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...
by afms379 | Mar 20, 2020 | KCHT Blog |
If you take a stroll down the promenade at Hythe, between the fish restaurant and the Imperial Hotel, you will pass a bench which has a small brass plate “dedicated to the cricketing Blaker twins, Barbara A. Hamilton April 1913 – April 2005, and Joan R. Smith...
by afms379 | Feb 20, 2020 | KCHT Blog |
This time of year, I am told, is a good time for marmalade-making. Where you get the oranges from in mid-February with the Coronavirus doing its worst, and everybody who isn’t in quarantine trying to limit their carbon footprint, I have no idea, but don’t let me stop...
