List of Kent County Cricket Club seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Kent County Cricket Club in English cricket. It summarises the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top run-scorers and wicket-takers in the County Championship for each season.

Kent vs Lancashire at Canterbury by Albert Chevallier Tayler, which was commissioned by Kent to celebrate their 1906 County Championship victory.

Kent County Cricket Club was formed in August 1846 and played their first competitive match in the same month against an England team at White Hart Field in Bromley. Before the official formation of the County club, teams had represented Kent for many years, with the first recorded match involving Kent taking place in 1719 against a London side.[1] In the years before the formation of the County Championship the club competed in County cricket as well as playing other first class matches. Kent have played in every County championship since the official formation of the competition in 1890,[2] winning the competition seven times, including four times during the Golden Age of cricket in the early years of the 20th century.

Seasons

The list below contains details of the county's performance in every English domestic competition since the formation of the County Championship in 1890.

Season County Championship One Day League[upper-alpha 1] One Day
Cup[upper-alpha 2]		 B&H[upper-alpha 3] T20[upper-alpha 4] Notes
Div[upper-alpha 5] P W L D Tie A Pts Pos Most runs Most wickets Div[upper-alpha 6] Pts Pos
1890 14 6 3 5 0 0 3 3rd Alec Hearne 473 Frederick Martin 88
1891 16 4 5 6 0 1 –1 5th Frank Marchant 584 Frederick Martin 98
1892 16 2 9 5 0 0 –7 7th Alec Hearne 626 Walter Hearne 88
1893 16 6 4 6 0 0 2 4th Alec Hearne 558 Alec Hearne 63
1894 16 6 6 3 0 1 0 4th Frank Marchant 601 Walter Hearne 99
1895 18 3 11 4 0 0 –8 14th Alec Hearne 903 Alec Hearne 66
1896 18 5 9 4 0 0 –4 9th Jack Mason 1,117 Frederick Martin 70
1897 18 2 10 6 0 0 –8 12th Jack Mason 1,107 Frederick Martin 50
1898 20 5 6 9 0 0 –1 7th Jack Mason 1,197 Frederick Martin 66
1899 20 6 8 5 0 1 –2 8th Cuthbert Burnup 1,368 Bill Bradley 112
1900 22 8 4 10 0 0 4 3rd Jack Mason 1,662 Colin Blythe 114
1901 22 7 7 7 0 1 0 7th Jack Mason 1,272 Bill Bradley 102
1902 22 8 8 6 0 0 0 7th Cuthbert Burnup 1,349 Colin Blythe 111
1903 22 7 6 7 0 2 1 8th Cuthbert Burnup 1,037 Colin Blythe 137
1904 21 10 4 7 0 0 6 3rd Punter Humphreys 1,452 Colin Blythe 121 [upper-alpha 7]
1905 22 10 7 4 1 0 3 6th James Seymour 1,284 Colin Blythe 130
1906 22 16 2 4 0 0 14 1st Kenneth Hutchings 1,358 Arthur Fielder 158
1907 26 12 9 5 0 0 3 8th James Seymour 1,483 Arthur Fielder 151
