# List of Surrey first-class cricket records

This is a list of Surrey first-class cricket records; that is, record team and individual performances in first-class cricket for Surrey. Surrey have played over 3,500 first-class matches since first doing so in the mid-1800s. This dwarfs the number of List A and Twenty20 matches played. Records for those shorter forms of the game are found at List of Surrey List A cricket records and List of Surrey Twenty20 cricket records. Generally, the top five in each category are listed here.
All statistics are up-to-date as of 6 August 2011.

## Listing notation
### Team notation

* (300–3) indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets and the innings was closed, either due to a successful run chase or if no playing time remained.
* (300–3 d) indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets, and declared its innings closed.
* (300) indicates that a team scored 300 runs and was all out.

### Batting notation

* (100) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was out.
* (100*) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was not out.

### Bowling notation

* (5–100) indicates that a bowler has captured 5 wickets while conceding 100 runs.

### Currently playing

* Record holders who are currently playing for the county (i.e. their record details listed could change) are shown in bold.

## Team records
### Results by opponent

| Opponent | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | Drawn | Abandoned | % Won |
| All England Eleven | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40.00 |
| Australian Imperial Forces | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Australians | 48 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 18.75 |
| Bangladesh A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bangladeshis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cambridge Marylebone Cricket Club University | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cambridgeshire | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Cambridge University | 123 | 57 | 0 | 21 | 45 | 1 | 46.34 |
| CI Thornton's XI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Combined Services | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Derbyshire | 139 | 72 | 0 | 20 | 47 | 2 | 51.80 |
| Durham | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 71.43 |
| Durham University Centre of Cricketing Excellence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| England | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 38.46 |
| Essex | 184 | 70 | 0 | 41 | 73 | 3 | 38.04 |
| Gentlemen of England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Gentlemen of Philadelphia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Glamorgan | 109 | 40 | 0 | 18 | 51 | 0 | 36.70 |
| Gloucestershire | 213 | 92 | 0 | 54 | 67 | 1 | 43.19 |
| Hampshire | 178 | 85 | 0 | 28 | 65 | 2 | 47.75 |
| India A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Indians | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Kent and Sussex | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 |
| Kent | 274 | 104 | 2 | 64 | 104 | 0 | 37.96 |
| Lancashire | 210 | 64 | 1 | 58 | 87 | 6 | 30.48 |
| Leicestershire | 157 | 71 | 0 | 19 | 67 | 3 | 45.22 |
| London County | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 30.00 |
| Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Manchester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 53 | 13 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 24.53 |
| Middlesex | 256 | 89 | 2 | 74 | 91 | 0 | 34.77 |
| New South Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| New Zealanders | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 20.00 |
| North | 13 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 53.85 |
| Northamptonshire | 117 | 51 | 0 | 21 | 45 | 1 | 43.59 |
| Nottinghamshire | 240 | 82 | 0 | 69 | 89 | 0 | 34.17 |
| Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Oxford University | 91 | 41 | 0 | 17 | 33 | 0 | 45.05 |
| Pakistanis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| The Rest | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Rhodesia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Scotland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Somerset | 165 | 78 | 0 | 31 | 56 | 0 | 47.27 |
| South | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| South Africa A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| South Africans | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 18.75 |
| Sri Lanka A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Sri Lankans | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Sussex | 266 | 122 | 0 | 42 | 102 | 2 | 45.86 |
| Warwickshire | 158 | 59 | 0 | 29 | 70 | 3 | 37.34 |
| West Indians | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 14.29 |
| WG Grace's XI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Worcestershire | 123 | 44 | 0 | 23 | 56 | 0 | 35.77 |
| Yorkshire | 239 | 67 | 0 | 85 | 87 | 2 | 28.03 |
| Zimbabweans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Middlesex | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 |
| Yorkshire | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Total | 3523 | 1372 | 6 | 799 | 1346 | 27 | 38.94 |

### Margins of victory

| Margin | Opponent | Venue | Season |
| Innings and 485 runs | v Sussex | The Oval | 1888 |
| Innings and 468 runs | v Hampshire | The Oval | 1909 |
| Innings and 379 runs | v Somerset | The Oval | 1899 |
| Innings and 375 runs | v Somerset | The Oval | 1891 |
| Innings and 367 runs | v Oxford University | The Oval | 1889 |
| Innings and 367 runs | v Warwickshire | The Oval | 1898 |
| Margin | Opponent | Venue | Season |
| 483 runs | v Leicestershire | The Oval | 2002 |
| 388 runs | v Sussex | The Oval | 1939 |
| 380 runs | v Hampshire | Southampton | 1896 |
| 352 runs | v Essex | Southend | 1907 |
| 343 runs | v Worcestershire | The Oval | 1905 |
| Margin | Opponent | Venue | Season |
| 1 run | v Lancashire | The Oval | 1899 |
| 1 run | v Yorkshire | The Oval | 1909 |
| 2 runs | v Leicestershire | Woodbridge Road | 1926 |
| 2 runs | v Hampshire | The Oval | 1900 |
| 4 runs | v Warwickshire | Edgbaston | 1947 |

