October 2017, this remains the sixth highest partnership in Kent's history for any wicket. By the end of his Kent career Hearne was established as the leading run scorer and wicket taker in club history. He was the first Kent player to score 10,000 runs and take 1,000 wickets for the county in first-class cricket and remains one of only two to do so, the other being Frank Woolley. Hearne played first-class cricket for 23 seasons in total, making his final appearance for Kent in the 1906 County Championship winning side. He played five matches against universities, four for MCC, between 1908 and 1910. In total he played 51 times for MCC, 12 times for The South and four times for The Players. International cricket Hearne was chosen to tour South Africa as part of Walter Read's XI in 1891–1892. The tour took place at the same time as another team, captained by W G Grace, were representing England against Australia. The sole first-class match on the tour was against a South African XI and this match was retrospectively given Test match status. He scored just nine runs in the Test match but acquitted himself well on the tour in general. In the Test match, played at Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town, Hearne played on the same side as his brother George and cousin John Thomas Hearne. His other brother, Frank Hearne, played for the South African side, having previously played for England. Retirement and later life After he retired, Hearne became a coach at Kent's Tonbridge Nursery, an important player development centre for the county. In 1925 he took over the role of scorer for Kent from his cousin Walter until 1939. He died in Beckenham in May 1952 aged 88. References External links 1863 births 1952 deaths England Test cricketers English cricketers Kent cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Wisden Cricketers of the Year People from Ealing North v South cricketers Players cricketers East of England cricketers Players of the South cricketers Home Counties cricketers C. I. Thornton's XI cricketers Hurst Park Club cricketers Earl De La Warr's XI cricketers W. G. Grace's XI cricketers