Related Research Articles
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Kent. A club representing the county was first founded in 1842 but Kent teams have played top-class cricket since the early 18th century,and the club has always held first-class status. The current Kent County Cricket Club was formed on 6 December 1870 following the merger of two representative teams. Kent have competed in the County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. The club's limited overs team is called the Kent Spitfires after the Supermarine Spitfire.
The St Lawrence Ground is a cricket ground in Canterbury,Kent. It is the home ground of Kent County Cricket Club and since 2013 has been known as The Spitfire Ground,St Lawrence,due to commercial sponsorship. It is one of the oldest grounds on which first-class cricket is played,having been in use since 1847,and is the venue for Canterbury Cricket Week,the oldest cricket festival in the world. It is one of the two grounds used regularly for first-class cricket that have had a tree,the St Lawrence Lime,within the boundary.
Minal Mahesh Patel is a retired Indian-born English cricketer who made two appearances in Test cricket for the England cricket team. He was a right-handed batsman and a slow left arm bowler,who primarily played for Kent County Cricket Club. As of 2018 he is the Second XI coach at Kent.
Matthew John Dennington is a South African born former professional cricketer. He was born in Durban but holds a European passport. He was educated at Northwood School in Durban,Varsity College and the University of South Africa. He played for Durban Cricket Club and KwaZulu-Natal B and was a member of the Shell SA Academy in 2002 before leaving South Africa to play cricket in England.
Walter Morris Bradley,known as Bill Bradley,was an English amateur cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1899. He played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1895 and 1903.
Matthew Jonathan Walker,known as Matt Walker,is a retired English professional cricketer who is currently the head coach of Kent County Cricket Club. Walker was appointed as head coach in January 2017 having been assistant coach at the county since the 2014 season. He played for Kent for 16 seasons until 2008 and then for three seasons for Essex until he retired in 2011.
Lindsay Jonathan Wood is an English former professional cricketer. He played as a left-arm spin bowler for Kent and Derbyshire County Cricket Clubs during the 1980s.
James Alexander Iles is a former English professional cricketer. He played twice for Kent County Cricket Club.
Steven Herzberg,known as Steve Herzberg,is an English-born former Australian professional cricketer. He played professionally in both English county cricket and Australian Sheffield Shield cricket,has represented Australia at the Maccabiah Games and runs his own corporate training company.
Philip Duncan Edwards is an English former professional cricketer. He was born at Minster on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent in 1984.
The Angel Ground was a sports ground at Tonbridge in the English county of Kent. It was used as a venue for first-class cricket by Kent County Cricket Club between 1869 and 1939 and then for association football by Tonbridge Angels F.C.,until 1980. It was subsequently demolished and redeveloped by Tonbridge and Malling District Council in 1980.
Private Banks Sports Ground is a 20 acres (8.1 ha) cricket and multi-use sports ground in Catford Bridge in the London Borough of Lewisham. The ground,which was in the historic county of Kent until 1889,was used as a first-class cricket venue by Kent County Cricket Club between 1875 and 1921. In 2012,the ground was sold to the Educational Foundation of nearby independent school St Dunstan's College and renamed the Jubilee Ground.
Darren Anthony Scott is an English former professional cricketer. Scott played for Kent County Cricket Club as a left-handed batsman who bowled off break deliveries. He was born at Canterbury in Kent in 1972.
David Allen Laycock was an English professional cricketer. He played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1969 and 1973.
Alan Leonard Dixon is a former English professional cricketer. He played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1950 and 1970.
Christopher Stephen Dale is an English former professional cricketer. Born at Canterbury in Kent,Dale was a spin bowler who played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and Kent County Cricket Club during the 1980s.
Charles Frederick Hartley,known as Charlie Hartley,is an English former professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a right-arm swing bowler who bats right-handed. He made his First-class cricket debut for Kent against Leicestershire in July 2014.
Kent County Cricket Club's 1906 season was the seventeenth season in which the county competed in the County Championship and saw the side win their first Championship title. Kent played 25 first-class cricket matches during the season,losing only four matches overall,and only two matches in the 1906 County Championship. They finished equal on points with Yorkshire and Surrey but won the title on the percentage of finished matches won.
Edward William Joseph Fillary,known as Ted Fillary,is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Kent County Cricket Club between 1963 and 1966.
Percy Vere Davis,known in later life as Philip Davis,was an English aviator and cricketer. He was born in Forest Hill in Lewisham,south-east London in 1922.
References
- ↑ Dominic Chambers, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
- 1 2 3 Dominic Chambers, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-16. (subscription required)
- ↑ Ben Easter claims five wickets but he cannot prevent defeat for St Lawrence and Highland Court Cricket Club, Kent Online, 28 May 2009. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ↑ Roll of Honour 2011, Kent Cricket League Handbook, 2012. Kent Cricket League.