Bowling Best Figures Match - England

Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches - England

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JC Laker	68.0	27	90	19	1.32	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
AV Bedser	55.5	23	99	14	1.77	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
JH Wardle	42.6x8	12	89	12	1.56	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
R Tattersall	60.2	24	101	12	1.67	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
AV Bedser	56.5	18	112	12	1.97	England	v South Africa	Manchester	05 Jul 1951	Test # 336
GAR Lock	37.4	19	48	11	1.27	England	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
GAR Lock	53.3	33	65	11	1.21	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
GAR Lock	54.2	28	84	11	1.54	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
TE Bailey	43.0	14	98	11	2.27	England	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
JC Laker	70.3	31	113	11	1.60	England	v Australia	Leeds	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
AV Bedser	42.3x8	9	105	10	1.85	England	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
JC Laker	65.0	20	119	10	1.83	England	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
FH Tyson	31.4x8	3	130	10	3.09	England	v Australia	Sydney	17 Dec 1954	Test # 392
GAR Lock	24.0	15	29	9	1.20	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
FS Trueman	16.4	7	40	9	2.40	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
PJ Loader	34.3	11	86	9	2.49	England	v West Indies	Leeds	25 Jul 1957	Test # 442
JB Statham	56.0	21	88	9	1.57	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
MJ Hilton	54.5	21	93	9	1.69	England	v India	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
FH Tyson	33.3x8	3	95	9	2.13	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
R Berry	57.5	25	116	9	2.00	England	v West Indies	Manchester	08 Jun 1950	Test # 323
FS Trueman	65.0	13	143	9	2.20	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957	Test # 441
AV Bedser	85.4	26	159	9	1.85	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951	Test # 334
RO Jenkins	94.2	19	290	9	3.07	England	v West Indies	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
JC Laker	58.0	34	44	8	0.75	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
TE Bailey	30.4x8	11	53	8	1.30	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
JB Statham	33.0x8	7	68	8	1.54	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
FH Tyson	40.0x8	13	78	8	1.46	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
FH Tyson	45.3	12	79	8	1.73	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	09 Jun 1955	Test # 407
TE Bailey	41.0	18	88	8	2.14	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
GAR Lock	57.0	23	96	8	1.68	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	24 Jul 1958	Test # 457
GAR Lock	55.0	25	101	8	1.83	England	v South Africa	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
R Tattersall	48.5	10	125	8	2.55	England	v India	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
JH Wardle	36.4x8	7	130	8	2.67	England	v Australia	Sydney	25 Feb 1955	Test # 399
WE Hollies	68.2	24	133	8	1.94	England	v West Indies	Manchester	08 Jun 1950	Test # 323
FS Trueman	52.0	7	182	8	3.50	England	v India	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
AV Bedser	74.3	16	182	8	2.44	England	v Australia	Lord's	25 Jun 1953	Test # 373
JB Statham	26.4	10	37	7	1.38	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Mar 1955	Test # 402
FH Tyson	31.0	13	39	7	1.25	England	v New Zealand	Dunedin	11 Mar 1955	Test # 401
R Appleyard	22.0	7	45	7	2.04	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Mar 1955	Test # 402
AV Bedser	26.0	10	46	7	1.76	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
TE Bailey	19.0x8	6	50	7	1.97	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1950	Test # 327
AV Bedser	23.2x8	6	54	7	1.74	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1950	Test # 327
FS Trueman	31.0	10	54	7	1.74	England	v India	The Oval	20 Aug 1959	Test # 478
JH Wardle	35.0	16	56	7	1.60	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
R Tattersall	36.0	15	60	7	1.66	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
T Greenhough	34.1	12	66	7	1.93	England	v India	Lord's	18 Jun 1959	Test # 475
JH Wardle	33.3	12	77	7	2.29	England	v Australia	Manchester	09 Jul 1953	Test # 374
JB Statham	44.5	21	77	7	1.71	England	v India	Nottingham	04 Jun 1959	Test # 474
GAR Lock	67.1	34	81	7	1.20	England	v Australia	Leeds	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
JC Laker	60.4	31	84	7	1.38	England	v South Africa	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
JC Laker	50.0	26	88	7	1.76	England	v Australia	The Oval	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
