by afms379 | May 25, 2020 | KCHT Blog
John Drew writes: Last autumn, my cousin Richard and I – our grand-uncle, on the unimpeachable testimony of his daughter, being the last man to bowl out W.G. Grace – had a couple of days out on the Downs in search of 17th century Kentish cricket. Could we...
by afms379 | May 21, 2020 | KCHT Blog
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...
by afms379 | May 12, 2020 | KCHT Blog
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...
by afms379 | Apr 23, 2020 | KCHT Blog
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...
by afms379 | Apr 22, 2020 | KCHT Blog |
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...
by afms379 | Mar 31, 2020 | KCHT Blog
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...
