Norman Michael McVicker (4 November 1940 – 19 November 2008) was an English cricketer. Having failed to establish himself with either Lancashire or Derbyshire, where he had trialled, McVicker initially played county cricket at minor counties cricket level for Lincolnshire. His performances in minor counties cricket were noticed by Warwickshire, who signed him at the age of 28 in 1969. He played five seasons with Warwickshire, winning the 1972 County Championship and taking 300 first-class wickets. He was released by Warwickshire at the end of the 1973 season and subsequently played for Leicestershire for three seasons from 1974–1976, winning both the County Championship and Benson & Hedges Cup in 1975. He retired at the end of the 1976 season, but came out of retirement in 1977 to play one-day cricket for Leicestershire, before retiring again at the end of that season. Early life and minor counties cricket McVicker was born at Whitefield in Manchester, where he was educated at Stand Grammar School. He spent his childhood in Hamilton Road in Whitefield, where his house overlooked the cricket ground used by Stand Cricket Club. It was here where he developed his talent for cricket, aided by his family connection to the club. Developing into a right-arm fast-medium bowling all-rounder, he found himself not being able secure a place in either of the Lancashire or Derbyshire sides of the early 1960s, instead opting to play minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire, debuting in the 1963 Minor Counties Championship. He first played first-class cricket in 1965, when he was selected to for the Minor Counties representative team against the touring South Africans at Jesmond. He played another first-class match for the team in 1967 against the touring Pakistanis at Swindon. He debuted in List A one-day cricket for Lincolnshire in the 1966 Gillette Cup against Hampshire. He played minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire until 1968, making 64 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship. His performances sufficiently impressed Warwickshire, who signed him in 1969 at the age of 28. First-class career Warwickshire McVicker debuted for Warwickshire in the first-class cricket against Cambridge University. His first season was a success, with him taking 74 first-class wickets at 20.50, including what were to be his career best figures when he took 7 for 29 in his fifth County Championship match against Northamptonshire. He also played his first List A one-day match for Warwickshire in the 1969 Player's