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

T.Walker 1786-1810 6065 19.25 285 1.61 John Wells 1787-1815 3055 11.93 359 2.41 The following just missed achieving this feat: W.Fennex 1786-1816 1928 12.85 145 1.65 R.Purchase 1773-1803 1930 10.21 220 1.96 FIELDING RECORDS MOST CATCHES IN AN INNINGS 6 J.Hammond England v Surrey (Burley-on-the-Hill) 1793 5 W.Fennex N-Z v A-M (Bourne Paddock) 1787 5 H.Walker England v Kent (Penenden Heath) 1795 5 Hon.J.Tufton Mann’s XI v Leigh’s XI (Dandelion Paddock, 2nd match) 1795 MOST CATCHES IN A MATCH 7 3+4 W.Beldham Kent v England (Lord’s) 1792 7 4+3 W.Beldham MCC v Kent (Dartford Brent, 2nd match) 1793 6 4+2 T.Sueter West Kent v East Kent (Sevenoaks Vine) 1781 6 4+2 T.Taylor Rest of the Alphabet v A-B-C (Molesey Hurst) 1786 6 1+5 W.Fennex N-Z v A-M (Bourne Paddock) 1787 6 4+2 G.Louch England v Kent (Coxheath) 1788 6 3+3 H.Crosoer East Kent v West Kent (Coxheath, 2nd match) 1789 6 3+3 W.Beldham England v Hampshire (Burley-on-the-Hill) 1791 6 3+3 T.Taylor Hampshire v England (Burley-on-the-Hill) 1791 (the above two instances were achieved in the same match) 6 4+2 W.Beldham Winchilsea’s XI v Smith’s XI (Burley-on-the-Hill) 1792 6 6+0 J.Hammond England v Surrey (Burley-on-the-Hill) 1793 6 2+4 T.Ray Surrey v XIII of England (Molesey Hurst, 3rd match) 1795 MOST CATCHES IN A CAREER (Qualification: 100 or more) Matches Catches W.Beldham 1787-1821 189 333 John Wells 1787-1815 149 175 J.Hammond 1790-1816 123 163 H.Walker 1786-1802 101 142 T.Taylor 1775-1798 102 139 W.Bullen 1773-1797 113 119 T.Walker 1786-1810 177 116 G.Louch 1773-1797 122 114 Lord F.Beauclerk 1791-1825 129 111 T.Ray 1792-1811 72 102 WICKET-KEEPING RECORDS As stumpings were so rare at this period, ‘most stumpings in an innings’ are not listed. MOST STUMPINGS IN A MATCH 4 J.Hammond Middlesex v Surrey (Lord’s) 1796 3 Hon.E.Bligh MCC v Middlesex (Lord’s, 2nd match) 1792 3 T.Ingram Essex v Kent (Dartford Brent) 1792 3 J.Hammond Surrey v England (Dartford Brent) 1793 3 J.Hammond Leigh’s XI v Morant’s XI (Bray) 1794 3 Hon.H.J.Tufton Surrey v England (Dandelion Paddock, 2nd match) 1796 3 Hon.H.J.Tufton Surrey v England (Lord’s, 1st match) 1797 3 J.Hammond Lennox’s XI v Winchilsea’s XI (Swaffham) 1797 3 Hon.H.J.Tufton MCC v Hampshire (Stoke Down) 1797 41