Kent County Cricket Club in 1909

Two of the county's players, Arthur Day and Douglas Carr, were selected as Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1910 as a result of their performances during the season.

Carr made his debut in first-class cricket during the season at the age of 37 and played in his only Test match in August.

[4] The re-emergence of strong Kent sides was based on the development of a mix of "gifted"[5] amateurs playing alongside an increasingly strong core of professionals, most of whom were a product of the club's Tonbridge Nursery - its player development centre based at the Angel Ground at Tonbridge.

By 1906 professionals were making around 60% of all appearances for Kent, a figure which had increased markedly since the establishment of the Nursery in 1897 and provided a much firmer foundation for the side to achieve success on the field.

The 1909 side was captained by Ted Dillon in his first year of captaincy and featured England international players Colin Blythe, Kenneth Hutchings and Arthur Fielder.

[19] Carr, who bowled leg-spin and who was an early proponent of the relatively new googly delivery, made his first-class cricket debut against Oxford University in May at the age of 37.

[20] Carr capped his remarkable rise to fame by being selected as one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year in 1910 alongside batsman Arthur Day.

Huish was the main wicket-keeper and was considered the senior professional, beginning a streak of 151 consecutive County Championship appearances in 1909.

Source: CricketArchive and CricInfo statistics During 1909 Kent played 30 first-class matches, including 26 in the County Championship.

[30] Fast bowler Arthur Fielder took 95 wickets with spinners Woolley, Douglas Carr and Bill Fairservice all making significant contributions.

Kent's best individual bowling figures for the season were Blythe's 9/42 taken against Leicestershire in May, closely followed by the same bowler's 9/44 against Northamptonshire in the same month.

[32] Fred Huish took 63 wicket-keeping dismissals for Kent during the season, including 35 catches and 22 stumpings in the County Championship.