52°34′22″N 1°20′34″W / 52.57291°N 1.34270°W
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Location | Barwell, Leicestershire | ||||
Establishment | c. 1913 | ||||
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As of 18 October 2020 Source: Ground profile |
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]