Mike Nurton
English cricketer (born 1943)
Michael Dennis Nurton (born 11 January 1943) is a former English cricketer. Nurton was a left-handed batsman, although his bowling style is unknown. He was born in Botley, Berkshire (since 1974 in Oxfordshire).
Nurton made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 1963 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. Nurton played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1963 to 1990, which included 218 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Worcestershire in the 1970 Gillette Cup. He played 10 further List A matches for Oxfordshire, the last coming against Leicestershire in the 1987 NatWest Trophy. By the end of his Minor Counties career with Oxfordshire in 1990, he had scored 12,713 runs in the Minor Counties Championship, more than anyone else in Minor Counties history.
Playing for Oxfordshire allowed him to represent the Minor Counties cricket teams. He first played for Minor Counties South in the 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup against Glamorgan.
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