Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1920s in Test matches

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
RES Wyatt	13.0	10	4	3	0.30	England	v South Africa	Durban	21 Jan 1928	Test # 170
HL Collins	15.0	12	7	0	0.46	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921	Test # 146
WW Armstrong	18.0	12	9	1	0.50	Australia	v England	Lord's	11 Jun 1921	Test # 141
HL Collins	11.0	3	10	0	0.68	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925	Test # 159
JM Gregory	15.0	9	11	0	0.73	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	26 Nov 1921	Test # 147
G Geary	22.3	13	18	2	0.80	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
F Barratt	10.0	4	8	1	0.80	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
JC White	32.0	19	28	0	0.87	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	15 Jun 1929	Test # 181
CG Macartney	26.0	16	24	0	0.92	Australia	v England	The Oval	14 Aug 1926	Test # 167
JC White	13.0	6	12	0	0.92	England	v West Indies	Manchester	21 Jul 1928	Test # 174
RK Tyldesley	11.5	4	11	1	0.92	England	v South Africa	Manchester	26 Jul 1924	Test # 156
FE Woolley	39.0	22	38	0	0.97	England	v Australia	Manchester	23 Jul 1921	Test # 143
J Ryder	10.0	5	10	0	1.00	Australia	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921	Test # 138
AJ Richardson	14.0	6	20	2	1.07	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925	Test # 159
MW Tate	37.1	17	40	3	1.07	England	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1926	Test # 167
H Larwood	11.0	6	12	0	1.09	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	15 Jun 1929	Test # 181
JC White	57.0	30	64	1	1.12	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
WR Hammond	22.0	12	25	0	1.13	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	15 Jun 1929	Test # 181
CWL Parker	28.0	16	32	2	1.14	England	v Australia	Manchester	23 Jul 1921	Test # 143
CG Macartney	11.0	6	13	1	1.18	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	05 Nov 1921	Test # 145
R Kilner	34.0	13	54	0	1.19	England	v Australia	Sydney	27 Feb 1925	Test # 162
AJ Richardson	22.0	7	35	1	1.19	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925	Test # 159
C Kelleway	15.0	6	24	1	1.20	Australia	v England	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925	Test # 160
WW Armstrong	27.0	10	33	0	1.22	Australia	v England	Nottingham	28 May 1921	Test # 140
AE Hall	24.5	9	31	2	1.24	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Feb 1923	Test # 152
WW Armstrong	23.0	10	29	1	1.26	Australia	v England	Adelaide	14 Jan 1921	Test # 137
MW Tate	22.0	10	28	2	1.27	England	v West Indies	Lord's	23 Jun 1928	Test # 173
MW Tate	10.0	4	17	0	1.27	England	v Australia	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925	Test # 160
CH Parkin	29.4	12	38	5	1.28	England	v Australia	Manchester	23 Jul 1921	Test # 143
G Geary	81.0	36	105	5	1.29	England	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Mar 1929	Test # 180
CM Francois	10.0	6	13	0	1.30	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	09 Feb 1923	Test # 151
FE Woolley	8.0	1	14	1	1.31	England	v Australia	Sydney	27 Feb 1925	Test # 162
DP Conyngham	30.0	12	40	1	1.33	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Feb 1923	Test # 152
AS Kennedy	18.0	10	24	1	1.33	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1923	Test # 149
WR Hammond	15.0	6	20	1	1.33	England	v West Indies	Lord's	23 Jun 1928	Test # 173
H Larwood	42.4	17	57	5	1.33	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	15 Jun 1929	Test # 181
C Kelleway	20.0	6	27	4	1.35	Australia	v England	Sydney	25 Feb 1921	Test # 139
G Geary	37.0	18	50	2	1.35	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
EP Nupen	38.0	8	52	0	1.36	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	28 Jan 1928	Test # 171
AJ Richardson	16.0	7	22	1	1.37	Australia	v England	Leeds	10 Jul 1926	Test # 165
MW Tate	21.0	9	29	0	1.38	England	v Australia	Sydney	14 Dec 1928	Test # 177
RK Tyldesley	36.0	18	50	3	1.38	England	v South Africa	Lord's	28 Jun 1924	Test # 154
SJ Staples	36.0	17	50	3	1.38	England	v South Africa	Durban	21 Jan 1928	Test # 170
W Rhodes	25.0	15	35	2	1.40	England	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1926	Test # 167
RK Oxenham	47.4	21	67	4	1.40	Australia	v England	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929	Test # 179
EA McDonald	22.4	10	32	5	1.41	Australia	v England	Nottingham	28 May 1921	Test # 140
J Ryder	17.0	6	24	0	1.41	Australia	v England	Sydney	17 Dec 1920	Test # 135
JC White	17.0	6	24	0	1.41	England	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	Test # 183
MW Tate	24.0	8	34	3	1.41	England	v South Africa	Manchester	26 Jul 1924	Test # 156
SJ Snooke	12.0	3	17	3	1.41	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Feb 1923	Test # 152
H Larwood	12.0	3	17	1	1.41	England	v South Africa	Lord's	29 Jun 1929	Test # 182
EL a'Beckett	31.0	8	44	0	1.41	Australia	v England	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929	Test # 179
