First-class cricket records in an English season

Most Aggregate Runs

Year

Player

County

Runs

Average

1801

Robert Robinson

Surrey

141

28.20

1802

Frederick Beauclerk

England

106

26.50

1803

Frederick Beauclerk

England

284

35.50

1804

Frederick Beauclerk

MCC, England

258

32.25

1805

Frederick Beauclerk

Hampshire, England

468

58.50

1806

William Lambert

Hampshire, Kent, Surrey, Gentlemen

276

23.00

1807

William Lambert

Hampshire, MCC, Surrey, England

355

39.44

1808

Frederick Beauclerk

MCC, England

379

37.90

1809

Frederick Beauclerk

MCC, England

464

33.14

1810

William Lambert

Surrey, England

396

39.60

1811

George Osbaldeston

England

47

47.00

1812

Frederick Beauclerk

England

87

43.50

1813

Robert Robinson

England

78

78.00

1814

Frederick Beauclerk

MCC

126

25.20

1815

William Lambert

Surrey, England

172

24.57

1816

William Lambert

MCC, Surrey, England

363

51.85

1817

William Lambert

Sussex, Surrey, England

445

63.57

1818

William Beldham

MCC, Surrey, England

103

25.75

1819

Thomas Beagley

Hampshire, Players

170

42.50

1820

William Ward

MCC, Hampshire, Gentlemen

361

60.16

1821

Thomas Beagley

Hampshire, Players

181

90.50

1822

Edward Budd

MCC, Gentlemen

354

39.33

1823

Wlliam Ward

Hampshire, England, MCC, Gentlemen

328

32.80

1824

James Saunders

England, Players

267

24.27

1825

James Broadbridge

Sussex, Players

552

46.00

1826

Thomas Marsden

Sheffield and Leicester

227

227.00

1827

Thomas Marsden

England, Players

308

25.66

1828

James Broadbridge

Sussex, Kent, England, Players

316

19.75

1829
 

William Searle
James Broadbridge

Kent, Surrey, England, Players
Sussex, Surrey, Gentlemen

265
 

20.38
18.92

1830

Fuller Pilch

Suffolk, Surrey, Players

235

29.37

1831

Edward Wenman

England, Players

144

16.00

1832

Fuller Pilch

Cambridge Town, MCC, England, Players

287

31.88

1833

Thomas Marsden

MCC, Yorkshire, England, Players

181

16.45

1834

Fuller Pilch

Norfolk, England, Players

551

61.22

1835

James Cobbett

MCC, Yorkshire, England, Players

156

15.60

1836

Alfred Mynn

Kent, Gentlemen, Gentlemen, South

407

33.91

1837

Fuller Pilch

Kent, MCC, Sussex, Players, South

372

26.57

1838

Charles Taylor

Cambridge Town, Cambridge University, MCC, Sussex, Gentlemen

339

16.95

1839

Edward Wenman

MCC, Kent, England, Players

332

18.44

1840

Charles Hawkins

MCC, Sussex, England, Players

274

14.42

1841

Fuller Pilch

Kent, Players

413

25.81

1842

Nicholas Felix

Kent, Gentlemen

406

31.23

1843

Charles Taylor

MCC, Sussex, England, Gentlemen of England, Gentlemen

372

16.90

1844

Fuller Pilch

Kent, Hampshire, MCC, Surrey, Players

517

17.82

1845

Fuller Pilch

Hampshire, Kent, MCC, England, Players

569

21.07

1846

Thomas Box

MCC, Sussex, England, Players

413

20.65

1847

Nicholas Felix

Kent, Gentlemen, Surrey

591

28.14

1848

George Parr

Nottinghamshire, England, North, Players

339

18.83

1849

George Parr

England, North, Players

529

31.11

1850

John Wisden

Sussex, England, North, Players

374

18.70

1851

George Chatterton

MCC, Yorkshire, England, North, Players, Under 30s

455

19.78

1852

Nicholas Felix

Kent, Surrey, Gentlemen, South

529

18.24

1853

James Dean

MCC, Sussex, England, Players

372

12.82

1854

James Dean

MCC, England, Sussex, Players

516

16.12

1855

John Wisden

Sussex, England, Players, South

