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Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

January 07, 2023

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks – a reference to 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.[2] Founded in 1878, Northamptonshire (Northants) held minor status at first but was a prominent member of the early Minor Counties Championship during the 1890s. In 1905, the club joined the County Championship and was elevated to first-class status, since when the team have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England.[3]

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
One Day nameNorthants Steelbacks
Personnel
CaptainLuke Procter
One Day captainJosh Cobb (T20)
CoachJohn Sadler
Overseas player(s)Chris Lynn (T20)
Team information
Founded1878
Home groundCounty Ground, Northampton
Capacity6,500[1]
History
First-class debutHampshire
in 1905
at Southampton
Twenty20 Cup wins2
FP Trophy/NatWest Trophy wins2
B&H Cup wins1
Official website[1]

First-class

One-day

T20

The club plays the majority of its games at the County Cricket Ground, Northampton, but has used outlier grounds at Kettering, Wellingborough and Peterborough (formerly part of Northamptonshire, but now in Cambridgeshire) in the past. It has also used grounds outside the county for one-day games: for example, at Luton, Tring and Milton Keynes.

During the 2022 season, Northamptonshire played in Division One of the County Championship. They also played in the North Division of the Royal London One-Day Cup and the North Division of the T20 Blast.

Honours and Achievements

See also: List of the competitive honours won by county cricket clubs in England and Wales

First XI: Honours/Achievements

Runners-up (4): 1912, 1957, 1965, 1976
CC Division One (From 2000)
Best placing - 6th: 2022
CC Division Two (From 2000)
Winners (1) - 2000
Runners-up (3): 2003, 2013, 2019
Winners (2) – 2013, 2016
Runners-up (1): 2015
Division One
Runners-up (1): 2006
Division Two
Runners-up (1): 1999
3rd place/promoted (1): 2003
Winners (2) – 1976, 1992
Runners-up (5): 1979, 1981, 1987, 1990, 1995
Winners (1) – 1980
Runners-up (2): 1987, 1996
Winners (2) – 1903, 1904
Shared (2): 1899, 1900

Second XI: Honours

Winners (2) – 1960, 1998
Winners (2) – 1986, 1998

Records

For Northamptonshire County Cricket Club's List A records, see List of Northamptonshire List A cricket records.
For Northamptonshire County Cricket Club's Twenty20 records, see List of Northamptonshire Twenty20 cricket records.

Team totals

Record Score Opposition Venue Year Link
Highest total for 781–7 declared Nottinghamshire Northampton 1995 [2]
Highest total against 673–8 declared Yorkshire Headingley 2003 [3]
Lowest total for 12 Gloucestershire Bristol 1907 [4]
Lowest total against 33 Lancashire Northampton 1977 [5]
Batting
Player Information
Highest scores[6] 1. Mike Hussey
2. Mike Hussey
3. Mal Loye 		331* v .Somerset, County Ground, Taunton, 2003
329* v. Essex, County Ground, Northampton, 2001
322* v. Glamorgan, County Ground, Northampton, 1998
Most runs in season[7] 1. Dennis Brookes
2. Norman Oldfield
3. Mike Hussey 		2,198, 1952
2,192, 1949
2,055, 2001

Record partnership for each wicket

Bowling
Player Information
Best bowling (innings)[8] 1. Vallance Jupp
2. Albert Thomas
3. Vincent Broderick 		10–127 v. Kent, Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells, 1932
9–30 v. Yorkshire, Park Avenue, Bradford, 1920
9–35 v. Sussex, Cricketfield Road, Horsham, 1948
Best bowling (match)[9] 1. George Tribe
2. Vallance Jupp
3. George Tribe 		15–31 v. Yorkshire, County Ground, Northampton, 1958
15–52 v. Glamorgan, St Helen's, Swansea, 1925
15–75 v. Yorkshire, Park Avenue, Bradford, 1955
Most wickets in season[10] 1. George Tribe
2. George Thompson
3. Nobby Clark 		175, 1955
148, 1913
141, 1929
Wicket-keeping
Player Information
Most victims in innings[11] 1. Keith Andrew
2. David Ripley 		7 v. Lancashire, Old Trafford, Manchester, 1962
6 v. Sussex, County Ground, Northampton, 1988
Most victims in season[12] 1. Keith Andrew
2. David Ripley 		90, 1962
81, 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 Woburn Park between a Bedfordshire XI and a combined Northants and Huntingdonshire XI.[13] Woburn Cricket Club under the leadership of the Duke of Bedford 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, Kettering 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 Championship. The club came to prominence in the Minor Counties Championship during the 1890s as, between 1900 and 1904, the bowling of George Thompson 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-class match versus Hampshire CCC at Southampton on 18, 19 & 20 May 1905 when making its County Championship debut.

