Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major
countyThe historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...
clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic
cricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
structure, representing the historic county of
NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
. Its limited overs team is called the
Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is
MaroonMaroon is a dark red color.-Etymology:Maroon is derived from French marron .The first recorded use of maroon as a color name in English was in 1789.-Maroon :...
. During the 2010 season, the club had different shirts sponsors for each format of the game. First class games were sponsored by AJN Steelstock and one day games including
Twenty20Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...
by
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.
The club plays the majority of its games at the
County Cricket Ground, NorthamptonThe County Ground, is a cricket venue on Wantage Road in the Abington area of Northampton, UK. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club....
, but has used outlier grounds at
KetteringKettering is a market town in the Borough of Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. It is situated about from London. Kettering is mainly situated on the west side of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene which meets at Wellingborough...
,
WellingboroughWellingborough is a market town and borough in Northamptonshire, England, situated some from the county town of Northampton. The town is situated on the north side of the River Nene, most of the older town is sited on the flanks of the hills above the river's current flood plain...
,
FinedonFinedon is a civil parish and village in the Borough Council of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, with a population at the 2001 census of 4,188 people. Along with Wellingborough, it is twinned with Wittlich, Germany, and Niort, France....
and
PeterboroughPeterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...
(formerly considered part of Northamptonshire, but now in
CambridgeshireCambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
) in the past. It has also used grounds outside the county, at
LutonLuton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....
,
TringTring is a small market town and also a civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in Hertfordshire, England. Situated north-west of London and linked to London by the old Roman road of Akeman Street, by the modern A41, by the Grand Union Canal and by rail lines to Euston Station, Tring is now largely a...
and
Milton KeynesMilton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
, for one-day games.
During the 2011 season, Northamptonshire played in Division 2 of the LV=
County ChampionshipThe County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
, Group B of the
Clydesdale Bank 40The ECB40, currently known as the Clydesdale Bank 40 for sponsorship reasons, is a forty-over limited overs cricket competition for the English first-class counties. It began in the 2010 English cricket season as a replacement for the Pro40 and Friends Provident Trophy competitions...
League and the Northern Division of the revamped
Friends ProvidentFriends Provident was an organisation offering life insurance based in the United Kingdom. It was founded as a mutual Friendly Society for Quakers, although it was demutualised in 2001 and became a publicly listed company, no longer linked with the Religious Society of Friends...
T20The Twenty20 Cup was a cricket competition for English and Welsh county clubs.In 2010, it has been replaced by Friends Provident t20 as the domestic Twenty20 competition.-History:...
.
First XI honours
- County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
- Runners Up (4) – 1912, 1957, 1965, 1976
- Division Two: Winners (1) - 2000
- Runners Up (1) - 2003
- Clydesdale Bank 40
The ECB40, currently known as the Clydesdale Bank 40 for sponsorship reasons, is a forty-over limited overs cricket competition for the English first-class counties. It began in the 2010 English cricket season as a replacement for the Pro40 and Friends Provident Trophy competitions...
- Best: 3rd (Group B) 2011
- Semi-finalists - 2009
- National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
- Division One: Runners Up (1) – 2006
- Division Two: Promoted (2) - 1999 (3rd) , 2003 (2nd)
- Winners (2) – 1976, 1992
- Runners Up (5) - 1979, 1981, 1987, 1990, 1995
- Winners (1) – 1980
- Runners Up (2) - 1987, 1996
- Minor Counties Championship
- Winners (2) – 1903, 1904
- Shared (2) – 1899, 1900
Second XI honours
- Second XI Championship
The Second XI Championship is a season-long cricket competition in England that is competed for by the reserve teams of those county cricket clubs that have first-class status...
- Winners (2) – 1960, 1998
- Winners (2) - 1986, 1998
Records
Most first-class runs for Northamptonshire
Qualification - 20000 runs
http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Northamptonshire/Batting_Records/Most_Career_Runs.html
| Player |
Runs |
| Dennis Brookes Dennis Brookes was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire between 1934 and 1959 . He also played in one Test match for England against West Indies in 1948. Brookes was President of Northamptonshire from 1982 to 1984...
|
28980 |
| Geoff Cook Geoff Cook is a former English cricketer, who played in seven Tests and six ODIs from 1981 to 1983...
|
20976 |
| John Timms John Edward Timms was an English first-class cricketer who played for Northamptonshire. He was a right-handed middle order batsman and a part time right arm medium pace bowler....
|
20433 |
| Wayne Larkins Wayne Larkins is a former English cricketer, who represented Northamptonshire, Durham and Bedfordshire as an opening batsman throughout his career...
|
20317 |
| Rob Bailey |
20181 |
Allan LambAllan Joseph Lamb is a former England cricketer and captain who played for the first class teams of Western Province and Northamptonshire, the latter as an Overseas player...
|
20128 |
Most first-class wickets for Northamptonshire
Qualification - 800 wickets
http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Northamptonshire/Bowling_Records/Most_Career_Wickets.html
| Player |
Wickets |
| Nobby Clark Edward Winchester 'Nobby' Clark was a Northamptonshire cricketer of the inter-war period during which they were one of the weakest counties ever to play in the County Championship...
|
1102 |
| Vallance Jupp Vallance William Crisp Jupp was an amateur cricketer who played for Sussex and Northamptonshire...
|
1078 |
| George Thompson George Joseph Thompson was the mainstay of the Northamptonshire county cricket eleven for a long period encompassing both its days as a minor county and its earliest years in the County Championship....
|
1078 |
| George Tribe George Edward Tribe was an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1946 to 1947, as well as an Australian rules footballer with the Footscray Football Club in the VFL....
|
1021 |
| Albert Thomas Albert Edward Thomas was a Cricketer for Northamptonshire and Wales. Thomas was a Right-armed Batter and bowler who bowled at fast-medium pace. During his time at Northamptonshire, he took a total of 817 wickets making him the clubs 5th highest wicket taker...
|
817 |
| Brian Crump Brian Stanley Crump was a Cricketer for Northamptonshire. His father was cricketer Stanley Crump, while his cousins were David Steele and John Steele .-Career:Dubbed 'The...
|
807 |
Team totals
Batting
| Player |
Information |
| Highest score |
1. Mike Hussey
2. Mike Hussey
3. Mal LoyeMalachy Bernard Loye , most commonly known as Mal Loye, is an English cricketer who has played first class cricket for Northamptonshire, Lancashire, and England A. Loye is a right-handed batsman, particularly well known for his slog sweep shot against fast bowlers...
|
331* v Somerset Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
at County Ground, TauntonTaunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the shire county of Somerset....
in 2003
329* v EssexEssex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
at County GroundThe County Ground, is a cricket venue on Wantage Road in the Abington area of Northampton, UK. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club....
, NorthamptonNorthampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...
in 2001
322* v GlamorganGlamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
at County GroundThe County Ground, is a cricket venue on Wantage Road in the Abington area of Northampton, UK. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club....
, NorthamptonNorthampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...
in 1998 |
| Most runs in season |
1. Dennis Brookes Dennis Brookes was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire between 1934 and 1959 . He also played in one Test match for England against West Indies in 1948. Brookes was President of Northamptonshire from 1982 to 1984...
2. Norman Oldfield
3. Mike Hussey |
2,198 in 1952
2,192 in 1949
2,055 in 2001 |
Record partnership for each wicket
| Wicket |
Score |
Batting partners |
Opposition |
Venue |
Year |
Link |
| 1st |
375 |
RA White Robert Allan White is an English professional cricketer.White received his upper school education at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire before attending Durham and Loughborough Universities. He currently plays cricket for Northamptonshire. He is a right-handed batsman and can bowl off breaks...
& MJ PowellMark John Powell was an English professional cricketer for Northamptonshire from the years 2000 to 2004. Since then he has retired from professional cricket to take up a business career in London, England where he also continued to play club Cricket in the Middlesex Premier League for Finchley...
|
GloucestershireGloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
|
Northampton The County Ground, is a cricket venue on Wantage Road in the Abington area of Northampton, UK. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club....
|
2002 |
http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/75/75388.html |
| 2nd |
344 |
G Cook Geoff Cook is a former English cricketer, who played in seven Tests and six ODIs from 1981 to 1983...
& RJ Boyd-MossRobin James Boyd-Moss was a Sri Lankan born English professional Cricketer who started his career with Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties League, before playing First Class cricket for Northamptonshire.-Career:...
|
Lancashire |
Northampton The County Ground, is a cricket venue on Wantage Road in the Abington area of Northampton, UK. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club....
|
1986 |
http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47589.html |
| 3rd |
393 |
A Fordham Alan Fordham is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and he played in 167 first-class matches for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club between 1986 and 1997. He finished his career with a batting average of 40.06, and scored 25 centuries...
& AJ LambAllan Joseph Lamb is a former England cricketer and captain who played for the first class teams of Western Province and Northamptonshire, the latter as an Overseas player...
|
Yorkshire |
Leeds Headingley Stadium is a sporting complex in the Leeds suburb of Headingley in West Yorkshire, England. It is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, rugby league team Leeds Rhinos and rugby union team Leeds Carnegie ....
|
1990 |
http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/52/52598.html |
| 4th |
370 |
RT Virgin Roy Thomas Virgin, born at Taunton, Somerset, on 26 August 1939, was a cricketer who played for Somerset and Northamptonshire.A right-handed opening batsman, Virgin had a mostly solid but unspectacular career in first-class cricket, except for two individual seasons, one for each of his two...
