Facts, Stats & Records : Any Statistics or Records wanted?

Author: MoominDaveSubject: Any Statistics or Records wanted?Posted: 13 May 2009 at 10:58amOriginally posted by However that is only restrictive of Test Cricket and the highest ever score in first class cricket by a number 11 is 290 by Arthur Mcleish for the University of Middlesex against the University of Bath (and they are or at least were proffessional first class sides in those times and these are official first class match listings) in 1799.  I'm afraid you've been sold a dummy on this one - neither of those universities existed in the year 1799.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesex_Universityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Bath As far as seems to be known, the record first-class score for any batting position at that time was the 167 made by James Aylward for Hambleden against All England in 1777:http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1770S/1777/ENG_LOCAL/OTHER/ALL_ENG_HAMB_18-20JUN1777.html The 290 you quote wasn't exceeded by any batsman until 1876, when WG Grace made 344 for MCC vs Kent.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._G._Grace As far as I know, the highest first-class score by a number 11 batsman is still the 163 scored by TPB Smith for Essex against Derbyshire at Chesterfield in 1947:http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1940S/1947/ENG_LOCAL/CC/DERBY_ESSEX_CC_06-08AUG1947.html