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

BATTING RECORDS INDIVIDUAL SCORES OF 100 AND OVER 167 J.Aylward Hampshire v England (Sevenoaks Vine) 1777 144 W.Beldham MCC v Middlesex (Lord’s, 1st match, 2nd innings) 1792 138 J.Small senior Hampshire v Surrey (Broad Halfpenny Down) 1775 138 T.Walker Surrey and Sussex v England (Lord’s) 1793 125 T.Walker Winchilsea’s XI v Lennox’s XI (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1797 117 T.Taylor White Conduit Club v Kent (Bourne Paddock) 1786 116 W.White Middlesex v Gentlemen of England (Lord’s) 1789 115* H.Walker Surrey v England (Lord’s) 1794 107 T.Walker MCC v Middlesex (Lord’s, 1st match, 1st innings) 1792 107 R.Robinson Hampshire v Kent (Dartford Brent) 1792 106* W.Beldham Surrey v England (Dartford Brent) 1793 104 Lord F.Beauclerk Lennox’s XI v Winchilsea’s XI (Lord’s, 1st match) 1797 102 T.Walker White Conduit Club v Kent (Bourne Paddock) 1786 (this century was made in the same innings as T.Taylor’s, above) 102 W.Beldham Surrey v England (Lord’s) 1794 (this century was made in the same innings as H.Walker’s, above) 102 T.Walker Leigh’s XI v Louch’s XI (Lord’s) 1794 101 T.Walker Surrey v England (Lord’s, 1st match) 1797 The following 18th century cricketers made centuries after 1800 129* Lord F.Beauclerk Hampshire v England (Lord’s, 1st match) 1805 102* Lord F.Beauclerk England v Surrey (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1805 108 J.Hammond Mellish’s XI v Beauclerk’s XI (Lord’s) 1807 100 Lord F.Beauclerk MCC v Homerton (Lord’s) 1808 114 Lord F.Beauclerk MCC v England (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1809 HUNDRED ON DEBUT 107 R.Robinson Hampshire v Kent (Dartford Brent) 1792 FIFTY ON DEBUT 78 J.Small senior Hampshire v England (Broad Halfpenny Down) 1772 (Small played great matches before 1772 but no full scores are known) 63 W.Beldham England v White Conduit Club (Lord’s) 1787 FIFTY IN EACH INNINGS OF A MATCH 58 & 56 T.Sueter Dorset’s XI v Mann’s XI (Bourne Paddock) 1781 95* & 102 T.Walker White Conduit Club v Kent (Bourne Paddock) 1786 72 & 102 W.Beldham Surrey v England (Lord’s) 1794 55 & 89 J.Hammond Middlesex v Oldfield (Lord’s) 1795 78 & 71 R.Robinson Winchilsea’s XI v Leigh’s XI (Windmill Down) 1795 50 & 82* T.Walker Surrey v England (Lord’s, 1st match) 1799 HUNDREDS IN TWO CONSECUTIVE INNINGS 125 T.Walker Winchilsea’s XI v Lennox’s XI (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1797 101 Surrey v England (Lord’s, 1st match) 1797 FIFTIES IN THREE CONSECUTIVE INNINGS 50 & 82* T.Walker Surrey v England (Lord’s, 1st match) 1799 53 Surrey v England (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1799 CARRYING BAT THROUGH A COMPLETED INNINGS 33 (50) J.Minchin England v Hampshire (Merrow Down, Guildford) 1777 63 (115) W.Bedster Surrey v Hampshire (Broad Halfpenny Down) 1778 95 (183) T.Walker White Conduit Club v Kent (Bourne Paddock) 1786 36