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]

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