Norman Featherstone

Norman George Featherstone (born 20 August 1949) is a South African retired cricketer who had a long career in English county cricket.

Education Known as "Smokey", Featherstone was educated at King Edward VII High School in Johannesburg and toured England with the South African Schools team in 1967.

Career Featherstone made his debut for Transvaal B as a right-handed batsman and an off-break bowler in the 1967–68 Currie Cup competition. He represented Middlesex between 1968 and 1979, being awarded his county cap in 1971. In 1976, when Middlesex won their first title for 27 years, he scored 995 runs and took 36 wickets. In his career for Middlesex, he scored 8,882 runs in 216 first-class matches with eight centuries and took 137 wickets. He later played for Glamorgan in 1980 and 1981, scoring more than 1000 runs each season.

After captaining Northern Transvaal in the 1981–82 season, he retired from cricket to take up a career in sports promotions in South Africa.