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1777 English cricket season

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James Aylward made his record score of 167 in the first England v Hampshire match of the season in June. This set a new record for the highest score in first-class cricket, surpassing the score of 136 made by
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scoring 46 runs, the second highest score in the innings. The match is known to have been played using three stumps, a voluntary measure which had been first introduced in 1775.
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Six first-class match scorecards survive from 1777, all of them involving Hampshire XIs playing England sides.
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The following players made their first known appearance during the 1777 season.
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Three other matches are known to have been played during the season.
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status. The scorecards of six first-class matches have survived.
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was the sixth in which matches have been awarded retrospective
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8–10 September - Hampshire XI v England - Broadhalfpenny Down
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Aylward's record stood until 1820, when it was beaten by
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made a record score of 167 runs that stood until 1820.
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1776
1778
first-class cricket
James Aylward
Sevenoaks Vine
Broadhalfpenny Down
Laleham Burway
Guildford Bason
Artillery Ground
John Small
1775
Tom Sueter
William Ward
William Bedster
Baker
Robert Clifford
Holness
Lamborn
Noah Mann
Pemmell
Townsend
Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians
Results




England v Hampshire XI
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Hampshire XI v England

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