 Santall scored a total of 17,730 first-class runs at an average of 24.93, passing 1,000 runs in a season on seven occasions.His best seasonal total came in 1933 when he scored 1,727 runs at 46.67.During that season he produced the highest score of his career, a knock of 201 not out against Northamptonshire at Peterborough, an innings that took just 165 minutes.