A BIT MORE MONCKTON BUSINESS

A BIT MORE MONCKTON BUSINESS

DAVID ROBERTSON writes: When I read the previous post I was especially attracted to the juxtaposition of the two principal characters, Walter Monckton (as he was in his early days) and the relatively unknown David Jennings who, as the writer acknowledges, may well...
A BIT MORE MONCKTON BUSINESS

THE LAWYER AND THE CORPORAL

This is the story of two cricketers from Kent, whose paths crossed briefly, but whose lives then went in very different directions – one to wealth, fame and power, and the other to an early death. An email pinged into my in-box the other day, from somebody wanting to...
A BIT MORE MONCKTON BUSINESS

MORE TALES FROM NUMBER ELEVEN – HOW NOT TO BAT

My blog yesterday about the batting skills of Norman Graham and Kevin Jarvis prompted Charlie Rowe to share a few memories of both batsmen. C.J.C. Rowe, you will remember, was capped by Kent on the same day in 1977 as Kevin Jarvis and Richard Hills, and has gone on to...
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COME IN, NUMBER ELEVEN, YOUR TIME IS NOW

  Big Norman Graham (left) and Kevin Jarvis (right), two of Kent’s better bowlers and lesser batsmen       The 1976 Wisden, in its summary of Kent’s year in 1975, summed up by saying, “Much will depend on the fitness of Graham and the ability...
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NORMAN HARDING – THE BOWLER BEATEN BY AN EPIDEMIC

  Norman Harding 1916 – 1947 As I write this, about ten days into what might be three or more months of self-isolation, anybody might be excused for thinking that the prospect of no cricket to watch or play for most of the summer is a pretty grim one. It...