Town Ground, Kettering

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

First-class

Highest team total: 571/9 declared by Sussex v Northamptonshire, 1928

Lowest team total: 27 by Northamptonshire v Yorkshire, 1933

George Macaulay took 7-9 for Yorkshire in this innings.

Highest individual innings: 232 by George Cox junior for Sussex v Northamptonshire, 1939

Best bowling in an innings: 9-66 by Reginald Partridge for Northamptonshire v Warwickshire, 1934

Best bowling in a match: 16-35 by Bill Bowes for Yorkshire v Northamptonshire, 1935

List A

Highest team total: 157/6 (40 overs) by Sussex v Northamptonshire, 1970

Lowest team total: 80 (30.4 overs) by Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire, 1972

Highest individual innings: 67 by Peter Willey for Northamptonshire v Sussex, 1970

Best bowling in an innings: 4-17 by Sarfraz Nawaz for Northamptonshire v Leicestershire, 1971; and by Bob Cottam for Northamptonshire v Nottinghamshire, 1972

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Town Ground, Kettering Wikipedia

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First-class

List A

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