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

MOST BATSMEN FAILING TO SCORE IN BOTH COMPLETED INNINGS 9 MCC v Kent, 4+5 (Dartford Brent, 1st match) 1793 (G.Louch, R.N.Newman, John Wells, R.B.Wyatt and Hon.R.Brudenell, Hon.H.W.Fitzroy, G.Louch, Hon.H.J.Tufton, Hon.J.Tufton) 9 Mann’s XI v Darnley’s XI, 1+8 (Dandelion Paddock) 1795 (Hon.H.J.Tufton and J.Drew, A.Freemantle, T.Lord, R.Purchase, J.Small junior, T.Ray, Hon.H.J.Tufton, J.Walker) 9 Surrey v England, 5+4 (Lord’s) 1800 (J.Tanner, J.Walker, James Wells, John Wells, W.Wells and J.Hampton, J.Tanner, T.Walker, W.Wells) NO DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORES IN A COMPLETED INNINGS Total and highest individual score in parentheses Hampshire (37; 7, T.Walker) v Kent (Windmill Down) 1787 West Kent (42; 9, S.Amherst) v East Kent (Coxheath, 1st match) 1789 Hampshire (27; 6, J.Small senior) v Kent (Windmill Down) 1789 East Kent (24; 7, John Wells) v West Kent (Coxheath, 2nd match) 1789 England (45; 9, T.Walker) v Hampshire (Sevenoaks Vine) 1791 Hampshire and MCC (21; 6, A.Freemantle) v Brighton (Brighton) 1792 Louch’s XI (38; 9, A.Freemantle) v Winchilsea’s XI (Lord’s) 1793 England (45; 8, R.Purchase) v Surrey & MCC (Lord’s) 1795 MCC (28; 7, J.Hammond) v Middlesex (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1795 MCC (25; 7, Lord F.Beauclerk) v Middlesex (Lord’s) 1798 BYES These figures include leg-byes, which were not distinguished from byes at this period. Most byes in an innings 28 Hampshire v England (Artillery Ground) 1777 23 Hornchurch v MCC (Hornchurch) 1789 22 Hampshire v England (Broad Halfpenny Down, 2nd match) 1777 21 England v Hampshire (Bourne Paddock) 1772 20 Gentlemen of England v Old Etonians (Lord’s) 1791 Most byes in both innings 41 Hampshire v England (Artillery Ground) 1777 37 England v Hampshire (Bourne Paddock) 1772 Most byes in a match 57 England v Hampshire (Bourne Paddock) 1772 49 Hampshire v England (Artillery Ground) 1777 41 MCC v Middlesex (Lord’s, 1st match) 1791 40 Hampshire v Kent (Broad Halfpenny Down) 1781 40 MCC v Middlesex (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1791 No byes in a match Brighton v Hampshire and MCC (Brighton) 1792 MCC v Kent (Lord’s) 1793 (30 wickets fell in each of these instances) One bye in a match (in which all 40 wickets fell) England v Hampshire (Dartford Heath, 1st match) 1795 Note : Although the score of Hampshire v England (Broad Halfpenny Down), 1772, does not show any byes, this is because these details were not published. Other reports of the margin of victory make it clear that byes were highly likely to have been scored. Therefore, this match is not included in the above list. Largest innings totals without a bye 226 England v Hampshire (Dartford Heath, 2nd match) 1795 206 England v Kent (Coxheath) 1788 202 Surrey v England (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1797 201 England v Surrey and MCC (Lord’s) 1795 35