Colin Cowdrey
Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, (24 December 19324 December 2000) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University (1952–1954), Kent County Cricket Club (1950–1976) and England (1954–1975). Universally known as Colin Cowdrey, he "delighted crowds throughout the world with his style and elegance", and was the first cricketer to play 100 Test matches, celebrating the occasion with 104 against Australia in 1968. In all he played 114 Tests, making 7,624 runs at an average of 44.06, overtaking Wally Hammond as the most prolific Test batsman, and taking 120 catches as a fielder, breaking another Hammond record. Cowdrey made 22 Test centuries (an England record until 2013) and was the first batsman to make centuries against the six other Test playing countries of his era; Australia, South Africa, the West Indies, New Zealand, India and Pakistan, making hundreds against them all both home and away. He toured Australia six times in 1954–55, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1970–71 and 1974–75, equalling Colin Blythe's record, and in his last Test fans hung out a banner 'M.C.G. FANS THANK COLIN – 6 TOURS'.
Coote Hedley
Hedley played cricket whilst at Woolwich and for the Royal Engineers Cricket Club. He first played for Somerset County Cricket Club in 1886 before the side had first-class status before making his first-class cricket debut for the Gentlemen of England against Cambridge University in 1888. After playing a second match for the Gentlemen against Oxford University, Hedley made his top-level county debut later in the same season for Kent County Cricket Club against Gloucestershire at Blackheath. Hedley represented Kent in two further matches during 1888. After he took 14 Middlesex wickets at Lord's doubts were expressed about his delivery. With Lord Harris, who captained Kent and was a key force within cricket, "striving to stamp out unfair bowling", Hedley's action was assessed by an independent observer in his next county match. As a result, he did not play again for Kent.