Norton Fredrick

{{Short description|Sri Lankan cricketer (1937–2011)}}

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| name = Norton Fredrick

| country = Sri Lanka

| fullname = Norton Fredrick

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|11|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Wattala, Sri Lanka

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|8|10|1937|11|14|df=yes}}

| death_place = Wattala, Sri Lanka

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right arm fast-medium

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 13

| runs1 = 196

| bat avg1 = 17.81

| 100s/50s1 = –/1

| top score1 = 54

| deliveries1 = 1,946

| wickets1 = 41

| bowl avg1 = 25.00

| fivefor1 = –

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| best bowling1 = 4/43

| catches/stumpings1= 3

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/48924.html Cricinfo

| date = 12 August 2011

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Norton Fredrick (14 November 1937, Wattala – 10 August 2011, Wattala) was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was primarily a fast bowler who represented Ceylon from 1964 until 1968 before retiring due to family commitments.

On his first-class debut in the Gopalan Trophy in March 1964, he took a hat trick.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26616.html| title = Ceylon Board President's XI v Madras 1963-64| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 29 September 2016}} When Ceylon defeated India in Ahmedabad in January 1965, he took seven wickets in the match, all of top-order batsmen.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/27/27227.html| title = India v Ceylon, Ahmedabad 1964-65| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 27 September 2016}}

He had two sons, one of whom died while serving as an Army officer during the Sri Lankan Civil War.