This is a list of Kent first-class cricket records; that is, record team and individual performances in first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club. Records for Kent in List A cricket, the shorter form of the game, are found at List of Kent List A cricket records.
Notation[]
Team Notation: When a team score is listed as "300-3", this indicates that they have scored 300 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. If it is followed by a "d", this indicates that the side declared. When the team score is listed as "300", this means the side was all out.
Batting Notation: When a batsman's score is listed as "100", the batsman scored 100 runs and was out. If it followed by an asterisk *, the batsman was not out.
Bowling Notation: "5/100" indicates that the bowler took 5 wickets while conceding 100 runs.
Team Records[]
| Total Runs | Opponents | Venue | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest for Kent | 803-4 d | v Essex | Brentwood | 1934 |
| Highest against Kent | 676 | by  Australia |
Canterbury | 1921 |
| Lowest for Kent | 18 | v Sussex | Gravesend | 1867 |
| Lowest against Kent | 16 | by Warwickshire | Tonbridge | 1913 |
| Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 13 May 2007. | ||||
Batting Records[]
| Runs | Batsman | Opponents | Venue | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest individual innings | 332 |  Bill Ashdown |
v Essex | Brentwood | 1934 |
| Most runs in a season for Kent | 2,894 | Frank Woolley |
1928 | ||
| Most runs in a career for Kent | 47,868 | Frank Woolley |
1906 - 1938 | ||
| Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 13 May 2007. | |||||
Bowling Records[]
| Analysis | Bowler | Opponents | Venue | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best innings analysis for Kent | 10/30 | Colin Blythe |
v Northamptonshire | Northampton | 1907 |
| Best match analysis for Kent | 17/48 | Colin Blythe |
v Northamptonshire | Northampton | 1907 |
| Wickets | Bowler | Season | |||
| Most wickets in a season for Kent | 262 | Tich Freeman |
1933 | ||
| Most career wickets for Kent | 3,340 | Tich Freeman |
1914 - 1936 | ||
| Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 13 May 2007. | |||||
Partnership Records[]
| Wicket Partnership |
Runs | Batsmen | Opponents | Venue | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 300 | Neil Taylor Mark Benson |
v Derbyshire | Canterbury | 1991 |
| 2nd | 366 | Simon Hinks Neil Taylor |
v Middlesex | Canterbury | 1990 |
| 3rd | 323 | Rob Key Martin van Jaarsveld |
v Surrey | Tunbridge Wells | 2005 |
| 4th | 368 |  Aravinda de Silva Graham Cowdrey |
v Derbyshire | Maidstone | 1995 |
| 5th | 277 | Frank Woolley Les Ames |
v  New Zealanders |
Canterbury | 1931 |
| 6th | 315 | Aravinda de Silva Mark Ealham |
v Nottinghamshire | Nottingham | 1995 |
| 7th | 248 | Arthur Day Edward Humphreys |
v Somerset | Taunton | 1908 |
| 8th | 177 | Geraint Jones Yasir Arafat |
v Warwickshire | Canterbury | 2007 |
| 9th | 171 | Mark Ealham Paul Strang |
v Nottinghamshire | Nottingham | 1997 |
| 10th | 235 | Frank Woolley Arthur Fielder |
v Worcestershire | Stalybridge | 1909 |
| Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 13 May 2007 | |||||
Kent County Cricket Club
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