James Aylward made a record score of 167 runs that stood until 1820.
Six first-class match scorecards survive from 1777, all of them involving Hampshire XIs playing England sides.
[1][2] James Aylward made his record score of 167 in the first England v Hampshire match of the season in June.
[9] A printed bill reporting the match said that "Aylward went in at 5 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon, and was not out till after three on Friday" in making his score.
[3] Aylward's record stood until 1820, when it was beaten by William Ward,[3][9] while Hampshire's records (total of 403 and winning margin of an innings and 168 runs) stood until 1793, when Surrey and Sussex scored 453 against England and won by an innings and 299 runs.