Whitehaugh Oval is a

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ground in

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, Scotland. It has been the home ground of Kelburne Cricket Club since their previous ground at Blackhall was lost to development in 1898. The new ground was opened with a match against West of Scotland on 29 April 1899. The first Scotland match held on the ground came in 1947 when they played a minor match against the touring South Africans. Scotland first played a first-class match there in 1952 against Ireland. The ground held five further first-class matches, the last of which saw Scotland play Ireland in 1960. Other teams to visit in first-class matches included Lancashire, Yorkshire and the touring

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Records

First-class

* Highest team total: 489 all out by Scotland v Ireland, 1954 * Lowest team total: 126 all out by Ireland v Scotland, 1952 * Highest individual innings: 153 not out by Polly Umrigar for

v Scotland, 1959 * Best bowling in an innings: 7 for 84 by

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for Scotland v Ireland, 1960 * Best bowling in a match: 11 for 144 by

Malcolm Hilton Malcolm Jameson Hilton (2 August 1928 – 8 July 1990) was an English left-arm spin bowler, who played for Lancashire and in four Test matches for England. Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, stated, "he was the best slow left-arm bowler Lancashi ...

for Lancashire v Scotland, 1956

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Whitehaugh Cricket Ground
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