 Sawyer is first definitely mentioned in a contemporary report of a celebrated single wicket "threes" game played at the Artillery Ground on Monday, 11 July 1743.The "Daily Advertiser" declared that the six players involved were the "best in England".They were William Hodsoll (Dartford), Val Romney (Sevenoaks) and John Cutbush (Maidstone) (replacing Ridgeway of Sussex) who played as Three of Kent; and Richard Newland (Slindon), John Bryant (Bromley) and Sawyer, who played as Three of All-England.