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 Smith 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 Jupp declined due to age and, despite the arrival of Nobby Clark, a young left arm fast bowler from Huntingdonshire who burst onto the scene at the age of 20 in 1922 with 20 wickets at an average of 17.10 and Fred Bakewell, 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 teammate, Reginald Northway.[14]

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 Surrey; the Australians Jock Livingston, George Tribe and Jack Manning; the New Zealander Peter Arnold; and the Cambridge University opening bat and leg-spinner Raman Subba Row. Brown joined as captain in 1949, and led the team to six place in his first season after previous years of disappointment.[15] Under the new leadership of Dennis Brookes (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,[16] Vincent Broderick, Michael Allen, George Tribe and Manning. Northamptonshire were widely considered the best team in England in the late 1950s and early 1960s, during this time Keith Andrew, Northants best ever Wicket-keeper 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-day 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 Lamb; fast bowler David Larter; the hard hitting opener Colin Milburn, 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 Larkins; and all-rounders Peter Willey and David Capel.

Several notable overseas players such as Matthew Hayden, Curtly Ambrose, André Nel, Kapil Dev, Mike Hussey, Sarfraz Nawaz, Mushtaq Mohammad, Anil Kumble, Dennis Lillee 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 Klusener and Monty Panesar have been notable players.

Northants have recently been criticised for the number of Kolpak players in the team, but for the 2009 season there were only three in Andrew Hall, Johan van der Wath and Nicky Boje, and only one in 2013 in Hall.

Ground history

 
County Ground.

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 Northamptonshire and the Town of Northampton, although the club have in the past played some home matches outside the historic borders such as in Luton and Milton Keynes.

Northamptonshire first played at the county ground in Northampton in 1905, and continue to do so till this day even though Northampton Town F.C. shared the ground up until 1994 when the Cobblers moved to Sixfields Stadium. 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 scoreboard side of the ground, there will also be a permanent commentary box with a view to have a 'mini Lord's' style media centre.

This following table gives details of every venue at which Northamptonshire have hosted a first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket match:

Name of ground Location Year FC
matches 		LA
matches 		T20
matches 		Total
County Ground Northampton 1905–present 969 341 17 1327
Town Ground Kettering 1923–1973 65 4 – 69
School Ground Wellingborough 1946–1991 43 17 – 60
Town Ground Peterborough 1906–1966 46 – – 46
Wardown Park Luton 1973–2004 11 24 1 36
Town Ground Rushden 1924–1963 22 – – 22
Tring Park Tring 1974–1991 – 16 – 16
Manor Fields Bletchley 1976–1987 3 7 – 10
Baker Perkins Peterborough 1967–1974 3 5 – 8
Campbell Park Milton Keynes 1997–present – 2 3 5
Buckingham Road Brackley 1971–1975 – 4 – 4
Dolben Ground Finedon 1986–1989 – 3 – 3
Bedford School Bedford 1971–1982 – 2 – 2
Horton House Horton 1976–1977 – 2 – 2
Ideal Clothiers Ground Wellingborough 1929 1 – – 1
Stowe School Stowe 2005 – 1 – 1
Source: CricketArchive
Updated: 6 November 2009

Current officials

  • President: The Rt Hon. the Lord Naseby
  • Chairman: Gavin Warren
  • Chief Executive: Ray Payne
  • Scorer: Tony Kingston
  • Head Groundsman: Craig Harvey

Coaching staff

Players

See also: List of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club players

