Batting Most Fifties Career

Cricket Records in 1940s in Test matches

Most fifties (and over)

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	50+	0	4s	6s
DCS Compton (ENG)	1946-1949	28	48	5	2664	208	61.95	2130+	35.77	11	10	21	2	127+	1
L Hutton (ENG)	1946-1949	28	51	4	2443	206	51.97	1585+	36.71	6	14	20	2	112+	4
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1946-1949	20	33	1	1699	191	53.09	1528+	32.26	5	9	14	0	120+	8
C Washbrook (ENG)	1946-1949	25	46	5	1962	195	47.85	1146+	37.52	4	10	14	1	60+	6
AD Nourse (SA)	1947-1950	12	23	3	1372	149	68.60	108+	63.88	5	8	13	1	21+	4
DG Bradman (AUS)	1946-1948	15	23	5	1903	234	105.72	3459	55.01	8	5	13	3	144+	1
AR Morris (AUS)	1946-1950	16	25	3	1474	196	67.00	1696+	44.33	7	4	11	1	90+	4
B Mitchell (SA)	1947-1949	10	20	2	1072	189*	59.55	158+	29.11	3	6	9	0	2+	0
SG Barnes (AUS)	1946-1948	12	17	2	998	234	66.53	1844+	40.18	3	5	8	1	84+	2
VS Hazare (IND)	1946-1949	13	25	3	1095	145	49.77	1192+	35.98	4	4	8	0	47+	1
ED Weekes (WI)	1948-1949	9	13	0	1072	194	82.46	-	0.00	5	2	7	0	90+	0
RS Modi (IND)	1946-1949	8	15	1	697	112	49.78	-	0.00	1	6	7	0	12+	0
AL Hassett (AUS)	1946-1950	17	22	2	1162	198*	58.10	1993+	41.24	4	3	7	1	82+	3
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1950	18	23	3	878	141*	43.90	1141+	49.86	1	6	7	1	45+	13
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1947-1949	5	8	0	481	101	60.12	-	0.00	1	5	6	0	21+	0
JDB Robertson (ENG)	1947-1949	6	12	1	571	133	51.90	-	0.00	2	3	5	0	15+	1
J Hardstaff (ENG)	1946-1948	7	13	1	566	205*	47.16	373+	31.90	1	4	5	3	33+	1
DG Phadkar (IND)	1947-1949	8	15	3	554	123	46.16	765+	41.04	1	4	5	1	34+	0
MP Donnelly (NZ)	1949-1949	4	6	0	462	206	77.00	-	0.00	1	3	4	0	44+	0
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1948-1949	6	9	1	506	160	63.25	-	0.00	1	3	4	0	16+	0
EAB Rowan (SA)	1948-1950	6	12	2	481	156*	48.10	77+	29.87	1	3	4	0	1+	0
A Melville (SA)	1947-1949	6	12	1	608	189	55.27	-	0.00	3	1	4	1	31+	1
WW Wade (SA)	1948-1950	7	13	1	435	125	36.25	232+	30.60	1	3	4	1	7+	1
RJ Christiani (WI)	1948-1949	9	13	0	469	107	36.07	-	0.00	1	3	4	0	-	1
GE Gomez (WI)	1948-1949	9	13	1	488	101	40.66	-	0.00	1	3	4	1	7+	0
CL Walcott (WI)	1948-1949	9	14	1	585	152	45.00	-	0.00	2	2	4	0	12+	3
NWD Yardley (ENG)	1946-1948	16	27	2	697	99	27.88	764+	36.25	0	4	4	1	30+	0
SJE Loxton (AUS)	1948-1950	6	6	0	360	101	60.00	155+	51.61	1	2	3	0	34+	5
AF Rae (WI)	1948-1949	5	7	0	374	109	53.42	-	0.00	2	1	3	0	12+	3
RN Harvey (AUS)	1948-1950	6	8	2	534	178	89.00	268+	61.94	3	0	3	0	32+	0
S Mushtaq Ali (IND)	1946-1949	5	9	0	346	106	38.44	-	0.00	1	2	3	0	-	0
JF Crapp (ENG)	1948-1949	7	13	2	319	56	29.00	-	0.00	0	3	3	1	6+	1
KG Viljoen (SA)	1947-1949	7	13	1	335	93	27.91	-	0.00	0	3	3	1	0+	0
MH Mankad (IND)	1946-1949	13	24	0	573	116	23.87	770+	39.74	2	1	3	4	26+	1
L Amarnath (IND)	1946-1949	13	25	2	503	62	21.86	258+	54.26	0	3	3	3	12+	0
JR Reid (NZ)	1949-1949	2	4	0	173	93	43.25	-	0.00	0	2	2	0	11+	0
RT Simpson (ENG)	1948-1949	3	4	0	176	103	44.00	28+	17.85	1	1	2	1	11+	3
FMM Worrell (WI)	1948-1948	3	4	2	294	131*	147.00	-	0.00	1	1	2	0	15+	1
