by afms379 | Nov 26, 2018 | KCHT Blog |
I was recently at the annual dinner of the Kent League, a very enjoyable occasion which celebrated the successes of the leagues and the clubs in 2018. Among the prizewinners was 17 year old Jordan Cox, a wicket-keeper batsman who has just signed his first professional...
by afms379 | Nov 12, 2018 | KCHT Blog |
Two different stories grabbed my attention this week, and then combined in the shape of one Kent cricketer. The first story began with Joe Denly being chosen for the T20 international against Sri Lanka, and opening the bowling – with great success it must be added....
by afms379 | Oct 11, 2018 | KCHT Blog |
We have recently been asked, “Do you have any information or archive material re Fred “Nutty” Martin? I’m curious as to his history, and how his career evolved, as well as how he managed to get 12 wickets on his Ashes debut, and then get dropped? Thanks.” Fred Martin...
by afms379 | Oct 5, 2018 | KCHT Blog |
One thing about having a collection of memorabilia, portraits, cups, books, blazers and cricket balls – along with all the other strange objects that have over the years attached themselves to Kent County Cricket Club – is that decisions have to be made about what to...
by afms379 | Aug 27, 2018 | KCHT Blog |
This year we held the 167th Canterbury Cricket Week, in July rather than August because of the vagaries of the cricket fixture list, which gave Kent no first class games in the county during the month of August. Thus we had a Vitality Blast match against Surrey...
by afms379 | Jul 25, 2018 | KCHT Blog |
We have been wondering recently who was Kent’s first overseas player. These days, every county has a whole raft of overseas players (not that they arrived in Britain on a raft, necessarily), and in Kent we have two born in South Africa – Dickson and Kuhn, three from...
