Bowling Best Figures Innings

Cricket Records in 1940s in Test matches

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
DVP Wright	29.0	4	105	7	2.71	England	v Australia	Sydney	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
J Cowie	21.0	8	40	6	1.90	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
WE Hollies	56.0	14	131	5	2.33	England	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1948	Test # 303
DVP Wright	43.6	4	167	5	2.86	England	v Australia	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946	Test # 279
VS Hazare	13.2	3	29	4	1.64	India	v Australia	Sydney	12 Dec 1947	Test # 291
L Amarnath	21.0	3	78	4	2.78	India	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
AV Bedser	36.0	12	81	4	2.25	England	v Australia	Manchester	08 Jul 1948	Test # 301
L Amarnath	39.0	10	84	4	1.61	India	v Australia	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
AV Bedser	43.0	14	100	4	2.32	England	v Australia	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
NBF Mann	28.0	3	105	4	2.81	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
MH Mankad	37.0	4	135	4	2.73	India	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
JC Laker	55.0	14	138	4	2.50	England	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
CR Rangachari	41.0	5	141	4	2.57	India	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
DG Phadkar	10.0	2	14	3	1.05	India	v Australia	Sydney	12 Dec 1947	Test # 291
WJ Edrich	10.3	2	50	3	3.61	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1947	Test # 281
L Amarnath	20.0	3	52	3	1.95	India	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
R Pollard	32.0	9	53	3	1.65	England	v Australia	Manchester	08 Jul 1948	Test # 301
NWD Yardley	20.0	0	67	3	2.51	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1947	Test # 281
WJ Edrich	26.0	3	79	3	2.27	England	v Australia	Sydney	13 Dec 1946	Test # 280
AV Bedser	31.2	4	92	3	2.93	England	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
HJ Tayfield	28.0	3	93	3	2.49	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
AV Bedser	30.0	6	97	3	2.42	England	v Australia	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
AV Bedser	31.0	4	99	3	2.39	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1947	Test # 281
NWD Yardley	31.0	7	101	3	2.44	England	v Australia	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
WJ Edrich	25.0	2	107	3	3.21	England	v Australia	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946	Test # 279
MH Mankad	34.0	3	113	3	2.49	India	v Australia	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
AV Bedser	44.2	12	113	3	2.54	England	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
JC Laker	30.0	8	113	3	3.76	England	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
DVP Wright	32.0	3	131	3	3.07	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1947	Test # 281
DVP Wright	32.4	1	152	3	3.50	England	v Australia	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
AV Bedser	34.3	4	176	3	3.84	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1947	Test # 281
NBF Mann	8.0	1	23	2	2.15	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
C Burke	11.0	2	30	2	2.72	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
NWD Yardley	17.0	6	32	2	1.88	England	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
NWD Yardley	15.0	4	35	2	2.33	England	v Australia	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
NWD Yardley	13.0	4	36	2	2.76	England	v Australia	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
NWD Yardley	17.0	6	38	2	2.23	England	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
AV Bedser	14.3	4	46	2	3.17	England	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
AV Bedser	27.0	7	49	2	1.36	England	v Australia	Sydney	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
NWD Yardley	20.0	4	50	2	1.87	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1947	Test # 281
JC Watkins	19.0	3	56	2	2.21	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
DG Phadkar	15.0	0	74	2	3.70	India	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
AV Bedser	22.0	4	75	2	2.55	England	v Australia	Sydney	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
A Coxon	35.0	10	90	2	2.57	England	v Australia	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
CN McCarthy	25.0	2	90	2	2.70	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
NBF Mann	28.4	4	92	2	2.42	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
DVP Wright	22.0	1	93	2	3.17	England	v Australia	Sydney	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
R Pollard	38.0	6	104	2	2.73	England	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
MH Mankad	33.0	2	107	2	2.43	India	v Australia	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948	Test # 295
VS Hazare	21.3	1	110	2	3.85	India	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
JC Laker	31.2	6	111	2	3.54	England	v Australia	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
JA Young	51.0	16	118	2	2.31	England	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1948	Test # 303
DVP Wright	26.0	2	124	2	3.57	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1947	Test # 281
HJ Tayfield	37.0	4	141	2	2.85	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
AV Bedser	41.0	5	159	2	2.90	England	v Australia	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946	Test # 279
MH Mankad	43.0	8	170	2	2.96	India	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
TPB Smith	37.0	1	172	2	3.48	England	v Australia	Sydney	13 Dec 1946	Test # 280
CT Sarwate	5.0	1	16	1	2.40	India	v Australia	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
NWD Yardley	9.0	0	23	1	1.91	England	v Australia	Sydney	13 Dec 1946	Test # 280
WJ Edrich	7.0	3	27	1	3.85	England	v Australia	Manchester	08 Jul 1948	Test # 301
DG Phadkar	10.0	1	28	1	2.10	India	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
K Cranston	7.1	0	28	1	3.90	England	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
L Amarnath	14.0	4	31	1	1.66	India	v Australia	Sydney	12 Dec 1947	Test # 291
MH Mankad	9.0	0	31	1	2.58	India	v Australia	Sydney	12 Dec 1947	Test # 291
JA Young	21.0	12	31	1	1.47	England	v Australia	Manchester	08 Jul 1948	Test # 301
JA Young	14.0	5	36	1	2.57	England	v Australia	Manchester	08 Jul 1948	Test # 301
WJ Edrich	9.0	1	38	1	4.22	England	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1948	Test # 303
WJ Edrich	8.0	0	43	1	5.37	England	v Australia	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
NWD Yardley	13.0	1	44	1	3.38	England	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
DVP Wright	21.3	8	54	1	2.51	England	v Australia	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
DG Phadkar	9.0	0	58	1	4.83	India	v Australia	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948	Test # 295
JC Watkins	12.0	2	59	1	3.68	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
AV Bedser	31.2	9	61	1	1.94	England	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1948	Test # 303
VS Hazare	14.0	1	63	1	3.37	India	v Australia	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948	Test # 295
NWD Yardley	13.0	0	69	1	3.98	England	v Australia	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
DVP Wright	19.0	4	69	1	3.63	England	v Australia	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
L Amarnath	23.0	1	79	1	2.57	India	v Australia	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948	Test # 295
JA Young	60.0	28	79	1	1.31	England	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
DG Phadkar	15.0	1	80	1	4.00	India	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
CT Sarwate	18.0	1	82	1	3.41	India	v Australia	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948	Test # 295
A Coxon	28.0	3	82	1	2.92	England	v Australia	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
DCS Compton	15.0	3	82	1	5.46	England	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
AV Bedser	34.0	6	112	1	3.29	England	v Australia	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
AV Bedser	46.0	7	153	1	2.49	England	v Australia	Sydney	13 Dec 1946	Test # 280
DVP Wright	46.0	8	169	1	2.75	England	v Australia	Sydney	13 Dec 1946	Test # 280

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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]