by afms379 | Feb 16, 2018 | KCHT Blog |
I recently spent some time with a dozen of the young players of the Kent Academy. I was not, fortunately, being bowled at in the nets, nor even tossing up a few gentle leg breaks to bolster their confidence as batsmen. We were talking about the heritage of the club,...
by afms379 | Jan 25, 2018 | KCHT Blog |
I need to apologise for a grievous error in my previous blog. I stated, almost unequivocally, that “our President in 1984, Utrick Henry Burton Alexander, known to all as Sandy. Mr. Alexander, a solicitor by profession, was born in China and may well have been the...
by afms379 | Dec 21, 2017 | KCHT Blog |
As we break for Christmas and the New Year holiday, the Committee Room at the Spitfire Ground is still acting as temporary storage for a great deal of cricketing memorabilia which has been nestling undisturbed at the top of the Woolley Stand for many years. I am very...
by afms379 | Nov 10, 2017 | KCHT Blog |
If ever you are able to go behind the Woolley Stand and go in the door marked ‘Committee Room’, and then climb two flights of stairs to the very top of the inside of the stand, you will find a large, draughty and rather damp area where a vast collection of books,...
by afms379 | Oct 5, 2017 | KCHT Blog |
We are trying to compile a list of curiosities and oddities of cricket in Kent. It cannot possibly be comprehensive, but it ought to be truthful, with every entry checked for accuracy. Cricket is not, and never has been, a game where things run smoothly all the time....
by afms379 | Sep 12, 2017 | KCHT Blog |
We have recently had a few donations to the club’s archive, each of which has added to our knowledge of some half forgotten moments of Kent’s past. The family of the late David Sayer have donated several items relating to David’s career, which was unique in one way...
