Cricket Records in 1940s in Test matches

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings
Player
Span
Mat
Inns
Balls
Overs
Mdns
Runs
Wkts
BBI
Ave
Econ
SR
4
5
10
1948-1948481296216.043567236/9224.652.6256.34031
1946-19489162314-77897457/6319.932.3251.42230
1948-19481239565.52496105/419.601.4539.50021
1946-194635942157.050330135/9625.382.1072.46020
1947-1949561063177.127534206/8326.703.0153.15120
1947-1949571257209.351623176/16236.642.9773.94120
1948-1949591285160.515561216/4326.712.6161.19020
1946-1947591456182.027491185/4427.272.0280.88020
1947-19499172104-47980195/6851.572.79110.73120
1946-19489172467-120801286/8228.601.9488.10120
1947-194910173744-881465365/8040.692.34104.00220
1949-19491124841.2616866/16828.004.0641.33010
1946-194635839139.540292115/10126.542.0876.27010
1948-194848899149.549287115/3126.091.9181.72010
1946-194810171808-58635297/6021.892.1062.34110
1948-19485101856309.291630275/3623.332.0368.74310
1946-19488142096-95733176/4243.112.09123.29010
1947-194910193302-1691033326/5932.281.87103.18310
1947-19495161.0090-0.009.000.00000
1947-19495161.0050-0.005.000.00000
1946-194611122.0020-0.001.000.00000
1949-194921122.00140-0.007.000.00000
1949-194941305.00200-0.004.000.00000
1948-194811366.01110-0.001.830.00000
1946-194611427.00120-0.001.710.00000
1948-194812427.00280-0.004.000.00000
1946-194810248-1240-0.003.000.00000
1948-194931486.00380-0.004.750.00000
1948-194842549.023111/2231.003.4454.00000
1946-19488486-2340-0.002.370.00000
1946-1946229015.04330-0.002.200.00000
1947-1947119616.05460-0.002.870.00000
1949-19491210413.017211/3472.004.15104.00000
1946-19462310818.034711/1947.002.61108.00000
1946-19461113823.026611/6666.002.86138.00000
1947-19471113823.037411/7474.003.21138.00000
1948-19481213823.084432/614.661.9146.00000
1948-19482214424.084733/3215.661.9548.00000
1947-19495415626.029511/1795.003.65156.00000
1946-19461216020.037432/4924.662.7753.33000
1948-19481116828.0134411/4444.001.57168.00000
1948-19481220634.278344/5420.752.4151.50100
1949-19491223229.078811/5788.002.27232.00000
1947-19471223739.3914333/12847.663.6279.00000
1948-19481228247.01510632/3835.332.2594.00000
1948-19483637863.01114833/5549.332.34126.00000
1947-1949107380-418131/860.332.85126.66000
1946-19463538864.41217922/10089.502.76194.00000
1948-19483542070.01015611/55156.002.22420.00000
1948-19482447479.02415821/1579.002.00237.00000
1949-19494552287.02232743/11681.753.75130.50000
1948-194836724120.44521893/5124.221.8080.44000
1946-19473676095.0933022/48165.002.60380.00000
1947-19472478498.0935184/6943.872.6898.00100
1949-194946846141.01946543/103116.253.29211.50000
1947-194746931155.13643994/14348.772.82103.44100
1947-19499151294-41578102/5757.802.68129.40000
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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]