by afms379 | Jan 18, 2022 | KCHT Blog
I was looking through, as you do, my collection of Kent CCC Annuals, and happened to open the 1963 edition for a quick browse. But as everybody who collects cricket publications knows, there is no such thing as a quick browse. At least two hours later, I emerged from...
by afms379 | Dec 10, 2021 | KCHT Blog
Historians suggest that the first known cricket on Indian soil was played three hundred years ago this year. Were Indians playing? Quite possibly. Were players from Kent playing? Very probably, but unfortunately, we cannot be certain. This is the story. An engaging...
by afms379 | Nov 22, 2021 | KCHT Blog
Over the years, many fathers and sons have distinguished themselves on the first-class cricket field. We can straight away think of Micky and Alec Stewart, of Surrey and England, Chris and Stuart Broad, Joe Hardstaff senior and junior at Notts, Jim Parks senior and...
by afms379 | Oct 7, 2021 | KCHT Blog
The cricket season of 2021 was a strange one. The county championship was divided into three parts, like Caesar’s Gaul, and Kent emerged as Division Three champions. Who knows, we may be the only ever holders of that title, because at the time of writing next season’s...
by afms379 | Aug 12, 2021 | KCHT Blog |
The club has just been given two team photographs of Chatham Crusaders Cricket Club, dating from 1910 and 1911. The trouble is that we know very little about the club or the players, and would love to know more. The photographs were donated by a lady who sold her...
by afms379 | Aug 2, 2021 | KCHT Blog
(The views expressed in this blog are not necessarily endorsed by KCCC or KCHT) When Matt Milnes was called up to join Welsh Fire in the Hundred competition, it made me realise a) that I had not known that Mr Milnes had any Welsh connections, and b) that English...
