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His best season as a batsman was in 1905–06, when he scored 401 runs at an [[Batting average#Cricket|average]] of 36.45.<ref name="batbs">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/15/15866/f_Batting_by_Season.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Norman Claxton |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=18 December 2012}}</ref> He made his highest first-class score during that season, in a match against Victoria. After scoring 67 runs out of South Australia's first innings total of 181, Claxton accumulated 199 runs in the second, [[Carry the bat|carrying his bat]] in the process. South Australia won the match by 120 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6920.html |title=Victoria v South Australia: Sheffield Shield 1905/06 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=18 December 2012}}</ref> It was the only [[Century (cricket)|century]] of Claxton's first-class career.<ref name="caprof">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/15/15866/15866.html |title=Player Profile: Norman Claxton |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=18 December 2012}}</ref> He [[Captain (cricket)|captained]] South Australia in five [[Sheffield Shield]] matches, first doing so against Victoria in 1906.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=15866&opponentmatch=exact&playername=R&resulttype=All&matchtype=FirstClass&teammatch=exact&startwicket=&homeawaytype=All&opponent=&endwicket=&wicketkeeper=&searchtype=InningsList&endscore=&playermatch=contains&branding=cricketarchive&captain=on&endseason=&startscore=&team=South%20Australia&startseason |title= N Claxton as captain in first-class matches where team is South Australia |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=18 December 2012}}</ref> He made his final first-class appearance in December 1909, being dismissed for a duck during his only innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8041.html |title=South Australia v New South Wales: Sheffield Shield 1909/10 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=18 December 2012}}</ref> Described in his ''[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]'' entry as an elegant right-handed batsman,<ref name="adb"/> Claxton scored a total of 2,090 first-class runs between 1899 and 1909, at an average of 29.43. He also bowled, alebit without much success at state level, as a right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]], and claimed 66 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 34.42.<ref name="caprof"/>
After his retirement from playing first-class cricket, Claxton became an administrator for South Australia, acting as a selector between 1902 and 1905, and again from 1907 until 1909. He was the team manager for a time in 1913, and sat on the state association's committee for twenty years.<ref name="adb"/>
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