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He was made kent ccc player of the year in 1988 when Kent finished 2nd by one point to Worcestershire in the County Championship taking 88 first class wickets.
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Chris Penn
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He was a left-handed lower order batsman and a right-arm fast medium bowler. He played for Kent from 1982 to 1994, when he was forced to retire through injury. He was subsequently awarded a testimonial in 1996.
After his retirement he worked for the ECB in facility development for 5 years before joining.
Street Edmund"s School Canterbury as Head of Boy"s Games in the Junior School. He also spent periods of time as specialist bowling coach to Kent ccc and the ECB women"s cricket squad under coach Paul Farbrace.
Penn worked for the Transvaal Cricket Council under Doctor Ali Bacher in the early 1980 s coaching cricket in the Johannesburg Townships and playing club cricket for Kohinore Cresents, and Wits University and Green Point Cricket Club in Cape Town. He was awarded a Whitbread Scholarship to Perth Western Australia in 1985 Penn also played two Tests and two One-Day matches for England under-19s in 1982 and was a schoolboy international at U15 and u17 level