### Scores

| Score | Opponent | Venue | Season |
| 811 | v Somerset | The Oval | 1899 |
| 742 | v Hampshire | The Oval | 1909 |
| 722-4 d | v Glamorgan | The Oval | 2021 |
| 717 | v Somerset | Woodbridge Road | 1926 |
| 707–9 d | v Lancashire | The Oval | 1990 |
| 706–4 d | v Nottinghamshire | Trent Bridge | 1947 |
| Score | Opponent | Venue | Season |
| 14 | v Essex | Chelmsford | 1983 |
| 16 | v Nottinghamshire | The Oval | 1880 |
| 26 | v Nottinghamshire | Trent Bridge | 1876 |
| 27 | v Gloucestershire | Cheltenham | 1974 |
| 31 | v Yorkshire | Holbeck | 1883 |

## Individual records
### Appearances

| Appearances | Player | Seasons |
| 598 | Jack Hobbs | 1905–1934 |
| 593 | Tom Hayward | 1893–1914 |
| 554 | Herbert Strudwick | 1902–1927 |
| 525 | Andrew Sandham | 1911–1937 |
| 514 | Bobby Abel | 1881–1904 |

### Batting
#### Career

| Runs | Player | Seasons |
| 43,554 | Jack Hobbs | 1905–1934 |
| 36,171 | Tom Hayward | 1893–1914 |
| 33,312 | Andy Sandham | 1911–1937 |
| 29,305 | John Edrich | 1958–1978 |
| 27,609 | Bobby Abel | 1881–1904 |
| Centuries | Player | Seasons |
| 144 | Jack Hobbs | 1905–1934 |
| 88 | Tom Hayward | 1893–1914 |
| 83 | Andy Sandham | 1911–1937 |
| 81 | John Edrich | 1958–1978 |
| 64 | Bobby Abel | 1881–1904 |
| 61 | Mark Ramprakash | 2001–2012 |

#### Season

| Runs | Player | Season |
| 3,246 | Tom Hayward | 1906 |
| 2,849 | Bobby Abel | 1901 |
| 2,734 | Tom Hayward | 1904 |
| 2,499 | Jack Hobbs | 1914 |
| 2,417 | Andy Sandham | 1928 |
| Centuries | Player | Season |
| 13 | Tom Hayward | 1906 |
| 13 | Jack Hobbs | 1925 |
| 10 | Bobby Abel | 1900 |
| 10 | Tom Hayward | 1904 |
| 10 | Jack Hobbs | 1914 |
| 10 | Mark Ramprakash | 2007 |

#### Innings

| Runs | Player | Opponent | Venue | Season |
| 357* | Bobby Abel | v Somerset | The Oval | 1899 |
| 355* | Kevin Pietersen | v Leicestershire | The Oval | 2015 |
| 338 | Walter Read | v Oxford University | The Oval | 1888 |
| 316* | Jack Hobbs | v Middlesex | Lord's | 1926 |
| 315* | Tom Hayward | v Lancashire | The Oval | 1898 |
| 306* | Andy Ducat | v Oxford University | The Oval | 1919 |
| 301* | Mark Ramprakash | v Northamptonshire | The Oval | 2006 |

### Bowling
#### Career

| Wickets | Player | Seasons |
| 1,775 | Tom Richardson | 1892–1904 |
| 1,713 | Tony Lock | 1946–1963 |
| 1,586 | Percy Fender | 1914–1935 |
| 1,459 | Alec Bedser | 1939–1960 |
| 1,437 | Alf Gover | 1928–1947 |
| Five-fers | Player | Seasons |
| 169 | Tom Richardson | 1892–1904 |
| 128 | George Lohmann | 1884–1896 |
| 123 | Tony Lock | 1946–1963 |
| 115 | James Southerton | 1854–1879 |
| 93 | Bill Lockwood | 1889–1904 |