CV Grimmett	19.4	3	37	6	1.42	Australia	v England	Sydney	27 Feb 1925	Test # 162
OE Nothling	42.0	15	60	0	1.42	Australia	v England	Sydney	14 Dec 1928	Test # 177
HSTL Hendry	23.0	5	33	0	1.43	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
CL Vincent	15.1	4	22	4	1.45	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	31 Dec 1927	Test # 169
RK Oxenham	35.0	14	51	0	1.45	Australia	v England	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929	Test # 179
GG Macaulay	13.0	5	19	2	1.46	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1923	Test # 149
JM Gregory	19.0	7	28	2	1.47	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	05 Nov 1921	Test # 145
MW Tate	44.0	14	65	3	1.47	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	15 Jun 1929	Test # 181
MW Tate	47.0	15	70	2	1.48	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
AJ Richardson	21.0	7	42	2	1.50	Australia	v England	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925	Test # 160
F Barratt	20.0	7	30	1	1.50	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
WR Hammond	14.0	3	21	0	1.50	England	v Australia	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929	Test # 179
EL a'Beckett	27.0	9	41	1	1.51	Australia	v England	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929	Test # 179
MW Tate	25.0	11	38	1	1.52	England	v Australia	Lord's	26 Jun 1926	Test # 164
AJ Richardson	48.0	18	73	1	1.52	Australia	v England	Lord's	26 Jun 1926	Test # 164
FE Woolley	23.0	7	35	2	1.52	England	v Australia	Sydney	17 Dec 1920	Test # 135
AER Gilligan	23.0	7	35	3	1.52	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Feb 1923	Test # 152
GF Bissett	19.0	5	29	7	1.52	South Africa	v England	Durban	04 Feb 1928	Test # 172
JM Blanckenberg	30.0	10	46	2	1.53	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	09 Feb 1923	Test # 151
MW Tate	26.0	8	40	2	1.53	England	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	Test # 183
JM Gregory	11.0	4	17	0	1.54	Australia	v England	Manchester	24 Jul 1926	Test # 166
AS Kennedy	49.1	19	76	5	1.54	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Feb 1923	Test # 152
C Kelleway	30.0	10	62	2	1.55	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925	Test # 159
G Geary	20.0	5	31	1	1.55	England	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Mar 1929	Test # 180
JC White	18.0	8	28	0	1.55	England	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Mar 1929	Test # 180
J Ryder	16.0	7	25	2	1.56	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	26 Nov 1921	Test # 147
HLE Promnitz	37.0	14	58	5	1.56	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
RK Oxenham	28.0	10	44	1	1.57	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
FE Woolley	14.0	4	22	1	1.57	England	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1924	Test # 157
HSTL Hendry	31.0	14	49	2	1.58	Australia	v England	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929	Test # 179
WW Armstrong	12.0	6	19	0	1.58	Australia	v England	Lord's	11 Jun 1921	Test # 141
R Kilner	12.0	6	19	0	1.58	England	v South Africa	Manchester	26 Jul 1924	Test # 156
HL Collins	9.0	4	19	0	1.58	Australia	v England	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925	Test # 160
GG Macaulay	17.0	6	27	1	1.58	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	09 Feb 1923	Test # 151
G Geary	27.0	8	43	0	1.59	England	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1926	Test # 167
CV Grimmett	25.0	11	40	0	1.60	Australia	v England	Melbourne	08 Mar 1929	Test # 180
HSTL Hendry	10.0	4	16	0	1.60	Australia	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1921	Test # 142
AP Freeman	33.4	18	54	5	1.60	England	v West Indies	Manchester	21 Jul 1928	Test # 174
VWC Jupp	23.0	9	37	4	1.60	England	v West Indies	Lord's	23 Jun 1928	Test # 173
J Ryder	18.0	5	29	2	1.61	Australia	v England	Melbourne	08 Mar 1929	Test # 180
MW Tate	26.4	8	43	2	1.61	England	v South Africa	Lord's	28 Jun 1924	Test # 154
CF Root	52.0	27	84	4	1.61	England	v Australia	Manchester	24 Jul 1926	Test # 166
AER Gilligan	7.7	1	17	1	1.61	England	v Australia	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925	Test # 160
RK Tyldesley	22.0	6	36	2	1.63	England	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1924	Test # 157
AS Kennedy	35.2	13	58	4	1.64	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1923	Test # 149
CG Macartney	31.0	13	51	2	1.64	Australia	v England	Leeds	10 Jul 1926	Test # 165
WE Astill	29.0	11	48	3	1.65	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1927	Test # 169
WR Hammond	30.0	13	50	2	1.66	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1927	Test # 169

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Minimum of 60 balls
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:

England v South Africa at The Oval, 5th Test, Aug 17-20, 1929 [Test # 185]

England v South Africa at Manchester, 4th Test, Jul 27-30, 1929 [Test # 184]

England v South Africa at Leeds, 3rd Test, Jul 13-16, 1929 [Test # 183]