Kevin Jarvis

Who is Kevin Jarvis?

Kevin Bertram Sidney Jarvis is a former English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Kent and Gloucestershire. He was an out-and-out bowler, whose batting was very poor; he almost always batted at number 11.

Jarvis played a number of games for Kent's Second XI in 1974, and in early June 1975 appeared in a minor warm-up match for the 1975 Cricket World Cup against the Pakistanis in which he took the wickets of Sadiq Mohammad and Zaheer Abbas. However, his first team debut was a few days later when he appeared in a John Player League match against Hampshire; he took the wicket of John Rice. A few days later still, he made his first-class début against Worcestershire, taking the single wicket of Basil D'Oliveira.

Jarvis finished 1975 with 40 first-class wickets at 29.65 and 118 List A wickets at 20.63. The following season he did slightly worse in first-class cricket, but rather better in the first-class game; he did, however, take 4-34 as Kent beat Northamptonshire in the Benson & Hedges Cup final. 1977 saw Kent share the County Championship with Middlesex, and Jarvis win his county cap.