Sussex Championship Records – Sussex Cricket Museum

The tables below set out records for the main categories of individual achievement in the men’s official County Championship starting in 1890. Names of Sussex- born players are set in italics.

Appearances

Most appearances

Pos	Matches	Player	Seasons	Runs	Wkts	Ct/st
1	561	Jas.Langridge	1924-1953	25,893	1,257	309
2	555	G.R.Cox	1898-1928	12,507	1.645	485
3	546	K.G.Suttle	1949-1971	26,588	242	343/2
4	518	J.M.Parks	1949-1972	27,233	27	813/61
5	505	J.G.Langridge	1929-1955	30,338	33	707
6	479	M.W.Tate	1912-1937	15,240	2,014	200
7	461	H.R.Butt	1890-1912	6,179	0	809/233
8	452	W.L.Cornford	1921-1939, 1947	5,837	0	608/299
9	451	J.Vine	1896-1922	21,399	519	185
10	448	A.S.M.Oakman	1947, 1948, 1950-1968	17,952	601	507
11	432	H.W.Parks	1926-1948	19,471	9	170
12	418	T.E.R.Cook	1922-1937	18,247	66	157/1
13	415	E.H.Bowley	1912-1914, 1920-1934	22,861	594	296
14	401	A.E.Relf	1900-1921	16,557	1,428	349
15	400	G.Cox	1931-1955, 1957, 1960	19,351	161	128

Notes: The table lists all players making 400 or more appearances. Matches abandoned without a ball bowled are excluded.

Suttle’s appearances include 423 successive matches from 1954 to 1969, the most for any county. A.H.H.Gilligan made 264 appearances between 1919 and 1932, the most by an amateur. G.R.Cox is the oldest player for the side: he was 54 yr 6 mth in the match v Hampshire, Horsham, 1928. J.R.T.,Barclay is the youngest: he was 16 yr, 6 mth in the match v Glamorgan, Swansea, 1970.

Most matches as captain

Pos	Player	Matches	Seasons	Highest finish
1	A.E.R.Gilligan	166	1920-1929	4th in 1929
2	C.J.Adams	165	1998-2008	1st in 2003, 2006, 2007
3	R.G.Marlar	137	1955-1960	4th in 1955
4	J.R.T.Barclay	117	1979-1986	2nd in 1981
	H.P.Chaplin	117	1910-1914	6th in 1914
6	A.J.Holmes	115	1925, 1935-1939	5th in 1937
7	W.L.Murdoch	113	1893-1899	5th in 1899
8	M.G.Griffith	101	1968-1972	7th in 1969
9	K.S.Ranjitsinhji	100	1896, 1899-1903, 1908, 1912, 1920	2nd in 1902, 1903,
10	E.R.Dexter	98	1960-1965	4th in 1960, 1963
11	A.P.Wells	95	1990-1996	7th in 1996
12	A.H.H.Gilligan	86	1920, 1922-1930	7th in 1930
	H.T.Bartlett	86	1939-1949	9th in 1947
14	Jas Langridge	83	1950-1953	10th in 1951
15	C.L.A.Smith	77	1905-1909, 1911	4th in 1909

Notes: The table lists all players captaining the side in 75 or more matches. In a small number of matches, information on captains is missing: this may affect the figures for one or two players listed above. The years given in the ‘Seasons’ column include matches where a player was a ‘stand-in’ captain, in addition to those as a full ‘appointed’ captain for a season. The ‘Highest Finish’ column refers to seasons in which the player was a full ‘appointed’ captain.

G.A.K.Collins is the youngest player to captain the side: he was 20 yr,1 mth in the match v Somerset, Bath, 1929. K.S.Ranjitsinhji, the nineteenth Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, is the oldest player to captain the side: he was 47 yr, 10 mth in the match v Yorkshire, Leeds, 1920.

