Neil Royston Taylor (born 21 July 1959 in Farnborough, Kent), is a former cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Kent and Sussex for 20 seasons between 1979 and 1998. [1]
He made his debut in 1979 and was an opening batsman and an occasional off-spin bowler. He played in 325 first-class matches, scoring 19,031 runs at an average of 39.56 with 45 centuries. He later worked as Director of Cricket at St Dunstan's College and Epsom College. [2]
Lawrence Roland Prittipaul is an English former cricketer who played county cricket for Hampshire County Cricket Club.
Mark Richard Benson is an English former cricketer and umpire. A left-handed batter, Benson played for Kent for 17 years and represented England in one Test match and one One Day International in 1986. He later took up umpiring and remained on the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires. In January 2016 he retired as an umpire.
John Neil Shepherd is a Barbadian former cricketer who played in five Test matches for the West Indies cricket team between 1969 and 1971. Shepherd had a long career in English county cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. He was born in Belleplaine, St Andrew in Barbados and played for the Barbados cricket team in his early career.
Matthew John Banes is a former English professional cricketer. Banes played first-class cricket for Durham University and Kent County Cricket Club between 1999 and 2003. He batted right-handed and bowled right-arm medium pace.
Robert James Parks is a former English first-class cricketer who played predominantly for as a wicket-keeper for Hampshire. In a playing career for Hampshire which spanned from 1980 to 1992, Parks took exactly 700 dismissals in first-class cricket, which as of 2024 makes him the most successful wicket-keeper in Hampshire's history. He later briefly played for Kent in 1993, before holding numerous coaching roles at Hampshire.
Colonel Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis, was a British peer, cavalry officer and amateur cricketer. He served during the First World War and was later prominent in public life in the county of Kent, holding a range of public offices. He played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club, captaining the side between 1926 and 1928 and succeeded his father Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis as Baron Cornwallis in 1935.
Arthur Henry Phebey was an English cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1946 and 1961. He played in 327 first-class cricket matches during his career as a right-handed opening batsman.
Simon Graham Hinks is a former English professional cricketer. He played for Kent County Cricket Club and Gloucestershire County Cricket Club between 1982 and 1994, scoring over 8,700 runs in first-class cricket. Since retirement he has coached cricket and worked in sports administration at the University of Bristol.
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1874 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire earned the title of Champion County in their fourth year playing as a club. Kent joined Lancashire to make the second County side to play first class matches against Derbyshire in 1874. Derbyshire won three first-class matches and drew one, making it the only season in which they never lost a match.
Jonathan Richard Ayling is an English former first-class cricketer and cricket coach. He played first-class and List A one-day cricket for Hampshire as an all-rounder between 1987 and 1993, though ultimately his career came to a premature end through injury. Following his retirement, he was assistant and bowling coach at Hampshire until 2012.
Neil Raymond Taylor is a former English cricketer who played for Dorset. Taylor was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast.
Swifts Park is a former country estate and manor house 1 mile (1.6 km) north-east of the town of Cranbrook in the English county of Kent. Through its history, the estate has been variously known by the names Swifts, Great Swift, Great Swifts, and Swifts Place and since 1995 as Oak Hill Manor. At its greatest extent it covered an area of around 158 hectares.
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.
James George Castell Rowe is a former English cricketer who made three first-class cricket appearances for Durham University Centre of Cricketing Excellence in 2001. Rowe batted left-handed. He was born at Farnborough in south-east London and was educated at Tonbridge School in Kent.
Timothy John Taylor is a former English cricketer. Taylor was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Romiley, Cheshire.
Somerset County Cricket Club competed in four competitions in the 1979 season: the first-class County Championship; and three limited overs competitions — the Gillette Cup, the John Player League and the Benson & Hedges Cup. The county fared well in the limited-overs competitions, winning both the Gillette Cup and the John Player League, but were ejected from the Benson & Hedges Cup when the TCCB ruled they had brought the game into disrepute after a declaration during a match against Worcestershire.
Derek George Aslett is an English former professional cricketer. He played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1981 and 1987, making more than 200 appearances for the county in first-class and limited overs cricket.
Horace James Taylor was an English cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club.
Edward William Tetley Taylor-Jones, born Edward William Tetley Jones, was an English clergyman and cricketer who played in two first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club in 1894.
Andrew Douglas Gilfillan is a South African former first-class cricketer.