Current squad

The Northamptonshire squad for the 2023 season consists of (this section could change as players are released or signed):

  • No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
  •   denotes players with international caps.
  •  *  denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
4 Josh Cobb*   England (1990-08-17) 17 August 1990 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm off break T20 captain
18 Saif Zaib   England (1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 24) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
19 Emilio Gay   England (2000-04-30) 30 April 2000 (age 22) Left-handed Right-arm medium
21 Rob Keogh*   England (1991-10-21) 21 October 1991 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm off break
27 Ricardo Vasconcelos*   South Africa (1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 25) Left-handed — Portuguese passport
All-rounders
2 Luke Procter*   England (1988-06-14) 14 June 1988 (age 34) Left-handed Right-arm medium Club captain
5 James Sales   England (2003-02-11) 11 February 2003 (age 19) Right-handed Right-arm medium
12 Tom Taylor   England (1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
13 Gareth Berg     Italy (1981-01-18) 18 January 1981 (age 41) Right-handed Right-arm medium
24 Gus Miller   England (2002-01-08) 8 January 2002 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm medium
— David Willey*     England (1990-02-28) 28 February 1990 (age 32) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium England incremental contract
Wicket-keepers
15 Lewis McManus   England (1994-10-09) 9 October 1994 (age 28) Right-handed — FC/LA vice-captain
62 Harry Gouldstone   England (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 21) Right-handed —
Bowlers
9 Jack White   England (1992-02-19) 19 February 1992 (age 30) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium
10 Simon Kerrigan     England (1989-05-10) 10 May 1989 (age 33) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
26 Ben Sanderson*   England (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
61 Alex Russell   Wales (2002-04-17) 17 April 2002 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
80 Freddie Heldreich   England (2001-09-12) 12 September 2001 (age 21) Right-handed Slow left-arm unorthodox
87 Graeme White   England (1987-04-18) 18 April 1987 (age 35) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox White ball contract
— George Gowler   England (2003-10-21) 21 October 2003 (age 19) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
— Ollie Sale   England (1995-09-30) 30 September 1995 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
— George Weldon   England (2004-05-17) 17 May 2004 (age 18) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium

Notable players

This list is compiled of international cricketers who have played Test and/or ODI cricket. It also includes players who have been mentioned in the '100 Greats: Northamptonshire County Cricket Club' book.[17] Therefore, making them notable to the county and international cricket scene.

England

Australia

South Africa

India

Pakistan

West Indies

New Zealand


Zimbabwe

Ireland

Sri Lanka

Scotland

County captains

A complete list of officially appointed Northamptonshire captains can be found here: List of Northamptonshire cricket captains.

Notable captains:

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:

Notes

  1. ^ Previously known as the Gillette Cup between 1963 and 1980, the NatWest Trophy between 1981 and 2000 and the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy between 2001 and 2006.

References

  1. ^ "County Ground - England - Cricket Grounds - ESPNcricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  2. ^ Club History: Why the Steelbacks? 23 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine northantscricket.co.uk Retrieved 2010-06-30.
  3. ^ ACS (1982). A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles. Nottingham: ACS.
  4. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". Cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  5. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". Cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  6. ^ Highest score for Northamptonshire CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2009
  7. ^ Most Runs in a Season for Northamptonshire CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2009
  8. ^ Most Wickets in an Innings for Northamptonshire CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 2009
  9. ^ Most Wickets in a Match for Northamptonshire CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 2009
  10. ^ Most Wickets in a Season for Northamptonshire CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 2009
  11. ^ Most Victims in an Innings for Northamptonshire CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 2009
  12. ^ Most Victims in a Season for Northamptonshire CricketArchive. Retrieved on 19 September 2009.
  13. ^ Waghorn (1899), p27.
  14. ^ "Deaths in 1936". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1937 ed.). Wisden. pp. Part I, 276.
  15. ^ 1949 County Championship table CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 October 2009
  16. ^ Frank Tyson, In the Eye of the Typhoon, Parrs Wood Press, 2004
  17. ^ *Radd, Andrew (February 2001). 100 Greats: Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. Northampton: Tempus Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7524-2195-6.

