Kent
1839-08-01
From 1836 to the late 1840s Kent was the strongest county in England. The combination of Alfred Mynn's fast roundarm bowling, Fuller Pilch's batting (after his 1836 transfer from Norfolk), Ned Wenman's wicketkeeping and Felix's amateur stroke-play made Kent the side every other county feared. The Canterbury Cricket Week, founded in 1842, would become the showpiece of this golden era.
Kent, England
1837-07-01
Edward 'Ned' Wenman of Benenden in Kent was the wicketkeeper around whom the great Kent side of the late 1830s and 1840s was built. With Pilch and Mynn ahead of him in the order he was a useful lower-order batsman; behind the stumps he was reckoned the best wicketkeeper in England, taking Mynn's fast roundarm bowling without complaint and effecting more stumpings than any contemporary.
Kent vs Sussex
1825-08-01
Edward 'Ned' Wenman, the carpenter and wheelwright from Benenden in Kent, made his important-match debut in a Kent v Sussex fixture in 1825 at the age of 22. He would go on to keep wicket — barehanded, without pads — to Alfred Mynn's express bowling for the great Kent eleven of the 1830s and 1840s, ending his career with 118 catches and 87 stumpings in 146 important matches.