Chris Penn (cricketer)

Christopher Penn (born 19 June 1963) is a retired English professional cricketer. Born in Dover, from 1974 to 1981 Penn was educated at Dover Grammar School for Boys.[1] He played for Kent County Cricket Club from 1982 to 1994, when he was forced to retire through injury. He was subsequently awarded a testimonial in 1996.[2]

Chris Penn
Personal information
Full name
Christopher Penn
Born (1963-06-19) 19 June 1963
Dover, Kent
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1982–1994Kent
FC debut29 May 1982 Kent v Somerset
Last FC25 June 1994 Kent v South Africans
LA debut16 May 1982 Kent v Glamorgan
Last LA1 August 1993 Kent v Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 128 99
Runs scored 2,048 359
Batting average 18.61 9.97
100s/50s 1/6 0/0
Top score 115 40
Balls bowled 18,611 4,483
Wickets 296 104
Bowling average 33.24 31.88
5 wickets in innings 12 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 7/70 4/15
Catches/stumpings 56/– 21/–
Source: CricInfo, 20 May 2012

He was named Kent's player of the year in 1988 when Kent finished second in the County Championship, taking 88 first-class wickets. After his retirement he worked for the England and Wales Cricket Board in facility development for 5 years before joining St Edmund's School, Canterbury as Head of Boy's Games in the Junior School.[3] He also spent periods of time as specialist bowling coach to Kent and the ECB women's cricket squad under coach Paul Farbrace.

Penn worked for the Transvaal Cricket Council under Dr Ali Bacher in the early 1980s coaching cricket in the Johannesburg Townships and playing club cricket for Kohinore Crescents, and Wits University and Green Point Cricket Club in Cape Town. He was awarded a Whitbread Scholarship to Perth, Western Australia in 1985.

Penn played two Test and two One-Day International matches for England under-19s in 1982 and was a schoolboy international at under-15 and under-17 level. His uncle Fred Durrant was a professional footballer for Queens Park Rangers, Brentford and Exeter City, later player-managing non-league side Dover.

References

  1. See the Old Pharosians' Newsletters. He is often mentioned with respect to his cricketing prowess, e.g. "Chris Penn (1974-1981)". Old Pharosians' Newsletter. n.s. 58. July 1990. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. Kent bowler Chris Penn retires, The Independent (7 September 1995). Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  3. Teaching Staff, Sport, St Edmund's School, Canterbury. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
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