This is a list of the men who have captained Kent County Cricket Club in at least one first-class fixture since the inception of the County Championship. Kent County Cricket Club were one of the eight counties to compete in the inaugraul Championship of 1890, and have played every Championship season since.
The county won their first title in 1906, under the captaincy of Cloudesley Marsham, and have won the title on a further six occasions. Of those named official captain, Ted Dillon has the best win ratio, leading the side to 67 wins in 104 matches. Colin Cowdrey holds the record for most games captained, and most wins as captain.
Statistics include all County Championship matches, as well as matches against the first-class universities, touring national sides and Marylebone Cricket Club.
Players shaded in blue were at some point named official club captain. Those not shaded acted as captain when the official captain was unavailable.
Name | Nationality | First | Last | P | W | L | D | T | Win%[1] | Honours | Notes |
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Frank Marchant | England | 8 May 1890 | 27 August 1897 | 133 | 37 | 64 | 32 | 0 | 27.82 | [2] | |
William Patterson | England | 13 August 1891 | 13 August 1898 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 18.18 | [3] | |
Manley Kemp | England | 6 August 1894 | 8 August 1894 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | [4] | |
Gerald Mordaunt | England | 19 August 1897 | 21 August 1897 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | [5] | |
Jack Mason | England | 23 May 1898 | 10 September 1913 | 124 | 46 | 37 | 41 | 0 | 37.10 | [6] | |
Gerry Weigall | England | 15 May 1899 | 17 May 1899 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | [7] | |
Cuthbert Burnup | England | 21 May 1903 | 26 May 1905 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 38.46 | [8] | |
Cloudesley Marsham | England | 12 May 1904 | 29 August 1908 | 112 | 59 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 52.68 | County Championship winners 1906 | [9] |
Dick Blaker | England | 6 July 1905 | 26 July 1905 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | [10] | |
Arthur Day | England | 27 May 1907 | 31 May 1923 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 42.86 | [11] | |
Ted Dillon | England | 13 May 1909 | 29 June 1923 | 104 | 67 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 64.42 | County Championship winners 1909–1910, 1913 | [12] |
Kenneth Hutchings | England | 11 August 1910 | 19 June 1912 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 57.14 | [13] | |
Lionel Troughton | England | 10 June 1912 | 31 August 1923 | 145 | 80 | 30 | 35 | 0 | 55.17 | [14] | |
Sam Day | England | 12 August 1912 | 12 August 1919 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | [15] | |
Eric Hatfeild | England | 7 July 1913 | 9 July 1913 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | [16] | |
Eric Bickmore | England | 20 June 1923 | 22 June 1923 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | [17] | |
Chris Hurst | England | 30 June 1923 | 3 July 1923 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | [18] | |
Stanley Cornwallis | England | 23 July 1923 | 30 August 1926 | 72 | 36 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 50.00 | [19] | |
Ronald Bryan | England | 31 May 1924 | 30 July 1937 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 19.05 | [20] | |
George Wood | England | 6 August 1924 | 8 August 1924 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | [21] | |
Jack Bryan | England | 9 August 1924 | 19 August 1931 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 50.00 | [22] | |
Geoffrey Legge | England | 17 July 1926 | 1 September 1930 | 84 | 37 | 17 | 30 | 0 | 44.05 | [23] | |
Percy Chapman | England | 8 September 1926 | 1 September 1936 | 138 | 53 | 38 | 47 | 0 | 38.41 | [24] | |
John Evans | England | 4 May 1927 | 27 July 1928 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 39.13 | [25] | |
Conrad Johnstone | England | 4 September 1929 | 6 September 1929 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | [26] | |
Bryan Valentine | England | 2 May 1931 | 31 August 1948 | 131 | 59 | 39 | 33 | 0 | 45.04 | [27] | |
Godfrey Bryan | England | 20 May 1933 | 23 May 1933 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | [28] | |
Ian Akers-Douglas | England | 12 May 1934 | 17 June 1938 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 42.86 | [29] | |
Gerry Chalk | England | 4 September 1935 | 29 August 1939 | 53 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 35.85 | [30] | |
Hopper Levett | England | 20 June 1936 | 8 July 1938 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | [31] | |
Les Ames | England | 22 May 1946 | 29 August 1950 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14.29 | [32] | |
Jack Davies | England | 20 August 1947 | 27 July 1951 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | [33] | |