& P WilleyPeter Willey is a former English cricketer, who played as a right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. In and out of the England team, he interrupted his international career for three years by taking part in the first of the England players' South African rebel tours in 1982...
|
Somerset |
Northampton The County Ground, is a cricket venue on Wantage Road in the Abington area of Northampton, UK. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club....
|
1976 |
http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/36/36257.html |
| 5th |
401 |
MB Loye Malachy Bernard Loye , most commonly known as Mal Loye, is an English cricketer who has played first class cricket for Northamptonshire, Lancashire, and England A. Loye is a right-handed batsman, particularly well known for his slog sweep shot against fast bowlers...
& D RipleyDavid Ripley is a former England cricketer who played for Northamptonshire in county cricket from 1984-2001. He took 678 catches and 85 stumpings...
|
Glamorgan |
Northampton The County Ground, is a cricket venue on Wantage Road in the Abington area of Northampton, UK. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club....
|
1998 |
http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/65/65806.html |
| 6th |
376 |
R Subba Row Raman Subba Row is an English former cricketer who played for England, Cambridge University, Surrey and Northamptonshire.-Life and career:...
& A LightfootAlbert Lightfoot was a Cricketer for Northamptonshire.Lightfoot showed promise throughout his career, joining Northamptonshire in 1953, and was awarded a Cap for the county that he spent his entire career at in 1961...
|
Surrey |
The OvalThe Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...
|
1958 |
http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22947.html |
| 7th |
293 |
DJG Sales David John Grimwood Sales is an English cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Northamptonshire, England A and Wellington.-Domestic career:...
& D RipleyDavid Ripley is a former England cricketer who played for Northamptonshire in county cricket from 1984-2001. He took 678 catches and 85 stumpings...
|
Essex |
Northampton The County Ground, is a cricket venue on Wantage Road in the Abington area of Northampton, UK. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club....
|
1999 |
http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/68/68177.html |
| 8th |
179 |
AJ Hall Andrew James Hall is a South African cricketer and a former member of the South African cricket team . He is an all-rounder who bowls fast-medium pace, and has been used as both an opening batsman and in the lower order. Prior to making it on the South African first class cricket scene he played...
& JD MiddlebrookJames Middlebrook is an English first-class cricketer, currently playing for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. He is an all-rounder, who bats right-handed and bowls off spin.-Career:...
|
Surrey |
The OvalThe Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...
|
2011 |
http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/315/315974.html |
| 9th |
156 |
R Subba Row Raman Subba Row is an English former cricketer who played for England, Cambridge University, Surrey and Northamptonshire.-Life and career:...
& S StarkieSydney Starkie was an English professional Cricketer wh spent all of his 6 season career at Northamptonshire....
|
Lancashire |
Northampton The County Ground, is a cricket venue on Wantage Road in the Abington area of Northampton, UK. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club....
|
1955 |
http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21686.html |
| 10th |
148 |
BW Bellamy Benjamin Walter Bellamy was a professional cricketer who spent his entire career at Northamptonshire. His career spanned 16 years, retiring in 1935 by which time he had played 351 first-class matches, but returning in a crisis for two games two seasons later...
& JV MurdinJohn Vernon Murdin was a professional Cricketer who spent his entire career at Northamptonshire. Although he was predominantly a Bowler, the highlight of his 14-year playing career was his County record last wicket partnership with fellow Wollaston-born player Ben Bellamy of 148...
|
Glamorgan |
Northampton The County Ground, is a cricket venue on Wantage Road in the Abington area of Northampton, UK. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club....
|
1925 |
http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11543.html |
Bowling
| Player |
Information |
| Best bowling (innings) |
1. Vallance Jupp Vallance William Crisp Jupp was an amateur cricketer who played for Sussex and Northamptonshire...
2. Albert ThomasAlbert Edward Thomas was a Cricketer for Northamptonshire and Wales. Thomas was a Right-armed Batter and bowler who bowled at fast-medium pace. During his time at Northamptonshire, he took a total of 817 wickets making him the clubs 5th highest wicket taker...
3. Vincent BroderickVincent Broderick was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire and briefly for the MCC. Considered an All-rounder, Broderick is notable for having the third best bowling figures in a single innings in Northamptonshire history. This career best of 9-35 came in 1948 against Sussex at...
|
10-127 v KentKent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
at Nevill GroundThe Nevill Ground is a cricket venue located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. It played host to one One Day International during the 1983 Cricket World Cup, the group stage match between India and Zimbabwe in which Kapil Dev played an epic knock of 175*....
, Tunbridge Wells in 1932
9-30 v YorkshireYorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
at Park Avenue, BradfordBradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
in 1920
9-35 v SussexSussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
at Cricketfield Road, HorshamHorsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester...
in 1948 |
| Best bowling (match) |
1. George Tribe George Edward Tribe was an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1946 to 1947, as well as an Australian rules footballer with the Footscray Football Club in the VFL....
2. Vallance JuppVallance William Crisp Jupp was an amateur cricketer who played for Sussex and Northamptonshire...
3. George TribeGeorge Edward Tribe was an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1946 to 1947, as well as an Australian rules footballer with the Footscray Football Club in the VFL....
|
15-31 v YorkshireYorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
at County GroundThe County Ground, is a cricket venue on Wantage Road in the Abington area of Northampton, UK. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club....
, NorthamptonNorthampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...
in 1958
15-52 v GlamorganGlamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
at St. Helen's, SwanseaSwansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
in 1925
15-75 v YorkshireYorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
at Park Avenue, BradfordBradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
in 1955 |
| Most wickets in season |
1. George Tribe George Edward Tribe was an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1946 to 1947, as well as an Australian rules footballer with the Footscray Football Club in the VFL....
2. George ThompsonGeorge Joseph Thompson was the mainstay of the Northamptonshire county cricket eleven for a long period encompassing both its days as a minor county and its earliest years in the County Championship....
3. Nobby ClarkEdward Winchester 'Nobby' Clark was a Northamptonshire cricketer of the inter-war period during which they were one of the weakest counties ever to play in the County Championship...
|
175 in 1955
148 in 1913
141 in 1929 |
Wicket-keeping
| Player |
Information |
| Most victims in innings |
1. Keith Andrew Keith Vincent Andrew was an English cricketer who played in two Tests, in 1954-55 and in 1963.-Life and career:...
2. David RipleyDavid Ripley is a former England cricketer who played for Northamptonshire in county cricket from 1984-2001. He took 678 catches and 85 stumpings...
|
7 v Lancashire Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
at Old Trafford, ManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
in 1962
6 v SussexSussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
at County GroundThe County Ground, is a cricket venue on Wantage Road in the Abington area of Northampton, UK. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club....
, NorthamptonNorthampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...
in 1988 |
| Most victims in season |
1. Keith Andrew Keith Vincent Andrew was an English cricketer who played in two Tests, in 1954-55 and in 1963.-Life and career:...
2. David RipleyDavid Ripley is a former England cricketer who played for Northamptonshire in county cricket from 1984-2001. He took 678 catches and 85 stumpings...
|
90 in 1962
81 in 1988 |
History
- For a statistical breakdown by season, see List of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club seasons
Earliest cricket
Cricket had probably reached Northamptonshire by the end of the 17th century and the first two references to cricket in the county are within a few days of each other in 1741. On Monday 10 August, there was a match at
WoburnWoburn is a small Saxon village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It is situated about southeast of the centre of Milton Keynes, and about south of junction 13 of the M1 motorway and is a popular tourist attraction.-History:...
Park between a Bedfordshire XI and a combined Northants and Huntingdonshire XI. Woburn Cricket Club under the leadership of the
Duke of Bedfordthumb|right|240px|William Russell, 1st Duke of BedfordDuke of Bedford is a title that has been created five times in the Peerage of England. The first creation came in 1414 in favour of Henry IV's third son, John, who later served as regent of France. He was made Earl of Kendal at the same time...
was on the point of becoming a well known club. On Tuesday 18 August, a match played on the Cow Meadow near Northampton between two teams of amateurs from Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire is the earliest known instance of cricket being played in Northamptonshire county.
Origin of club
On 31 July 1878, the official formation of Northants CCC took place at a meeting in the George Hotel,
KetteringKettering is a market town in the Borough of Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. It is situated about from London. Kettering is mainly situated on the west side of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene which meets at Wellingborough...
based on an existing organisation that dated back to 1820. The 1820 date, if it could be verified, would make Northants the oldest club in the present-day
County ChampionshipThe County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
. The club came to prominence in the Minor Counties Championship during the 1890s as, between 1900 and 1904, the bowling of
George ThompsonGeorge Joseph Thompson was the mainstay of the Northamptonshire county cricket eleven for a long period encompassing both its days as a minor county and its earliest years in the County Championship....
and William East was much too good for almost all batsmen at that level. The county applied for first-class status in 1904 and was promoted the following year when it joined the County Championship. They played its inaugural
first-classFirst-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
match versus Hampshire CCC at Southampton on 18, 19 & 20 May 1905 when making its County Championship debut.
The origin of the one day name, the Steelbacks, comes from 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. Northamptonshire cricket used the
nicknameA nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
to signify the sort of grit and resolution all of their supporters look for in the county's cricketers, just like the soldiers did against their officers.
