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

HIGHEST CAREER AVERAGE (Qualification: average above 3 wickets per match; minimum 30 wickets) Average Matches Wkts 5inI 10inM T.Brett 1772-1778 4.33 24 104 4 1 D.Harris 1782-1798 4.21 78 328 10 4 E.Stevens 1772-1789 4.17 73 305 6 1 Lamborn 1777-1781 4.05 22 89 4 – Timber 1792-1795 3.90 10 39 – – T.Boxall 1789-1803 3.56 89 317 10 – J.Martin 1787-1793 3.30 10 33 – – R.Clifford 1777-1792 3.13 71 222 6 – Note : Fifteen matches in which no details of dismissal have been recorded are omitted from the bowler’s total matches in their career record in both the above list and subsequent ones, where appropriate. A further match in 1783 has also been omitted from the total of E.Stevens as he was barred from bowling in it by agreement. MOST WICKETS IN A CAREER (Qualification: 150 or more; the average shown is wickets per match) Wickets Matches Avge 5inI 10inM John Wells 1787-1815 359 149 2.41 12 1 Lord F.Beauclerk 1791-1825 348 129 2.70 2 – D.Harris 1782-1798 328 78 4.21 10 4 T.Boxall 1789-1803 317 89 3.56 10 – E.Stevens 1772-1789 305 73 4.17 6 1 T.Walker 1786-1810 285 177 1.61 4 – R.Clifford 1777-1792 222 71 3.13 6 – R.Purchase 1773-1803 220 112 1.96 1 – W.Beldham 1787-1821 217 189 1.15 4 – W.Bullen 1773-1797 181 111 1.63 5 – ALL-ROUND RECORDS FIFTY OR MORE RUNS AND FIVE OR MORE WICKETS IN INNINGS 54 6 W.Bullen Kent v Hampshire (Broad Halfpenny Down) 1781 61 5 W.Fennex Middlesex v MCC (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1791 53 6 W.Fennex MCC v Gentlemen of Kent (Lord’s) 1791 50 5+5 J.Hammond Brighton v Middlesex (Brighton) 1791 90 5 W.Fennex Middlesex v Brighton (Brighton) 1791 51 5 W.Beldham MCC v Hampshire and Kent (Lord’s) 1794 FIFTY OR MORE RUNS IN AN INNINGS AND SEVEN OR MORE WICKETS IN A MATCH 73 3+4 N.Mann Hampshire v Kent (Stoke Down) 1781 54 6+1 W.Bullen Kent v Hampshire (Broad Halfpenny Down) 1781 54 3+4 W.Beldham Winchilsea’s XI v Darnley’s XI (Windmill Down) 1790 61 5+2 W.Fennex Middlesex v MCC (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1791 53 6+3 W.Fennex MCC v Gentlemen of Kent (Lord’s) 1791 50 5+5 J.Hammond Brighton v Middlesex (Brighton) 1791 The following just missed achieving this feat: 49 6+2 T.Lord Middlesex v MCC (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1792 MORE THAN 2000 RUNS AND 100 WICKETS IN A CAREER Runs Average Wkts Wkts per match Lord F.Beauclerk 1791-1825 5442 24.96 348 2.70 W.Beldham 1787-1821 7043 21.47 217 1.15 J.Hammond 1790-1816 3968 18.98 147 1.20 40