440
CRICKET.
| Highest Scores for First Wicket: | ||
| 470 | no wicket, Mr. L. Wilson, 246 not out, and Mr. W. G. Wyld, 203 not out, for Beckenham v. Bexley, at Beckenham, 1st August | 1885 |
| 404, | Viscount Throwley and Mr. W. F. Forbes, for Mr. A. E. Fellowes' XI. v. Huntingdonshire, at Huntingdon, 13th July | 1881 |
| 402, | Mr. J. Shuter (304 not out) and Mr. T. Ashdown, for Bexley v. Emeriti, 14th June | 1884 |
| Highest for First Wicket in a First-class Match : | ||
| 283, | Mr. W. G. Grace (180) and Mr. B. B. Cooper (101), for Gentlemen of the South v. Players of the South, at the Oval, 15th July | 1869 |
| 266, | Shrewsbury (152) and Mr. A. E. Stoddart (151), for England v. M.C.C. and Ground, Centenary Festival, at Lord's, 13th June | 1887 |
| 243, | Mr. W. Rashleigh (107) and Mr. K. J. Key (143), for Oxford v. Cambridge, at Lord's | 1886 |
| 238, | Mr. W. G. Grace and Mr. T. G. Matthews, for Gloucestershire v. Yorkshire (highest in a County Match), at Sheffield, 2gth July | 1872 |
| 226, | Mr. W. G. Grace and Abel, for South v. North, at Scarborough, 19th September | 1889 |
| Highest Scores for Last Wicket : | ||
| 194, | by Mr. W. H. Edgar and Mr. J. M. Swayne, for Oxford Perambulators v . Etceteras, 1st June | 1885 |
| 173, | by Briggs and Pilling, for Lancashire v. Surrey, at Liverpool, 16th July | 1885 |
| 157, | by Parnham and White, for XI. of North v. XI. of South, at Lord's, 14th June | 1886 |
| 149, | by Lohmann and Sharpe, for Surrey v. Essex, at Oval, 20th May | 1889 |
| Longest Partnerships : | ||
| 603 | for second wicket by Mr. G. F. Vernon and Mr. A. H. Trevor, for Orleans Club v. Rickling Green, 4th and 5th August | 1882 |
| 454 | for third wicket, by Barnes and Midwinter, for M.C.C. and Ground v. Leicestershire, at Lord's, 1st June | 1882 |
| 398 | for second wicket, Shrewsbury and Gunn, for Nottinghamshire v. Sussex, at Nottingham (highest in a first-class match), 15th May | 1890 |