Stepping up to first-class
Although Thompson and East proved themselves to be bowlers of high class, a weak batting line-up meant that the team remained close to the bottom of the championship table until
Sydney SmithSydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
arrived in 1909. After three years in the middle of the table, Northants surprisingly improved to finish second in 1912 and fourth in 1913. Thompson, Smith and William "Bumper" Wells formed one of the strongest attacks in county cricket at the time, whilst Smith and Haywood were the county's best batsmen.
Thompson and Smith finished playing after World War I and, during the inter-war period, Northamptonshire were regularly one of the weaker championship sides. This was exacerbated when
Vallance JuppVallance William Crisp Jupp was an amateur cricketer who played for Sussex and Northamptonshire...
declined due to age and, despite the arrival of
Nobby ClarkEdward Winchester 'Nobby' Clark was a Northamptonshire cricketer of the inter-war period during which they were one of the weakest counties ever to play in the County Championship...
, a young left arm fast bowler from
HuntingdonshireHuntingdonshire is a local government district of Cambridgeshire, covering the area around Huntingdon. Traditionally it is a county in its own right...
who burst onto the scene at the age of 20 in 1922 with 20 wickets at an average of 17.10 and
Fred BakewellFred Bakewell was a Northamptonshire and England opening batsman who was renowned as one of the most exciting players of his time, largely owing to his unorthodox methods, which allowed him to play some of the most brilliant innings in county cricket, despite the...
, an exciting batsman who regularly exceeded 1000 runs a season, Northamptonshire could only finish above second from last four times between 1923 and 1948, finishing last every year from 1934 to 1938 and enduring a run of 99 matches from 14 May 1935 to 29 May 1939 without a single championship victory, a record that has never been beaten and doesn’t look like being beaten in the future. Things got worse for Northamptonshire during this time when Bakewell’s career ended due to a broken arm in a car crash that also resulted in the fatality of fellow teammate,
Reginald NorthwayReginald Philip Northway was a Sri Lankan-born cricketer who played first-class cricket as an amateur for Somerset and Northamptonshire....
.
The post-war recovery
After the Second World War, things could only get better for Northamptonshire and they started by recruiting widely from other counties and countries, bringing in Freddie Brown from
SurreySurrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
; the Australians
Jock LivingstonLeonard "Jock" Livingston, born at Hurlstone Park, Sydney on 3 May 1920 and died there on 16 January 1998, was an Australian cricketer who played most of his first-class cricket in England.-Cricket career:...
,
George TribeGeorge Edward Tribe was an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1946 to 1947, as well as an Australian rules footballer with the Footscray Football Club in the VFL....
and Jack Manning; the New Zealander
Peter ArnoldPeter Arnold in Wellington New Zealand.He is a right-handed batsmen and also bowls right arm medium.-Statistics:* His career spanned between 1951 and 1960.* He played for Canterbury and Northamptonshire....
; and the
Cambridge UniversityCambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
opening bat and leg-spinner
Raman Subba RowRaman Subba Row is an English former cricketer who played for England, Cambridge University, Surrey and Northamptonshire.-Life and career:...
. Brown joined as
captainThe captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...
in 1949, and led the team to six place in his first season after previous years of disappointment. Under the new leadership of
Dennis BrookesDennis Brookes was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire between 1934 and 1959 . He also played in one Test match for England against West Indies in 1948. Brookes was President of Northamptonshire from 1982 to 1984...
(a stalwart batsman for over 20 years), finished second in 1957, their best finish for 45 years. This was mainly due to the bowling attack of
Frank Tyson Frank Holmes Tyson is an England cricketer of the 1950s who became a journalist and cricket commentator after he emigrated to Australia in 1960. Nicknamed "Typhoon Tyson" by the press he was regarded by many commentators as one of the fastest bowlers ever seen in cricket and took 76 wickets in...
, Vincent Broderick,
Michael AllenMichael Henry John Allen was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire from 1956 to 1963, for MCC from 1958 to 1961 and Derbyshire from 1964 to 1966....
,
George TribeGeorge Edward Tribe was an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1946 to 1947, as well as an Australian rules footballer with the Footscray Football Club in the VFL....
and Manning. Northamptonshire were widely considered the best team in
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
in the late 50’s and early 60’s, during this time
Keith AndrewKeith Vincent Andrew was an English cricketer who played in two Tests, in 1954-55 and in 1963.-Life and career:...
, Northants best ever
Wicket-keeperThe wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
broke the records of most victims in an innings and a season.
Subsequently, the club has seen mixed fortunes. The club has had intermittent success in
one-dayLimited overs cricket, also known as one-day cricket and in a slightly different context as List A cricket, is a version of the sport of cricket in which a match is generally completed in one day, whereas Test and first-class matches can take up to five days to complete...
competitions, but it has still not won the County Championship, although second place was achieved in each of 1957, 1965 and 1976. Nonetheless it has included several famous players qualified for England, including the South African-born batsman
Allan LambAllan Joseph Lamb is a former England cricketer and captain who played for the first class teams of Western Province and Northamptonshire, the latter as an Overseas player...
; fast bowler
David LarterJohn Larter is a former Scottish cricketer, who played in ten Tests for England from 1962 to 1965....
; the hard hitting opener
Colin MilburnColin Milburn was an English cricketer, who played in nine Test matches for England, before an accident led to the loss of much of his sight and prompted his retirement....
, whose career was cut tragically short by an eye injury sustained in a car crash; the reliable batsmen David Steele and Rob Bailey; opening batsman
Wayne LarkinsWayne Larkins is a former English cricketer, who represented Northamptonshire, Durham and Bedfordshire as an opening batsman throughout his career...
; and all-rounders
Peter WilleyPeter Willey is a former English cricketer, who played as a right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. In and out of the England team, he interrupted his international career for three years by taking part in the first of the England players' South African rebel tours in 1982...
and
David CapelDavid Capel is a former English cricketer, who played for Northamptonshire and England...
.
Several notable overseas players such as
Matthew HaydenMatthew Lawrence Hayden AM is a former Australian cricketer, and was signed to the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL until the 2010 season. Hayden is a powerful and aggressive left-handed opening batsman, known for his ability to score quickly at both Test and one day levels.Hayden holds the record...
,
Curtly AmbroseCurtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose is a former West Indian cricketer. His skill was as a right-arm fast bowler, especially in partnership with Courtney Walsh...
,
Andre NelAndré Nel is a South African cricketer who played Test cricket and ODIs as a fast bowler but has since retired opting to play county cricket for Surrey.-International career:...
,
Kapil DevKapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj , better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer. He captained the Indian cricket team which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup...
, Mike Hussey,
Sarfraz NawazSarfraz Nawaz Malik is a former Pakistani Test cricketer and politician who discovered reverse swing and was instrumental in Pakistan's first Test series victories over India and England. Between 1969 and 1984 he played 55 Tests and 45 One Day Internationals and was Imran Khan's regular new ball...
,
Mushtaq MohammadMushtaq Mohammad is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 57 Tests and 10 ODIs from 1959 to 1979. A right-handed batsman and a leg-spinner, he is one of the most successful Pakistani all-rounders and went on to captain his country in nineteen Test matches...
,
Anil KumbleAnil Kumble is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian Test cricket team. He is a right-arm leg spin bowler and a right-hand batsman. He is currently the leading wicket-taker for India in both Test and One Day International matches...
,
Dennis LilleeDennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation"...
and Bishen Bedi have starred for the club, which was particularly formidable as a one-day batting outfit in the late 1970s and early 1980s. More recently,
Lance KlusenerLance Klusener is a South African cricketer, more specifically an all-rounder. He is known for his aggressive batting and his fast-medium swing bowling. He is nicknamed "Zulu" because of his fluency in that language. Following his exploits at the 1999 World Cup, he topped the ICC ODI Batting...
and
Monty PanesarMudhsuden Singh Panesar, known as Monty Panesar , is an English cricketer who currently plays for Sussex. A left-arm spinner, Panesar played Test and one-day cricket for England until 2009. In English county cricket he played for Northamptonshire until 2009...
have been notable players.
Northants have recently been criticised for the number of
KolpakThe Kolpak ruling is a European Court of Justice ruling handed down on May 8, 2003 in favour of Maroš Kolpak, a Slovak handball player. It declared that citizens of certain countries which have signed agreements with the European Union, have the same right to freedom of work and movement within the...
players in the team, but for the 2009 season there were only three in
Andrew HallAndrew James Hall is a South African cricketer and a former member of the South African cricket team . He is an all-rounder who bowls fast-medium pace, and has been used as both an opening batsman and in the lower order. Prior to making it on the South African first class cricket scene he played...
, Johan van der Wath and
Nicky BojeNico "Nicky" Boje is a South African cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 115 One Day Internationals for South Africa, and attended Grey College in Bloemfontein...
.
Ground history
As with all county cricket clubs, Northamptonshire CCC represents the historic county and not any modern or current administrative unit. In Northamptonshire's case, this means the county of
NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
and the Town of
NorthamptonNorthampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...
, although the club have in the past played some home matches outside the historic borders such as in
PeterboroughPeterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...
,
LutonLuton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....
and
Milton KeynesMilton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
.
