Kent county cricket teams the concept of a Champion County was much older. Kent was duly proclaimed "Champion County" in 1837 and through most of the 1840s. Mainstays of the Kent team in those years included Alfred Mynn, Fuller Pilch, Nicholas Wanostrocht "aka" "Felix", Ned Wenman and William Hillyer. On 6 August 1842, formation of the original Kent County Cricket Club took place in Canterbury. The new club played its initial first-class match against All-England at White Hart Field in Bromley on 25–27 August 1842. On 1 March 1859 a second county club was established in Maidstone to support the Canterbury club. The two
Deal Town F.C. 1966, but were replaced by the first team in 1971. In 1982–83 and 1983–84 they played in Division Two of the Eastern Section of the Kent County League. They later rejoined the reserve divisions of the Kent League, before returning to the Kent County League in 2013. Deal Town F.C. Deal Town Football Club is a football club based in Deal in Kent, England. FA Vase winners in 2000, they are currently members of the and play at the Charles Sports Ground. The club was established as Deal Cinque Ports in 1908, and initially played in the Thanet League and