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In 1899, as a 13-year-old schoolboy, Collins scored what was then the highest ever recorded cricket score of 628 not out.<ref name="highest">{{Cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282840.html |title=Most runs in an innings – minor cricket |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=2 February 2007}}; {{cite web |url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/94177.html |title=Most runs in an innings – first-class matches |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |access-date=2 February 2007}}</ref> This feat took place during a junior school house cricket match between Clarke's House and North Town House. Such matches were timeless, played to a finish however long they took. The match was played on an outfield off Guthrie Road, Bristol, now named ''Collins Piece''. The ground had both a poor surface and a very unusual shape: it was very short (only {{convert|60|yd|m}} long), with a wall only {{convert|70|yd|m|-1}} away forming the [[boundary (cricket)|boundary]] on one side, while the other side was a gentle slope falling away towards the school [[sanatorium]] in the distance. The pitch occupied the central {{convert|22|yd|m}} of the narrow field, with the boundary only {{convert|17|yd|m}} behind each set of stumps.<ref name="boy">{{cite web |url=http://www.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/291690.html |title=The boy who knew no boundaries |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |date=21 April 2007 |access-date=27 July 2009}}</ref> Hits to the long boundary, down the slope, had to be all-run, but the three short boundaries only counted for two runs.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/134961.html |title=AEJ Collins: a place in history |first=Martin |last=Williamson |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |date=31 July 2004 |access-date=2 February 2007}}</ref> | In 1899, as a 13-year-old schoolboy, Collins scored what was then the highest ever recorded cricket score of 628 not out.<ref name="highest">{{Cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282840.html |title=Most runs in an innings – minor cricket |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=2 February 2007}}; {{cite web |url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/94177.html |title=Most runs in an innings – first-class matches |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |access-date=2 February 2007}}</ref> This feat took place during a junior school house cricket match between Clarke's House and North Town House. Such matches were timeless, played to a finish however long they took. The match was played on an outfield off Guthrie Road, Bristol, now named ''Collins Piece''. The ground had both a poor surface and a very unusual shape: it was very short (only {{convert|60|yd|m}} long), with a wall only {{convert|70|yd|m|-1}} away forming the [[boundary (cricket)|boundary]] on one side, while the other side was a gentle slope falling away towards the school [[sanatorium]] in the distance. The pitch occupied the central {{convert|22|yd|m}} of the narrow field, with the boundary only {{convert|17|yd|m}} behind each set of stumps.<ref name="boy">{{cite web |url=http://www.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/291690.html |title=The boy who knew no boundaries |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |date=21 April 2007 |access-date=27 July 2009}}</ref> Hits to the long boundary, down the slope, had to be all-run, but the three short boundaries only counted for two runs.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/134961.html |title=AEJ Collins: a place in history |first=Martin |last=Williamson |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |date=31 July 2004 |access-date=2 February 2007}}</ref> | ||
The match commenced on Thursday, 22 June, to take advantage of two half-day holidays while the college team played their annual match against Old Cliftonians nearby.<ref name="boy" /> Collins, a right-handed [[batsman]], won the toss for Clarke's House and chose to bat first. Collins hit his first stroke at around 3.30 pm. By the close of play at 6 pm, he had scored 200 runs, having been dropped on 50, 100 and 140.<ref name="boy" /> | The match commenced on Thursday, 22 June, to take advantage of two half-day holidays while the college team played their annual match against Old Cliftonians nearby.<ref name="boy" /> Collins, a right-handed [[batsman]], won the toss for Clarke's House and chose to bat first. Collins hit his first stroke at around 3.30 pm. By the close of play at 6 pm, he had scored 200 runs, having been dropped on 50, 100 and 140.<ref name="boy" /> | ||