Batting

Most runs in an innings

Pos	Runs	Player	Match	Ground	Season
1	344*	M.W.Goodwin	Sussex v Somerset	Taunton	2009
2	335*	M.W.Goodwin	Sussex v Leicestershire	Hove	2003
3	333	K.S.Duleepsinhji	Sussex v Northamptonshire	Hove	1930
4	285*	K.S.Ranjitsinhji	Sussex v Somerset	Taunton	1901
5	283	E.H.Bowley	Sussex v Middlesex	Hove	1933
6	280*	E.H.Bowley	Sussex v Gloucestershire	Hove	1929
7	278	T.E.R.Cook	Sussex v Hampshire	Hove	1930
8	275	K.S.Ranjitsinhji	Sussex v Leicestershire	Leicester [GR]	1900
9	274*	M.W.Goodwin	Sussex v Yorkshire	Hove	2011
10	272*	R.R.Relf	Sussex v Worcestershire	Eastbourne	1909
11	258	L.W.P.Wells	Sussex v Durham	Hove	2017
12	254	K.C.Wessels	Sussex v Middlesex	Hove	1980
13	253*	A.P.Wells	Sussex v Yorkshire	Middlesborough	1991
14	250*	J.G.Langridge	Sussex v Glamorgan	Hove	1933
	250	E.C.Joyce	Sussex v Derbyshire	Derby	2016

Notes: The table lists all scores of 250 or more in an innings; asterisks indicate a not-out innings .Matches in bold indicate a second innings score otherwise they are first innings scores

Duleepsinhji’s 333 is the most in a day’s play and the highest score by an amateur. He scored 361 runs (115 and 246) v Kent, Hastings, 1929, the most in a match.

Most runs in partnerships, by wicket

Wkt	Runs	Players	Match	Ground	Season
1	490	E.H.Bowley & J.G.Langridge	Sussex v Middlesex	Hove	1933
2	385	E.H.Bowley & M.W.Tate	Sussex v Northamptonshire	Hove	1921
3	385*	M.H.Yardy & M.W.Goodwin	Sussex v Warwickshire	Hove	2006
4	363	M.W.Goodwin & C.D.Hopkinson	Sussex v Somerset	Taunton	2009
5	297	J.H.Parks & H.W.Parks	Sussex v Hampshire	Portsmouth	1937
6	335	L.J.Wright & B.C.Brown	Sussex v Durham	Hove	2014
7	344	K.S.Ranjitsinhji & W.Newham	Sussex v Essex	Leyton	1902
8	291	R.S.C.Martin-Jenkins & M.J.G.Davis	Sussex v Somerset	Taunton	2002
9	178	A.F.Wensley & H.W.Parks	Sussex v Derbyshire	Horsham	1930
10	164	O.E.Robinson & M.E.Holden	Sussex v Durham	Chester-le-Street	2015

Notes: Asterisks indicate unfinished partnerships. In the match column, names in bold indicates a second innings partnership, otherwise they are first innings partnerships.

There have been four other partnerships of 350 runs or more. These are:

3	376	L.P.T.Wells & S. van Zyl	Sussex v Durham	Hove	2017
1	372*	M.W.Goodwin & R.R. Montgomerie	*Sussex v Notts*	Nottingham	2001
1	368	E.H.Bowley & J.H.Parks	Sussex v Gloucestershire	Hove	1929
3	351	T.J Haines & C.A.Pujara	Sussex v Derbyshire	Hove	2022

Notes: Of these players, Wells, Parks and Haines are Sussex-born.

Most runs in a season

Pos	Player	Season	Mtch	Inns	Runs	Avge
1	J.H.Parks	1937	30	54	2,578	50.54
2	K.S.Ranjitsinhji	1900	22	34	2,563	85.43
3	J.G.Langridge	1949	22	41	2,441	65.97
4	C.B.Fry	1903	23	36	2,413	80.43
5	C.B.Fry	1901	23	34	2,382	74.43
6	C.B.Fry	1904	23	32	2,376	79.20
7	J.G.Langridge	1937	32	57	2,364	43.77
8	J.G.Langridge	1938	31	52	2,302	47.95
9	K.S.Ranjitsinhji	1899	20	35	2,285	76.16
10	E.H.Bowley	1928	30	50	2,135	43.57
11	J.G.Langridge	1939	31	51	2,106	41.29
12	J.M.Parks	1959	28	49	2,082	53.38
13	T.E.R.Cook	1934	30	43	2,072	56.00
14	K.S.Ranjitsinhji	1901	21	31	2,067	76.55
15	K.G.Suttle	1962	32	59	2,057	38.81
16	K.S.Duleepsinhji	1929	21	36	2,028	56.33
17	J.G.Langridge	1934	30	46	2,007	48.95

Notes: The table lists all batters scoring 2,000 runs or more in a season.

