Kirkby Road is a cricket ground in Barwell, Leicestershire. Cricket in Barwell dates to 1807,[1] with cricket being played at Kirkby Road since at least 1913. First-class cricket has been played there three times in 1946 and 1947, with Leicestershire playing Lancashire and Warwickshire in the 1946 County Championship and Worcestershire in the 1947 County Championship.[2] Over half a century later in 2001, major cricket returned to the ground when it played host to a List A one-day match between the Leicestershire Cricket Board (LCB) and the Northamptonshire Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy,[3] which was won by the LCB, with their captain Neil Pullen scoring 88.[4] The ground is still used by the village club and adjoins the football ground used by Barwell F.C.[5]

Kirkby Road

Ground information
Location	Barwell, Leicestershire
Establishment	c. 1913
Team information
Leicestershire (1946–1947) Leicestershire Cricket Board (2001)
As of 18 October 2020 Source: Ground profile

First-class records

• Highest team total: 245 all out by Worcestershire v Leicestershire, 1947[6]
• Lowest team total: 55 all out by Leicestershire v Lancashire, 1946[7]
• Highest individual innings: 89 by Les Berry for Leicestershire v Warwickshire, 1946[8]
• Best bowling in an innings: 7–74 by Vic Jackson for Leicestershire v Lancashire, 1946[9]
• Best bowling in a match: 12–113 by Eric Hollies, for Warwickshire v Leicestershire, 1946[10]

See also

• List of Leicestershire County Cricket Club grounds
• List of cricket grounds in England and Wales

References