Kent County Cricket Club
| Kent County Cricket Club | |
|---|---|
| One-day name | Kent Spitfires |
| founded | 1842 |
| Home stadium | St Lawrence Ground |
| capacity | 6,500 |
| other stages | Nevill Ground , Tunbridge Wells County Cricket Ground , Beckenham |
| Championship wins | 6 + 1 shared |
| One Day Cup victories | FP Trophy : 2 National League : 5 B&H Cup : 3 ECB 40 : 0 RL Cup : 0 |
| T20 Cup victories | 1 |
| website | http://www.kentcricket.co.uk |
| As of September 3, 2016 | |
The Kent County Cricket Club represents traditional Kent in the national championships of English cricket .
history
The beginnings
First reports of early forms of cricket in Kent were already around 1300. Reports of teams called Kent have existed since 1709, when Kent played Surrey at Dartford , what is now seen as the first accepted county game ever. Other sources attribute this to the 1719 meeting against London in Islington . By the end of the century, teams representing Kent played numerous encounters. The first game that was rated as first class took place in June 1773 in Laleham Burway against Surrey. This, as well as the same encounter in Bishopsbourne a month later, each Surrey won, while Kent was able to secure the third encounter in August of that year in Sevenoaks . In the early 19th century, the two players John Willes and GT Knight played a key role in the development of round-arm bowling , which dominated the 19th century until overarm bowling was allowed in 1864 . In 1837 Kent became unofficial Champion County, an award they won over and over again through much of the 1840s. From 1835 there were attempts to found a county club. The Kent Cricket Club itself was founded in Canterbury in 1842 and emerged from the Beverley Kent Cricket Club . However, financial problems arose early on, and another county club was formed in Maidstone in 1859 . As a result, Kent had two representations in the middle of the 19th century, one more for the west of the county and one more for the east. This dual representation led to numerous financial entanglements that put a great strain on cricket in the county, and so an association was finally decided in 1870 that formed what is now the CCC. Until the establishment of the County Championship in 1890 Kent could not win another unofficial championship, also due to financial problems. Lord Harris played for Kent for the first time in 1870 and became the Union's secretary in 1874 and its captain in 1875 , a role he held until 1889. He dominated the club, and together with Lord Hawke of Yorkshire, English cricket, for more than 50 years. He remained as chairman of the association until his death in 1932.
Beginning of the County Championship
At the start of the Official County Championship, Kent was average. In 1890 , 1900 and 1904 they got third places in the championship, but in between they were mostly in the middle and lower area of the table. In 1895 they were even bottom of the table. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Tonbridge Nursery was founded, in which young cricketers were further developed. A change in the situation began in 1906 when Kent narrowly prevailed against Yorkshire and won the County Championship for the first time. By the First World War they could repeat this three times ( 1909 , 1910 and 1913 ) and so dominated cricket at that time. Of the 188 encounters in these eight seasons since they first won the championship, they lost only 27 games. The worst position in the table at that time was third places. Captains of the time were Cloudesley Marsham and Ted Dillon and the standout player was the bowler Colin Blythe . He and eleven other players lost their lives during the First World War.
After the First World War
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This high loss of players, which was increased by further resignations, ensured that Kent found it difficult to build on these successes after the war. They achieved second places in 1919 and 1928 , but were against Middlesex , Lancashire and Yorkshire, which dominated English cricket between the wars, mostly without a chance. The reason was also that Kent always insisted on challenging the opponents and so certain draws ended in defeat. Over the next two decades this resulted in a downward trend towards the center of the table. At that time, Kent had many very good players. Tich Freeman , was a bowler who in 1928 managed to get the most wickets in a county season with 304 wickets . The performance of the batsmen was also impressive. All-rounder Frank Woolley , wicket keeper Les Ames , as well as Percy Chapman and Wally Hardinge ensured numerous Centuries. The Second World War made many players lose many years of possible good performances. After the World War, some of the players who had performed well between the wars still played, but this was short-lived. In 1947 a fourth place was achieved again, but since then you have been in the lower half of the table. In the mid-1950s, numerous changes were made to the administration and in 1957 Colin Cowdrey was appointed captain, who later also was the captain of the England national team for a long time .