Ranjitsinhji’s 2,563 total in 1900 is the most by an amateur. J.G.Langridge and J.H.Parks scored ten hundreds in 1937, and Langridge another ten in 1949, the most in a season. Fry scored 1,116 runs in August 1901, the most for any county in a calendar month.

Most runs in a career

Pos	Player	Seasons	Mtch	Inns	Runs	Avge
1	J.G.Langridge	1928-1955	505	866	30,338	37.50
2	J.M.Parks	1949-1972	518	877	27.233	36.16
3	K.G.Suttle	1949-1971	546	953	26,588	30.42
4	Jas.Langridge	1924-1953	561	861	25,893	35.18
5	E.H.Bowley	1912-1914, 1920-1934	415	699	22,861	34.42
6	J.Vine	1896-1922	451	762	21,399	30.48
7	H.W.Parks	1926-1948	432	666	19,471	33.78
8	G.Cox	1931-1955, 1957, 1960	400	655	19,351	31.82
9	C.B.Fry	1894-1908	215	349	18,471	56.65
10	T.E.R.Cook	1922-1937	418	663	18,247	30.01
11	A.S.M.Oakman	1947, 1948, 1950-1968	448	769	17,952	25.53
12	J.M.Parks	1924-1939	398	640	17,874	30.50
13	A.E.Relf	1900-1921	401	641	16,557	28.11
14	K.S.Ranjitsinhji	1895-1897, 1899-1904, 1908, 1912, 1920	187	297	16,194	62.04
15	A.P.Wells	1982-1996	281	470	16,251	39.92
16	E.H.Killick	1893-1913	397	659	16,101	26.13
17	M.W.Tate	1912-1937	479	702	15,240	23.84

Notes: The table lists all batters scoring 15,000 runs or more in a career.

Fry’s 18,451 total is the most by an amateur. J.G.Langridge scored 67 hundreds, and Fry 62, the most in a career.

Bowling

Most wickets in an innings

Analysis	Player	Match	Ground	Season
25.2-9-48-10	C.H.G.Bland	Sussex v Kent	Tonbridge	1899
34.2-19-49-10	N.I.Thomson	Sussex v Warwickshire	Worthing	1964
33.4-15-34-9	Jas.Langridge	Sussex v Yorkshire	Sheffield	1934
11.2-1-35-9	J.E.B.B.P.Q.C.Dwyer	Sussex v Derbyshire	Hove	1906
23.3-11-44-9	J.E.B.B.P.Q.C.Dwyer	Sussex v Middlesex	Hove	1906
23.2-2-46-9	R.G.Marlar	Sussex v Lancashire	Hove	1955
11.3-2-48-9	Mushtaq Ahmed	Sussex v Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	2006
36.5-17-50-9	G.R.Cox	Sussex v Warwickshire	Horsham	1926
22-5-53-9	J.H.Cornford	Sussex v Northamptonshire	Rushden	1949
33.5-13-60-9	A.E.James	Sussex v Yorkshire	Hove	1955
39.1-12-71-9	M.W.Tate	Sussex v Middlesex	Lord’s	1926
41.3-15-73-9	F.W.Tate	Sussex v Leicestershire	Leicester	1902
30.1-10-78-9	O.E.Robinson	Sussex v Glamorgan	Cardiff (SG)	2021
40.9-9-95-9	A.E.Relf	Sussex v Warwickshire	Hove	1910
39.4-8-114-9	E.H.Bowley	Sussex v Derbyshire	Hove	1929

Notes: The table lists, in runs-conceded order, all instances of bowlers taking nine or ten wickets in an innings. The first column, headed Analysis, gives overs bowled, maidens, runs and wickets, in that order. Matches highlighted in bold indicate instances in the second innings. In the Bland instance, overs were of five balls; in all other instances overs were of six balls.

Dwyer was playing in his first match in the competition in 1906. Marlar’s 9-46 is the best innings return by an amateur. Cox took seventeen wickets in the fixture v Warwickshire, Horsham, 1926, the most in a match; he was 52 yr, 6mth at the time. F.Parris took 15 wickets for 98 (7-70, 8-28) v Gloucestershire, Bristol, 1894, the most for the county in a day’s play.

