the 1967/1968 Currie Cup competition. He represented Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
between 1968 and 1979, being awarded his county cap in 1971. He scored 8,882 runs in 216 first-class matches with eight centuries and took 137 wickets. He later played for Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
between 1980 and 1981.