Bibliography

  • Radd, Andrew (February 2001). 100 Greats: Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. Northampton: Tempus Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7524-2195-6.

Further reading

External links

  • Official website  
  • BBC Sport 11 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  • Sky Sports
  • Cricinfo

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Northamptonshire County Cricket Club news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales It represents the historic county of Northamptonshire Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks a reference to 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 2 Founded in 1878 Northamptonshire Northants held minor status at first but was a prominent member of the early Minor Counties Championship during the 1890s In 1905 the club joined the County Championship and was elevated to first class status since when the team have played in every top level domestic cricket competition in England 3 Northamptonshire County Cricket ClubOne Day nameNorthants SteelbacksPersonnelCaptainLuke ProcterOne Day captainJosh Cobb T20 CoachJohn SadlerOverseas player s Chris Lynn T20 Team informationFounded1878Home groundCounty Ground NorthamptonCapacity6 500 1 HistoryFirst class debutHampshirein 1905at SouthamptonTwenty20 Cup wins2FP Trophy NatWest Trophy wins2B amp H Cup wins1Official website 1 First classOne dayT20 The club plays the majority of its games at the County Cricket Ground Northampton but has used outlier grounds at Kettering Wellingborough and Peterborough formerly part of Northamptonshire but now in Cambridgeshire in the past It has also used grounds outside the county for one day games for example at Luton Tring and Milton Keynes During the 2022 season Northamptonshire played in Division One of the County Championship They also played in the North Division of the Royal London One Day Cup and the North Division of the T20 Blast Contents 1 Honours and Achievements 1 1 First XI Honours Achievements 1 2 Second XI Honours 2 Records 3 History 3 1 Earliest cricket 3 2 Origin of club 3 3 Stepping up to first class 3 4 The post war recovery 4 Ground history 5 Current officials 5 1 Coaching staff 6 Players 6 1 Current squad 6 2 Notable players 7 County captains 7 1 County caps 8 Notes 9 References 10 Bibliography 11 Further reading 12 External linksHonours and Achievements EditSee also List of the competitive honours won by county cricket clubs in England and Wales First XI Honours Achievements Edit County Championship 1905 1999 Runners up 4 1912 1957 1965 1976 CC Division One From 2000 Best placing 6th 2022 CC Division Two From 2000 Winners 1 2000 Runners up 3 2003 2013 2019NatWest t20 BlastWinners 2 2013 2016 Runners up 1 2015National League Pro40Division One Runners up 1 2006 Division Two Runners up 1 1999 3rd place promoted 1 2003NatWest Trophy notes 1 Winners 2 1976 1992 Runners up 5 1979 1981 1987 1990 1995Benson and Hedges CupWinners 1 1980 Runners up 2 1987 1996Minor Counties ChampionshipWinners 2 1903 1904 Shared 2 1899 1900Second XI Honours Edit Second XI ChampionshipWinners 2 1960 1998Second XI TrophyWinners 2 1986 1998Records EditFor Northamptonshire County Cricket Club s List A records see List of Northamptonshire List A cricket records For Northamptonshire County Cricket Club s Twenty20 records see List of Northamptonshire Twenty20 cricket records Most first class runs for Northamptonshire Qualification 20 000 runs 4 Player RunsDennis Brookes 28 980Geoff Cook 20 976John Timms 20 433Wayne Larkins 20 317Rob Bailey 20 181Allan Lamb 20 128 Most first class wickets for Northamptonshire Qualification 800 wickets 5 Player WicketsNobby Clark 1 102Vallance Jupp 1 078George Thompson 1 078George Tribe 1 021Albert Thomas 817Brian Crump 807 Team totals Record Score Opposition Venue Year LinkHighest total for 781 7 declared Nottinghamshire Northampton 1995 2 Highest total against 673 8 declared Yorkshire Headingley 2003 3 Lowest