Town Ground, Kettering

The Town Ground in Kettering, England was used by Northamptonshire for 65 first-class cricket matches between 1923 and 1971. ^[1] It also staged four List A games in the early 1970s, ^[2] and has occasionally been used by Northamptonshire's Second XI. ^[3]

Records

First-class

• Highest team total: 571/9 declared by Sussex v Northamptonshire, 1928 ^[4]
• Lowest team total: 27 by Northamptonshire v Yorkshire, 1933 ^[5]

• George Macaulay took 7-9 for Yorkshire in this innings. ^[6]

• Highest individual innings: 232 by George Cox junior for Sussex v Northamptonshire, 1939 ^[7]
• Best bowling in an innings: 9-66 by Reginald Partridge for Northamptonshire v Warwickshire, 1934 ^[8]
• Best bowling in a match: 16-35 by Bill Bowes for Yorkshire v Northamptonshire, 1935 ^[9]

List A

• Highest team total: 157/6 (40 overs) by Sussex v Northamptonshire, 1970 ^{[2] [10]}
• Lowest team total: 80 (30.4 overs) by Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire, 1972 ^[11]
• Highest individual innings: 67 by Peter Willey for Northamptonshire v Sussex, 1970 ^{[2] [10]}
• Best bowling in an innings: 4-17 by Sarfraz Nawaz for Northamptonshire v Leicestershire, 1971; and by Bob Cottam for Northamptonshire v Nottinghamshire, 1972 ^[2]

References

1. "First-Class Matches played on Town Ground, Kettering". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
2. "List A Matches played on Town Ground, Kettering". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
3. "Second XI Championship Matches played on Town Ground, Kettering". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
4. "Town Ground, Kettering – Highest Team Totals in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
5. "Town Ground, Kettering – Lowest Team Totals in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
6. "Northamptonshire v Yorkshire in 1933". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
7. "Town Ground, Kettering – Centuries in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
8. "Town Ground, Kettering – Seven Wickets in an Innings in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
9. "Town Ground, Kettering – Most Wickets in a Match in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
10. Same match.
11. "Town Ground, Kettering – Lowest Team Totals in one-day matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2007.

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