Having played infrequently in the Minor Counties Championship for the Surrey Second XI since 1927,[1] Maxwell was selected to play for the combined Minor Counties cricket team in a first-class match against the touring New Zealanders in 1937 at the Rose Brothers Ground, Gainsborough.
[2] The Minor Counties won the toss and elected to bat first, making 310 all out in their first-innings, with Maxwell ending the innings not out on 78.
In response, the New Zealanders made 337 all out in their first-innings, to which the Minor Counties responded in their second-innings by making just 76 all out, with Maxwell being dismissed for a duck by Norman Gallichan.
Oxford University then made 319 all out in their second-innings, with Maxwell taking the wicket of Desmond Eagar to finish with figures of 1/49.
Set a target of 362, the Minor Counties could only manage to make 131 all out, with Maxwell ending the innings not out on a single run.