by afms379 | Mar 23, 2021 | KCHT Blog |
W.G. Grace, still comparatively young and slim David Robertson tells us the story of the Great Cricketer in Kent: More than 150 years after his first appearance in Kent, W.G. Grace remains the most recognised name in the world of cricket, He had a special affection...
by afms379 | Feb 6, 2021 | KCHT Blog |
Charlton Athletic is a team that is deemed to be in Kent when they are playing well, but definitely in South London during their less successful seasons. For much of the 1940s and 1950s, they were certainly in Kent. At that time, there was a very close connection...
by afms379 | Jan 5, 2021 | KCHT Blog |
We all know that Joe Denly once hurt his ankle playing football in a kickabout, causing him to miss a few games, and that Rob Key has legendary keepy-uppy skills, but what of the men who played cricket for Kent and also football at League or even international level?...
by afms379 | Dec 23, 2020 | KCHT Blog |
I was browsing, as you do, through my collection of back copies of The Cricketer magazine, and I happened to come across their summary of Kent’s 1930 season, a year that was rather overshadowed by the astonishing batting of the new 22-year-old Australian phenomenon,...
by afms379 | Dec 3, 2020 | KCHT Blog |
6th December 2020 marks the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Kent County Cricket Club, a fact that we have been trying to celebrate all year, but Covid got in the way. There had been teams described as ‘Kent’ playing cricket for over a...
by afms379 | Nov 18, 2020 | KCHT Blog |
On 18th January 2000, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? featured a chap called Peter Lee (definitely not the former Lancashire and England bowler) who battled his way up to the £500,000 mark and then faced the final question which would make him a millionaire. The...