total for 12 Gloucestershire Bristol 1907 4 Lowest total against 33 Lancashire Northampton 1977 5 BattingPlayer InformationHighest scores 6 1 Mike Hussey2 Mike Hussey3 Mal Loye 331 v Somerset County Ground Taunton 2003329 v Essex County Ground Northampton 2001322 v Glamorgan County Ground Northampton 1998Most runs in season 7 1 Dennis Brookes2 Norman Oldfield3 Mike Hussey 2 198 19522 192 19492 055 2001Record partnership for each wicket Wicket Score Batting partners Opposition Venue Year Link1st 375 R A White amp M J Powell Gloucestershire Northampton 2002 6 2nd 344 G Cook amp R J Boyd Moss Lancashire Northampton 1986 7 3rd 393 A Fordham amp A J Lamb Yorkshire Leeds 1990 8 4th 370 R T Virgin amp P Willey Somerset Northampton 1976 9 5th 401 M B Loye amp D Ripley Glamorgan Northampton 1998 10 6th 376 R Subba Row amp A Lightfoot Surrey The Oval 1958 11 7th 293 D J G Sales amp D Ripley Essex Northampton 1999 12 8th 179 A J Hall amp J D Middlebrook Surrey The Oval 2011 13 9th 156 R Subba Row amp S Starkie Lancashire Northampton 1955 14 10th 148 B W Bellamy amp J V Murdin Glamorgan Northampton 1925 15 BowlingPlayer InformationBest bowling innings 8 1 Vallance Jupp2 Albert Thomas3 Vincent Broderick 10 127 v Kent Nevill Ground Tunbridge Wells 19329 30 v Yorkshire Park Avenue Bradford 19209 35 v Sussex Cricketfield Road Horsham 1948Best bowling match 9 1 George Tribe2 Vallance Jupp3 George Tribe 15 31 v Yorkshire County Ground Northampton 195815 52 v Glamorgan St Helen s Swansea 192515 75 v Yorkshire Park Avenue Bradford 1955Most wickets in season 10 1 George Tribe2 George Thompson3 Nobby Clark 175 1955148 1913141 1929Wicket keepingPlayer InformationMost victims in innings 11 1 Keith Andrew2 David Ripley 7 v Lancashire Old Trafford Manchester 19626 v Sussex County Ground Northampton 1988Most victims in season 12 1 Keith Andrew2 David Ripley 90 196281 1988History EditFor a statistical breakdown by season see List of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club seasons Earliest cricket Edit 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 Woburn Park between a Bedfordshire XI and a combined Northants and Huntingdonshire XI 13 Woburn Cricket Club under the leadership of the Duke of Bedford 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 Edit On 31 July 1878 the official formation of Northants CCC took place at a meeting in the George Hotel Kettering 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 Championship The club came to prominence in the Minor Counties Championship during the 1890s as between 1900 and 1904 the bowling of George Thompson 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 class match versus Hampshire CCC at Southampton on 18 19 amp 20 May 1905 when making its County Championship debut Stepping up to first class Edit 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 Smith 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 Jupp declined due to age and despite the arrival of Nobby Clark a young left arm fast bowler from Huntingdonshire who burst onto the scene at the age of 20 in 1922 with 20 wickets at an average of 17 10 and Fred Bakewell 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 teammate Reginald Northway 14 The post war recovery Edit 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 Surrey the Australians Jock Livingston George Tribe and Jack Manning the New Zealander Peter Arnold and the Cambridge University opening bat and leg spinner Raman Subba Row Brown joined as captain in 1949 and led the team to six place in his first season after previous years of disappointment 15 Under the new leadership of Dennis Brookes 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 16 Vincent Broderick Michael Allen George Tribe and Manning Northamptonshire were widely considered the best team in England in the late 1950s and early 1960s during this time Keith Andrew Northants best ever Wicket keeper 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 day 