Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks –a reference to the Northamptonshire Regiment which was formed in 1881. The name was supposedly a tribute to the soldiers' apparent indifference to the harsh discipline imposed by their officers. Founded in 1878,Northamptonshire (Northants) held minor status at first but was a prominent member of the early Minor Counties Championship during the 1890s. In 1905,the club joined the County Championship and was elevated to first-class status,since when the team have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England.
The West of Scotland Cricket Club is a cricket club based in Glasgow,Scotland. The club's home ground is Hamilton Crescent,located in the Partick area of Glasgow's West End.
Richard Kevin James Dawson is an English cricket coach and former first-class cricketer,who played primarily as an off-spinner.
Steven John Rhodes is an English cricket coach and former cricketer. He was the former coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team. He was best known as a wicket-keeper,but was also a useful number six or seven batsman,making twelve first-class centuries.
Ian Joseph Harvey is a former Australian cricketer. He was an all-rounder who played 73 One Day Internationals for Australia and was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 2004 for his performances in county cricket. He was a part of the Australian squad which won the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Jack Birkenshaw,is a former English cricketer,who later stood as an umpire and worked as a coach. Cricket writer Colin Bateman stated,"Jack Birkenshaw was the epitome of a good all-round county cricketer:a probing off-spinner who used flight and guile,a handy batsman who could grind it out or go for the slog,a dependable fielder and great competitor."
Frank Edward Woolley was an English professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1906 and 1938 and for the England cricket team. A genuine all-rounder,Woolley was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm bowler. He was an outstanding fielder close to the wicket and is the only non wicket-keeper to have held over 1,000 catches in a first-class career,whilst his total number of runs scored is the second highest of all time and his total number of wickets taken the 27th highest.
Arnold Sidebottom is an English former footballer and cricketer,who played cricket for Yorkshire and played one Test match for England.
David Harry Wigley is an English former first-class cricketer. He latterly played for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club,his third county after previously playing for Yorkshire and then Worcestershire,until his early retirement from the game in 2010. He was a right arm fast medium bowler and right-handed batsman.
Gerald Arthur Smithson was an English cricketer who played in two Tests for England in 1947–48. He was born at Spofforth,West Riding of Yorkshire and died at Abingdon,Oxfordshire.
Douglas Robert Brown is a Scottish former cricketer and former head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team. Brown represented the Scottish national team as an all-rounder at One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International level,having earlier played One Day International cricket for England in 1997 and 1998. He played English county cricket for Warwickshire.
David John Capel was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club and the English cricket team. Cricket writer Colin Bateman noted that "Capel was one of those unfortunate cricketers who became tagged as being the next all-rounder to fill Ian Botham's boots". He was well known for his long stint with Northamptonshire as a player as well as coach for nearly 32 years. He died on 2 September 2020,at the age of 57,after being diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2018.
John David Frederick Larter is a former Scottish cricketer,who played in ten Tests for England from 1962 to 1965.
David Ripley is an England cricket coach and former cricketer who played for Northamptonshire in county cricket from 1984-2001.
Lesroy Charlesworth Weekes is a former first-class cricketer.
James Moffat Allan was a Scottish cricketer. He was an all-rounder who bowled slow left-arm orthodox and batted right-handed and was described by his Wisden obituary as "the best all-rounder Scotland ever produced".
Charles Lee was an English first-class cricketer,who played two matches for Yorkshire in 1952,one for the Minor Counties in 1953,and 268 matches for Derbyshire between 1954 and 1964. He captained Derbyshire in his last two seasons in the game,and scored over 12,000 runs for the club.
Ben William Sanderson is an English first-class cricketer. He is a seam bowler,capable of opening the bowling,and an aggressive batsman and fielder.
Henry John Berridge Preston,known also as Harry Preston,was an English professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1907 and 1913. He also played in the Lancashire League,and in Scotland where he also coached,and represented Scotland. He was born in Bareilly in India in 1883 and died,aged 80,in Hastings in 1964.
John Stephen Manning,usually known as Jack Manning,was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for South Australia and in England for Northamptonshire. He was born at Semaphore,South Australia and died at Adelaide,also in South Australia.
