List of Gentlemen of Kent cricketers

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This is a list of cricketers who played for the Gentlemen of Kent in first-class cricket matches. The side played 49 matches which have been granted retrospective first-class status. These include 48 played between 1830 and 1880 and one played under the same name in 1791. [1] The side was generally made up of amateur cricketers, often those associated with Kent County Cricket Club. It played most frequently against MCC and Gentlemen of England sides and an annual first-class fixture took place during the Canterbury Cricket Week between 1842 and 1866. [lower-alpha 1] [1] [3] [4] [5]

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The side played other matches, including an annual one-day fixture against I Zingari during Canterbury Week. This list includes only those men who played for the side in matches which have been afforded first-class status. Note that many players represented other teams besides the Gentlemen of Kent. [6] [7]

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Notes

  1. ↑ The fixture did not take place between 1855 and 1857. Two matches played during the Week in 1879 and 1880 have also been given first-class status. [1] [2]
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Played only in the 1791 match.
  3. ↑ Banks played his only first-class match for the side in 1854. [8]
  4. ↑ Barker played his only first-class match for the side in 1862. He is known to have played for Dewsbury the following year. His forenames are not known. [9]
  5. ↑ Barnes, who was born in 1847 at Umballa in British India, played just once in first-class cricket in 1866. He is known to have played other matches for Brighton College between 1863 and 1866. [10]
  6. ↑ Gillow played his only known cricket match for the side in 1846. [11]
  7. ↑ Harenc, who was the brother of Archibald, Charles and Edward Harenc, played his only first-class match for the side in 1832. Henry is known to have played once for Harrow School in 1826 against Westminster School at Lord's, his only other known cricket match. [12] [13] He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1832, was called to the bar at the Inner Temple, [14] and later served as one of the Excise Commissioners for Ireland. [15]
  8. ↑ Played his only first-class match for the side in 1865. [16]
  9. ↑ Played in his only known cricket match for the side in 1844. [17]
  10. ↑ Kirkpatrick played his only first-class match for the side in 1838. [18]
  11. ↑ Lancaster played his only first-class match for the side in 1850. [19]
  12. ↑ Minter played in his only first-class match for the side in 1843. [20]
  13. ↑ Played his only first-class match for the side in 1847. [21]
  14. ↑ Scott played in only one first-class match in 1844. [22]
  15. ↑ Played the only two cricket matches he is known to have taken part in for the side in 1832. Other than his names, no biographical details are known. [23]
  16. ↑ Played his only known cricket match for the side in 1830. Other than a surname no biographical details are known. [24]
  17. ↑ Both of Wood's known cricket matches were for the side in 1844 and 1845. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known. [25]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 First-class matches played by the Gentlemen of Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-05. (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (1982) A Guide to First-Class cricket matches played in the British Isles (second edition), p. 24. Nottingham: ACS. (Available online. Retrieved 2022-03-04.)
  3. ↑ Moore D (1988) The History of Kent County Cricket Club, pp.29–30. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN   0-7470-2209-7
  4. ↑ Rice J (2019) Stories of Cricket’s Finest Painting, p. 12. Worthing: Pitch Publishing. ISBN   9781785315053
  5. ↑ Rice, p. 23.
  6. ↑ Miscellaneous matches played by the Gentlemen of Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-04. (subscription required)
  7. ↑ Rice, p. 19.
  8. ↑ Delamark Banks, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-05. (subscription required)
  9. ↑ JB Barker, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-05. (subscription required)
  10. ↑ George Barnes, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-05. (subscription required)
  11. ↑ William Gillow, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-05. (subscription required)
  12. ↑ Henry Harenc, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-05. (subscription required)
  13. ↑ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), p.213. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2021-07-20.)
  14. ↑ Foster J (1891) Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, vol II, p.607. London: James Parker & Co. (Available online. Retrieved 2019-04-15. Also available at Wikisource. Retrieved 2022-04-18.)
  15. ↑ Dauglish MG, Stephenson PK eds (1901) The Harrow School register, 1800-1911, p.100. London: Longmans, Green and Co. (Available online. Retrieved 2021-07-20.)
  16. ↑ Charles Jackson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-05. (subscription required)
  17. ↑ George Jackson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-05. (subscription required)
  18. ↑ James Kirkpatrick, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-05. (subscription required)
  19. ↑ Matthias Lancaster, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-05. (subscription required)
  20. ↑ John Minter, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-05. (subscription required)
  21. ↑ Charles Rashleigh, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-05. (subscription required)
  22. ↑ Alfred Scott, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-05. (subscription required)
  23. ↑ William Weatherley, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-05. (subscription required)
  24. ↑ Whomes, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-05. (subscription required)
  25. ↑ S Wood, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-05. (subscription required)
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