JB Statham	27.3x8	1	98	7	2.68	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
JH Wardle	40.2x8	13	103	7	1.91	England	v South Africa	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
FS Trueman	35.0	7	116	7	3.31	England	v India	Leeds	05 Jun 1952	Test # 351
JC Laker	54.0x8	12	117	7	1.62	England	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1959	Test # 464
R Appleyard	47.4	13	123	7	2.58	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	01 Jul 1954	Test # 388
AV Bedser	49.0	11	129	7	2.63	England	v Australia	Manchester	09 Jul 1953	Test # 374
FS Trueman	56.0	8	144	7	2.57	England	v Australia	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
AV Bedser	45.5	3	160	7	3.49	England	v Australia	Leeds	23 Jul 1953	Test # 375
AV Bedser	23.5	9	45	6	1.88	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 1954	Test # 389
GAR Lock	30.0	11	64	6	2.13	England	v Australia	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
FS Trueman	38.0	13	64	6	1.68	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	05 Jun 1958	Test # 454
R Appleyard	35.0x8	14	71	6	1.52	England	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1955	Test # 396
AV Bedser	35.3x8	5	80	6	1.69	England	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
FR Brown	27.0x8	5	81	6	2.25	England	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
JH Wardle	38.4	14	83	6	2.14	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
TE Bailey	32.1x8	8	87	6	2.03	England	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
JC Laker	59.1	30	87	6	1.47	England	v Australia	Nottingham	07 Jun 1956	Test # 425
FS Trueman	46.3	19	89	6	1.91	England	v India	Nottingham	04 Jun 1959	Test # 474
FH Tyson	41.1x8	6	132	6	2.40	England	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1955	Test # 396
JC Laker	78.0	37	132	6	1.69	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
TE Bailey	58.5	20	136	6	2.31	England	v Australia	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
JB Statham	53.0	8	140	6	2.64	England	v West Indies	Kingston	15 Jan 1954	Test # 380
JB Statham	49.0	9	150	6	3.06	England	v West Indies	Georgetown	24 Feb 1954	Test # 384
FH Tyson	57.3	7	179	6	3.11	England	v South Africa	Manchester	07 Jul 1955	Test # 410
JB Statham	70.0	21	196	6	2.80	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957	Test # 441
DVP Wright	46.0x8	3	208	6	3.39	England	v Australia	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951	Test # 330
JH Wardle	31.0	18	28	5	0.90	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 1954	Test # 389
JC Laker	25.0	14	37	5	1.48	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
AV Bedser	14.5	4	41	5	2.76	England	v India	The Oval	14 Aug 1952	Test # 354
FH Tyson	28.0	10	46	5	1.64	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
FS Trueman	16.0	4	48	5	3.00	England	v India	The Oval	14 Aug 1952	Test # 354
DB Close	16.0	1	53	5	3.31	England	v India	Leeds	02 Jul 1959	Test # 476
FR Brown	21.0x8	2	54	5	1.92	England	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
JB Statham	32.0	14	54	5	1.68	England	v New Zealand	Dunedin	11 Mar 1955	Test # 401
FH Tyson	22.4	5	57	5	2.51	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
JH Wardle	61.0	40	57	5	0.93	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	09 Jun 1955	Test # 407
FS Trueman	25.0	7	59	5	2.36	England	v India	Leeds	02 Jul 1959	Test # 476
TE Bailey	25.2	3	61	5	2.40	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
TE Bailey	49.7x8	17	62	5	0.93	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
TE Bailey	34.0x8	7	66	5	1.45	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
AV Bedser	39.2	12	68	5	1.72	England	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
JB Statham	33.0	13	72	5	2.18	England	v India	Lord's	18 Jun 1959	Test # 475
JB Statham	34.3	10	74	5	2.14	England	v India	The Oval	20 Aug 1959	Test # 478
JC Laker	40.0	16	77	5	1.92	England	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
DVP Wright	31.0	5	80	5	2.58	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
JB Statham	42.0	14	83	5	1.97	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	24 Jul 1958	Test # 457
JB Statham	37.1x8	8	93	5	1.87	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
JB Statham	38.0	6	104	5	2.73	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	01 Jul 1954	Test # 388
JC Laker	21.5	2	109	5	4.99	England	v Australia	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376

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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:

India v Australia at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]

India v Australia at Delhi, 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]

Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]