1908 26 17 3 5 0 1 14 2nd James Seymour 1,344 Colin Blythe 167
1909 26 16 2 8 0 0 14 1st Kenneth Hutchings 1,251 Colin Blythe 178
1910 26[upper-alpha 8] 19 3 3 0 0 19 1st Punter Humphreys 1,483 Colin Blythe 149
1911 26 17 4 5 0 0 96 2nd James Seymour 1,619 Colin Blythe 125
1912 26 14 5 6 0 0 82 3rd Wally Hardinge 1,151 Colin Blythe 170
1913 28 20 3 4 0 0 110 1st Wally Hardinge 1,949 Colin Blythe 145
1914 28 16 7 5 0 0 87 3rd Frank Woolley 1,933 Colin Blythe 159
No competitive cricket was played between 1915 and 1918 due to the First World War.
1919 14 6 1 7 0 0 6 2nd Wally Hardinge 888 Frank Woolley 90
1920 26 16 6 3 0 0 82 5th Frank Woolley 1,548 Frank Woolley 164
1921 26 16 7 3 0 0 84 4th Wally Hardinge 1,919 Tich Freeman 156
1922 28 16 3 8 0 0 86 4th Wally Hardinge 2,068 Tich Freeman 194
1923 28 15 9 3 0 0 75 5th Frank Woolley 1,662 Tich Freeman 148
1924 28 12 4 10 0 0 81 5th James Seymour 1,533 Tich Freeman 146
1925 28 15 7 2 0 0 79 5th Frank Woolley 1,990 Tich Freeman 146
1926 28 15 2 11 0 0 92 3rd Wally Hardinge 2,174 Tich Freeman 163
1927 30 12 6 10 0 2 129 4th Wally Hardinge 1,519 Tich Freeman 158
1928 30 15 5 10 0 0 167 2nd Frank Woolley 2,582 Tich Freeman 216
1929 28 12 8 8 0 0 132 8th Wally Hardinge 1,761 Tich Freeman 199
1930 28 12 7 9 0 0 133 5th Frank Woolley 1,823 Tich Freeman 249
1931 28 12 7 9 0 0 216 3rd Frank Woolley 1,659 Tich Freeman 241
1932 28 14 3 10 0 1 248 3rd Les Ames 1,958 Tich Freeman 209
1933 30 15 8 7 0 0 253 3rd Les Ames 2,150 Tich Freeman 252
1934 30 12 7 11 0 0 225 5th Frank Woolley 2,447 Tich Freeman 187
1935 30 10 12 8 0 0 185 10th Frank Woolley 2,187 Tich Freeman 201
1936 28 9 9 10 0 0 174 8th Arthur Fagg 1,686 Tich Freeman 103
1937 28 8 16 4 0 0 136 12th Les Ames 1,909 Alan Watt 108
1938 28 8 14 5 0 0 120 9th Arthur Fagg 2,297 Doug Wright 88
1939 28 14 9 3 0 1[upper-alpha 9] 180 5th Les Ames 1,846 Doug Wright 131
No competitive cricket was played between 1940 and 1945 due to the Second World War.
1946 26 11 8 7 0 0 144 6th Les Todd 1,864 Doug Wright 113
1947 26 12 8 6 0 0 172 4th Les Ames 2,137 Doug Wright 136
1948 26 4 11 11 0 0 76 15th Arthur Fagg 2,404 Doug Wright 71
1949 26 7 15 4 0 0 96 13th Les Ames 1,862 Doug Wright 111
1950 28 6 12 9 1 0 108 9th Arthur Fagg 2,019 Doug Wright 141
1951 28 4 15 9 0 0 60 16th Arthur Fagg 2,046 Ray Dovey 93
1952 28 5 15 8 0 0 84 15th Arthur Fagg 1,442 Doug Wright 111
1953 28 4 14 10 0 0 64 16th Arthur Fagg 1,347 Doug Wright 90
1954 28 5 7 16 0 0 100 11th Bob Wilson 1,324 Doug Wright 105
1955 28 8 13 7 0 0 104 13th Arthur Fagg 1,291 Doug Wright 127
1956 28 4 12 12 0 0 60 16th Arthur Phebey 1,357 Fred Ridgway 82
1957 28 6 13 9 0 0 90 14th Bob Wilson 1,760 David Halfyard 112
