holds the Kent record for the most catches by a non-wicket-keeper with 773 taken during his long career with the county. James Seymour is the only other man to take more than 500 catches with 659. Chris Tavaré holds the record for the most catches in a season for Kent with 48 taken in 1978. Seymour took 40 or more catches for the county six times during his career. Most catches in an innings: 6 James Seymour vs South Africans at Canterbury, 1904 and Stuart Leary vs Cambridge University at Fenner's, 1958 Most catches in a match: 8 John Prodger vs Gloucestershire at College Ground, Cheltenham, 1961 Most catches in a season: 48 Chris Tavaré, 1978 Most catches in a career: 773 Frank Woolley, 1906–1938 Wicketkeeping records Kent are known for having produced a line of top-class wicketkeepers. The long-serving Fred Huish, who played for the county between 1895 and 1914, holds the record for the most career dismissals for the county. Huish's nine stumpings in one match in 1911 are a world record, and prior to the 2022 season he and Jack Hubble held the club record for the most dismissals in a match with 10. This was beaten by Sam Billings who took 12 dismissals, setting a new record for the most dismissals in a County Championship match in the process. Most dismissals in an innings: 8 Steve Marsh vs Middlesex at Lord's, 1991 (8 catches, no stumpings) Most dismissals in a match: 12 Sam Billings vs Warwickshire at Edgbaston, 2022 (12 catches, no stumpings) Most catches in a season: 78 Alan Knott, 1967 Most stumpings in a season: 56 Les Ames, 1932 Most total dismissals in a season: 116 Les Ames, 1929 Most catches in a career: 901 Fred Huish, 1895–1914 Most stumpings in a career: 352 Fred Huish, 1895–1914 Most total dismissals in a career: 1,253 Fred Huish, 1895–1914 See also List of Kent County Cricket Club List A cricket records List of Kent County Cricket Club Twenty20 cricket records Notes References External links Kent County Cricket Club website Lists of English cricket records and statistics Cricket in Kent Cricket