There are references in 1742 to "the Sussex Man from Slending" and "the noted bowler from Slendon", although it is not certain that Richard Newland was one or both of these great players. At the end of the 1742 season, Slindon played two matches against London at the Artillery Ground but lost them both, the second by a huge margin. In the first, several wagers were laid that one Slindon batsman, almost certainly Richard Newland, would obtain forty runs from his own bat – a feat he failed to perform.