Most wickets in a season

Pos	Player	Season	Mtch	Overs	Wickets	Avge
1	M.W.Tate	1925	28	1,309.1	194	13.44
2	M.W.Tate	1923	28	1,277.1	174	13.19
3	G.R.Cox	1905	28	1,378.3	154	21.40
4	F.W.Tate	1902	20	974.2	153	14.28
5	M.W.Tate	1924	23	930.3	139	12.61
6	G.R.Cox	1907	26	1,061.4	138	18.39
7	M.W.Tate	1934	29	1,403.2	137	19.00
8	Jas.Langridge	1933	27	1,034.3	136	15.50
9	A.E.R.Gilligan	1923	26	771.4	129	15.01
10	A.E.Relf	1910	26	1,109.2	128	19.99
11	M.W.Tate	1928	26	1,189.1	127	18.51
12	F.W.Tate	1901	24	1,009.1	126	20.00
13	M.W.Tate	1932	26	1,071	124	15.58
14	N.I.Thomson	1961	31	1,170.2	124	21.21
15	N.I.Thomson	1958	27	897	123	15.91
16	W.A.Humphreys	1893	16	643.4	122	16.43
17	N.I.Thomson	1954	28	991.2	122	19.04
18	N.I.Thomson	1959	28	1,092	120	21.32

Notes: The table lists all bowlers taking 120 wickets or more in a season. In the Humphreys instance, overs were of five balls: in all other instances overs were of six balls.

Maurice Tate took five wickets in an innings on 22 occasions in 1925, the most in a season. Gilligan took the most wickets in a season by an amateur. Humphreys was an underarm bowler and the only instance of such a bowler taking 100 wickets in a season for any county.

Most wickets in a career

Pos	Player	Seasons	Mtch	Overs	Wickets	Avge
1	M.W.Tate	1912-1937	479	17,826.2	2,014	17.55
2	G.R.Cox	1898-1928	555	15,738.3*	1,645	2253
3	N.I.Thomson	1952-1965, 1972	375	13,110.4	1,431	20.33
4	A.E.Relf	1900-1921	401	13,674.3	1,428	21.01
5	Jas.Langridge	1924-1953	561	12,206.4	1,257	22.07
6	F.W.Tate	1891-1905	244	8,993.5*	1,062	21.37
7	J.H.Cornford	1931-1952	310	9,896.5*	961	26.20
8	A.F.Wensley	1922-1936	334	10,120.3	918	26.51
9	A.Buss	1958-1974	282	8,043.5	886	24.99
10	J.A.Snow	1961-1977	248	6,794	821	21.68
11	A.E.James	1948-1960	263	8,784.1	755	26.59
12	D.L.Bates	1950, 1951, 1953, 1955-1971	283	7,388.5	773	26.27
13	J.H.Parks	1924-1939	398	8,520.2*	723	26.13
14	R.G.Marlar	1951-1961, 1968	205	6,091.1	677	23.92
15	E.H.Killick	1893-1913	397	5,974*	630	27.66
16	A.S.M.Oakman	1947, 1948, 1950-1968	448	6,605.5	601	27.39

Notes: The table lists all bowlers taking 600 or more wickets in a career. An asterisk indicates bowlers who have bowled in seasons when five- or eight-ball overs were in use: these have been converted to their six-ball equivalent for this table.

Maurice Tate took five wickets in an innings on 149 occasions in his career, the most for the county. Marlar took 676 wickets in his career when playing as an amateur, the most for the county.

Fielding

Most catches in an innings

Catches	Players	Match	Ground	Season
5	G.A.Stannard	Sussex v Gloucestershire*	Gloucester	1919
5	A.F.Wensley	Sussex v Warwickshire*	Edgbaston	1932
5	A.F.Wensely	Sussex v Surrey	Horsham	1934
5	J.G.Langridge	Sussex v Somerset*	Taunton	1950
5	A.S.M.Oakman	Sussex v Glamorgan	Worthing	1958
5	A.S.M.Oakman	Sussex v Lancashire*	Hastings	1961
5	G.A.Greenidge	Sussex v Glamorgan	Hove	1975
5	H.Z.Finch	Sussex v Worcestershire	Worcester	2017

Notes: The table lists all fielders taking more than five catches in an innings: the figures exclude catches taken when players were wicketkeeping. Asterisks denote catches taken in the second innings, otherwise they relate to the first innings.