Northamptonshire first played at the
county groundThe County Ground, is a cricket venue on Wantage Road in the Abington area of Northampton, UK. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club....
in
NorthamptonNorthampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...
in
1905Yorkshire pipped defending champions Lancashire to the County Championship title in the 1905 English cricket season, which also included a tour by the Australian cricket team...
, and continue to do so till this day even though
Northampton Town F.C.Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...
shared the ground up until 1994 when The Cobblers moved to
Sixfields StadiumSixfields Stadium is a 7,653-capacity all-seater sports stadium in Northampton, England. It has been the home ground of Northampton Town Football Club following their move from the County Ground in October 1994....
. After the football club moved, the ground at the Abington Avenue was demolished and replaced by a new indoor school which includes seating looking on to the ground. In 2009, Northants cricket announced plans to improve the ground by building two new stands on the
scoreboardA scoreboard is a large board for publicly displaying the score in a game or match. Most levels of sport from high school and above use at least one scoreboard for keeping score, measuring time, and displaying statistics. Scoreboards in the past used a mechanical clock and numeral cards to...
side of the ground, there will also be a permanent commentary box with a view to have a ' mini Lords ' style media centre.
This following table gives details of every venue at which Northamptonshire have hosted a
first-classFirst-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
,
List A or Twenty20 cricket match:
| Name of ground |
Location |
Year |
FC
matches |
LA
matches |
T20
matches |
Total |
| County Ground The County Ground, is a cricket venue on Wantage Road in the Abington area of Northampton, UK. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club....
|
NorthamptonNorthampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...
|
1905–present |
969 |
341 |
17 |
1327 |
| Town Ground 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:...
|
KetteringKettering is a market town in the Borough of Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. It is situated about from London. Kettering is mainly situated on the west side of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene which meets at Wellingborough...
|
1923–1973 |
65 |
4 |
- |
69 |
| School 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...
|
WellingboroughWellingborough is a market town and borough in Northamptonshire, England, situated some from the county town of Northampton. The town is situated on the north side of the River Nene, most of the older town is sited on the flanks of the hills above the river's current flood plain...
|
1946–1991 |
43 |
17 |
- |
60 |
| Town Ground The Town Ground in Peterborough, England, is a cricket ground which was used by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in First-class matches for 60 years between 1906 and 1966...
|
PeterboroughPeterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...
|
1906–1966 |
46 |
- |
- |
46 |
| Wardown Park |
LutonLuton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....
|
1973–2004 |
11 |
24 |
1 |
36 |
| Town Ground The Town Ground in Rushden is a Cricket ground which was used by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in 22 First-class matches for 39 years between 1924 and 1963...
|
RushdenRushden is a town and civil parish in the county of Northamptonshire, England.The parish of Rushden covers an area of some and is part of the district of East Northamptonshire. The population of Rushden was estimated at around 28,368, making it the fifth largest town in the county...
|
1924–1963 |
22 |
- |
- |
22 |
| Tring Park Tring Park Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Tring, Hertfordshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1874. Hertfordshire played Buckinghamshire in the grounds first Minor Counties Championship match in 1959. From 1959 to 1999, the ground played host to 12 Minor Counties...
|
TringTring is a small market town and also a civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in Hertfordshire, England. Situated north-west of London and linked to London by the old Roman road of Akeman Street, by the modern A41, by the Grand Union Canal and by rail lines to Euston Station, Tring is now largely a...
|
1974–1991 |
- |
16 |
- |
16 |
| Manor Fields Manor Fields is a cricket ground in Bletchley, Northamptonshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1973, when Young England women played International XI women in the grounds only Women's One Day International....
|
Bletchley |
1976–1987 |
3 |
7 |
- |
10 |
| Baker Perkins |
PeterboroughPeterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...
|
1967–1974 |
3 |
5 |
- |
8 |
| Campbell Park Campbell Park is a cricket ground in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. The first recorded match on the ground in 1981, when the Northamptonshire Second XI played the Leicestershire Second XI in the Second Eleven Championship....
|
Milton Keynes Milton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
|
1997–present |
- |
2 |
3 |
5 |
| Buckingham Road |
BrackleyBrackley is a town in south Northamptonshire, England. It is about from Oxford and miles form Northampton. Historically a market town based on the wool and lace trade, it was built on the intersecting trade routes between London, Birmingham and the English Midlands and between Cambridge and Oxford...
|
1971–1975 |
- |
4 |
- |
4 |
| Dolben Ground |
Finedon Finedon is a civil parish and village in the Borough Council of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, with a population at the 2001 census of 4,188 people. Along with Wellingborough, it is twinned with Wittlich, Germany, and Niort, France....
|
1986–1989 |
- |
3 |
- |
3 |
| Bedford School |
BedfordBedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, in the East of England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the wider Borough of Bedford. According to the former Bedfordshire County Council's estimates, the town had a population of 79,190 in mid 2005, with 19,720 in the adjacent town...
|
1971–1982 |
- |
2 |
- |
2 |
| Horton House Horton House Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Horton, Northamptonshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1966, when the Northamptonshire Second XI played the Middlesex Second XI...
|
HortonHorton is named from the Old English meaning "muddy farmstead" and lies in the English county of Northamptonshire. It was originally an estate village, serving the now demolished Horton House and it is close to its neighbouring village Hackleton...
|
1976–1977 |
- |
2 |
- |
2 |
| Ideal Clothiers Ground Ideal Clothiers Ground was a cricket ground in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. The ground was constructed by Ideal Clothiers, a clothes making company based in Wellingborough. The first and only first-classon the ground was in 1929, when Northamptonshire played Oxford University in a [...
|
WellingboroughWellingborough is a market town and borough in Northamptonshire, England, situated some from the county town of Northampton. The town is situated on the north side of the River Nene, most of the older town is sited on the flanks of the hills above the river's current flood plain...
|
1929 |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
| Stowe School |
Stowe Stowe is a civil parish and former village about northwest of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Boycott, Dadford and Lamport....
|
2005 |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
Source:CricketArchive
Updated: 6 November 2009 |
Current Officials of Northamptonshire
- President: The Rt Hon the Lord Naseby
- Chairman: Martin Lawrence
- Chief Executive: Mark Tagg
- Scorer: Tony Kingston
- Head Groundsman: Paul Marshall
Coaching staff
- Head Coach: David Capel
David Capel is a former English cricketer, who played for Northamptonshire and England...
- Academy Director/2nd XI Coach: David Ripley
David Ripley is a former England cricketer who played for Northamptonshire in county cricket from 1984-2001. He took 678 catches and 85 stumpings...
- Performance Coach/Fielding Coach: Kevin Innes
Kevin John Innes was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who used to play for Northamptonshire and Sussex. He retired in 2005.-Career:...
- Performance Coach: Phil Rowe
- Club Physiotherapist: Barry Goudriaan
Current squad
The Northamptonshire squad for the 2011 season consists of (this section could change as players are released or signed):
Players with international caps are listed in
bold.
| No. |
Name |
Nat |
Birth date |
Batting Style |
Bowling Style |
Notes |
| Batsmen |
| 27 |
Ben Howgego Ben Henry Nicholas Howgego is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who currently plays for Northamptonshire.-Career:...
|
 |
3 March 1988 (age 23) |
Left-handed |
Right arm fast-mediumFast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
|
|
| ?? |
Rob Keogh Robert Ian Keogh is an English cricketer. Keogh is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Dunstable, Bedfordshire....
|
|
21 October 1991 (age 20) |
Right-handed |
Right arm off breakOff break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners....
|
|
| 11 |
Stephen Peters Stephen David Peters is an English cricketer. He has played for the county cricket teams of Essex and Worcestershire...
|
|
10 December 1978 (age 33) |
Right-handed |
Right arm leg breakA leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of...
|
Former England U19 The English Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1974. Prior to 1991/92 they were known as England Young Cricketers....
|
| 21 |
Rob Newton Robert Irving Newton, commonly known as Rob Newton, is an English cricket player who plays for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. He is an aggressive right-handed top order batsman. Newton enjoyed a prolific cricket record while at school and was tipped by The Wisden Cricketer as 'one to watch'...
|
|
18 January 1990 (age 22) |
Right-handed |
Right arm leg breakA leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of...
|
|
| 5 |
David Sales David John Grimwood Sales is an English cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Northamptonshire, England A and Wellington.-Domestic career:...
|
|
3 December 1977 (age 34) |
Right-handed |
Right arm medium pace |
Former England A |
| ?? |
Bilal Shafayat Bilal Mustapha Shafayat is an English cricketer. He is a middle-order batsman, fast bowler and wicket-keeper. Shafayat was a former captain of the England under-19 side....
|
|
10 July 1984 (age 27) |
Right-handed |
Right arm medium pace |
Former England U19 The English Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1974. Prior to 1991/92 they were known as England Young Cricketers....
|
| 8 |
Alex Wakely Alex George Wakely is an English cricketer who currently plays for Northamptonshire and is a former captain of the England under-19s. He is a right-hand batsman, bowls off-breaks and sometimes medium bowling....
|
|
3 November 1988 (age 23) |
Right-handed |
Right arm off breakOff break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners....
|
Former England U19 The English Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1974. Prior to 1991/92 they were known as England Young Cricketers....
|
| 18 |
Robert White Robert Allan White is an English professional cricketer.White received his upper school education at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire before attending Durham and Loughborough Universities. He currently plays cricket for Northamptonshire. He is a right-handed batsman and can bowl off breaks...
