Kenneth John Ball (16 May 1889 – 16 January 1958) was an English cricketer. Ball was a right-handed batsman whose bowling style is unknown. He was born at Northampton, Northamptonshire.
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| Full name | Kenneth John Ball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 May 1889 Northampton, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 January 1958 (aged 68) Northampton, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 | Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 January 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against Essex in the 1921 County Championship at the County Ground, Northampton. He made eleven further first-class appearances for the county in 1921, the last of which came against Warwickshire.[1] In his twelve first-class matches for Northamptonshire, he scored a total of 178 runs at an average of 8.47, with a high score of 49.[2] With the ball, he took 13 wickets at a bowling average of 29.53, with best figures of 4/52.[3]
He died at the town of his birth on 16 January 1958.
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Kenneth Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Kenneth Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Kenneth Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
External links
edit- Kenneth Ball at ESPNcricinfo
- Kenneth Ball at CricketArchive
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