ESCAPE TO VICTORY

ESCAPE TO VICTORY

This is the story of a remarkable man, captain of Kent for a season, but a national war hero for all seasons. His name was John Evans, and he was born on 1 May 1889 at Highclere in Hampshire, close to Newbury where one year earlier his father had founded Horris Hill...
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THE MISSING 499 PRINTS – AN UPDATE

Thanks to all who actually read and paid attention to my previous blog about the Terence Macklin print. We have now largely solved the mystery. Of the 499 we were unable to trace, one turned up on eBay, where it was bought by a Kent supporter, and one turned up in a...
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Clearing The Lime Tree

The famous Canterbury Lime Tree, which stood on the St Lawrence ground for at least 180 years, was blown down in a winter storm in January 2005. As most cricket lovers know, a hit to the tree counted four, but to hit a six, the batter had to clear the tree altogether....
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A VICTORIAN ECCENTRIC

In the 19th century, there were many amateur cricketers – and a few professionals – who lived their lives in a way which today we might consider unusual at best, or even downright strange. Several of these men played for Kent, but one of the most remarkable was...