Kent sell Chevallier painting

Kent County Cricket Club have announced that the painting by Albert Chevallier Tayler of the Kent v Lancashire match at Canterbury in 1906 has been sold at Sotheby's for £600,000.

The painting of the Kent side which won the County Championship in 1906 was hung at the St Lawrence Ground at Canterbury until 1999 when it became too expensive for the Club to insure and was loaned to MCC and displayed at Lord's.

Kent County Cricket Club Chairman, Carl Openshaw, said: "The decision to sell the painting was a difficult one, but the finances of county cricket clubs are becoming increasingly fragile and, since it was no longer possible to display it at Canterbury, we took the view that the proceeds should be used to help to ensure the longer-term future of the Club.