A number of Hambledon matches were played from 1764 to 1771 but team and performance information has been lost. Nyren was certainly active through this period but there are only two more definite mentions of him before the 1772 season, when the keeping of match scorecards became habitual. On 31 July and 1 August 1769, he captained Hambledon at Guildford Bason against Caterham, Hambledon winning by 4 wickets, "particularly (by) the batting of Messrs Small and Bayton", before an estimated crowd of 20,000.