Bowling Best Figures Match

Cricket Records in 1940s in Test matches

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
ERH Toshack	19.3x8	7	31	11	1.20	Australia	v India	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
AV Bedser	51.0	13	93	11	1.82	England	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
AV Bedser	61.2	14	145	11	2.36	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
IWG Johnson	19.7x8	1	94	8	3.54	Australia	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
RR Lindwall	37.5x8	10	99	8	1.97	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
J Trim	43.0	12	76	7	1.76	West Indies	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
R Pollard	52.0	26	87	7	1.67	England	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
PEW Jones	26.0	8	58	6	2.23	West Indies	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
LJ Johnson	35.2x8	10	74	6	1.57	Australia	v India	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948	Test # 295
WA Johnston	22.0x8	1	77	6	2.62	Australia	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
PEW Jones	55.4	12	116	6	2.08	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	04 Feb 1949	Test # 311
DT Ring	41.0x8	9	120	6	2.19	Australia	v India	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948	Test # 295
WA Johnston	30.0x8	9	48	5	1.20	Australia	v India	Sydney	12 Dec 1947	Test # 291
W Ferguson	96.0	22	231	5	2.40	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	09 Dec 1948	Test # 305
RR Lindwall	15.7x8	4	30	4	1.41	Australia	v India	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
IWG Johnson	27.0x8	10	44	4	1.22	Australia	v India	Sydney	12 Dec 1947	Test # 291
WJ Edrich	19.2	4	68	4	3.51	England	v India	The Oval	17 Aug 1946	Test # 278
JDC Goddard	36.0	14	75	4	2.08	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
GE Gomez	48.3	22	95	4	1.95	West Indies	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
GE Gomez	61.0	20	112	4	1.83	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
IWG Johnson	43.1x8	9	118	4	2.05	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
DVP Wright	37.0	7	121	4	3.27	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
WA Johnston	17.0x8	10	28	3	1.23	Australia	v India	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
KR Miller	15.0x8	5	30	3	1.50	Australia	v India	Sydney	12 Dec 1947	Test # 291
KR Miller	18.0x8	4	52	3	2.16	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
RJ Christiani	27.0	1	58	3	2.14	West Indies	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
TF Smailes	20.0	3	62	3	3.10	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
GE Gomez	52.0	21	69	3	1.32	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	09 Dec 1948	Test # 305
DS Atkinson	26.0	2	70	3	2.69	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	04 Feb 1949	Test # 311
CL McCool	18.0x8	2	71	3	2.95	Australia	v India	Sydney	12 Dec 1947	Test # 291
SJE Loxton	23.0x8	2	71	3	2.31	Australia	v India	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948	Test # 295
RR Lindwall	28.0x8	5	75	3	2.00	Australia	v India	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948	Test # 295
GE Gomez	47.0	13	85	3	1.80	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	04 Feb 1949	Test # 311
W Ferguson	38.0	8	101	3	2.65	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
J Trim	37.0	3	112	3	3.02	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	04 Feb 1949	Test # 311
PEW Jones	38.4	7	122	3	3.15	West Indies	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
FJ Cameron	54.0	13	123	3	2.27	West Indies	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
SG Barnes	6.0x8	1	25	2	3.12	Australia	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
WA Johnston	15.0x8	4	29	2	1.45	Australia	v India	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948	Test # 295
RR Lindwall	17.0x8	4	43	2	1.89	Australia	v India	Sydney	12 Dec 1947	Test # 291
KR Miller	16.0x8	3	56	2	2.62	Australia	v India	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
AV Bedser	32.0	6	60	2	1.87	England	v India	The Oval	17 Aug 1946	Test # 278
GE Gomez	49.0	18	93	2	1.89	West Indies	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
JDC Goddard	45.0	14	101	2	2.24	West Indies	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
JB Stollmeyer	25.0	2	103	2	4.12	West Indies	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
W Ferguson	31.0	3	111	2	3.58	West Indies	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
ERH Toshack	43.0x8	10	139	2	2.42	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
JDC Goddard	15.2	8	25	1	1.63	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	09 Dec 1948	Test # 305
JDC Goddard	14.0	4	34	1	2.42	West Indies	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
JT Ikin	10.0	1	43	1	4.30	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
W Voce	26.0	8	46	1	1.76	England	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
DS Atkinson	27.0	9	47	1	1.74	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	09 Dec 1948	Test # 305
AR Gover	21.0	3	56	1	2.66	England	v India	The Oval	17 Aug 1946	Test # 278
RR Lindwall	15.0x8	0	57	1	2.85	Australia	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
TPB Smith	21.0	4	58	1	2.76	England	v India	The Oval	17 Aug 1946	Test # 278
B Dooland	12.0x8	0	68	1	4.25	Australia	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
DS Atkinson	23.0	3	69	1	3.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
WE Bowes	29.0	8	73	1	2.51	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
SG Barnes	27.0x8	4	74	1	2.05	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
KR Miller	20.0x8	2	75	1	2.81	Australia	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
PEW Jones	33.0	9	86	1	2.60	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	09 Dec 1948	Test # 305
PEW Jones	38.0	8	97	1	2.55	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
JDC Goddard	27.0	1	116	1	4.29	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	04 Feb 1949	Test # 311
CL McCool	32.0x8	2	128	1	3.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294

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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]