Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800: The Players and The Records

207/35 Winchilsea’s XI v Leigh’s XI (Burley-on-the-Hill) 1793 221/30 MCC v Middlesex (Lord’s) 1798 RECOVERIES Kent (104 & 194) beat Hampshire (157 & 31) by 110 runs (Sevenoaks Vine) 1775 England (60 & 207) beat Hampshire (194 & 45) by 28 runs (Broad Halfpenny Down, 1st match) 1777 Middlesex (58 & 203) beat Essex (130 & 38) by 93 runs (Lord’s) 1787 Hampshire (110 & 138/6) beat Surrey (203 & 44) by 4 wickets (Perham Down) 1788 Brighton (34 & 87/5) beat Middlesex (74 & 45) by 5 wickets (Brighton) 1792 Oldfield (37 & 191) beat MCC (73 & 70) by 85 runs (Bray) 1793 Oldfield (92 & 78) beat MCC (130 & 34) by 6 runs (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1794 MCC (80 & 249) beat Middlesex (176 & 59) by 94 runs (Lord’s, 1st match) 1795 Middlesex (68 & 85/7) beat MCC (124 & 28) by 3 wickets (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1795 Hampshire (171 & 141/6) beat England (226 & 85) by 4 wickets (Dartford Heath, 2nd match) 1795 England (126 & 242) beat Surrey (202 & 143) by 23 runs (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1797 Surrey (31 & 97/7) beat England (80 & 47) by 3 wickets (Lord’s) 1800 THREE OR MORE HALF-CENTURIES IN AN INNINGS 5 Surrey and Sussex v England (Lord’s) 1793 (T.Walker 138, W.Beldham 77, Earl of Winchilsea 56, H.Walker 51, John Wells 51) 3 Middlesex v MCC (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1791 (G.T.Boult 89, W.Fennex 61, W.Bedster 53) 3 Surrey v England (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1799 (John Wells 93, W.Beldham 82, T.Walker 53) MOST DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORES IN A COMPLETED INNINGS 9 Hampshire v England in 307 (Broad Halfpenny Down) 1774 9 Kent v Hampshire (2nd innings) in 186 (Bourne Paddock) † 1781 9 Hampshire v Kent in 174 (Bourne Paddock) 1787 8 Hampshire v Kent in 225 (Molesey Hurst) 1776 8 Hampshire v England in 403 (Sevenoaks Vine) 1777 8 England v Hampshire in 251 (Merrow Down, Guildford) 1777 8 Hampshire v Kent in 206 (Stoke Down) 1781 8 Kent v Hampshire (1st innings) in 181 (Bourne Paddock) † 1781 8 Middlesex v Essex in 203 (Lord’s) 1787 8 Hampshire v Kent in 256 (Coxheath) 1787 8 N-Z v A-M in 154 (Lord’s) 1788 8 England v Kent in 206 (Coxheath) 1788 8 Surrey v Hampshire in 285 (Molesey Hurst) 1789 8 England v Hampshire in 275 (Perham Down) 1791 8 Surrey and Sussex v England in 453 (Lord’s) 1793 8 MCC v Oldfield in 130 (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1794 † Same match MOST BATSMEN FAILING TO SCORE IN A COMPLETED INNINGS 8 Mann’s XI v Darnley’s XI (Dandelion Paddock) 1795 (J.Drew, A.Freemantle, T.Lord, R.Purchase, J.Small junior, T.Ray, Hon. H.J.Tufton, J.Walker) 6 MCC v Oldfield (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1794 (C.Anguish, W.Bedster, J.Lambert, T.Lord, Earl of Thanet, Earl of Winchilsea) 34