Capel Cricket Club will return to Five Oak Green for the first time in 40 years with a special game which will be attended by former Kent and England star Derek Underwood and local MP Greg Clark.

The Capel senior team will face a side from Kings Hill, West Malling, on Saturday, May 19, to commemorate a match played at the Five Oak Green recreation ground 70 years ago between Capel and a London Counties XI featuring former Middlesex cricketer Leslie Compton.

One of the players who took to the field that day in 1942, 89-year-old Raymond Bousfield, from Hadlow, will be a guest of honour, while players will don 1940s cravats.

Capel chairman Tim Sanderson said: "I’m looking forward to welcoming our guests of honour to the ground and the newly-refurbished pavilion.

"I join with all the rest of the members of the club in welcoming everyone from the village and parish to enjoy the day that we have worked very hard to put on."

The club was re-established last season but, due to a lack of a pitch at Five Oak Green, home games were played at Paddock Wood.

The pavilion at Five Oak has been refurbished with the help of volunteers and will be reopened on May 19 as part of the celebrations.