Norfolk runners will journey to Lords next month for a special tribute to a former firefighter and amateur cricketer, who died from bone marrow cancer.

George Rudd's family, school friends, and ex-teammates are organising the tribute, with the age range among the participants going from three to 80 years old.

The group will run in relays from their old club, Norwich Wanderers at Barton, to Lords, in London, the home of cricket.

The tribute will take place on August 30 and 31, and will involve the runners passing his cricket bat from the start of the run to its finish at Lords.

Mr Rudd's friends and family are taking on the challenge in what would have been his 50th year Mr Rudd's friends and family are taking on the challenge in what would have been his 50th year (Image: Submitted)

This event is happening as a tribute in what would have been Mr Rudd's 50th year.

Besides being an amateur sportsman, Mr Rudd was also a firefighter, a tree surgeon, and a father.

His brother Jonathan said: “Like many younger brothers I idolised my older brother.

“He was an honourable and loyal man, a superb sportsman and fierce competitor as I found out many times to my detriment in the back garden.

“He was also a firefighter, a tree surgeon, a great friend and a brilliant father to his daughter Jemima.

“Tragically in 2014, a year after becoming a dad, he was diagnosed with the bone marrow cancer myeloma."

George Rudd was an amateur sportsman who loved cricket George Rudd was an amateur sportsman who loved cricket (Image: Submitted)

Aside from the tribute, the group aims to raise funds for The Teenage Cancer Trust, a cause that had been important to Mr Rudd.

Rudd had previously contributed to the charity by running the 'Tunnel to Towers' event in New York in September 2011, in full firefighting gear.

In remembering his brother, Jonathan added: “In the last 18 months he shared the truth about fighting cancer with me, the impact it had and as I held his hand on the night cancer took him from us, I saw how ruthless and relentless this disease is."