English Cricket Record Broken By Cambridge University Players -- J. G. Dewes (left) with G. H. G. Doggart, in front of the score board, after their record breaking innings. Playing against Essex at Cambridge, G. H. G. Doggart and J. G. Dewes, of Cambridge University put up a new English cricket record scored 429 runs - Dewes 204 and Doggart 219. The previous record of 398 was held by W. Gunn and A. Shoewsbury and was set up in 1890. The Cambridge captain declared at the end of the day's play - with the score just 26 runs short of the world record. May 9, 1949. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).