List of first-class cricket records
Most runs in a season

List of first-class cricket records

Section Title: Most runs in a season
Table Section Text: None

Runs	Player	Season

3,816 runs (50 innings, average 90.85)	Denis Compton (Middlesex & England)	1947

3,539 runs (52 innings, average 80.43)	Bill Edrich (Middlesex & England)	1947

3,518 runs (61 innings, average 66.37)	Tom Hayward (Surrey and England)	1906

3,429 runs (56 innings, average 68.58)	Len Hutton (Yorkshire and England)	1949

3,352 runs (59 innings, average 60.94)	Frank Woolley (Kent and England)	1928

These records may never be beaten, because fewer first-class matches are played nowadays

Source: Wisden 2006. Last updated: 19 May 2006.

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Compton's 3,816 runs is a record for an English first class cricket season.

final_sentence: Compton's 3,816 runs is a record for an English first class cricket season.