This is a list of cricketers who have played for Kent County Cricket Club in top-class matches. The county club has its origin in the Kent Club founded at Canterbury on 6 August 1842. A similar organisation was formed at Maidstone in 1859 and, in 1870, these two amalgamated to create the present county club. Like the Kent county teams formed by earlier organisations, including the old Town Malling club, the county club has always been classified as a top-class team.Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (1982) A Guide to First-Class cricket matches played in the British Isles (second edition), p.11. Nottingham: ACS. ( Available online . Retrieved 4 March 2022.) The players listed have played for the club in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket matches.
The details are the player's usual name followed by the years in which he was active as a Kent player. Note that many players represented other teams besides Kent. Current players are shown as active to the latest year in which they played for the club.Kent players, CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 August 2020. The list excludes Second XI and other players who did not play for the club's first team. Players who represented the county before August 1842 are included only if they also played for the county club after its initial formation.
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O Niall O'Brien (2004–2006) Alfie Ogborne (2024) Sid O'Linn (1951–1954) Mike Olton (1962–1963) Marcus O'Riordan (2019–2024) Edward O'Shaughnessy (1879–1885) Cuthbert Ottaway (1869–1870)
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Q Qais Ahmad (2021–2022) Matt Quinn (2021–2025)
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U Derek Ufton (1945–1962) Derek Underwood (1963–1987)
V Bryan Valentine (1927–1948) Martin van Jaarsveld (2005–2011) Alan Verrinder (1977) Hardus Viljoen (2016–2019)
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Y William Yardley (1868–1878) Yasir Arafat (2007–2008) Yasir Shah (2017) Alfred Young (1890)
See also List of Kent County Cricket Club captains List of Gentlemen of Kent cricketers List of Kent county cricketers to 1842
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