1958 28 9 10 8 0 1 139 8th Arthur Phebey 1,087 David Halfyard 126
1959 28 8 12 8 0 0 128 13th Bob Wilson 1,769 David Halfyard 121
1960 28 7 7 14 0 0 118 10th Peter Richardson 1,429 David Halfyard 123
1961 28 8 8 12 0 0 132 11th Peter Richardson 1,919 David Halfyard 110
1962 28 7 9 12 0 0 110 11th Peter Richardson 1,997 David Halfyard 98
1963 28 5 6 17 0 0 68 13th Peter Richardson 1,798 Derek Underwood 96 R1
1964 28 9 6 13 0 0 108 7th Bob Wilson 1,979 Alan Dixon 121 R2
1965 28 8 5 15 0 0 96 5th Brian Luckhurst 1,418 Alan Dixon 113 R2
1966 28 11 8 9 0 0 144 4th Brian Luckhurst 1,553 Derek Underwood 143 R2
1967 28 11 3 13 0 1 176 2nd Colin Cowdrey 1,101 Derek Underwood 111 Won
1968 28 12 5 11 0 0 256 2nd Mike Denness 1,299 Derek Underwood 91 R2
1969 24 4 6 14 0 0 151 10th Brian Luckhurst 1,593 Norman Graham 77 38 4th R2
1970 24 9 5 10 0 0 237 1st Mike Denness 1,445 John Shepherd 84 48 2nd QF
1971 24 7 6 11 0 0 234 4th Mike Denness 1,391 Derek Underwood 97 32 8th RU
1972 20 7 4 9 0 0 191 2nd Brian Luckhurst 1,345 Derek Underwood 52 45 1st SF Grp
1973 20 4 3 13 0 0 197 4th Graham Johnson 1,175 John Shepherd 78 50 1st QF Won
1974 20 5 8 7 0 0 146 10th Brian Luckhurst 1,035 Bob Woolmer 54 44 3rd Won QF
1975 20 8 4 8 0 0 209 5th Asif Iqbal 1,262 Derek Underwood 57 48 3rd R2 Grp
1976 20 5 7 8 0 0 155 14th Bob Woolmer 1,222 Derek Underwood 48 40 1st[upper-alpha 10] R2 Won
1977 22 9 2 10 0 1 227 1st[upper-alpha 11] Asif Iqbal 1,224 John Shepherd 87 34 6th R1 RU
1978 22 13 3 6 0 0 292 1st Chris Tavaré 1,335 Derek Underwood 110 28 10th QF Won
1979 22 6 3 13 0 0 181 5th Chris Tavaré 1,239 Derek Underwood 104 48 2nd QF Grp
1980 22 2 8 12 0 0 119 16th Chris Tavaré 1,050 Derek Underwood 60 28 11th R2 Grp
1981 22 5 7 10 0 0 189 9th Chris Tavaré 1,502 Kevin Jarvis 79 32 7th R2 SF
1982 22 3 4 15 0 0 166 13th Neil Taylor 1,083 Derek Underwood 78 36 4th R2 QF
1983 24 7 4 13 0 0 250 7th Derek Aslett 1,437 Derek Underwood 105 42 3rd RU SF
1984 24 8 3 11 2 0 254 5th Derek Aslett 1,231 Derek Underwood 77 28 9th RU Grp
1985 24 4 5 15 0 0 186 9th Mark Benson 1,446 Derek Underwood 64 30 10th QF SF
1986 24 5 7 12 0 0 197 8th Mark Benson 1,242 Terry Alderman 98 36 6th R2 RU
1987 24 2 7 15 0 0 151 14th Mark Benson 1,619 Eldine Baptiste 51 38 6th R2 SF
1988 22 10 5 7 0 0 289 2nd Chris Tavaré 1,292 Chris Penn 80 34 7th QF Grp
1989 22 3 8 11 0 0 154 15th Neil Taylor 1,495 Alan Igglesden 53 28 11th R2 SF
1990 22 3 6 13 0 0 152 16th Neil Taylor 1,752 Richard Davis 65 30 10th R2 Grp
1991 22 6 3 12 1 0 209 6th Neil Taylor 1,647 Tony Merrick 58 28 10th R2 QF
1992 22 9 3 10 0 0 259 2nd Trevor Ward 1,648 Richard Davis 67 40 5th QF RU
