by afms379 | Nov 5, 2025 | KCHT Blog
FRED HUISH On 17, 18 and 19 August 1896, Kent played Gloucestershire at Cheltenham College, a match which Kent finished as winners by 25 runs. This game marked the first time that the 45-year-old Lord Harris had played for Kent in a county championship match, as the...
by Mickle Creative | Oct 18, 2025 | KCHT Blog
LORD HARRIS George Canning, 4th Lord Harris, the Supreme Commander of Kent CCC for 50 years What should one say about George Canning Harris, the man who was Kent cricket from his appointment to the committee of the newly formed Kent County Cricket Club in December...
by afms379 | Sep 17, 2025 | KCHT Blog
Ned Willsher On 11th and 12th July 1850, Surrey played Kent at the Kennington Oval, and for the first time Alfred Mynn and Edgar Willsher played together for Kent. Fuller Pilch was also playing for Kent, but despite the presence of these three major names in the...
by afms379 | Aug 18, 2025 | KCHT Blog
Alfred Mynn – The Lion of Kent Alfred Mynn – a big man On 7th and 8th July 1834, a match was played at Lord’s, billed as England versus Kent. England won the game in a canter, by eight wickets. The Kent team contained several players who are still known as giants of...
by afms379 | Jul 7, 2025 | KCHT Blog
Herbert Jenner From 16th to 18th June 1828, the Marylebone Cricket Club played Kent at Lord’s. Kent won the game by six wickets, and much of the credit for the victory must go to Herbert Jenner, and rather less to John Deedes. Jenner took four of the eight wickets...
by afms379 | Jun 23, 2025 | KCHT Blog
2. John Deedes Playing alongside John Willes in that match at Lord’s, if only for a few balls before Willes rode off in high dudgeon, was John Deedes, the second man in our chain of Kent cricketers. John Deedes, a right-handed batsman of modest success, is perhaps the...
