The moans by Kent supporters in 1911 were what probably lay behind one of the most famous Punch cartoons (of which I have a framed copy).
It's headed Two Gentlemen of Warwickshire and depicts Frank Foster talking to William Shakespeare and quoting from Henry VI part two:
"Tell Kent from me she hath lost"
To which Shakespeare responds (quoting from Henry VI part 3):
"Warwick, thou art worthy."

GerryShedd wrote:

The moans by Kent supporters in 1911 were what probably lay behind one of the most famous Punch cartoons (of which I have a framed copy).
It's headed Two Gentlemen of Warwickshire and depicts Frank Foster talking to William Shakespeare and quoting from Henry VI part two:
"Tell Kent from me she hath lost"
To which Shakespeare responds (quoting from Henry VI part 3):
"Warwick, thou art worthy."

Love that!

GerryShedd wrote:

PS - a moan from me - Sam Hain doesn't get into the BBC team of the season:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c6dx01807d1ro
But because it was decided by public vote, maybe those of us who didn't vote are to blame.

I voted for Rob Yates too, on account of his catches. There was no obvious way to give proper weight to this.

Yes Gerry, I think there was a copy of that in the old members bar. I would like to think that it is somewhere in the ground, who knows, it might be in the museum.

Wonderful post earlier Paul.

Unfortunately on top of everything else cricket writing is probably at a lower standard than it has even been in 2026.