|
|
15 October 1979 (age 32) |
Right-handed |
Right arm leg breakA leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of...
|
|
| Wicket-keepers |
| 19 |
David Murphy David Murphy is a cricket player who plays for Northamptonshire.-Career:He made his first-class debut for Loughborough UCCE in April 2009 and made his county debut with Northants against Surrey two months later. His first One Day game came against the Netherlands the following season, Murphy...
|
|
24 June 1989 (age 22) |
Right-handed |
|
|
| 81 |
Niall O'Brien Niall John O'Brien is an Irish cricketer educated at Marian College, Ballsbridge. He is a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. O'Brien's brother Kevin plays with him in the Irish team...
|
 |
8 November 1981 (age 30) |
Left-handed |
|
Ireland ODI Player |
| All-rounders |
| 16 |
Gavin Baker Gavin Charles Baker is an English professional cricket player currently playing for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club after playing for his University, Loughborough MCCU...
|
|
3 October 1988 (age 23) |
Right-handed |
Right arm medium-fastFast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
|
|
| 48 |
Johan Botha |
 |
2 May 1982 (age 29) |
Right-handed |
Right arm off breakOff break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners....
|
T20 Overseas Player |
| 1 |
Andrew Hall Andrew James Hall is a South African cricketer and a former member of the South African cricket team . He is an all-rounder who bowls fast-medium pace, and has been used as both an opening batsman and in the lower order. Prior to making it on the South African first class cricket scene he played...
(cThe captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...
) |
|
31 July 1975 (age 36) |
Right-handed |
Right arm fast-mediumFast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
|
Kolpak Player |
| 15 |
David Willey David Jonathan Willey , is an English cricketer playing for Northamptonshire Steelbacks. He is a left-handed batsman and bowler. He is the son of former England cricketer and current international umpire Peter Willey...
|
|
28 February 1990 (age 21) |
Left-handed |
Left arm medium pace |
Former England U19 The English Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1974. Prior to 1991/92 they were known as England Young Cricketers....
|
| Bowlers |
| 16 |
Tom Brett Thomas Brett is an English cricketer playing for Northamptonshire Steelbacks. He is a right-handed batsman and slow left arm orthodox bowler....
|
|
13 November 1989 (age 22) |
Right-handed |
Slow left-arm orthodox Left-arm orthodox spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket.Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left arm bowler using the fingers to spin the ball from right to left of the cricket pitch...
|
|
| 9 |
Jack Brooks Jack Alexander Brooks is an English professional cricket player currently playing for Northamptonshire CCC after a successful spell at Oxfordshire in the minor counties. He is predominantly a right arm medium fast bowler who can also bat.-Career:Brooks played for Oxfordshire between 2004 and 2008...
|
|
4 June 1984 (age 27) |
Right-handed |
Right arm fast-mediumFast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
|
|
| 10 |
Lee Daggett Lee Daggett is an English cricketer who currently plays for Northamptonshire county cricket club. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He played for Warwickshire, having joined them in 2006...
|
|
1 October 1982 (age 29) |
Right-handed |
Right arm medium-fastFast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
|
|
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Luke Evans Luke Evans is an English professional cricketer currently playing for Durham.He Joined Northamptonshire on a 1 month loan on the 15 April 2010.-External links:...
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James MiddlebrookJames Middlebrook is an English first-class cricketer, currently playing for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. He is an all-rounder, who bats right-handed and bowls off spin.-Career:...
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Chaminda Vaas Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas , usually known as Chaminda Vaas, is a Sri Lankan cricketer is regarded as the best fast bowler to have come out of the country - he has been described as the 'most penetrative and successful new-ball bowler Sri Lanka have had'...
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Notable players
This list is compiled of International cricketers who have played
TestTest cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
and/or ODI cricket. It also includes players who have been mentioned in the '100 Greats:Northamptonshire county cricket club' book. Therefore making them notable to the county and international cricket scene.
England Usman AfzaalUsman Afzaal is a Pakistani-born cricketer who has played three Test matches for England, all against Australia in 2001. He is a left-handed middle order batsman and occasional left arm slow bowler....
Michael AllenMichael Henry John Allen was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire from 1956 to 1963, for MCC from 1958 to 1961 and Derbyshire from 1964 to 1966....
Keith AndrewKeith Vincent Andrew was an English cricketer who played in two Tests, in 1954-55 and in 1963.-Life and career:...
Rob Bailey
Fred BakewellFred Bakewell was a Northamptonshire and England opening batsman who was renowned as one of the most exciting players of his time, largely owing to his unorthodox methods, which allowed him to play some of the most brilliant innings in county cricket, despite the...
Desmond Barrick
Bill BarronWilliam Barron , known as Bill Barron, was an English sportsman, who played football in the higher leagues before the Second World War and, along with some football, first class cricket afterwards.-Biography:...
Benjamin BellamyBenjamin Walter Bellamy was a professional cricketer who spent his entire career at Northamptonshire. His career spanned 16 years, retiring in 1935 by which time he had played 351 first-class matches, but returning in a crisis for two games two seasons later...
Robin Boyd-MossRobin James Boyd-Moss was a Sri Lankan born English professional Cricketer who started his career with Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties League, before playing First Class cricket for Northamptonshire.-Career:...
Vincent BroderickVincent Broderick was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire and briefly for the MCC. Considered an All-rounder, Broderick is notable for having the third best bowling figures in a single innings in Northamptonshire history. This career best of 9-35 came in 1948 against Sussex at...
Dennis BrookesDennis Brookes was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire between 1934 and 1959 . He also played in one Test match for England against West Indies in 1948. Brookes was President of Northamptonshire from 1982 to 1984...
Freddie Brown
David CapelDavid Capel is a former English cricketer, who played for Northamptonshire and England...
Bob CarterRobert Michael Carter is a former cricketer who played 60 first-class and 55 List A games between 1978 and 1984-85 for Northamptonshire and Canterbury.-References:...
Nobby ClarkEdward Winchester 'Nobby' Clark was a Northamptonshire cricketer of the inter-war period during which they were one of the weakest counties ever to play in the County Championship...
Geoff CookGeoff Cook is a former English cricketer, who played in seven Tests and six ODIs from 1981 to 1983...
Nick CookNicholas "Nick" Grant Billson Cook is a former English cricketer who played in fifteen Tests and three ODIs from 1983 to 1989. A slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler and a lower order right-handed batsman, he played first-class and List A cricket from 1978 to 1994. He is currently an ECB appointed...
Brian CrumpBrian Stanley Crump was a Cricketer for Northamptonshire. His father was cricketer Stanley Crump, while his cousins were David Steele and John Steele .-Career:Dubbed 'The...
John DyeJohn Cooper James Dye is a former English first class cricketer. He made his debut in 1962, with Kent and played with them until 1971. The following season he moved to Northamptonshire and stayed there until his retirement in 1977. He also spent a year in South Africa with Eastern...
John EmbureyJohn Ernest Emburey is a former English cricketer, who played for Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Western Province, Berkshire and England....
Alan FordhamAlan Fordham is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and he played in 167 first-class matches for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club between 1986 and 1997. He finished his career with a batting average of 40.06, and scored 25 centuries...
Frederick JakemanFrederick Jakeman was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1946 and 1947, and for Northamptonshire from 1949 to 1954...
Vallance JuppVallance William Crisp Jupp was an amateur cricketer who played for Sussex and Northamptonshire...
Allan LambAllan Joseph Lamb is a former England cricketer and captain who played for the first class teams of Western Province and Northamptonshire, the latter as an Overseas player...
Wayne LarkinsWayne Larkins is a former English cricketer, who represented Northamptonshire, Durham and Bedfordshire as an opening batsman throughout his career...
David LarterJohn Larter is a former Scottish cricketer, who played in ten Tests for England from 1962 to 1965....
Albert LightfootAlbert Lightfoot was a Cricketer for Northamptonshire.Lightfoot showed promise throughout his career, joining Northamptonshire in 1953, and was awarded a Cap for the county that he spent his entire career at in 1961...
Mal LoyeMalachy Bernard Loye , most commonly known as Mal Loye, is an English cricketer who has played first class cricket for Northamptonshire, Lancashire, and England A. Loye is a right-handed batsman, particularly well known for his slog sweep shot against fast bowlers...
Devon MalcolmDevon Malcolm is a former English cricketer.Malcolm was one of England's few genuinely fast bowlers of the 1990s. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he settled in England, making his first-class debut for Derbyshire in 1984, and qualifying to play for England in 1987...
Neil MallenderNeil Mallender is a former English cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and a right-hand lower order batsman who improved as his career progressed, Mallender played first-class cricket in England for Northamptonshire , and for Somerset...
Austin MatthewsAustin David George Matthews was a cricketer who played for Northamptonshire, Glamorgan and England.-Cricketing career:...
Colin MilburnColin Milburn was an English cricketer, who played in nine Test matches for England, before an accident led to the loss of much of his sight and prompted his retirement....
John MurdinJohn Vernon Murdin was a professional Cricketer who spent his entire career at Northamptonshire. Although he was predominantly a Bowler, the highlight of his 14-year playing career was his County record last wicket partnership with fellow Wollaston-born player Ben Bellamy of 148...