FB Smith (NZ)	1947-1949	3	4	1	191	96	63.66	-	0.00	0	2	2	0	1+	2
TE Bailey (ENG)	1949-1949	4	5	2	219	93	73.00	-	0.00	0	2	2	0	4+	0
VM Merchant (IND)	1946-1946	3	5	0	245	128	49.00	-	0.00	1	1	2	1	21+	0
WA Brown (AUS)	1946-1948	6	7	0	268	99	38.28	399+	36.34	0	2	2	0	10+	0
W Ferguson (WI)	1948-1949	7	8	2	148	75	24.66	0+	0.00	0	2	2	1	0+	0
WM Wallace (NZ)	1946-1949	6	9	0	177	58	19.66	-	0.00	0	2	2	0	4+	0
AJ Watkins (ENG)	1948-1949	7	13	3	308	111	30.80	63+	20.63	1	1	2	1	1+	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1946-1947	8	13	1	366	79	30.50	504+	33.33	0	2	2	0	23+	4
CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1950	11	13	3	405	104*	40.50	604+	52.64	1	1	2	0	30+	0
JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1949	8	14	2	223	63	18.58	108+	62.03	0	2	2	2	6+	0
D Tallon (AUS)	1946-1948	15	16	1	340	92	22.66	391+	59.59	0	2	2	1	22+	0
HR Adhikari (IND)	1947-1949	10	18	4	410	114*	29.28	600+	26.00	1	1	2	1	13+	0
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1946-1950	15	19	2	275	66	16.17	460+	37.39	0	2	2	4	13+	0
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1950	17	19	1	450	100	25.00	431+	63.10	1	1	2	3	35+	4
TG Evans (ENG)	1946-1949	27	40	7	746	74	22.60	418+	37.32	0	2	2	2	37+	0
KR Rickards (WI)	1948-1948	1	1	0	67	67	67.00	-	0.00	0	1	1	0	-	0
AG Ganteaume (WI)	1948-1948	1	1	0	112	112	112.00	-	0.00	1	0	1	0	13	0
J Moroney (AUS)	1949-1950	2	3	0	106	87	35.33	-	0.00	0	1	1	1	0+	0
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1950	2	4	0	96	75	24.00	-	0.00	0	1	1	1	-	0
SC Griffith (ENG)	1948-1949	3	5	0	157	140	31.40	-	0.00	1	0	1	1	-	0
EAV Williams (WI)	1948-1948	3	5	0	112	72	22.40	-	0.00	0	1	1	1	7+	4
TA Harris (SA)	1947-1949	3	5	1	100	60	25.00	-	0.00	0	1	1	0	9+	0
PA Gibb (ENG)	1946-1946	3	5	0	108	60	21.60	56+	42.85	0	1	1	1	4+	0
GM Carew (WI)	1948-1949	3	6	1	170	107	34.00	-	0.00	1	0	1	0	-	0
W Place (ENG)	1948-1948	3	6	1	144	107	28.80	-	0.00	1	0	1	0	-	0
DV Dyer (SA)	1947-1947	3	6	0	96	62	16.00	-	0.00	0	1	1	0	-	0
FJ Cameron (WI)	1948-1949	5	7	1	151	75*	25.16	-	0.00	0	1	1	1	12+	0
KC Ibrahim (IND)	1948-1949	4	8	0	169	85	21.12	-	0.00	0	1	1	1	-	1
OE Wynne (SA)	1948-1950	5	10	0	172	50	17.20	81+	11.11	0	1	1	0	0+	0
WA Hadlee (NZ)	1946-1949	6	10	1	318	116	35.33	-	0.00	1	0	1	0	19+	0
VJ Scott (NZ)	1946-1949	6	10	0	214	60	21.40	-	0.00	0	1	1	0	3+	0
C Gladwin (ENG)	1947-1949	8	11	5	170	51*	28.33	11+	63.63	0	1	1	0	1+	2
FG Mann (ENG)	1948-1949	7	12	2	376	136*	37.60	67+	47.76	1	0	1	0	30+	2
OC Dawson (SA)	1947-1949	9	15	1	293	55	20.92	90+	30.00	0	1	1	1	2+	0
JT Ikin (ENG)	1946-1948	12	21	1	358	60	17.90	570+	32.28	0	1	1	3	20+	0
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1949	23	35	6	451	79	15.55	426+	33.56	0	1	1	5	31+	3

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Dec 31, 1949 - Jan 4, 1950 [Test # 319]

South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, 1st Test, Dec 24-28, 1949 [Test # 318]

England v New Zealand at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 13-16, 1949 [Test # 317]