[2][3] He was employed as a groom by Richmond at his estate at Goodwood, at least in part because of his cricketing ability,[4][5][6] and is referred to in contemporary sources as "the famous Waymark".
[6][7] In a report of a match two teams organised by Edwin Stead and William Gage at Penshurst Park in 1729, it states that "a groom of the Duke of Richmond signalised himself by extraordinary agility and dexterity".
[11][12] Then on 18 June, Waymark played for an England XI against a Kent side at the Artillery Ground in the match which commences Arthur Haygarth's Scores & Biographies.
[16] Single wicket was the most lucrative form of cricket in the 1740s; for example in 1748, Waymark and Robert Colchin played two doubles matches against Tom Faulkner and Joe Harris at the Artillery Ground.
Batsmen did not develop defensive techniques until the straight bat was invented in response to the pitched delivery, which was introduced in the 1760s, more than a decade after Waymark's career ended.