Kenneth Higgs

Kenneth Alan Higgs (5 October 1886 – 21 January 1959) was an English first-class cricketer active in the 1920s who made over forty appearances for Sussex. Born at Haywards Heath, Sussex, Higgs was a right-handed batsman. He was known as "the Haywards Heath amateur" and was a corn merchant by profession (Jenner & Higgs).

Career Prior to playing first-class cricket, Higgs served in the British Army during World War I, with a Kenneth Alan Higgs mentioned in the London Gazette on 24 August 1915, as serving with the rank of private in the 16th (County of London) Battalion, with this date coinciding with his promotion to 2nd Lieutenant. Following the war, Higgs resigned his commission in August 1920. It was in that same year that he made his first-class debut for Sussex against Worcestershire in the County Championship at Hove, during which he achieved the feat of making a century on his first-class debut, scoring 101 in Sussex's first-innings, a batting performance which Wisden later described as "flawless". He made five further first-class appearances in 1920,

Continuing his good form into the following season, he made nine first-class appearances, with his score of 111 against Warwickshire being his highest. He also made thirteen half centuries. Although not the oldest man to make a hundred on his first-class debut, he is the oldest (at 33 years and 254 days) to have done so in the English County Championship.

Higgs later became the Vice-President of Sussex County Cricket Club. He died at the town of his birth on 21 January 1959.