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 Lamb fast bowler David Larter the hard hitting opener Colin Milburn 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 Larkins and all rounders Peter Willey and David Capel Several notable overseas players such as Matthew Hayden Curtly Ambrose Andre Nel Kapil Dev Mike Hussey Sarfraz Nawaz Mushtaq Mohammad Anil Kumble Dennis Lillee 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 Klusener and Monty Panesar have been notable players Northants have recently been criticised for the number of Kolpak players in the team but for the 2009 season there were only three in Andrew Hall Johan van der Wath and Nicky Boje and only one in 2013 in Hall Ground history Edit County Ground 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 Northamptonshire and the Town of Northampton although the club have in the past played some home matches outside the historic borders such as in Luton and Milton Keynes Northamptonshire first played at the county ground in Northampton in 1905 and continue to do so till this day even though Northampton Town F C shared the ground up until 1994 when the Cobblers moved to Sixfields Stadium 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 scoreboard side of the ground there will also be a permanent commentary box with a view to have a mini Lord s style media centre This following table gives details of every venue at which Northamptonshire have hosted a first class List A or Twenty20 cricket match Name of ground Location Year FCmatches LAmatches T20matches TotalCounty Ground Northampton 1905 present 969 341 17 1327Town Ground Kettering 1923 1973 65 4 69School Ground Wellingborough 1946 1991 43 17 60Town Ground Peterborough 1906 1966 46 46Wardown Park Luton 1973 2004 11 24 1 36Town Ground Rushden 1924 1963 22 22Tring Park Tring 1974 1991 16 16Manor Fields Bletchley 1976 1987 3 7 10Baker Perkins Peterborough 1967 1974 3 5 8Campbell Park Milton Keynes 1997 present 2 3 5Buckingham Road Brackley 1971 1975 4 4Dolben Ground Finedon 1986 1989 3 3Bedford School Bedford 1971 1982 2 2Horton House Horton 1976 1977 2 2Ideal Clothiers Ground Wellingborough 1929 1 1Stowe School Stowe 2005 1 1Source CricketArchiveUpdated 6 November 2009Current officials EditPresident The Rt Hon the Lord Naseby Chairman Gavin Warren Chief Executive Ray Payne Scorer Tony Kingston Head Groundsman Craig HarveyCoaching staff Edit Head Coach John Sadler Assistant Coach Chris Liddle Academy Director Kevin Innes Batting Coach Ben Smith Bowling Coach Chris Liddle Performance Coach Fielding amp 2nd XI Coach Graeme White Performance Cricket Coach TBA Head Physiotherapist Science amp Medicine Lead Coach TBA Head Strength amp Conditioning Coach Chris LorkinPlayers EditSee also List of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club players Current squad Edit The Northamptonshire squad for the 2023 season consists of this section could change as players are released or signed No denotes the player s squad number as worn on the back of their shirt denotes players with international caps denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap No Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style NotesBatters4 Josh Cobb England 1990 08 17 17 August 1990 age 32 Right handed Right arm off break T20 captain18 Saif Zaib England 1998 05 22 22 May 1998 age 24 Left handed Slow left arm orthodox19 Emilio Gay England 2000 04 30 30 April 2000 age 22 Left handed Right arm medium21 Rob Keogh England 1991 10 21 21 October 1991 age 31 Right handed Right arm off break27 Ricardo Vasconcelos South Africa 1997 10 27 27 October 1997 age 25 Left handed Portuguese passportAll rounders2 Luke Procter England 1988 06 14 14 June 1988 age 34 Left handed Right arm medium Club captain5 James Sales England 2003 02 11 11 February 2003 age 19 Right handed Right arm medium12 Tom Taylor England 1994 12 21 21 December 1994 age 28 Right handed Right arm fast medium13 Gareth Berg Italy 1981 01 18 18 January 1981 age 41 Right handed Right arm