Highest Match Aggregates Decade by Decade

England and Wales

Decade	Started	Ended	Total	Teams		Venue	Season
1st	1772	1781	773	Hampshire	Surrey	Hambledon (BHD)	1775
2nd	1782	1791	794	Kent	White Conduit Club	Bishopsbourne	1786
3rd	1792	1801	767	Surrey	England	Lord’s Old Ground	1794
4th	1802	1811	707	MCC	England	Lord’s Old Ground	1809
5th	1812	1821	1047	Sussex	Epsom	Lord’s	1817
6th	1822	1831	772	Gentlemen	Players	Lord’s	1825
7th	1832	1841	851	Yorkshire	Norfolk	Sheffield (Hyde Pk)	1834
8th	1842	1851	830	Sussex	MCC	Brighton (Royal New)	1844
9th	1852	1861	976	Surrey	Cambridgeshire	Oval	1861
10th	1862	1871	1139	Gentlemen of the South	Players of the South	Oval	1871
11th	1872	1881	1217	Middlesex	Oxford University	Prince’s	1876
12th	1882	1891	1402	Sussex	Cambridge University	Hove	1891
13th	1892	1901	1410	Sussex	Oxford University	Hove	1895
14th	1902	1911	1492	Worcestershire	Oxford University	Worcester	1904
15th	1912	1921	1477	Hampshire	Oxford University	Southampton (NR)	1913
16th	1922	1931	1601	England	Australia	Lord’s	1930
17th	1932	1941	1496	England	Australia	Nottingham	1938
18th	1942	1951	1723	England	Australia	Leeds	1948
19th	1952	1961	1499	TN Pearce’s XI	Australians	Scarborough	1961
20th	1962	1971	1407	England	Rest of the World	Birmingham	1970
21st	1972	1981	1507	England	West Indies	Oval	1976
22nd	1982	1991	1650	Surrey	Lancashire	Oval	1990
23rd	1992	2001	1808	Sussex	Essex	Hove	1993
24th	2002	2011	1815	Somerset	Surrey	Taunton	2002
25th	2012	2021	1610	England	New Zealand	Lord’s	2015

International

Decade	Started	Ended	Total	Team For	Team Against	Venue	Season
1st	1772	1781	773	Hampshire	Surrey	Hambledon (BHD)	1775
2nd	1782	1791	794	Kent	White Conduit Club	Bishopsbourne	1786
3rd	1792	1801	767	Surrey	England	Lord’s Old Ground	1794
4th	1802	1811	707	MCC	England	Lord’s Old Ground	1809
5th	1812	1821	1047	Sussex	Epsom	Lord’s	1817
6th	1822	1831	772	Gentlemen	Players	Lord’s	1825
7th	1832	1841	851	Yorkshire	Norfolk	Sheffield (Hyde Pk)	1834
8th	1842	1851	830	Sussex	MCC	Brighton (Royal New)	1844
9th	1852	1861	976	Surrey	Cambridgeshire	Oval	1861
10th	1862	1871	1139	Gentlemen of the South	Players of the South	Oval	1871
11th	1872	1881	1217	Middlesex	Oxford University	Prince’s	1876
12th	1882	1891	1412	New South Wales	Victoria	Sydney	1881/82
13th	1892	1901	1739	New South Wales	AE Stoddart’s XI	Sydney	1897/98
14th	1902	1911	1911	New South Wales	Victoria	Sydney	1908/09
15th	1912	1921	1753	Australia	England	Adelaide	1920/21
16th	1922	1931	1929	New South Wales	South Australia	Sydney	1925/26
17th	1932	1941	1981	South Africa	England	Durban	1938/39
18th	1942	1951	2376	Maharashtra	Bombay	Poona	1948/49
19th	1952	1961	1801	AL Hassett’s XI	AR Morris’s XI	Melbourne	1953/54
20th	1962	1971	1764	Australia	West Indies	Adelaide	1968/69
21st	1972	1981	1640	Australia	Pakistan	Melbourne	1972/73
22nd	1982	1991	1869	Delhi	Bombay	Delhi	1990/91
23rd	1992	2001	1945	Canterbury	Wellington	Christchurch (Lanc Pk)	1994/95
24th	2002	2011	1815	Somerset	Surrey	Taunton	2002
25th	2012	2021	1672	Australia	New Zealand	Perth	2015/16

Thanks to Pelham Barton