He was a left-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper who represented many different teams from 1822 to 1831.
In county cricket, he played for Sussex (1823–1825), Kent (1827) and Surrey (1828–1830).
[1][2] Saunders was born and lived his whole life in Haslemere, Surrey, where he was a butcher.
He died aged 29 of consumption and had to stop playing cricket in 1831, a year before his death.
According to Scores and Biographies, he was a "showy" batsman whose favourite shot was the square cut.