Buddy OldfieldNorman 'Buddy' Oldfield was an English cricketer and umpire who played in one Test in 1939 and later umpired in two others. Between 1935 and 1939 he played first-class cricket for Lancashire, before the Second World War interrupted and ended a promising start to his Test career...
Monty PanesarMudhsuden Singh Panesar, known as Monty Panesar , is an English cricketer who currently plays for Sussex. A left-arm spinner, Panesar played Test and one-day cricket for England until 2009. In English county cricket he played for Northamptonshire until 2009...
Tony PenberthyAnthony Leonard "Tony" Penberthy, born 1 September 1969 in Troon, Cornwall, England, UK, is a former cricketer who spent his entire career at Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. He joined the club in 1989, received his county cap in 1994 and retired in 2003....
Roger PrideauxRoger Malcolm Prideaux is an English former cricketer, who played in three Tests for England from 1968 to 1969.-Life and career:...
David RipleyDavid Ripley is a former England cricketer who played for Northamptonshire in county cricket from 1984-2001. He took 678 catches and 85 stumpings...
David SalesDavid John Grimwood Sales is an English cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Northamptonshire, England A and Wellington.-Domestic career:...
George SharpGeorge Sharp , in West Hartlepool, County Durham, England) is an English former first class cricketer who is currently a first class umpire.-Playing career:...
Sydney SmithSydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
David Steele
Raman Subba RowRaman Subba Row is an English former cricketer who played for England, Cambridge University, Surrey and Northamptonshire.-Life and career:...
Haydn SullyHaydn Sully, born at Sampford Brett, Williton, Somerset on 1 November 1939 and died at Exeter, Devon on 14 December 2006, was a first-class cricketer who played for Somerset and Northamptonshire....
Graeme SwannGraeme Peter Swann is an English international cricketer. He is primarily a right-arm offspinner, and also bats right-handed. After initially playing for his home county Northamptonshire, for whom he made his debut in 1997, he moved to Nottinghamshire in 2005. He often fields at slip...
Paul TaylorPaul Taylor is an English former cricketer, who played in two Tests and one ODI for England from 1993 to 1994.-Life and career:...
Albert ThomasAlbert Edward Thomas was a Cricketer for Northamptonshire and Wales. Thomas was a Right-armed Batter and bowler who bowled at fast-medium pace. During his time at Northamptonshire, he took a total of 817 wickets making him the clubs 5th highest wicket taker...
George ThompsonGeorge Joseph Thompson was the mainstay of the Northamptonshire county cricket eleven for a long period encompassing both its days as a minor county and its earliest years in the County Championship....
John TimmsJohn Edward Timms was an English first-class cricketer who played for Northamptonshire. He was a right-handed middle order batsman and a part time right arm medium pace bowler....
Frank Tyson Frank Holmes Tyson is an England cricketer of the 1950s who became a journalist and cricket commentator after he emigrated to Australia in 1960. Nicknamed "Typhoon Tyson" by the press he was regarded by many commentators as one of the fastest bowlers ever seen in cricket and took 76 wickets in...
Roy VirginRoy Thomas Virgin, born at Taunton, Somerset, on 26 August 1939, was a cricketer who played for Somerset and Northamptonshire.A right-handed opening batsman, Virgin had a mostly solid but unspectacular career in first-class cricket, except for two individual seasons, one for each of his two...
Fanny WaldenFrederick Ingram "Fanny" Walden was an English professional footballer who played on the right-wing for Northampton Town, Tottenham Hotspur and at international level for England during the 1910s and 1920s...
Peter WilleyPeter Willey is a former English cricketer, who played as a right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. In and out of the England team, he interrupted his international career for three years by taking part in the first of the England players' South African rebel tours in 1982...
Claud WoolleyClaud Neville Woolley was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire. He also served as a first-class umpire and stood in one Test during the 1948 Ashes series...
Australia Mike Hussey
Matthew HaydenMatthew Lawrence Hayden AM is a former Australian cricketer, and was signed to the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL until the 2010 season. Hayden is a powerful and aggressive left-handed opening batsman, known for his ability to score quickly at both Test and one day levels.Hayden holds the record...
Phil JaquesPhilip Anthony Jaques is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman who has played first-class cricket for New South Wales, Northamptonshire, Yorkshire and Worcestershire, as well as international cricket for Australia...
Martin LoveMartin Lloyd Love is a former Australian cricketer who played in five Tests from 2002 to 2003. He was a right-handed batsman....
Dennis LilleeDennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation"...
Jock LivingstonLeonard "Jock" Livingston, born at Hurlstone Park, Sydney on 3 May 1920 and died there on 16 January 1998, was an Australian cricketer who played most of his first-class cricket in England.-Cricket career:...
Matthew NicholsonMatthew Nicholson is an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1998 and over 100 first-class games for New South Wales, Western Australia, Northamptonshire and Surrey....
George TribeGeorge Edward Tribe was an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1946 to 1947, as well as an Australian rules footballer with the Footscray Football Club in the VFL....
South Africa Hylton AckermanHylton Michael Ackerman was a South African first class cricketer who played for Western Province in the 1970s.He attended Dale College Boy's High School where he was headboy. His son, Hylton D...
Lance KlusenerLance Klusener is a South African cricketer, more specifically an all-rounder. He is known for his aggressive batting and his fast-medium swing bowling. He is nicknamed "Zulu" because of his fluency in that language. Following his exploits at the 1999 World Cup, he topped the ICC ODI Batting...
Andre NelAndré Nel is a South African cricketer who played Test cricket and ODIs as a fast bowler but has since retired opting to play county cricket for Surrey.-International career:...
Andrew HallAndrew James Hall is a South African cricketer and a former member of the South African cricket team . He is an all-rounder who bowls fast-medium pace, and has been used as both an opening batsman and in the lower order. Prior to making it on the South African first class cricket scene he played...
Johan van der Wath
Martin van JaarsveldMartin van Jaarsveld is a South African cricketer who played nine Tests and eleven One Day Internationals for South Africa between 2002 and 2004...
India Bishan Bedi
Kapil DevKapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj , better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer. He captained the Indian cricket team which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup...
Anil KumbleAnil Kumble is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian Test cricket team. He is a right-arm leg spin bowler and a right-hand batsman. He is currently the leading wicket-taker for India in both Test and One Day International matches...
Sourav GangulySourav Chandidas Ganguly is a former Indian cricketer, and captain of the Indian national team. Born into an affluent family, Ganguly was introduced into the world of cricket by his elder brother Snehasish. He is regarded as one of India's most successful captains in modern times. He started his...
Pakistan Mohammad AkramMohammad Akram is a Pakistani right arm fast-medium bowler in cricket, he plays for Surrey County Cricket Club. He played in 9 Test matches and 23 One Day International matches for Pakistan between 1995–1996 and 2000-2001.He is 6'2 tall and Akram is nicknamed Haji...
Mushtaq MohammadMushtaq Mohammad is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 57 Tests and 10 ODIs from 1959 to 1979. A right-handed batsman and a leg-spinner, he is one of the most successful Pakistani all-rounders and went on to captain his country in nineteen Test matches...
Sarfraz NawazSarfraz Nawaz Malik is a former Pakistani Test cricketer and politician who discovered reverse swing and was instrumental in Pakistan's first Test series victories over India and England. Between 1969 and 1984 he played 55 Tests and 45 One Day Internationals and was Imran Khan's regular new ball...
West Indies Curtly AmbroseCurtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose is a former West Indian cricketer. His skill was as a right-arm fast bowler, especially in partnership with Courtney Walsh...
Winston DavisWinston Walter Davis is a former West Indian cricketer.Davis played his first representative match for West Indies Young Cricketers against their English counterparts at Port-of-Spain in August 1976, making an immediate impact by taking 4-35 in his first innings, including the wickets of future...
Roger HarperRoger Andrew Harper is a former West Indies cricketer turned coach, who played both Test and ODI cricket for the West Indies...
New Zealand Peter ArnoldPeter Arnold in Wellington New Zealand.He is a right-handed batsmen and also bowls right arm medium.-Statistics:* His career spanned between 1951 and 1960.* He played for Canterbury and Northamptonshire....
Ken JamesKenneth Cecil James , was a cricketer who played for Wellington, Northamptonshire and New Zealand.A wicket-keeper and a useful batsman, James first played for Wellington in 1923 and came to England with the first New Zealand touring party in 1927 ostensibly as second string to Tom Lowry...
Zimbabwe Kevin Curran
Ireland Niall O'BrienNiall John O'Brien is an Irish cricketer educated at Marian College, Ballsbridge. He is a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. O'Brien's brother Kevin plays with him in the Irish team...
County Captains
A complete list of officially appointed Northamptonshire captains can be found here:
List of Northamptonshire cricket captains.
Notable captains:
- Freddie Brown (1949–1953)
- Dennis Brookes
Dennis Brookes was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire between 1934 and 1959 . He also played in one Test match for England against West Indies in 1948. Brookes was President of Northamptonshire from 1982 to 1984...
(1954–1957)
- Raman Subba Row
Raman Subba Row is an English former cricketer who played for England, Cambridge University, Surrey and Northamptonshire.-Life and career:...
(1958–1961)
- Keith Andrew
Keith Vincent Andrew was an English cricketer who played in two Tests, in 1954-55 and in 1963.-Life and career:...
