Norman Borrett

Norman Borrett
Personal information
Born1 October 1917
Wanstead, London, England
Died10 December 2004 (aged 87)
Colchester, England
Sport
SportField hockey
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
– Taunton Vale - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
– Great Britain -
– England 30 -
Medal record
field hockey
Representing  Great Britain
Silver medal – second place1948 LondonTeam competition
squash
British Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place1946/1947singles
Gold medal – first place1947/1948singles
Gold medal – first place1949/1950singles
Gold medal – first place1950/1951singles
Gold medal – first place1951/1952singles

Norman Francis Borrett (1 October 1917 – 10 December 2004) was a Cambridge hockey and squash Blue, an England and Great Britain field hockey player, a county cricketer, a tennis player, and an England and Great Britain squash player. Described in his obituary in The Times as "arguably Britain's most talented post-war all-round amateur sportsman" He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Borrett was born in Wanstead, London. He taught at Allhallows School at Roudson and later at Framlingham College where he had been a pupil. The story of Norman Borrett can be found in the book Master Sportsman by Richard Sayer.[1] This book is dedicated to Norman's widow, Mullie.

He captained England 11 times in his 30 hockey internationals. He was selected for the Olympic Trial[2] and subsequently played at the 1948 Summer Olympics, playing in all five matches as inside-left and scoring 10 goals.[3]

He won the British Amateur Squash Championships in the first five years after the second world war, from 1946 to 1950, not losing a set in any of the finals.[4][5][6][7][8]

He played 11 times for England at squash, and captained in most of them. He played cricket for Essex three times (1939 and 1946) and for Devon 50 times from 1947 to 1950. He once qualified for Wimbledon too, but didn't have time to compete in it.

He died in Colchester.

References

  1. ↑ Master Sportsman: The Story of Norman Borrett by Richard Sayer. ASIN 0956287212.
  2. ↑ "Olympic Hockey Trial". Evening News (London). 19 June 1948. Retrieved 19 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Olympians Who Played First-Class Cricket". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "N F Borrett beat J A Gillies". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 13 December 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 28 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Warwick cricketer beaten at squash". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 13 January 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 28 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Squash title retained". Diss Express. 14 January 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 28 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Borrett sets up squash record". Daily Expresse. 17 January 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 28 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Borrett retains squash title". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 16 January 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 28 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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