This is a list of Kent County Cricket Club first-class cricket records; that is, record team and individual performances in first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club.
Kent have played over 3,000 first-class matches since the official formation of the club in 1846.[1] Over 2,600 of these have been in the County Championship which Kent have been a member of since its inaugural season in 1890.[2] Before August 1846 the county was represented by a number of first-class teams who competed against county sides and other representative teams.
Team records
All records last updated 6 February 2016
Kent's highest score in an innings was achieved in 1934 against Essex at Brentwood. Their highest score at a home ground was set in 2015 at Tunbridge Wells, again with Essex as the opposition.[3][4][5] The county's lowest innings totals all date from the 19th century.[6]
Highest partnerships
The highest partnership in Kent's history was 368 runs, set in 1995 at Maidstone against Derbyshire.[9]
| Highest partnership for each wicket |
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| Partnership | Runs | Players | Opposition | Venue | Season |
| 1st wicket |
300 | Neil Taylor (146) | Mark Benson (160) | v Derbyshire | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | 1991 |
| 2nd wicket |
366 | Simon Hinks (234) | Neil Taylor (152*) | v Middlesex | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | 1990 |
| 3rd wicket |
323 | Robert Key (189) | Martin van Jaarsveld (168) | v Surrey | Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells | 2005 |
| 4th wicket |
368 | Aravinda de Silva (255) | Graham Cowdrey (137) | v Derbyshire | Mote Park, Maidstone | 1995 |
| 5th wicket |
277 | Frank Woolley (224) | Les Ames (115) | v New Zealanders | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | 1931 |
| 6th wicket |
315 | Aravinda de Silva (225) | Mark Ealham (121) | v Nottinghamshire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1995 |
| 7th wicket |
248 | Arthur Day (118) | Punter Humphreys (149) | v Somerset | County Ground, Taunton | 1908 |
| 8th wicket |
177 | Geraint Jones (105) | Yasir Arafat (101*) | v Warwickshire | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | 2007 |
| 9th wicket |
171 | Mark Ealham (122) | Paul Strang (73) | v Nottinghamshire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1997 |
| 10th wicket |
235 | Frank Woolley (185) | Arthur Fielder (112*) | v Worcestershire | War Memorial Athletic Ground, Stourbridge | 1909 |
Appearances
Five men have made more than 500 appearances for Kent in first-class cricket.[10]
Individual batting records
Frank Woolley holds the records for most runs scored for Kent as well as most runs in a season and most centuries in a career with 122, the only player with more than 100 centuries for the county.[11] The highest individual score for the county is 332 runs, achieved by Bill Ashdown against Essex at Brentwood in 1934. Ashdown is the only man to have scored more than 300 runs in an innings for the county, doing so twice in his career.[12]
Individual records (bowling)
Spin bowlers Tich Freeman and Colin Blythe dominate Kent bowling records. Freeman is the leading wicket taker in Kent's history and holds the records for the most 5-for and 10-for innings in first-class cricket.[13] Blythe has the best known figures in an innings for the county, taking 10/30 against Northamptonshire in 1907.[14]
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| Most wickets in a season |
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| Wickets | Player | Season |
| 262 |
Tich Freeman | 1933 |
| 260 |
Tich Freeman | 1930 |
| 257 |
Tich Freeman | 1931 |
| 246 |
Tich Freeman | 1928 |
| 226 |
Tich Freeman | 1932 |
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Note: The most wickets taken in a season by a bowler other than Freeman is 185, by Colin Blythe in 1909. Freeman (14 times), Blythe (8 times), Arthur Fielder (twice) and Frank Woolley (once) are the only men to take 150 wickets or more in a season for Kent.[15]
Edmund Hinkly took ten wickets in an innings against England in 1848, the first time that the feat of taking all ten wickets in a first-class innings is known to have been achieved.[16] It is not known how many runs he conceded in doing so.
Fielding records
Wicketkeeping records
- Most dismissals in an innings: 8 Steve Marsh vs Middlesex at Lord's, 1991 (8 catches, no stumpings)
- Most dismissals in a match: 10 Fred Huish vs Surrey at The Oval, 1911 (1 catch, 9 stumpings) and Jack Hubble vs Gloucestershire at College Ground, Cheltenham, 1923 (9 catches, 1 stumping)
- Most catches in a season: 78 Alan Knott, 1967
- Most stumpings in a season: 56 Les Ames, 1932
- Most total dismissals in a season: 116 Les Ames, 1929
- Most catches in a career: 901 Fred Huish, 1895–1914
- Most stumpings in a career: 352 Fred Huish, 1895–1914
- Most total dismissals in a career: 1,253 Fred Huish, 1895–1914
See also
References
- ↑ Playing record, Cricket Archive, 2016-02-06.
- ↑ County Championship playing record, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ Highest team totals for Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ Kent crush Essex in LV= County Championship Division 2 clash at Tunbridge Wells, Kent Online, 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ Records tumble at Tunbridge Wells, Kent County Cricket Club, 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ Lowest team totals for Kent, Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ Highest team totals against Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ Lowest team totals against Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ Highest partnership for each wicket by Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ Most appearances for Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ Most centuries for Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ Most runs in an innings for Kent, Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ 'Tich’ Freeman: Colossus who ruled the County Championship for Kent, Cricket Country, 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ Most wickets in an innings for Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ Most wickets in a season for Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ Cowdrey's crowning glory, CricInfo, 2003-07-11. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
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