1993 17 6 4 7 0 0 190 8th Carl Hooper 1,304 Alan Igglesden 50 52 2nd R2 Pre
1994 17 6 7 4 0 0 198 9th Carl Hooper 1,579 Min Patel 79 48 3rd SF QF
1995 17 3 10 4 0 0 132 18th Aravinda de Silva 1,688 Min Patel 51 50 1st[upper-alpha 12] R2 RU
1996 17 9 2 6 0 0 261 4th Carl Hooper 1,287 Martin McCague 75 34 10th R2 QF
1997 17 8 4 5 0 0 252 2nd Alan Wells 1,055 Paul Strang 61 50 2nd R1 RU [upper-alpha 13]
1998 17 5 5 7 0 0 178 11th Carl Hooper 1,215 Dean Headley 52 38 5th R2 QF
1999 17 6 4 7 0 0 194 5th Andrew Symonds 829 Julian Thompson 64 Div 1 36 3rd QF n/a[upper-alpha 14]
2000 Div 1 16 4 4 8 0 0 140 6th Rahul Dravid 1,039 Martin Saggers 57 Div 1 32 5th R4 Grp
2001 Div 1 16 4 3 9 0 0 175 3rd David Fulton 1,729 Martin Saggers 63 Div 1 50 1st QF Grp
2002 Div 1 16 7 4 5 0 0 195.5 3rd Ed Smith 1,233 Martin Saggers 79 Div 1 30 5th SF Grp
2003 Div 1 16 6 5 5 0 0 198 4th Ed Smith 1,352 Martin Saggers 54 Div 1 30 6th R4 Grp
2004 Div 1 16 7 3 6 0 0 206 2nd Robert Key 1,274 Min Patel 41 Div 1 24 8th R3 Grp
2005 Div 1 16 6 3 7 0 0 202.5 5th Robert Key 1,556 Min Patel 59 Div 2 28 8th QF Grp
2006 Div 1 16 4 4 8 0 0 175 5th Matthew Walker 1,419 Amjad Khan 34 Div 2 10 5th Grp QF
2007 Div 1 16 3 5 7 0 1[upper-alpha 15] 153 7th Robert Key 1,250 Ryan McLaren 44 Div 2 10 5th Grp Won
2008 Div 1 16 4 6 6 0 0 154 8th[upper-alpha 16] Martin van Jaarsveld 1,150 Robbie Joseph 55 Div 2 10 4th RU RU
2009 Div 2 16 8 3 5 0 0 219 1st[upper-alpha 17] Martin van Jaarsveld 1,475 James Tredwell 69 Div 2 9 3rd Grp SF
2010 Div 1 16 3 7 6 0 0 151 8th[upper-alpha 16] Martin van Jaarsveld 1,082 Amjad Khan 38 Grp Grp
2011 Div 2 16 5 9 2 0 0 149 8th Joe Denly 1,024 James Tredwell 42 Grp QF
2012 Div 2 16 4 3 9 0 0 170 3rd Brendan Nash 908 Charlie Shreck 55 Grp Grp
2013 Div 2 16 3 2 11 0 0 151 7th Darren Stevens 1,268 Charlie Shreck 33 Grp Grp
2014 Div 2 16 4 6 6 0 0 171 6th Daniel Bell-Drummond 955 Darren Stevens 56 SF Grp
2015 Div 2 16 4 7 5 0 0 161 7th Sam Northeast 1,168 Matt Coles 67 QF QF
2016 Div 2 16 5 2 8 0 1[upper-alpha 18] 212 2nd[upper-alpha 19] Sam Northeast 1,337 Mitchell Claydon 48 QF Grp
2017 Div 2 14 4 2 7 0 1[upper-alpha 20] 175 5th Joe Denly 1,165 Darren Stevens 62 Grp Grp [upper-alpha 21]
2018 Div 2 14 10 3 1 0 0 221 2nd[upper-alpha 17] Joe Denly 828 Matt Henry 75 RU QF [upper-alpha 22]
2019 Div 1 14 5 5 4 0 0 172 4th Daniel Bell-Drummond 892 Matt Milnes 55 Grp Grp
2020 South[upper-alpha 23] 5 3 1 1 0 0 82 2nd Jordan Cox 324 Darren Stevens 29 [upper-alpha 23] QF
2021 Div 3[upper-alpha 24] 14 5 5 4 0 0 94 1st Jack Leaning 745 Darren Stevens 39 Grp Won
2022 Div 1 14 4 5 5 0 0 158 5th Ben Compton 1,193 Nathan Gilchrist 33 Won Grp
2023 Div 1 Kent's 2023 season began on 10 April 2023