(1962–1966)
- Mushtaq Mohammad
Mushtaq Mohammad is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 57 Tests and 10 ODIs from 1959 to 1979. A right-handed batsman and a leg-spinner, he is one of the most successful Pakistani all-rounders and went on to captain his country in nineteen Test matches...
(1976–1977)
- Allan Lamb
Allan Joseph Lamb is a former England cricketer and captain who played for the first class teams of Western Province and Northamptonshire, the latter as an Overseas player...
(1989–1995)
- Matthew Hayden
Matthew Lawrence Hayden AM is a former Australian cricketer, and was signed to the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL until the 2010 season. Hayden is a powerful and aggressive left-handed opening batsman, known for his ability to score quickly at both Test and one day levels.Hayden holds the record...
(1999–2000)
- Mike Hussey (2002–2003)
County Caps
Northamptonshire do not automatically award caps to players on their first appearance; instead, they have to be "earned" through good performances. In recent times, cricketers who are awarded a county cap are given a new cap with yellow stripes on the maroon instead of a plain maroon cap. The following players have received caps:
- 1946 W. Barron
William Barron , known as Bill Barron, was an English sportsman, who played football in the higher leagues before the Second World War and, along with some football, first class cricket afterwards.-Biography:...
, P.E. Murray-WillisPeter Earnshaw Murray-Willis was an English cricketer. He played 29 times at first-class level either side of the Second World War, at first for Worcestershire and then for Northamptonshire....
- 1947 V. Broderick
Vincent Broderick was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire and briefly for the MCC. Considered an All-rounder, Broderick is notable for having the third best bowling figures in a single innings in Northamptonshire history. This career best of 9-35 came in 1948 against Sussex at...
, A.W. Childs-ClarkeArthur William Childs-Clarke was an English first class cricketer who played for Middlesex and Northamptonshire County Cricket Club.-Career:...
, C.B. ClarkeDr Carlos Bertram Clarke, OBE was a West Indian cricketer who played in three Tests in 1939...
, K. FiddlingKenneth Fiddling was a first-class cricketer whose career spanned the 1938 to 1953 seasons.Born in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, England, Fiddling was a professional who played 18 games for Yorkshire from 1938 to 1946, and 142 for Northants from 1947 to 1953. A specialist wicket-keeper, he took 226...
, J. Webster
- 1948 A.E. Nutter
Albert Edward Nutter was an English cricketer who played over 200 first-class matches, mostly for Lancashire and Northamptonshire. He was a right-handed batsman and bowled at a medium fast pace. Born in the town of Burnley, he made his first-class debut for Lancashire in August 1935 at the age of 22...
, N. OldfieldNorman 'Buddy' Oldfield was an English cricketer and umpire who played in one Test in 1939 and later umpired in two others. Between 1935 and 1939 he played first-class cricket for Lancashire, before the Second World War interrupted and ended a promising start to his Test career...
- 1949 F.R. Brown, R.W. Clarke, R.G. Garlick
- 1950 L. Livingston
Leonard "Jock" Livingston, born at Hurlstone Park, Sydney on 3 May 1920 and died there on 16 January 1998, was an Australian cricketer who played most of his first-class cricket in England.-Cricket career:...
- 1951 F. Jakeman
Frederick Jakeman was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1946 and 1947, and for Northamptonshire from 1949 to 1954...
- 1952 D.W. Barrick
Desmond William Barrick was an English cricketer who played in 301 first-class matches between the 1949 and 1960 seasons.-Career:...
, G.E. TribeGeorge Edward Tribe was an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1946 to 1947, as well as an Australian rules footballer with the Footscray Football Club in the VFL....
- 1953 E. Davis
Edward Davis is a former English cricketer. Davis was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Brackley, Northamptonshire.Davis made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against Hampshire in the 1947 County Championship. He made 103 further first-class appearances for Northamptonshire, the...
- 1954 K.V. Andrew
Keith Vincent Andrew was an English cricketer who played in two Tests, in 1954-55 and in 1963.-Life and career:...
, S. StarkieSydney Starkie was an English professional Cricketer wh spent all of his 6 season career at Northamptonshire....
, F.H. Tyson Frank Holmes Tyson is an England cricketer of the 1950s who became a journalist and cricket commentator after he emigrated to Australia in 1960. Nicknamed "Typhoon Tyson" by the press he was regarded by many commentators as one of the fastest bowlers ever seen in cricket and took 76 wickets in...
- 1955 A.P. Arnold
Peter Arnold in Wellington New Zealand.He is a right-handed batsmen and also bowls right arm medium.-Statistics:* His career spanned between 1951 and 1960.* He played for Canterbury and Northamptonshire....
, R. Subba RowRaman Subba Row is an English former cricketer who played for England, Cambridge University, Surrey and Northamptonshire.-Life and career:...
- 1956 J.S. Manning, B.L. Reynolds
Brian Leonard Reynolds was a professional Cricketer who spent his entire career at Northamptonshire.-Biography:...
- 1957 M.H.J. Allen
Michael Henry John Allen was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire from 1956 to 1963, for MCC from 1958 to 1961 and Derbyshire from 1964 to 1966....
- 1960 L.A. Johnson, M.E.J.C. Norman
Michael Eric John Charles Norman was a professional Cricketer who spent his career between two clubs, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire.-Career:...
- 1961 J.D.F. Larter
John Larter is a former Scottish cricketer, who played in ten Tests for England from 1962 to 1965....
, A. LightfootAlbert Lightfoot was a Cricketer for Northamptonshire.Lightfoot showed promise throughout his career, joining Northamptonshire in 1953, and was awarded a Cap for the county that he spent his entire career at in 1961...
- 1962 B.S. Crump
Brian Stanley Crump was a Cricketer for Northamptonshire. His father was cricketer Stanley Crump, while his cousins were David Steele and John Steele .-Career:Dubbed 'The...
, R.M. PrideauxRoger Malcolm Prideaux is an English former cricketer, who played in three Tests for England from 1968 to 1969.-Life and career:...
, P.D. Watts, P.J. WattsPatrick James 'Jim' Watts was a professional cricketer who spent his entire career at Northamptonshire.-Personal life:...
- 1963 C. Milburn
Colin Milburn was an English cricketer, who played in nine Test matches for England, before an accident led to the loss of much of his sight and prompted his retirement....
- 1964 M.E. Scott
- 1965 D.S. Steele
- 1966 H. Sully
Haydn Sully, born at Sampford Brett, Williton, Somerset on 1 November 1939 and died at Exeter, Devon on 14 December 2006, was a first-class cricketer who played for Somerset and Northamptonshire....
- 1967 Mushtaq Mohammad
Mushtaq Mohammad is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 57 Tests and 10 ODIs from 1959 to 1979. A right-handed batsman and a leg-spinner, he is one of the most successful Pakistani all-rounders and went on to captain his country in nineteen Test matches...
- 1969 H.M. Ackerman
Hylton Michael Ackerman was a South African first class cricketer who played for Western Province in the 1970s.He attended Dale College Boy's High School where he was headboy. His son, Hylton D...
- 1971 P. Willey
Peter Willey is a former English cricketer, who played as a right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. In and out of the England team, he interrupted his international career for three years by taking part in the first of the England players' South African rebel tours in 1982...
- 1972 B.S. Bedi, R.M.H. Cottam
Bob Cottam is a former English cricketer who played in four Tests from 1969 to 1972. Cottam was a right-handed batsman, who bowled right-arm fast-medium...
, J.C.J. DyeJohn Cooper James Dye is a former English first class cricketer. He made his debut in 1962, with Kent and played with them until 1971. The following season he moved to Northamptonshire and stayed there until his retirement in 1977. He also spent a year in South Africa with Eastern...
- 1973 G. Sharp
George Sharp , in West Hartlepool, County Durham, England) is an English former first class cricketer who is currently a first class umpire.-Playing career:...
- 1974 R.T. Virgin
Roy Thomas Virgin, born at Taunton, Somerset, on 26 August 1939, was a cricketer who played for Somerset and Northamptonshire.A right-handed opening batsman, Virgin had a mostly solid but unspectacular career in first-class cricket, except for two individual seasons, one for each of his two...
- 1975 G. Cook
Geoff Cook is a former English cricketer, who played in seven Tests and six ODIs from 1981 to 1983...
, Sarfraz NawazSarfraz Nawaz Malik is a former Pakistani Test cricketer and politician who discovered reverse swing and was instrumental in Pakistan's first Test series victories over India and England. Between 1969 and 1984 he played 55 Tests and 45 One Day Internationals and was Imran Khan's regular new ball...
- 1976 A. Hodgson
Alan Hodgson was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler who used to play for Northamptonshire. He retired in 1979.-External links:...
, W. LarkinsWayne Larkins is a former English cricketer, who represented Northamptonshire, Durham and Bedfordshire as an opening batsman throughout his career...
- 1978 B.J. Griffiths, A.J. Lamb
Allan Joseph Lamb is a former England cricketer and captain who played for the first class teams of Western Province and Northamptonshire, the latter as an Overseas player...
, T.M. LambTimothy Michael Lamb was an English County Cricketer and Cricket Administrator, the first Chief Executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board and is now Chief Executive of the Sport and Recreation Alliance .He was educated at Shrewsbury School and The Queen's College, Oxford University...
