List of Kent cricketers

For a list of all Kent cricketers with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Kent cricketers. For the current Kent squad, see Kent County Cricket Club#Current squad.

Below is a list of notable cricketers who have played for Kent County Cricket Club. This means players who have played 300 or more first-class matches for the club[1] or who have represented their country at Test match level whilst on the club's books.

List of players

Appearances and goals are for first-class matches only. "Caps" refers to Test caps gained whilst a Kent player. Statistics correct as of end of 30 August 2007.

NameNationalityKent careerFirst-class
appearances
RunsBatting averageWicketsBowling averageCapsReferences
Woolley, FrankFrank Woolley England 1906–1938 764 47,868 41.76 1,680 18.84 64 [2][3]
Hardinge, WallyWally Hardinge England 1902–1933 606 32,549 36.48 370 26.41 1 [4][5]
Seymour, JamesJames Seymour England 1902–1926 536 26,818 32.66 15 45.33 0 [6][7]
Underwood, DerekDerek Underwood England 1963–1987 520 3,793 9.87 1,951 19.21 86 [8][9]
Freeman, TichTich Freeman England 1914–1936 506 4,257 9.25 3,340 17.64 12 [10][11]
Ashdown, BillBill Ashdown England 1920–1937 482 22,309 30.64 595 32.42 0 [12][13]
Huish, FredFred Huish England 1895–1914 469 7,247 12.84 0 0 [14][15]
Ames, LesLes Ames England 1926–1951 430 28,951 44.33 22 31.68 47 [16][17]
Todd, LesLes Todd England 1927–1950 426 19,407 31.50 555 27.38 0 [18][19]
Fagg, ArthurArthur Fagg England 1932–1957 414 26,070 36.05 0 5 [20][21]
Hearne, AlecAlec Hearne England 1884–1906 403 13,598 21.79 1,018 19.96 1 [22][23]
Cowdrey, ColinColin Cowdrey England 1950–1976 402 23,779 42.01 27 47.59 114 [24][25]
Wright, DougDoug Wright England 1932–1957 397 5,074 12.46 1,709 22.68 34 [26][27]
Blythe, ColinColin Blythe England 1899–1914 381 3,964 10.03 2,210 16.67 19 [28][29]
Leary, StuartStuart Leary South Africa 1951–1971 381 16,169 30.79 140 33.67 0 [30][31]
Dixon, AlanAlan Dixon England 1950–1970 378 9,561 18.93 929 25.69 0 [32][33]
Johnson, GrahamGraham Johnson England 1965–1985 376 12,509 24.77 560 30.93 0 [34][35]
Humphreys, EdwardEdward Humphreys England 1899–1920 366 15,308 28.03 306 26.54 0 [36][37]
Wilson, BobBob Wilson England 1952–1967 365 19,454 32.10 4 22.50 0 [38][39]
Knott, AlanAlan Knott England 1964–1985 349 11,340 27.59 1 13.00 95 [40][41]
Hubble, JackJack Hubble England 1904–1929 343 10,229 23.51 0 0 [42][43]
Luckhurst, BrianBrian Luckhurst England 1958–1985 336 19,096 37.96 61 42.90 21 [44][45]
Denness, MikeMike Denness England 1962–1976 333 17,047 32.90 2 27.50 28 [46][47]
Phebey, ArthurArthur Phebey England 1946–1961 320 14,299 25.90 0 0 [48][49]
Valentine, BryanBryan Valentine England 1927–1948 308 14,131 30.52 18 36.00 7 [50][51]
Ealham, AlanAlan Ealham England 1966–1982 305 10,996 27.62 3 63.00 0 [52][53]
Shepherd, JohnJohn Shepherd Barbados 1966–1981 303 9,401 26.33 832 26.56 5 [54][55]
Taylor, NeilNeil Taylor England 1979–1995 302 17,721 39.82 16 55.68 0 [56][57]
Fairservice, BillBill Fairservice England 1902–1921 301 4,922 15.33 853 22.59 0 [58][59]
Mason, JackJack Mason England 1893–1914 300 15,563 33.98 769 22.07 5 [60][61]
Benson, MarkMark Benson England 1980–1995 280 18,284 40.27 5 98.60 1 [62][63]
Woolmer, BobBob Woolmer England 1968–1984 279 12,634 35.09 334 23.38 19 [64][65]
Tavaré, ChrisChris Tavaré England 1974–1988 259 14,201 37.97 5 98.60 30 [66][67]
Evans, GodfreyGodfrey Evans England 1939–1967 258 9,325 21.38 2 107.50 91 [68][69]
Iqbal, AsifAsif Iqbal Pakistan 1968–1972 243 13,231 37.06 73 28.71 47 [70][71]
Harris, LordLord Harris England 1870–1911 157 7,842 30.04 64 23.79 4 [72][73]
Key, RobRob Key England 1998–present 144 9,843 41.88 0 15 [74][75]
Hooper, CarlCarl Hooper* West Indies 1992–1995
1996
1998
85 6,714 50.48 154 34.99 8 [76][77][78]
Jones, GeraintGeraint Jones England 2001–present 49 2,125 36.63 0 34 [79][80]

An asterisk (*) next to a name denotes that the player had more than one spell at the club. Players marked in bold are still playing for the club.

References

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