Key
Winners Runners up Promoted Relegated

Top run scorer/wicket taker shown in bold when he was the leading run scorer/wicket taker in the country.

Notes
  1. The initial one day league competition took place in the 1969 season. Until 1998 it was known as the Sunday League as matches generally took place on Sundays. Between 1999 and 2009 it was known as the National League or the Pro40, with the competition split into two divisions.
  2. The initial one day cup competition took place in the 1963 season as the Gillette Cup. Names have included: Gillette Cup (1963-1980), NatWest Trophy (1981-2000), C&G Trophy (2001-2006), Friends Provident Trophy (2007-2009), ECB 40 (2010-2013) and Royal London One-Day Cup (2014 onwards).
  3. The Benson & Hedges Cup competition ran from the 1972 season until 2002.
  4. The Twenty20 competition first took place in the 2003 season. Names have included the Twenty20 Cup (2003-2009), Friends Life t20 (2010-2013) and NatWest t20 Blast (2014 onwards).
  5. The County Championship was split into two divisions in 2000.
  6. The National League was split into two divisions in 1999.
  7. A match against Yorkshire at Harrogate was declared void after the pitch was suspected to have been tampered with after the first days play. Statistics from the valid first days play were struck from all records.[3][4]
  8. The match against Lancashire as Old Trafford was officially "not counted" as no play took place on the second day due to the funeral of Edward VII. Statistics from the first and third days of the match are officially recorded.[5]
  9. Kent's match with Middlesex, due to start on 2 September 1939, was cancelled due to the outbreak of the Second World War.
  10. Kent won the 1976 John Player League on average run rate, having tied on points with four other counties.
  11. The 1977 County Championship title was shared between Kent and Middlesex.
  12. Kent won the title ahead of Warwickshire on runs per 100 balls after tying on points and number of games won.
  13. Kent's draw with Somerset on 20–23 August 1997 finished with the scores level. As Kent were batting last, the rules during the 1997 season awarded the county eight points (plus bonus points) instead of the usual three (plus bonus points).
  14. Owing to the 1999 Cricket World Cup, the Benson & Hedges Cup was replaced by the Benson & Hedges Super Cup, which featured the top eight teams from the 1998 County Championship. Kent, having finished 11th, did not qualify.
  15. Kent's match against Worcestershire at New Road was abandoned without a ball bowled due to the 2007 United Kingdom floods. The game was initially rescheduled for the end of July but later cancelled.[6][7]
  16. Relegated to Division 2.
  17. Promoted to Division 1.
  18. Kent's match against Worcestershire at New Road was abandoned without a ball bowled due to a water-logged outfield.[8]
  19. In 2016 only one team was promoted to Division One due to the realignment of the numbers of teams in each division.
  20. Kent's match against Derbyshire at Queen's Park, Chesterfield in September was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to heavy rain and a water-logged outfield.[9]
  21. Kent also competed in the 2016–17 Regional Super50 competition in the West Indies in January and February 2017
  22. Kent also competed in the 2017–18 Regional Super50 competition in the West Indies in January and February 2018, reaching the semi-finals of the competition.
  23. The County Championship was replaced by the Bob Willis Trophy in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kent played in the south group of the competition. The One-Day Cup competition was cancelled.
  24. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the County Championship was split into two stages. In the first stage, Kent played against five other teams in Group 3. They finished in the bottom two teams in the group and so moved into Division 3, with the bottom two teams from the other groups, playing four matches, once each against the teams they had not already played. After winning all four matches in the final stage, Kent finished first in Division 3. This is the only time that the County Championship has featured three divisions.

References
  1. A brief history, Kent County Cricket Club. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  2. A brief history of the County Championship, ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  3. John Stern; Marcus Williams, eds. (2014). The Essential Wisden: An Anthology of 150 Years of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. A&C Black. p. 983. ISBN 978-1-4081-7896-6.
  4. Williamson M (2006) Harrogate's self-repairing pitch, ESPNcricinfo, 2006-02-11. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  5. 1910 County Championship, ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2016-05-7.
  6. ECB to probe Worcestershire saga, BBC Sport, 2007-07-09. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  7. ECB statement: Worcs v Kent, England and Wales Cricket Board, 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  8. County Championship: Worcestershire-Kent abandoned without a ball being bowled, BBC Sport, 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  9. Derbyshire v Kent: All four days of Championship game abandoned, BBC Sport, 2017-09-22. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
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