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The club plays the majority of its games at the County Cricket Ground, Northampton, but has used outlier grounds at Kettering, Wellingborough and Finedon in the past. It has also used grounds outside the county, at Peterborough (formerly considered part of Northants, but now in Cambridgeshire), Luton, Tring and Milton Keynes, for one-day games. The County Cricket Ground, is a cricket venue in Northampton, England. ... Northampton Guildhall, built 1861-4, E.W. Godwin, architect Northampton is a large market town and a local government district in central England on the River Nene, and the county town of Northamptonshire, in the English East Midlands region. ... Kettering is a town and Borough in Northamptonshire, England. ... Map sources for Wellingborough at grid reference SP8967 Wellingborough is a town in Northamptonshire, England situated some eleven miles from the county town of Northampton. ... Apologies for a Terrible Article: Its only due to there not being one at all. ... The City of Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority in the East of England. ... Luton is a large town and local government district situated in the south of England, located 51 kilometres (32 miles) north of London. ... Map sources for Tring at grid reference SP924117 Tring is a small market town in the Chiltern Hills in Hertfordshire, England with a population of 13,000. ... Milton Keynes is a large town in northern Buckinghamshire, in South East England, about 45 miles/75 km north-west of London, and roughly halfway between London and Birmingham. ...

The club's groundsman is David Bates. David Bates is a groundsman and former professional cricketer. ...

Honours

• County Championship (0) -

Division Two (1) - 2000

• Gillette/NatWest/C&G Trophy (2) - 1976, 1992
• Sunday/National League (0) -
• Twenty20 Cup (0) -
• Benson & Hedges Cup (1) - 1980

• Minor Counties Championship (2) - 1903, 1904; shared (2) - 1899, 1900

Second XI honours

• Second XI Championship (2) - 1960, 1998; shared (0) -
• Second XI Trophy (0) -

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 (see H T Waghorn: Cricket Scores 1730 - 1773). 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 Northants and Bucks is the earliest known instance of cricket being played in Northamptonshire county. Woburn is the name of some places: Woburn, England Woburn, Massachusetts, United States of America Woburn, Toronto, Canada This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Henry Thomas Waghorn (born 11 April 1842 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 30 January 1930 in Walmer, Kent) was a cricket statistician and historian. ... The titles of Earl or Duke of Bedford were created several times in the peerage of England. ...

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 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. Kettering is a town and Borough in Northamptonshire, England. ...

The club came to prominence in the Minor Counties Championship during the 1890s and, 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. The Minor Counties Cricket Championship is a season-long competition in England that is competed for by those county cricket clubs that do not have first-class status. ... George Joseph Thompson (October 27, 1877 – March 3, 1943) was the mainstay of the Northamptonshire county cricket eleven for a long period encompassing both their days as a minor county and their earliest years in the County Championship. ... The County Championship is the domestic first class cricket competition in the United Kingdom, mainly in England. ...

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Club history

Though Thompson and East proved themselves bowlers of high class, feebleness in batting kept the county close to the bottom until Sydney Smith arrived in 1909. After three years in the middle of the table, they made a surprising jump to second in 1912 and fourth in 1913. Thompson, Smith and William "Bumper" Wells were one of the best attacks in county cricket, whilst Smith and Haywood were the county's best batsmen. Sydney George Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on January 15, 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on October 25, 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand. ...

Thompson and Smith disappeared after World War I, however, and Northamptonshire were then consistently among the weakest counties, with their batting in particular lacking any class. Even when players of the calibre of Vallance Jupp, Nobby Clark and Fred Bakewell arrived during the 1920s, the county could, due to a complete lack of depth in batting, finished above second last only four times between 1923 and 1948. Matters got even worse when Jupp and Clark aged and Bakewell's career was destroyed by a car accident. The county finished last every year from 1934 to 1938 and went ninety-nine matches from 14 May 1935 to 29 May 1939 without a single County Championship victory. Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert Henry Asquith Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow... Vallance William Crisp Jupp (born 27 March 1891 in Burgess Hill, Sussex, England; died 9 July 1960 in Spratton, Northamptonshire, England) was an amateur cricketer who played for Sussex and Northamptonshire. ... Edward Winchester Nobby Clark (born August 9, 1902, Elton, Huntingdonshire, died April 28, 1982, Kings Lynn, Norfolk) was an English cricketer who played in 8 Tests from 1929 to 1934. ... Fred Bakewell (Alfred Harry Bakewell; born November 2, 1908, Walsall, Staffordshire, England; died January 23, 1983, Westbourne, Dorset, England) 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... The County Championship is the domestic first class cricket competition in the United Kingdom, mainly in England. ...

