Wellingborough School (cricket ground)

The Wellingborough School Ground is a cricket ground which was used by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in 43 First-class matches for 45 years between 1946 and 1991, and 17 List A games between 1970 and 1991. It is now used predominantly for Women's County Twenty20 Cricket.

Records

First Class

• Highest team total: 523-8d by Yorkshire against Northamptonshire, 1949^[1]
• Lowest team total: 62 by Middlesex v Northamptonshire, 1977^[2]
• Highest individual score: 269* by L Hutton for Yorkshire against Northamptonshire, 1949^[3]
• Highest partnership: 208* by D Brookes and N Oldfield for the First wicket in Northamptonshires innings against Yorkshire, 1949^[4]
• Best bowling in an innings: 7-46 by FH Tyson for Northamptonshire against Derbyshire, 1956^[5]

One Day

• Highest team total: 272 by Somerset against Northamptonshire, 1986^[6]
• Highest individual score: 175* by IT Botham for Somerset against Northamptonshire, 1986^[7]
• Highest partnership: 202 by W Larkins and P Willey for the First wicket in Northamptonshires innings against Leicestershire, 1979^[8]
• Best bowling in an innings: 5-31 by FD Stephenson for Nottinghamshire against Northamptonshire, 1991^[9]

References