Highest Match Aggregates Decade by Decade

England and Wales

DecadeStartedEndedTotalTeamsVenueSeason
1st17721781773HampshireSurreyHambledon (BHD)1775
2nd17821791794KentWhite Conduit ClubBishopsbourne1786
3rd17921801767SurreyEnglandLord’s Old Ground1794
4th18021811707MCCEnglandLord’s Old Ground1809
5th181218211047SussexEpsomLord’s1817
6th18221831772GentlemenPlayersLord’s1825
7th18321841851YorkshireNorfolkSheffield (Hyde Pk)1834
8th18421851830SussexMCCBrighton (Royal New)1844
9th18521861976SurreyCambridgeshireOval1861
10th186218711139Gentlemen of the SouthPlayers of the SouthOval1871
11th187218811217MiddlesexOxford UniversityPrince’s1876
12th188218911402SussexCambridge UniversityHove1891
13th189219011410SussexOxford UniversityHove1895
14th190219111492WorcestershireOxford UniversityWorcester1904
15th191219211477HampshireOxford UniversitySouthampton (NR)1913
16th192219311601EnglandAustraliaLord’s1930
17th193219411496EnglandAustraliaNottingham1938
18th194219511723EnglandAustraliaLeeds1948
19th195219611499TN Pearce’s XIAustraliansScarborough1961
20th196219711407EnglandRest of the WorldBirmingham1970
21st197219811507EnglandWest IndiesOval1976
22nd198219911650SurreyLancashireOval1990
23rd199220011808SussexEssexHove1993
24th200220111815SomersetSurreyTaunton2002
25th201220211610EnglandNew ZealandLord’s2015

International

DecadeStartedEndedTotalTeam ForTeam AgainstVenueSeason
1st17721781773HampshireSurreyHambledon (BHD)1775
2nd17821791794KentWhite Conduit ClubBishopsbourne1786
3rd17921801767SurreyEnglandLord’s Old Ground1794
4th18021811707MCCEnglandLord’s Old Ground1809
5th181218211047SussexEpsomLord’s1817
6th18221831772GentlemenPlayersLord’s1825
7th18321841851YorkshireNorfolkSheffield (Hyde Pk)1834
8th18421851830SussexMCCBrighton (Royal New)1844
9th18521861976SurreyCambridgeshireOval1861
10th186218711139Gentlemen of the SouthPlayers of the SouthOval1871
11th187218811217MiddlesexOxford UniversityPrince’s1876
12th188218911412New South WalesVictoriaSydney1881/82
13th189219011739New South WalesAE Stoddart’s XISydney1897/98
14th190219111911New South WalesVictoriaSydney1908/09
15th191219211753AustraliaEnglandAdelaide1920/21
16th192219311929New South WalesSouth AustraliaSydney1925/26
17th193219411981South AfricaEnglandDurban1938/39
18th194219512376MaharashtraBombayPoona1948/49
19th195219611801AL Hassett’s XIAR Morris’s XIMelbourne1953/54
20th196219711764AustraliaWest IndiesAdelaide1968/69
21st197219811640AustraliaPakistanMelbourne1972/73
22nd198219911869DelhiBombayDelhi1990/91
23rd199220011945CanterburyWellingtonChristchurch (Lanc Pk)1994/95
24th200220111815SomersetSurreyTaunton2002
25th201220211672AustraliaNew ZealandPerth2015/16

Thanks to Pelham Barton