Golden years
Ten years later, these changes bore fruit when Kent won the Gillette Cup for the first time under Cowdrey in 1967 , one of the three newly introduced one-day competitions . This was the beginning of numerous successes over the next decade. 1970 was the first time in 57 years to win the County Championship. Then you won the John Player League in 1972 and 1973, the John Player League and the Benson & Hedges Cup . the following year the Gillette Cup followed again and in 1976 the John Player League and the Benson & Hedges Cup . They also lost a few finals during this period. Kent was dominated by numerous national players who played for the CCC during this time. In addition to Cowdrey, these were the captain Mike Denness appointed after Cowdrey resignation , wicket keeper Alan Knott and the batsman Brian Luckhurst and Bob Woolmer . International players were now allowed in the team and so the Pakistani Asif Iqbal and the West Indians Bernard Julien and John Shepherd had a large share in the success. More victories would have been possible in the County Championship had these players not been released for the national team as often. So one finally shared the County Championship in 1977 with Middlesex and was able to celebrate the championship as sole champion the following year . The latter was flanked again by winning the Benson & Hedges Cup , which was the last trophy win of this period.
Changing years
In the period that followed, the performances were much more changeable and in the County Championship you were mostly in the lower half of the table. It was not until the mid-1980s that finals in the one-day competitions were at least to report again (up to 1997 a total of eleven defeats in the final) and in 1988 and 1992 they finished second in the County Championship. These second places increased in the 1990s, but it was not until 1995 that the AXA Equity & Law League was able to win another competition. At the same time, however, the team crashed to last place in the County Championship . In the late 1990s, they were able to re-establish themselves in the top half of the table, achieved second places in the County Championship in 1997 and 2004 and won the 2001 Norwich Union League. However, a new beginning was inevitable and symbolically the linden tree that was on the field of St Lawrence Ground broke in 2005 and had to be replanted. This was achieved in the recently introduced Twenty20 cricket. In 2007 the Twenty20 Cup was won and in 2008 they reached the final again. However, in 2008 they were relegated from the first division of the County Championship, and after being promoted and relegated in the following two seasons, they have since remained in the second division.
Stadion
The club's home stadium is St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury . In addition, the Nevill Ground in Tunbridge Wells and the County Cricket Ground in Beckenham are currently used as homesteads.
successes
County cricket
Winning the County Championship : (6 + 1 share) in 1906 , 1909 , 1910 , 1913 , 1970 , 1977 (shared), 1978
Second division (1) win: 2009
One-day cricket
Gilette / NatWest / C & G Trophy / FP Trophy (1963-2009) (2): 1967 , 1974
Sunday / National / Pro40 League (1969–2009) (5): 1972 , 1973 , 1976 , 1995 , 2001
Benson & Hedges Cup (1972-2002) (3): 1973 , 1976 , 1978
ECB 40 / Clydesdale Bank / Yorkshire Bank 40 (2010-2013) (0): -
Royal London One-Day Cup (2014-present) (0): -
Twenty20
Twenty20 Cup / Friends Life t20 / NatWest t20 Blast (1): 2007
statistics
Runs
Most of the first-class cricket runs were scored by the following players:
| player | Playing times | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Woolley | 1906-1938 | 47,868 |
| Wally Hardinge | 1902-1933 | 32,549 |
| Les Ames | 1926-1951 | 28,951 |
| James Seymour | 1902-1926 | 26,818 |
| Arthur Fagg | 1932-1957 | 26,070 |
Wickets
Most of the wickets in first-class cricket were scored by the following players:
| player | Playing times | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Tich Freeman | 1914-1936 | 3,340 |
| Charlie Blythe | 1899-1914 | 2.210 |
| Derek Underwood | 1963-1987 | 1,951 |
| Doug Wright | 1932-1957 | 1,709 |
| Frank Woolley | 1906-1938 | 1,680 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Sam Collins: A brief history of Kent ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ↑ Other Matches played by Kent (Pre County Club) ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m A brief history ( English ) Kent CCC. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ^ First-Class Matches played by Kent (Pre County Club) ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ↑ Martin Williamson: The evolution of bowling ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d A short history of Kent cricket ( English ) Wisden. 1907. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ↑ Tonbridge cricketers ( English ) Tonbridge History. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ↑ David Sapsted and Ben Fenton: Cricket's famous lime tree stumped after 200 years ( English ) Telegraph. January 11, 2005. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ↑ Most runs for Kent ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ↑ Most wickets for Kent ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved September 2, 2016.