Leading cricket runscorers from 1772 to 1815

This is a list of the leading runscorers in each English cricket season from the beginning of the game's "statistical record" in the 1772 season until the 1815 season.

1772

(3 matches; qualification 100 runs)
* 214 – John Small (Hampshire)
* 136 – William Yalden (Hampshire)

Joseph Miller (Kent) scored 98

"note": although William Yalden was a Surrey player, he acted as a given man for Hampshire in all the 1772 matches

1773

(9 matches; qualification 250 runs)
* 328 – Thomas White (Surrey)
* 316 – Joseph Miller (Kent)
* 305 – William Palmer (Surrey)

Tom Sueter (Hampshire) scored 186

1774

(5 matches; qualification 150 runs)
* 241 – John Small (Hampshire)
* 241 – Joseph Miller (Kent)
* 197 – James Aylward (Hampshire)
* 154 – Tom Sueter (Hampshire)

Richard Nyren (Hampshire) scored 120

1775

(6 matches; qualification 150 runs)
* 246 – William Yalden (Surrey)
* 212 – John Small (Hampshire)
* 160 – George Leer (Hampshire)
* 150 – Richard Nyren (Hampshire)

Joseph Miller (Kent) scored 148

1776

(7 matches; qualification 175 runs)
* 423 – John Small (Hampshire)
* 326 – James Aylward (Hampshire)
* 250 – William Brazier (Kent)
* 249 – Richard Nyren (Hampshire)
* 223 – William Bowra (Kent)
* 192 – Thomas Taylor (Hampshire)
* 186 – Thomas White (Surrey)
* 177 – Richard Aubrey Veck (Hampshire)

Richard Francis (Hampshire) scored 158

1801

(3 matches; qualification 100 runs)
* 141 – Robert Robinson (Surrey)
* 120 – William Beldham (Surrey)
* 115 – William Barton (Middlesex)
* 100 – George Leycester (Surrey)

Thomas Walker (Surrey) scored 88

1815

(6 matches; qualification 150 runs)
* 172 – William Lambert (Surrey)
* 169 – William Beldham (Surrey)

James Sherman (Surrey) scored 136

External links

* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/main.html From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300 – 1787]

External links

* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/index.html CricketArchive]

References

* "Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket" by G B Buckley (FL18)
* "Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian Cricket" by G B Buckley (FLPV)
* "Scores & Biographies, Volume 1" by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
* "The Dawn of Cricket" by H T Waghorn (WDC)