medium24 Gus Miller England 2002 01 08 8 January 2002 age 20 Right handed Right arm medium David Willey England 1990 02 28 28 February 1990 age 32 Left handed Left arm fast medium England incremental contractWicket keepers15 Lewis McManus England 1994 10 09 9 October 1994 age 28 Right handed FC LA vice captain62 Harry Gouldstone England 2001 03 26 26 March 2001 age 21 Right handed Bowlers9 Jack White England 1992 02 19 19 February 1992 age 30 Left handed Right arm fast medium10 Simon Kerrigan England 1989 05 10 10 May 1989 age 33 Right handed Slow left arm orthodox26 Ben Sanderson England 1989 01 03 3 January 1989 age 33 Right handed Right arm fast medium61 Alex Russell Wales 2002 04 17 17 April 2002 age 20 Right handed Right arm leg break80 Freddie Heldreich England 2001 09 12 12 September 2001 age 21 Right handed Slow left arm unorthodox87 Graeme White England 1987 04 18 18 April 1987 age 35 Right handed Slow left arm orthodox White ball contract George Gowler England 2003 10 21 21 October 2003 age 19 Right handed Right arm fast medium Ollie Sale England 1995 09 30 30 September 1995 age 27 Right handed Right arm fast medium George Weldon England 2004 05 17 17 May 2004 age 18 Right handed Right arm fast mediumNotable players Edit This list is compiled of international cricketers who have played Test and or ODI cricket It also includes players who have been mentioned in the 100 Greats Northamptonshire County Cricket Club book 17 Therefore making them notable to the county and international cricket scene England Usman Afzaal Michael Allen Keith Andrew Rob Bailey Fred Bakewell Desmond Barrick Bill Barron Benjamin Bellamy Robin Boyd Moss Vincent Broderick Dennis Brookes Freddie Brown David Capel Bob Carter Nobby Clark Geoff Cook Nick Cook Bob Cottam Brian Crump Ben Duckett John Dye John Emburey Alan Fordham Frederick Jakeman Vallance Jupp Allan Lamb Wayne Larkins David Larter Albert Lightfoot Mal Loye Devon Malcolm Neil Mallender Austin Matthews Colin Milburn John Murdin Buddy Oldfield Monty Panesar Tony Penberthy Roger Prideaux David Ripley David Sales George Sharp Sydney Smith David Steele Raman Subba Row Haydn Sully Graeme Swann Paul Taylor Albert Thomas George Thompson John Timms Frank Tyson Roy Virgin Fanny Walden David Willey Peter Willey Claud WoolleyAustralia Trent Copeland Ian Harvey Matthew Hayden Mike Hussey Phil Jaques Dennis Lillee Jock Livingston Martin Love Chris Lynn Matthew Nicholson Chris Rogers George Tribe Cameron WhiteSouth Africa Hylton Ackerman Nicky Boje Johan Botha Andrew Hall Richard Levi Johann Louw Rory Kleinveldt Lance Klusener Andre Nel Johan van der Wath Martin van JaarsveldIndia Bishan Bedi Kapil Dev Sourav Ganguly Anil KumblePakistan Shahid Afridi Mohammad Akram Mushtaq Mohammad Sarfraz NawazWest Indies Curtly Ambrose Winston Davis Roger HarperNew Zealand Peter Arnold Ken James James Neesham Lou VincentZimbabwe Elton Chigumbura Kevin Curran Blessing MuzarabaniIreland Niall O BrienSri Lanka Seekkuge Prasanna Chaminda VaasScotland David Murphy Tom SoleCounty captains EditA complete list of officially appointed Northamptonshire captains can be found here List of Northamptonshire cricket captains Notable captains This list of famous or notable persons has no clear inclusion or exclusion criteria Please help to define clear inclusion criteria and edit the list to contain only subjects that fit those criteria August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Freddie Brown 1949 1953 Dennis Brookes 1954 1957 Raman Subba Row 1958 1961 Keith Andrew 1962 1966 Mushtaq Mohammad 1976 1977 Allan Lamb 1989 1995 Matthew Hayden 1999 2000 Mike Hussey 2002 2003 Will Young 2022 County caps Edit 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 P E Murray Willis 1947 V Broderick A W Childs Clarke C B Clarke K Fiddling J Webster 1948 A E Nutter N Oldfield 1949 F R Brown R W Clarke R G Garlick 1950 L Livingston 1951 F Jakeman 1952 D W Barrick G E Tribe 1953 E Davis 1954 K V Andrew S Starkie F H Tyson 1955 A P