There have been four instances of fielders taking seven catches in a match. These are A.F.Wensley (5,2) v Surrey, Horsham, 1934: J.G.Langridge (2,5) v Somerset, Taunton, 1950; A.S.M.Oakman (5,2) v Glamorgan, Worthing, 1958 and G.C.Cooper (3,4) v Nottinghamshire, Hove, 1961.

Most catches in a season

Pos	Player	Season	Mtch	Ct	Avge
1	J.G.Langridge	1955	28	66	2.35
2	J.G.Langridge	1933	31	59	1.90
3	J.G.Langridge	1950	28	52	1.85
4	A.S.M.Oakman	1958	27	49	1.81
5	A.S.M.Oakman	1959	26	46	1.76
6	J.G.Langridge	1934	30	44	1.46
7	J.G.Langridge	1947	26	44	1.69
8	J.G.Langridge	1939	31	43	1.38
9	J.G.Langridge	1935	30	41	1.36
10	J.G.Langridge	1937	32	41	1.31
11	A.S.M.Oakman	1963	28	41	1.46
12	G.R.Cox	1910	26	40	1.53
13	R.J.Langridge	1961	31	40	1.24

Notes: The table lists all fielders taking forty or more catches in a season: the figures exclude catches taken when players were wicketkeeping.

Langridge’s 66 in 1955 is the highest for any county in a season.

Most catches in a career

Pos	Player	Seasons	Mtch	Ct	Avge
1	J.G.Langridge	1928-1955	505	707	1.40
2	A.S.M.Oakman	1947, 1948, 1950-1968	448	507	1.13
3	G.R.Cox	1898-1928	555	485	0.87
4	K.G.Suttle	1949-1971	546	343	0.62
5	Jas.Langridge	1924-1953	561	309	0.55
6	E.B.Bowley	1912-1914, 1920-1934	415	296	0.71
7	J.H.Parks	1924-1939	398	277	0.69
8	R.R.Relf	1906-1921, 1924	253	245	0.96
9	A.F.Wensley	1922-1936	334	226	0.67
10	C.J.Adams	1998-2008	163	217	1.33
11	M.W.Tate	1912-1937	479	200	0.42
12	M.A.Buss	1961-1978	271	200	0.73

Notes: The table lists all fielders taking 200 or more catches in a career: the figures exclude catches taken when players were wicketkeeping. John Langridge’s 707 is the second highest career total for any county.

Wicketkeeping

Most dismissals in an innings

Dismisssals	Player	Match	Ground	Season
6 (6ct, 0st)	H.R.Butt	Sussex v Gloucestershire	Bristol	1899
6 (6ct, 0st)	H.R.Butt	Sussex v Hampshire	Hove	1901
6 (6ct, 0st)	H.R.Butt	Sussex v Leicestershire	Hove	1909
6 (3ct, 3st)	R.T.Webb	Sussex v Nottinghamshire	Hove	1955
6 (6ct, 0st)	J.M.Parks	Sussex v Worcestershire	Dudley	1959
6 (6ct, 0st)	R.T.Webb	Sussex v Somerset	Hove	1960
6 (6ct, 0st)	M.G.Griffith	Sussex v Essex	Clacton-on-Sea	1964
6 (6ct, 0st)	A.J.Hodd	Sussex v Hampshire	West End	2011
6 (6ct, 0st)	B.C.Brown	Sussex v Middlesex	Hove	2012
6 (6ct, 0st)	M.J.Prior	Sussex v Warwickshire	Hove	2013
6 (6ct, 0st)	B.C.Brown	Sussex v Warwickshire	Horsham	2014
6 (6ct, 0st)	B.C.Brown	Sussex v Gloucestershire	Cheltenham	2018

Notes: The table lists all wicketkeepers making more than five dismissals in an innings: the figures exclude catches taken when players were fielding. Matches in bold denote instances in the second innings.

Brown made nine dismissals, all caught, v Somerset, Taunton, 2013 and v Warwickshire, Horsham, 2014, the most for the county in a match. There have been no instances of a Sussex wicketkeeper making more than three stumpings in an innings.

