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.
With few matches being played, only six batsmen exceeded 150 runs:
- Tom Walker – 239
- Jack Small – 235
- John Wells – 231
- Robert Robinson – 227
- John Hammond – 192
- William Beldham – 179
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