442

28.13

1856

John Lillywhite

MCC, Sussex, Players, South

620

24.80

1857

William Caffyn

MCC, Surrey, England, South, Players

612

18.00

1858

William Caffyn

MCC, Surrey, South, Players

516

21.50

1859

James Grundy

MCC, Nottinghamshire, England, North, Players

530

17.09

1860

Thomas Hayward

Cambridge Town, England, North, Players

557

26.52

1861

Robert Carpenter

Cambridgeshire, Cambridge Town, England, Players, North

883

30.44

1862

Thomas Hayward

Cambridgeshire, England, North, Players

661

31.47

1863

William Mortlock

Surrey, England, South, Players

736

26.28

1864

William Mortlock

Surrey, England, South, Players

855

34.20

1865

Thomas Humphrey

Surrey, South, Players

1,223

29.82

1866

Henry Jupp

Surrey, South, Players

1,140

31.66

1867

Thomas Humphrey

Surrey, South, Players

946

26.27

1868

Henry Jupp

Surrey, South, Players, England

965

24.74

1869

WG Grace

MCC, Gentlemen, South

1,320

57.39

1870

WG Grace

Gloucestershire, MCC, Gentlemen, South

1,808

54.78

1871

WG Grace

Gloucestershire, MCC, Gentlemen, Gentlemen of England, South

2,739

78.25

1872

WG Grace

Gloucestershire, MCC, Gentlemen, South, England

1,485

57.11

1873

WG Grace

Gloucestershire, MCC, Gentlemen, South

1,805

72.20

1874

WG Grace

Gloucestershire, MCC, Gentlemen, South, Gentlemen of England

1,664

52.00

1875

WG Grace

Gloucestershire, MCC, Gentlemen, South, England

1,498

32.56

1876

WG Grace

Gloucestershire, MCC, Gentlemen, South, England

2,622

62.42

1877

WG Grace

Gloucestershire, MCC, Gentlemen, South, England, Kent

1,474

39.83

1878

George Ulyett

England, North, Yorkshire, Players

1,270

27.02

1879

WG Grace

Gloucestershire, Gentlemen of England, Gentlemen, South, England, Over 30s

880

35.20

1880

William Barnes

England, MCC, Nottinghamshire, Players, Under 30s

1,220

28.37

Highest Average

Year

Player

County

Average

1801

Robert Robinson

Surrey

28.20

1802

"Knight"

Surrey

46.00

1803

"Parker"

Hampshire

43.00

1804

Thomas Burgoyne

Middlesex

57.00

1805

Frederick Beauclerk

Hampshire, England

58.50

1806

William Lambert

Hampshire, Kent, Surrey, Gentlemen

23.00

1807

William Lambert

Hampshire, MCC, Surrey, England

39.44

1808

Frederick Beauclerk

MCC, England

37.90

1809

Frederick Beauclerk

MCC, England

33.14

1810

William Lambert

Surrey, England

39.60

1811

George Osbaldeston

England

47.00

1812

Frederick Beauclerk

England

43.50

1813

Robert Robinson

England

78.00

1814

Frederick Beauclerk

MCC

25.20

1815

Frederick Woodbridge

Surrey

40.66

1816

William Lambert

MCC, Surrey, England

51.85

Highest Score

Year

Player

County

Score

1801

William Bedham

Surrey

82

1802

Frederick Beauclerk

England

54

1803

Frederick Beauclerk

England

74

1804

Frederick Beauclerk

Hampshire, England

94

1805

Frederick Beauclerk

Hampshire, England

128*

1806

Thomas Smith

Hampshire, England, Gentlemen

86

1807

William Lambert

Hampshire, MCC, Surrey, England

110

1808

Frederick Beauclerk

MCC, England

100

1809

Frederick Beauclerk

MCC, England

114

1810

William Lambert

Surrey, England

132*

1811

William Lambert

England

42

1812

Frederick Beauclerk

England

86

1813

Robert Robinson

England

58*

1814

Frederick Beauclerk

MCC

59*

1815

Felix Ladbroke

England

116

1816

George Osbaldeston

Hampshire, MCC, Sussex, England

112

Source

Cricket Archive