{"id":825044,"date":"2026-07-26T14:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/825044\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T14:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:14:13","slug":"the-massive-scores-quiz-who-has-the-highest-recorded-score-outside-school-and-age-group-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/825044\/","title":{"rendered":"The Massive Scores Quiz: Who Has The Highest Recorded Score Outside School- And Age-Group Cricket?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This quiz<\/a> will test your knowledge on extreme scores in cricket.<\/p>\n

The first recorded century in any cricket is John Minshull\u2019s 107, back in 1769. Six years later, when John Small went past that with 136 \u2013 also the first hundred in first-class cricket \u2013 Minshull was playing for the opposition. Two years after that, James Aylward stretched that to 167, which was usurped by Frederick Beauclerk (170) in 1806.<\/p>\n

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In 1820, William Ward not only went past Beauclerk\u2019s record but improved it by a colossal margin by hitting 278. Alfred Adams (279) beat that by one run in 1837. The next major leap came in 1868, when Edward Tylecote smashed 404 \u2013 and remained unbeaten, to boot. Bill Roe (415 not out in 1881) was next, followed by James Carrick (419 not out in 1885), Andrew Stoddart (485 in 1886), and AEJ Collins (628 not out (628 not out in 1899).<\/p>\n

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Collins\u2019 record stood throughout the 20th century and beyond the first decade of the 21st. Then, in 2015\/16, Pranav Dhanawade hit 1009 runs in an innings \u2013 a record that continues to stand on July 2025.<\/p>\n

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Take our quiz to test your knowledge on extreme scores in cricket.<\/p>\n

Quiz! How well do you know these massive individual scores? <\/p>\n

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