Kent Cricket News ------------------------------------------------- http://www.kent.cricket.org ----------------------- Fri 19 Feb 1999 Association of Kent Cricket Clubs announce details of their AGM: The 1999 AKCC Annual General Meeting will be on Thursday 22 April at the Sutton Valence School at 8pm. The school is on the A274 Maidstone to Headcorn road, just north of the village cross-roads. Coffee will be provided. All members are invited to attend. Agenda: 1. To confirm the minutes of the 48th AGM held on 23 April 1998. 2. Matters arising therefrom. 3. To receive the Chairman's Report. 4. To receive and, if thought fit, adopt the Income and Expenditure Accounts and Balance Sheet for the year ending 31 December 1998. 5. To elect the Officers of the Association; President, Vice-President, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Treasurer 6. To appoint auditors for 1999. 7. Any other business. Copies of the minutes and accounts will be available at the meeting and, after 1 April, from the General Secretary, 2 Leyton Cottages, Stone cum Ebony, Tenterden, Kent TN30 7JA. (Tel. 01797 270560) --------------------------------------------------------------------- World Cup Tickets: The England v Kenya match at Canterbury on Tue 18 May is now completely sold out (although you may be able to be put on 'standby') Tickets are still available for the other two matches (Kent v England, Kent v South Africa) - including special offers for schools. For full details see http://www.kent.cricket.org or the email we sent out earlier this week. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cricket Tours Directory: There is a directory to assist clubs arranging tours. It gives contacts throughout Great Britain and Ireland and may be obtained from its compiler William Jones, Comberton House, 111 Bransford Road, St.John's, Worcester WR2 4ET (tel 01905 422573), or ring Reg Hughes, AKCC Secretary, for the contact for a particular area. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra 1999 Fixtures: The following fixtures are in addition to the main 1st and 2nd XI matches and will be added to the fixture list on the website as soon as possible. We sent details of Kent's pre-season friendly games by email yesterday. Club and Ground (1 day unless otherwise indicated) Tue 15 Jun v University of Kent, Canterbury (University Ground) Wed 16 Jun v The Army, Chatham Mon 28 Jun v The Arabs, Sibton Park Wed 8 Sep v MCC Young Cricketers, Shenley (3 day match) Under 19 Championship (2 days) Mon 19 Jul v Sussex, Eastbourne Thu 22 Jul v Middlesex, Canterbury Thu 5 Aug v Essex, Brentwood Mon 9 Aug v Hampshire, Folkestone Thu 12 Aug v Surrey, Oxted Mon 16 Aug Semi-finals Mon 6 Sep Final Kent Cricket Board XI - Natwest Trophy 50 overs, 11am start, play continues second day if necessary Tue 4 May Round 1: Denmark, Maidstone Wed 19 May Round 2: Winners of Round 1 match at home to Worcestershire Cricket Board (if Kent at Maidstone) Wed 23 Jun Round 3: Winners of Round 2 match at home to Hampshire (if Kent at Canterbury) MCC Trophy (60 overs) Sun 23 May v Sussex, Hastings Sun 30 May v Hampshire, Ashford Sun 13 Jun v Buckinghamshire, away Sun 27 Jun v Berkshire, Canterbury Fri 16 Jul Quarter-Finals, home Thu 29 Jul Semi-Finals, home Wed 1 Sep Final, Lord's ECB Knock-Out Competition Sun 11 Jul Round 1: Sussex, Ashford (provisional) Sun 1 Aug Quarter-final: Winners of round 1 match away to Somerset or Hampshire Sun 22 Aug Semi-final Sun 5 Sep Final ---------------------------------------------------------------------