Noel Turner (cricketer)

Noel Vernon Cyril Turner (12 May 1887 – 13 June 1941) was an English first-class cricketer, active 1906–12, who played for Nottinghamshire as a right-handed middle order batsman.[1][2] He was born in Langley Mill, and died in Hungerford.[1] His father was Tom Newsum Turner, son of George Reynolds Turner.[3][4] His younger brother Robert Harrison Tom Turner also played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire.[1]

Turner also played football, as a goalkeeper for Corinthian, and in 1920 played in an amateur international match for England against Belgium.[5] He became honorary secretary for the Arthur Dunn Challenge Cup in 1920, and was elected president in 1928.[6] He was public school representative on the FA Council from 1924 to 1928.[6]

Further reading

  • "The death is announced to-day of Captain Noel Vernon Cyril Turner". Coventry Evening Telegraph. United Kingdom. 17 June 1941. Retrieved 11 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Noel Turner at ESPNcricinfo
  2. ↑ Jeater, David (31 March 2017). "County Cricket: Sundry Extras" (PDF). The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Busy Cupid: Weddings and Engagements". The Tatler. 18 February 1920.
  4. ↑ "Tom Newsum Turner". Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Obituaries in 1941". Wisden. 16 December 2005. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  6. 1 2 Sörenson, Ian M. (1960). "The Arthur Dunn Cup". In Fabian, Aubrey Howard; Green, Geoffrey (eds.). Association Football. Vol. 2. London: Caxton. pp. 143–144.
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