After the Second World War, Northamptonshire was quicker than many other counties to adapt to a more professional game. After more bad years in the late 1940s, it recruited widely and wisely from other counties and other countries, bringing in the one-time England captain 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. Dennis Brookes was a stalwart batsman for over 20 years. Though the tearaway Ashes-winning fast bowler Frank Tyson was, through injury, rarely able to sustain continuous county cricket, Northamptonshire was among the leading counties in the late 1950s. The club's best wicket-keeper was Keith Andrew who went on tour with England to Australia but did not play in a Test Match there, though he was capped twice in other series. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... (For the science-fiction author, see Fredric Brown) Frederick (Freddie) Richard Brown (born in Lima, Peru on 16 December 1910, died in Ramsbury, Wiltshire on 24 July 1991) was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Surrey, Northamptonshire and England. ... Surrey County Cricket Club (SCCC) is an English first-class cricket team, based at The Oval cricket ground in south London. ... Leonard Jock Livingston, born at Hurlstone Park, Sydney on May 3, 1920 and died there on January 16, 1998, was an Australian cricketer who played most of his first-class cricket in England. ... George Edward Tribe, born October 4, 1920, was a cricketer who played with great success for Victoria immediately after the Second World War and took part in three test matches under Donald Bradman in 1946/47. ... Jack Manning is a fictional character on the American soap opera, One Life to Live. ... Cambridge University Cricket Club (now subsumed into the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence) is a first-class cricket team. ... Raman Subba Row, born January 29, 1932, was a cricketer who played for England, Cambridge University, Surrey and Northamptonshire. ... Dennis Brookes, born October 29, 1915, Kippax, Leeds, was a cricketer who played for Northamptonshire and in one test match for England. ... The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England(the mighty mighty england, barmy army barmy army) and Australia - it is international crickets oldest and most celebrated rivalry dating back to 1882. ... Frank Holmes Tyson (born 6 June 1930 in Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire) was an England cricketer of the mid-1950s. ... Keith Vincent Andrew (born December 15, 1929, Oldham, Lancashire) is a former English cricketer who played in 2 Tests from 1954 to 1963. ...

Later years have proved more mixed: though the club has had intermittent success in one-day competitions, it has not yet won the Championship. The team finished second in each of 1957, 1965 and 1976. Nonetheless it has produced several famous players qualified for England including the South African-born Allan Lamb who scored three centuries against the mighty 1984 West Indians, Tyson's equally injury-prone successor David Larter, the hard hitting Colin Milburn, whose career was cut tragically short by an eye injury sustained in a car crash, the reliable David Steele and Rob Bailey, the punishing Wayne Larkins, the obdurate Peter Willey and all-rounder David Capel. A night match at Old Trafford. ... Allan Joseph Lamb (born 20 June 1954) is a former English cricketer. ... John David Frederick Larter (born April 24, 1940, Inverness, Scotland) is a former English cricketer who played in 10 Tests from 1962 to 1965. ... Colin Milburn (born October 23, 1941, Burnopfield, County Durham, died February 28, 1990, Aycliffe Village, County Durham) was an English cricketer who played in 9 Tests from 1966 to 1969. ... David Stanley Steele, born: 29 September 1941, Bradeley, Staffordshire became a British sporting hero when Tony Greig picked him for the English cricket team in 1975. ... Robert John Bailey (born October 28, 1963, Biddulph, Staffordshire) is a former English cricketer who played in 4 Tests and 4 ODIs from 1985 to 1990. ... A hard hitting opening batsman of the seventies and eighties, Wayne Ned Larkins terrorised county attacks for Northamptonshire and Durham throughout his long career. ... Peter Willey (born December 6, 1949) is a former English cricketer, who played as a right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. ... David Capel (born 6 February 1963, Northampton) is a former cricketer, who played for Northamptonshire and England as an all-rounder. ...

