Essex cricketer Charles Kortright (1871-1952) took 176 catches in his career.
There are some wonderful anecdotes about him. John Arlott believed that circumstantial evidence suggested he was probably the fastest bowler of all time. There was one occasion, apparently, when he bowled a not-very-short ball on a dodgy wicket and it flew straight over the boundary from pitching.
My favourite story was the occasion he bowled W. G. Grace, who, if out early in his innings, would stand his ground and say "All these people have come to watch me bat!" Kortright bowled him comprehensively. Grace tucked his bat under his arm with a harrumph and started to walk towards the pavilion.
"Are you going, Doctor?" enquired Kortright, "You've still got one stump standing!"
He was a very privileged individual, it seems, who once said "I've never done a day's work in my life!"