Arnold R Subba Row 1956 J S Manning B L Reynolds 1957 M H J Allen 1960 L A Johnson M E J C Norman 1961 J D F Larter A Lightfoot 1962 B S Crump R M Prideaux P D Watts P J Watts 1963 C Milburn 1964 M E Scott 1965 D S Steele 1966 H Sully 1967 Mushtaq Mohammad 1969 H M Ackerman 1971 P Willey 1972 B S Bedi R M H Cottam J C J Dye 1973 G Sharp 1974 R T Virgin 1975 G Cook Sarfraz Nawaz 1976 A Hodgson W Larkins 1978 B J Griffiths A J Lamb T M Lamb T J Yardley 1979 R G Williams 1984 R J Boyd Moss N A Mallender 1985 R J Bailey 1986 D J Capel R A Harper D J Wild 1987 N G B Cook W W Davis D Ripley A Walker 1990 C E L Ambrose N A Felton A Fordham M A Robinson 1991 J G Thomas 1992 K M Curran J P Taylor 1994 M B Loye A L Penberthy 1995 A Kumble R R Montgomerie R J Warren 1999 M L Hayden D E Malcolm D J G Sales G P Swann 2000 J F Brown D M Cousins 2001 M E K Hussey 2003 T M B Bailey J W Cook P A Jaques A Nel 2005 U Afzaal B J Phillips 2006 L Klusener M S Panesar 2007 S D Peters 2008 R A White N Boje 2009 J J van der Wath A J Hall D S Lucas 2011 J D Middlebrook N J O Brien W P J U C Vaas 2012 J A Brooks A G Wakely 2013 K J Coetzer S P Crook D J Willey 2015 M Azharullah 2016 R K Kleinveldt B M Duckett 2017 R I Newton R E Levi D Murphy 2018 J J Cobb B W Sanderson 2019 R I Keogh A M Rossington 2020 L A Procter 2021 R S VasconcelosNotes Edit Previously known as the Gillette Cup between 1963 and 1980 the NatWest Trophy between 1981 and 2000 and the Cheltenham amp Gloucester Trophy between 2001 and 2006 References Edit County Ground England Cricket Grounds ESPNcricinfo Cricinfo Retrieved 29 September 2018 Club History Why the Steelbacks Archived 23 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine northantscricket co uk Retrieved 2010 06 30 ACS 1982 A Guide to First Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles Nottingham ACS The Home of CricketArchive Cricketarchive com Retrieved 4 May 2013 The Home of CricketArchive Cricketarchive com Retrieved 4 May 2013 Highest score for Northamptonshire CricketArchive Retrieved 18 September 2009 Most Runs in a Season for Northamptonshire CricketArchive Retrieved 18 September 2009 Most Wickets in an Innings for Northamptonshire CricketArchive Retrieved 19 September 2009 Most Wickets in a Match for Northamptonshire CricketArchive Retrieved 19 September 2009 Most Wickets in a Season for Northamptonshire CricketArchive Retrieved 19 September 2009 Most Victims in an Innings for Northamptonshire CricketArchive Retrieved 19 September 2009 Most Victims in a Season for Northamptonshire CricketArchive Retrieved on 19 September 2009 Waghorn 1899 p27 Deaths in 1936 Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1937 ed Wisden pp Part I 276 1949 County Championship table CricketArchive Retrieved 30 October 2009 Frank Tyson In the Eye of the Typhoon Parrs Wood Press 2004 Radd Andrew February 2001 100 Greats Northamptonshire County Cricket Club Northampton Tempus Publishing Limited ISBN 0 7524 2195 6 Bibliography EditRadd Andrew February 2001 100 Greats Northamptonshire County Cricket Club Northampton Tempus Publishing Limited ISBN 0 7524 2195 6 Further reading EditH S Altham A History of Cricket Volume 1 to 1914 George Allen amp Unwin 1962 Derek Birley A Social History of English Cricket Aurum 1999 Rowland Bowen Cricket A History of its Growth and Development Eyre amp Spottiswoode 1970 Matthew Engel and Andrew Radd The History of Northamptonshire CCC County Cricket History Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd 1993 ISBN 978 0 7136 8024 9 H T Waghorn Cricket Scores Notes etc 1730 1773 Blackwood 1899 Roy Webber The Playfair Book of Cricket Records Playfair Books 1951 Playfair Cricket Annual various editions Wisden Cricketers Almanack various editionsExternal links EditOfficial website BBC Sport Archived 11 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine Sky Sports Cricinfo ECB Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php 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