Most dismissals in a season

Pos	Player	Season	Mtch	Ct	St	Total	Avge
1	J.M.Parks	1959	28	79	6	85	3.03
2	H.R.Butt	1905	28	65	16	81	2.89
3	G.B.Street	1923	26	60	20	80	3.07
4	W.L.Cornford	1925	31	57	21	78	2.57
5	J.M.Parks	1961	30	73	4	77	2.56
6	W.L.Cornford	1933	29	41	31	72	2.48
7	W.L.Cornford	1932	26	40	30	70	2.64
8	G.B.Street	1914	27	55	14	69	2.55
9	H.R.Butt	1903	23	56	10	66	2.86
10	I.J.Gould	1984	22	60	6	66	3.00
11	W.L.Cornford	1925	28	47	18	65	2.32
12	W.L.Cornford	1935	29	46	19	65	2.24
13	R.T.Webb	1955	28	41	24	65	2.32

Notes: The table lists all wicketkeepers making 65 or more dismissals in a season: the figures exclude catches taken when players were fielding. Column eight, headed ‘Avge’, gives the average number of dismissals per match for each player.

Parks’ 79 in 1959, and Cornford’s 31 in 1933 are respectively the most catches and most stumpings in a season. Parks was playing his first full season as wicketkeeper in 1959.

Most dismissals in a career

Pos	Player	Seasons	Mtch	Ct	Stpd	Total	Avge
1	H.R.Butt	1890-1912	461	809	233	1,042	2.26
2	W.L.Cornford	1921-1939, 1947	443	608	299	907	2.04
3	J.M.Parks	1958-1972	318	688	61	749	2.35
4	P.Moores	1985, 1987-1998	206	430	33	463	2.24
5	R.T.Webb	1948-1960	225	285	110	395	1.75
6	B.C.Brown	2010-2019	129	377	15	392	3.03
7	G.B.Street	1912-1914, 1920-1923	174	272	97	369	2.12
8	I.J.Gould	1981-1988	156	308	32	340	2.17
9	M.J.Prior	2001-2014	104	274	22	296	2.84
10	A.Long	1976-1980	94	207	21	228	2.42
11	S.C.Griffith	1938-1950, 1952-1954	105	165	35	200	1.90

All-Round Play

Most runs and wickets in an innings

Pos	Player	Performance	Match	Ground	Season
1	G.Bean	186 8-31	Sussex v Lancashire Sussex v Yorkshire	Manchester Dewsbury	1893 1891
2	A.E.Relf	189* 9-95	Sussex v Hampshire Sussex v Warwickshire	Portsmouth Hove	1906 1910
3	R.R.Relf	272* 8-79	Sussex v Worcestershire Sussex v Essex	Eastbourne Hove	1909 1910
4	J.Vine	202 8-76	Sussex v Northamptonshire Sussex v Nottinghamshire	Hastings Nottingham	1920 1901
5	M.W.Tate	203 9-71	Sussex v Northamptonshire Sussex v Middlesex	Hove Lord’s	1921 1926
6	G.R.Cox	167* 9-50	Sussex v Hampshire Sussex v Warwickshire	Chichester Horsham	1906 1926
7	E.H.Bowley	280* 9-114	Sussex v Gloucestershire Sussex v Derbyshire	Hove Hove	1929 1929
8	Jas. Langridge	167 9-34	Sussex v Nottinghamshire Sussex v Yorkshire	Nottingham Sheffield	1936 1934
9	C.Oakes	160 8-147	Sussex v Glamorgan Sussex v Kent	Chichester Tonbridge	1950 1939
10	A.W.Greig	226 8-25	Sussex v Warwickshire Sussex v Gloucestershire	Hastings Hove	1975 1967
11	Imran Khan	167 8-34	Sussex v Gloucestershire Sussex v Middlesex	Hove Lord’s	1978 1986