, T.J. YardleyThomas James Yardley was an English cricketer: a left-handed batsman, occasional wicket-keeper and even more occasional right-arm medium pace bowler who played for Worcestershire and Northamptonshire between 1967 and 1982.-Career:Yardley played football for his local team Chaddesley Corbett and...
- 1979 R.G. Williams
- 1984 R.J. Boyd-Moss
Robin James Boyd-Moss was a Sri Lankan born English professional Cricketer who started his career with Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties League, before playing First Class cricket for Northamptonshire.-Career:...
, N.A. MallenderNeil Mallender is a former English cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and a right-hand lower order batsman who improved as his career progressed, Mallender played first-class cricket in England for Northamptonshire , and for Somerset...
- 1985 R.J. Bailey
- 1986 D.J. Capel
David Capel is a former English cricketer, who played for Northamptonshire and England...
, R.A. HarperRoger Andrew Harper is a former West Indies cricketer turned coach, who played both Test and ODI cricket for the West Indies...
, D.J. Wild
- 1987 N.G.B. Cook
Nicholas "Nick" Grant Billson Cook is a former English cricketer who played in fifteen Tests and three ODIs from 1983 to 1989. A slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler and a lower order right-handed batsman, he played first-class and List A cricket from 1978 to 1994. He is currently an ECB appointed...
, W.W. DavisWinston Walter Davis is a former West Indian cricketer.Davis played his first representative match for West Indies Young Cricketers against their English counterparts at Port-of-Spain in August 1976, making an immediate impact by taking 4-35 in his first innings, including the wickets of future...
, D. RipleyDavid Ripley is a former England cricketer who played for Northamptonshire in county cricket from 1984-2001. He took 678 catches and 85 stumpings...
, A. WalkerAlan Walker is a former English cricketer. Walker was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. His primary role was as a bowler.-External links:* at Cricinfo* at CricketArchive*...
- 1990 C.E.L. Ambrose
Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose is a former West Indian cricketer. His skill was as a right-arm fast bowler, especially in partnership with Courtney Walsh...
, N.A. FeltonNigel Felton is an English cricketer. A left-handed batsman, Felton played county cricket for Northamptonshire and Somerset and was also an occasional off spin bowler...
, A. FordhamAlan Fordham is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and he played in 167 first-class matches for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club between 1986 and 1997. He finished his career with a batting average of 40.06, and scored 25 centuries...
, M.A. RobinsonMark Andrew Robinson was an English cricketer: a right-arm fast-medium bowler who also batted right-handed...
- 1991 J.G. Thomas
Greg Thomas is a Welsh former cricketer, who played in five Tests and three ODIs for England from 1986 to 1987.-Life and career:...
- 1992 K.M. Curran, J.P. Taylor
Paul Taylor is an English former cricketer, who played in two Tests and one ODI for England from 1993 to 1994.-Life and career:...
- 1994 M.B. Loye
Malachy Bernard Loye , most commonly known as Mal Loye, is an English cricketer who has played first class cricket for Northamptonshire, Lancashire, and England A. Loye is a right-handed batsman, particularly well known for his slog sweep shot against fast bowlers...
, A.L. PenberthyAnthony Leonard "Tony" Penberthy, born 1 September 1969 in Troon, Cornwall, England, UK, is a former cricketer who spent his entire career at Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. He joined the club in 1989, received his county cap in 1994 and retired in 2003....
- 1995 A. Kumble
Anil Kumble is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian Test cricket team. He is a right-arm leg spin bowler and a right-hand batsman. He is currently the leading wicket-taker for India in both Test and One Day International matches...
, R.R. MontgomerieRichard Robert Montgomerie is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex, Northamptonshire and Oxford University....
, R.J. Warren
- 1999 M.L. Hayden
Matthew Lawrence Hayden AM is a former Australian cricketer, and was signed to the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL until the 2010 season. Hayden is a powerful and aggressive left-handed opening batsman, known for his ability to score quickly at both Test and one day levels.Hayden holds the record...
, D.E. MalcolmDevon Malcolm is a former English cricketer.Malcolm was one of England's few genuinely fast bowlers of the 1990s. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he settled in England, making his first-class debut for Derbyshire in 1984, and qualifying to play for England in 1987...
, D.J.G. SalesDavid John Grimwood Sales is an English cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Northamptonshire, England A and Wellington.-Domestic career:...
, G.P. SwannGraeme Peter Swann is an English international cricketer. He is primarily a right-arm offspinner, and also bats right-handed. After initially playing for his home county Northamptonshire, for whom he made his debut in 1997, he moved to Nottinghamshire in 2005. He often fields at slip...
- 2000 J.F. Brown
Jason Fred Brown is a cricketer who has previously played for Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, England A and Staffordshire.-Career:...
, D.M. CousinsDarren Mark Cousins was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who used to play for Essex, Northamptonshire, Surrey and Cambridgeshire. He retired in 2002 after a string of unfortunate injuries.-External links:...
- 2001 M.E.K. Hussey
- 2003 T.M.B. Bailey
Tobin Michael Barnaby Bailey, also known as Toby Bailey, was an English cricketer who played for the cricket team of Northamptonshire between 1996 and 2004. He was a wicket keeper.-Biography:...
, J.W. CookJeffrey William Cook was a professional cricket player who played primarily for Northamptonshire....
, P.A.JaquesPhilip Anthony Jaques is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman who has played first-class cricket for New South Wales, Northamptonshire, Yorkshire and Worcestershire, as well as international cricket for Australia...
, A. NelAndré Nel is a South African cricketer who played Test cricket and ODIs as a fast bowler but has since retired opting to play county cricket for Surrey.-International career:...
- 2005 U. Afzaal
Usman Afzaal is a Pakistani-born cricketer who has played three Test matches for England, all against Australia in 2001. He is a left-handed middle order batsman and occasional left arm slow bowler....
, B.J. PhillipsBen James Phillips is an English cricketer who plays for Nottinghamshire. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pace bowler.-Career:...
- 2006 L. Klusener
Lance Klusener is a South African cricketer, more specifically an all-rounder. He is known for his aggressive batting and his fast-medium swing bowling. He is nicknamed "Zulu" because of his fluency in that language. Following his exploits at the 1999 World Cup, he topped the ICC ODI Batting...
, M.S. PanesarMudhsuden Singh Panesar, known as Monty Panesar , is an English cricketer who currently plays for Sussex. A left-arm spinner, Panesar played Test and one-day cricket for England until 2009. In English county cricket he played for Northamptonshire until 2009...
- 2007 S.D. Peters
Stephen David Peters is an English cricketer. He has played for the county cricket teams of Essex and Worcestershire...
- 2008 R. A. White
Robert Allan White is an English professional cricketer.White received his upper school education at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire before attending Durham and Loughborough Universities. He currently plays cricket for Northamptonshire. He is a right-handed batsman and can bowl off breaks...
, N. Boje
- 2009 J.J. van der Wath, A.J. Hall
Andrew James Hall is a South African cricketer and a former member of the South African cricket team . He is an all-rounder who bowls fast-medium pace, and has been used as both an opening batsman and in the lower order. Prior to making it on the South African first class cricket scene he played...
, D.S. LucasDavid Scott Lucas is an English first-class cricketer, who currently plays for Worcestershire County Cricket Club. He previously played for Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and Northamptonshire...
Northamptonshire facts and feats
- Northamptonshire, along with Gloucestershire and Somerset, are the only teams not to have won the County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
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- They have finished bottom, receiving the wooden spoon
A wooden spoon is a mock or real award, usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events...
11 times
- Northamptonshire endured a record run of 99 matches from 14 May 1935 to 29 May 1939 without a single championship victory.
- Northamptonshire have made it out of the group stages of the Twenty20 Cup
The Twenty20 Cup was a cricket competition for English and Welsh county clubs.In 2010, it has been replaced by Friends Provident t20 as the domestic Twenty20 competition.-History:...
on 5 occasions out of the 8 years the competition has been running, most recently getting to the quarter-finals in the 2010 competition before being beaten by eventual runners up Somerset SabresSomerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
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Further reading
- H S Altham
Harry Surtees Altham, CBE, DSO, MC was an English cricketer who became an important figure in the game as an administrator, historian and coach. His Wisden obituary described him as "among the best known personalities in the world of cricket"...
, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962
- Derek Birley
Sir Derek Birley was an English educator and writer who had a strong interest in sport, especially cricket.He was educated at grammar school in Hemsworth, West Yorkshire, and at Queens' College, Cambridge University....
, A Social History of English Cricket, Aurum, 1999
- Rowland Bowen
Major Rowland Francis Bowen was a cricket researcher, historian and writer....
, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
- H T Waghorn
Henry Thomas Waghorn , was a cricket statistician and historian. He is best known for his two classic researches into cricket's early history: The Dawn of Cricket and Cricket Scores: 1730 - 1773....
, Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730–1773), Blackwood, 1899
- Roy Webber
Roy Webber was a British cricket scorer and statistician. After World War II, in which he served with the Royal Air Force, he decided to turn what had been his hobby into his profession. He had the necessary proficiency with figures, having previously been an accountant. He was the scorer for BBC...
, The Playfair Book of Cricket Records, Playfair Books, 1951
- Playfair Cricket Annual
Playfair Cricket Annual is a compact annual about cricket that is published in the United Kingdom each April, just before the English cricket season is due to begin. Its main purposes are to review the previous English season and to provide detailed career records and potted biographies of current...
– various editions
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack – various editions
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