List of Gentlemen of Kent cricketers
This is a list of cricketers who played for the Gentlemen of Kent in historically important or first-class matches. The team played 49 in total, including 48 between 1830 and 1880, with one match under the same name in 1791.[1]
The team was typically made up of amateur players only, generally those associated with Kent (pre-1843) and/or Kent County Cricket Club. It played most frequently against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the Gentlemen of England. An annual fixture took place during the Canterbury Cricket Week between 1842 and 1866 (the fixture did not take place between 1855 and 1857). Two matches played during the Week in 1879 and 1880 were first-class.[1][2][3][4] The team played other matches,[5] including an annual one-day fixture against I Zingari, during Canterbury Week.[6]
This list includes only those players who appeared in the important or first-class fixtures. Note that many players represented other teams besides the Gentlemen of Kent.
Note: Where a player's name is preceded by a † symbol, the article is a redirect to this list.
A
[edit]B
[edit]- William de Chair Baker
- William Baldock
- † Delamark Banks (1854)
- Edward Banks
- William Banks
- Henry Barber
- † J. B. Barker (1862)
- † George Corbett Barnes (1866)
- William Barnett
- Emilius Bayley
- Lyttleton Bayley
- Henry Berens
- Richard Berens
- Henry Biron
- Arthur Blackman
- Edward Bligh (1791)
- Edward Vesey Bligh
- Henry Bligh
- Ivo Bligh
- Frederick Bosworth
- Thomas Brenchley
- William Browning (1791)
- William Bruce
- William Bullen (1791)
- George Burnett
- Stephen Butcher (1791)
C
[edit]D
[edit]E
[edit]F
[edit]G
[edit]- Frederick Gale
- Gloucester Gambier
- Augustus George
- Alfred Gillow
- † William Gillow (1846)
- Billy Goodhew
H
[edit]I
[edit]J
[edit]- † Charles Jackson (1865)
- † George Jackson (1844)
- Charles Jenner
- Henry Jenner
- Herbert Jenner
- William Jervis
- Richard Jones
K
[edit]- Robert William Keate
- George Kelson
- Manley Kemp
- † James Kirkpatrick (1838)
- Henry Knatchbull
- William Knatchbull-Hugessen
- Brook Knight
- George Knight
- Philip Knight
L
[edit]- † Matthias Lancaster (1850)
- Bob Lipscomb
- Alfred Lubbock
- Edgar Lubbock
- Nevile Lubbock
M
[edit]N
[edit]O
[edit]P
[edit]R
[edit]- Cyril Randolph
- † Charles Rashleigh (1847)
- William Boys Rashleigh
- Henry Reade
- James Robertson
- William Rodger
- Henry Rogers
S
[edit]- Thomas Sanders
- † Alfred Scott (1844)
- Lothian Scott
- Stephen Smith
- Henry Snow
- Joseph Spencer
- Lord Strathavon
- Richard Streatfeild
- Edward Swann
T
[edit]W
[edit]- Edmund Waller
- William Walton
- Arthur Wathen
- William Wathen
- James Watts
- † William Weatherley (1832)
- Frederick Wells
- Ned Wenman
- Charles Whittaker
- † Whomes (1830)
- Edmund Willes
- Charles Willis
- Tom Wills
- Edgar Willsher
- † S. Wood (1844–1845)
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ Henry Harenc was the brother of Archibald, Charles and Edward Harenc. Played his only first-class match in 1832. Known to have played once for Harrow School in 1826 against Westminster School at Lord's, his only other known cricket match.[7][8] He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1832, was called to the bar at the Inner Temple,[9] and later served as one of the Excise Commissioners for Ireland.[10]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "First-class matches played by the Gentlemen of Kent". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
- ↑ ACS 1982, p. 24.
- ↑ Moore 1998, pp. 29–30.
- ↑ Rice 2019, pp. 12, 23.
- ↑ "Miscellaneous matches played by the Gentlemen of Kent". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
- ↑ Rice 2019, p. 19.
- ↑ "Henry Harenc". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
- ↑ Carlaw 2020, p. 213.
- ↑ Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886, vol II, p. 607. London: James Parker & Co. (Available online. Retrieved 15 April 2019. Also available at Wikisource. Retrieved 18 April 2022.)
- ↑ Dauglish, M. G.; Stephenson P. K. (editors, 1901). The Harrow School register, 1800–1911, p. 100. London: Longmans, Green and Co. (Available online. Retrieved 20 July 2021.)
Bibliography
[edit]- ACS (1982). A Guide to First-class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles. Nottingham: ACS. OCLC 10586869.
- Carlaw, Derek (2020). Kent County Cricketers, A to Z: Part One (1806–1914) (PDF). Cardiff: ACS.
- Moore, Dudley (1998). The History of Kent County Cricket Club. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 978-07-47022-09-1.
- Rice, Jonathan (2019). Stories of Cricket's Finest Painting. Worthing: Pitch Publishing. ISBN 978-17-85315-05-3.