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. Matthew Lawrence Hayden (born 29 October 1971 in Kingaroy, Queensland) is an Australian and Queensland cricketer. ... Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose (b. ... Andre Nel (born 15 July 1977, Germiston, Transvaal) is a South African cricketer who has played 15 Tests and 43 ODIs as a fast bowler. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Michael Edward Killeen (Mike) Hussey (born 27 May 1975, Morley, Western Australia) is an Australian cricketer. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Mushtaq Mohammad Crickter - Pakistan Full name Mushtaq Mohammad Born 22 November 1943, Junagadh, Gujarat, India Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Legbreak googly Test debut Pakistan v West Indies at Lahore - Mar 26-31, 1959 Last Test Australia v Pakistan at Perth - Mar 24-29, 1979 ODI debut New... Anil Radhakrishna Kumble (pronounced COOM-bley) (born October 17, 1970 in Bangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian cricketer and has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 1990. ... Dennis Keith Lillee (born July 18, 1949 in Subiaco, Western Australia) was an Australian cricketer. ... Bishen Singh Bedi was an Indian cricketer. ... Lance Klusener (born on September 4, 1971 in Durban, South Africa) is a cricketer, more specifically an all-rounder. ... Mudhsuden Singh Panesar (born 25 April 1982 in Luton, Bedfordshire), popularly known as Monty Panesar, is an English cricketer. ...

Under the stewardship of big-hitting batsman David Sales, Northants finished 3rd in the one-day league in 2005 and followed this up with 2nd place behind Essex in the newly named 'Pro40' league in 2006. The club have signed several new players over the winter including ex-England spinner Richard Dawson from Yorkshire and South African all rounder Johann Van Der Wath and 2007 promises to be one of the most exciting years seen at the County Ground in recent times.

Northants have recently undergone a badge change for a more modern and updated version. Their Chief executive is Mark Tagg.

Current Squad

Name	Born	Nat	Batting Style	Bowling Style
Usman Afzaal	09/06/1977 Rawalpindi, Pak		LHB	SLA
Jason Brown	10/10/1974 Newcastle-under-Lyme		RHB	OB
Paul Coverdale	24/07/1983 Harrogate		RHB	OB
Andrew Crook	14/10/1980 Modbury, Aus		RHB	OB
Steven Crook	28/05/1983 Adelaide, Aus		RHB	RFM
Richard Dawson	04/08/1980 Doncaster		RHB	OB
Lance Klusener	04/09/1971 Durban, SA		LHB	RFM
Richard Logan	28/01/1980 Stone		RHB	RMF
David Lucas	19/08/1978 Nottingham		RHB	LMF
Niall O'Brien	08/11/1981 Dublin		LHB	WK
Monty Panesar	25/04/1982 Luton		RHB	SLA
Stephen Peters	10/12/1978 Harold Wood		RHB	LS
Charl Pietersen	06/01/1983 Kimberley, SA		LHB	LMF
Chris Rogers (Overseas)	31/03/1977 St George, Aus		LHB	LBG
David Sales (Capt)	03/12/1977 Carshalton		RHB	RM
Johannes van der Wath (Overseas)	10/01/1978 Newcastle, SA		RHB	RF
Riki Wessels	12/11/1985 Nambour, Aus		RHB	WK
Andrew White	03/07/1980 Newtownards		RHB	OB
Graeme White	18/04/1987 Milton Keynes		RHB	OB
Robert White	15/10/1979 Chelmsford		RHB	OB
David Wigley	26/10/1981 Bradford		RHB	RFM

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References

• A Social History of English Cricket by Derek Birley
• Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
• Cricket: History of its Growth and Development by Rowland Bowen
• From the Weald to the World by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)
• Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records by Peter Wynne-Thomas
• Playfair Cricket Annual : various issues
• Scores & Biographies by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
• The Cricketer magazine (Cktr)
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual): various issues

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