{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Kenneth John Ball | nickname = | birth_date = 16 May 1889 | birth_place = Northampton,<br>Northamptonshire, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1958|1|16|1889|5|16|df=yes}} | death_place = Northampton,<br>Northamptonshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Unknown | role = | family = | club1 = Northamptonshire | year1 = 1921 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 12 | runs1 = 178 | bat avg1 = 8.47 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 49 | deliveries1 = 734 | wickets1 = 13 | bowl avg1 = 29.53 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 4/52 | catches/stumpings1 = 7/– | date = 20 January | year = 2013 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9501.html Cricinfo }}
'''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.
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.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27652/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Kenneth Ball|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 January 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27652/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Kenneth Ball|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 January 2013}}</ref> With the ball, he took 13 wickets at a bowling average of 29.53, with best figures of 4/52.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27652/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Kenneth Ball|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 January 2013}}</ref>
He died at the town of his birth on 16 January 1958.
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9501.html Kenneth Ball] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27652/27652.html Kenneth Ball] at CricketArchive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ball, Kenneth}} Category:1889 births Category:1958 deaths Category:Cricketers from Northampton Category:English cricketers Category:Northamptonshire cricketers Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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