Norman Hampton Humphries (19 May 1917 – 18 December 2000) was an English cricket

Cricket

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er who played first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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 for Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...

 in 1946. He also played minor counties cricket for Devon

Devon County Cricket Club

Devon County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Devon and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy....

 between 1938 and 1955.

Humphries made his debut near the end of June 1946, against Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

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 at Edgbaston

Edgbaston Cricket Ground

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, and scored 21 in his only innings.
After making 3 in the first innings of his next game, against Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...

, he showed quite some consistency, his next five innings being 22, 16, 17, 22 and 16.
However, he was unable to break through and produce a significant score, and after this one season he was never again to appear at first-class level.

For Devon, however, it could be a different story, and in June 1949 Humphries produced his finest form. First he hit 199 against Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

 II,
and immediately thereafter he struck 216 not out

Not out

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, carrying his bat

Carry the bat

In cricket, the term carry the bat refers to an opening batsman who is not dismissed when the team innings is closed...

 against Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...

 II. By coincidence, in this game Alan Brazier made 216 not out in Surrey II's own first innings!

Two brothers, Cedric

Cedric Humphries

Cedric Alfred Humphries was an English cricketer who played 13 first-class matches, all for Worcestershire in 1934 and 1935....

 and Gerald

Gerald Humphries

Gerald Harvey Humphries was an English cricketer who played two first-class matches for Worcestershire in the 1930s...

, also played for Worcestershire.