Leading Batsmen
Note that many scorecards in the 18th century are unknown or have missing details and so it is impossible to provide a complete analysis of batting performances: e.g., the missing not outs prevent computation of batting averages. The "runs scored" are in fact the runs known.
| runs | player |
|---|---|
| 381 | William Beldham |
| 294 | Tom Walker |
| 270 | Richard Purchase |
| 265 | Harry Walker |
| 215 | James Aylward |
| 201 | John Small |
| 193 | Noah Mann |
| 179 | John Wells |
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