#### Season

| Wickets | Player | Season |
| 252 | Tom Richardson | 1895 |
| 238 | Tom Richardson | 1897 |
| 225 | Razor Smith | 1910 |
| 202 | Tom Richardson | 1896 |
| 196 | Tom Richardson | 1894 |
| Five-fers | Player | Season |
| 32 | Tom Richardson | 1906 |
| 30 | Tom Richardson | 1925 |
| 24 | George Lohmann | 1900 |
| 24 | Razor Smith | 1904 |
| 22 | Tom Richardson | 1914 |

#### Innings

| Figures | Player | Opponent | Venue | Season |
| 10–43 | Thomas Rushby | v Somerset | Taunton | 1921 |
| 10–45 | Tom Richardson | v Essex | The Oval | 1894 |
| 10–54 | Tony Lock | v Kent | Blackheath | 1956 |
| 10–67 | Eddie Watts | v Warwickshire | Edgbaston | 1939 |
| 10–88 | Jim Laker | v Australians | The Oval | 1956 |

### Fielding
#### Career

| Catches | Player | Seasons |
| 605 | Micky Stewart | 1954–1972 |
| 555 | Ernie Hayes | 1896–1919 |
| 534 | Tony Lock | 1946–1963 |
| 505 | Graham Roope | 1964–1982 |
| 492 | Bobby Abel | 1881–1904 |

#### Season

| Catches | Player | Season |
| 77 | Micky Stewart | 1957 |
| 64 | Ken Barrington | 1957 |
| 59 | Graham Roope | 1971 |
| 58 | Tony Lock | 1957 |
| 58 | Micky Stewart | 1958 |

#### Innings

| Catches | Player | Opponent | Venue | Season |
| 7 | Micky Stewart | v Northamptonshire | Northampton | 1957 |
| 6 | Graham Thorpe | v Kent | The Oval | 1998 |
| 5 | Bobby Abel | v Hampshire | Portsmouth | 1898 |
| 5 | Ernie Hayes | v London County | The Oval | 1901 |
| 5 | Tony Lock | v Lancashire | Old Trafford | 1953 |
| 5 | Stuart Surridge | v Lancashire | The Oval | 1955 |
| 5 | Graham Roope | v Cambridge University | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge | 1980 |
| 5 | Azhar Mahmood | v Worcestershire | The Oval | 2006 |

### Wicket-keeping
#### Career

| Dismissals | Player | Seasons |
| 1,222 | Bert Strudwick | 1902–1927 |
| 810 | Ted Brooks | 1925–1939 |
| 805 | Arnold Long | 1960–1975 |
| 752 | Arthur McIntyre | 1938–1963 |
| 615 | Harry Wood | 1884–1900 |

#### Season

| Dismissals | Player | Season |
| 91 | Arnold Long | 1962 |
| 87 | Fred Stedman | 1901 |
| 81 | Arthur McIntyre | 1949 |
| 81 | Ted Brooks | 1933 |
| 81 | Arthur McIntyre | 1955 |

#### Innings

| Dismissals | Player | Opponent | Venue | Season |
| 7 | Jonathan Batty | v Northamptonshire | The Oval | 2004 |
| 6 | Arnold Long | v Sussex | Hove | 1964 |
| 5 | Achieved on eighteen different occasions | Achieved on eighteen different occasions | Achieved on eighteen different occasions | Achieved on eighteen different occasions |

## Partnership records

| Partnership | Runs | Batsmen | Opponents | Venue | Season |
| 1st | 428 | Jack Hobbs and Andy Sandham | v Oxford University | The Oval | 1926 |
| 2nd | 371 | Jack Hobbs and Ernie Hayes | v Hampshire | The Oval | 1909 |
| 3rd | 413 | Darren Bicknell and David Ward | v Kent | Canterbury | 1990 |
| 4th | 448 | Bobby Abel and Tom Hayward | v Yorkshire | The Oval | 1899 |
| 5th | 318 | Mark Ramprakash and Azhar Mahmood | v Middlesex | The Oval | 2005 |
| 6th | 298 | Andy Sandham and Henry Harrison | v Sussex | The Oval | 1913 |
| 7th | 262 | Jack Richards and Keith Medlycott | v Kent | The Oval | 1987 |
| 8th | 244 | Jamie Smith and Jordan Clark | v Gloucestershire | Bristol | 2022 |
| 9th | 168 | Errol Holmes and Edward Brooks | v Hampshire | The Oval | 1936 |
| 10th | 173 | Andy Ducat and Andy Sandham | v Essex | Leyton | 1921 |