Most runs and wickets in a season

Pos	Player	Season	Mtch	Runs	Avge	Wkt	Avge	Ratio
1	Jas Langridge	1933	27	1,340	41.87	136	15.50	2,70
2	M.W.Tate	1924	23	1,095	30.41	139	12.61	2.41
3	M.W.Tate	1926	17	1,054	34.00	106	15.83	2.14
4	A.E.Relf	1913	26	1,560	34.66	116	17.57	1.97
5	M.W.Tate	1925	28	1,162	24.72	194	13.44	1.83
6	M.W.Tate	1923	28	1,000	23.25	174	13.19	1.76
7	M.W.Tate	1927	26	1.346	34.51	119	20.09	1.71
8	M.W.Tate	1928	26	1,174	31.10	127	18.51	1.62
9	A.E.Relf	1911	24	1,375	31.97	116	20.95	1.52
10	A.E.Relf	1908	28	1,130	27.56	109	19.11	1.44
11	E.H.Killkick	1905	28	1,241	27.57	101	20.28	1.35
12	A.E.Relf	1910	26	1,098	24.95	128	19.99	1.24

Most runs and wickets in a career

Over 10,000 runs and 1,000 wickets

Pos	Player	Seasons	Mtch	Runs	Avge	Wkt	Avge	Ratio
1	Jas Langridge	1924-1953	561	25,893	35.18	1,257	22.07	1.59
2	M.W.Tate	1912-1937	479	15,240	23.82	2,014	17.55	1.35
3	A.E.Relf	1900-1921	401	16,557	28.11	1,428	21.01	1.33
4	G.R.Cox	1898-1928	555	12,507	18.34	1,645	22.53	0.81

Over 5,000 runs and 500 wickets, excluding players above

Pos	Player	Seasons	Mtch	Runs	Avge	Wkt	Avge	Ratio
1	J.Vine	1896-1922	451	21,399	30.48	519	29.87	1.02
2	E.H.Bowley	1912-1914 1920-1934	415	22,861	34.42	594	25.35	1.35
3	J.H.Parks	1924-1939	398	17,874	30.50	723	26.25
4	A.S.M.Oakman	1947, 1948, 1950-1968	448	17,952	25.53	601	27.39
5	E.H.Killick	1893-1913	275	16,101	26.13	630	27.65
6	A.E.R.Gilligan	1920-1929 1931, 1932	208	6,227	20.34	594	20.86	0.97
7	A.F.Wensley	1922-1936	334	8.744	19.97	918	26.51	0.74
8	N.I.Thomson	1952-1965, 1972	375	6,379	14.39	1,431	20.33	0.70

Captaincy

Most matches as captain

Pos	Player	Matches	Seasons	Highest finish
1	A.E.R.Gilligan	166	1920-1929	4th in 1929
2	C.J.Adams	165	1998-2008	1st in 2003, 2006, 2007
3	R.G.Marlar	137	1955-1960	4th in 1955
4	J.R.T.Barclay	117	1979-1986	2nd in 1981
	H.P.Chaplin	117	1910-1914	6th in 1914
6	A.J.Holmes	115	1925, 1935-1939	5th in 1937
7	W.L.Murdoch	113	1893-1899	5th in 1899
8	M.G.Griffith	101	1968-1972	7th in 1969
9	K.S.Ranjitsinhji	100	1896, 1899-1903, 1908, 1912, 1920	2nd in 1902, 1903
10	E.R.Dexter	98	1960-1965	4th in 1960, 1963
11	A.P.Wells	95	1990-1996	7th in 1996
12	A.H.H.Gilligan	86	1920, 1922-1930	7th in 1930
	H.T.Bartlett	86	1939-1949	9th in 1947
14	Jas Langridge	83	1950-1953	10th in 1951
15	C.L.A.Smith	77	1905-1909,1911	4th in 1909

Notes: The table lists all players captaining the side in 75 or more matches. In a small number of matches, information on captains is missing: this may affect the figures for one or two players listed above. The years given in the ‘Seasons’ column include matches where a player was a ‘stand-in’ captain, in addition to those as a full ‘appointed’ captain for a season. The ‘Highest Finish’ column refers to seasons in which the player was a full ‘appointed’ captain.

G.A.K.Collins is the youngest player to captain the side: he was 20 yr, 1 mth in the match v Somerset, Bath, 1929. K.S.Ranjitsinhj, then the Maharajah of Nawanagar, is the oldest player to captain the side: he was 47 yr, 10 mth in the match v Yorkshire, Leeds, 1920.