David Clark | England | 10 July 1948 | 31 August 1951 | 69 | 13 | 34 | 21 | 1 | 18.84 | [34] | |
William Murray-Wood | England | 11 August 1951 | 7 August 1953 | 55 | 8 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 14.55 | [35] | |
Doug Wright | England | 4 July 1953 | 5 July 1957 | 84 | 16 | 33 | 35 | 0 | 19.05 | [36] | |
Colin Cowdrey | England | 18 August 1954 | 21 June 1974 | 247 | 82 | 61 | 104 | 0 | 33.20 | County Championship winners 1970 | [37] |
Arthur Fagg | England | 26 May 1956 | 2 July 1957 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | [38] | |
John Pretlove | England | 6 July 1957 | 8 July 1957 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | [39] | |
Arthur Phebey | England | 18 June 1958 | 5 September 1961 | 39 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 30.77 | [40] | |
Peter Richardson | England | 8 June 1960 | 1 June 1965 | 45 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 24.44 | [41] | |
David Sayer | England | 8 May 1962 | 27 August 1962 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | [42] | |
Bob Wilson | England | 3 July 1963 | 20 June 1966 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 25.00 | [43] | |
Alan Dixon | England | 14 May 1966 | 29 August 1969 | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 25.81 | [44] | |
Mike Denness | England | 1 May 1969 | 10 September 1976 | 123 | 35 | 32 | 56 | 0 | 28.46 | [45] | |
Stuart Leary | South Africa | 26 May 1971 | 20 August 1971 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | [46] | |
Brian Luckhurst | England | 5 July 1972 | 4 June 1976 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 32.14 | [47] | |
Asif Iqbal | Pakistan | 4 May 1977 | 3 August 1982 | 52 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 25.00 | County Championship winners 1977 | [48] |
David Nicholls | England | 18 June 1977 | 21 June 1977 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | [49] | |
Alan Ealham | England | 29 April 1978 | 2 September 1980 | 67 | 20 | 14 | 33 | 0 | 29.85 | County Championship winners 1978 | [50] |
John Shepherd | Barbados | 3 June 1978 | 5 June 1978 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | [51] | |
Alan Knott | England | 31 May 1980 | 5 September 1980 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | [52] | |
Chris Tavaré | England | 17 June 1981 | 5 August 1988 | 46 | 11 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 23.91 | [53] | |
Bob Woolmer | England | 27 June 1981 | 15 September 1981 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 | [54] | |
Chris Cowdrey | England | 1 May 1982 | 27 August 1990 | 145 | 35 | 39 | 71 | 0 | 24.14 | [55] | |
Graham Johnson | England | 25 August 1982 | 2 September 1983 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20.00 | [56] | |
Mark Benson | England | 29 May 1985 | 16 September 1995 | 100 | 30 | 24 | 45 | 1 | 30.00 | [57] | |
Simon Hinks | England | 25 June 1988 | 26 June 1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | [58] | |
Steve Marsh | England | 29 August 1990 | 17 May 1999 | 71 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 0 | 38.03 | [59] | |
Neil Taylor | England | 7 September 1990 | 15 September 1990 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | [60] | |
Matthew Fleming | England | 1 July 1995 | 15 September 2001 | 49 | 14 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 28.57 | [61] | |
Min Patel | England | 29 June 1996 | 5 May 2006 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40.00 | [62] | |
Carl Hooper | Guyana | 1 August 1996 | 5 August 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | [63] | |
Trevor Ward | England | 8 August 1996 | 14 June 1998 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 | [64] | |
Mark Ealham | England | 1 September 1999 | 7 June 2003 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | [65] | |
Alan Wells | England | 17 August 2000 | 25 August 2000 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | [66] | |
David Fulton | England | 19 April 2002 | 23 September 2005 | 59 | 26 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 44.07 | [67] | |
Ed Smith | England | 7 August 2003 | 12 June 2004 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | [68] | |
Martin Saggers | England | 16 August 2005 | 17 August 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | [69] | |
Robert Key | England | 19 April 2006 | incumbent | 59 | 17 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 28.81 | County Championship Division 2 winners 2009| | [70] |
Darren Stevens | England | 17 May 2006 | 19 May 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | [71] | |
Martin van Jaarsveld | South Africa | 20 September 2006 | 9 June 2009 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40.00 | [72] |
Statistics correct to the end of the 2009 English cricket season.
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