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Records / 1930s / Test matches / Highest averages

Highest averages
Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0
DG Bradman (Aus) 1930-1938 33 49 4 4625 334 102.77 19 6 4
L Hutton (Eng) 1937-1939 13 21 1 1345 364 67.25 5 3 1
GA Headley (WI) 1930-1939 19 35 3 2135 270* 66.71 10 5 2
WR Hammond (Eng) 1930-1939 60 98 11 5194 336* 59.70 16 17 3
E Paynter (Eng) 1931-1939 20 31 5 1540 243 59.23 4 7 3
WH Ponsford (Aus) 1930-1934 20 32 3 1604 266 55.31 5 5 1
EH Hendren (Eng) 1930-1935 19 33 3 1656 205* 55.20 3 10 0
H Sutcliffe (Eng) 1930-1935 22 34 5 1595 194 55.00 4 10 1
DR Jardine (Eng) 1931-1934 15 22 5 850 127 50.00 1 6 1
AD Nourse (SA) 1935-1939 14 26 4 1097 231 49.86 3 4 2
WA Brown (Aus) 1934-1938 16 28 1 1324 206* 49.03 4 7 1
SJ McCabe (Aus) 1930-1938 39 62 5 2748 232 48.21 6 13 4
B Mitchell (SA) 1930-1939 27 51 6 2148 164* 47.73 5 13 3
J Hardstaff (Eng) 1935-1939 16 25 2 1070 169* 46.52 3 6 1
M Leyland (Eng) 1930-1938 34 55 4 2280 187 44.70 7 7 4
WM Woodfull (Aus) 1930-1934 25 38 3 1503 161 42.94 2 12 3
JHW Fingleton (Aus) 1932-1938 18 29 1 1189 136 42.46 5 3 3
LEG Ames (Eng) 1930-1939 46 71 12 2434 149 41.25 8 7 4
AF Kippax (Aus) 1930-1934 16 22 1 831 146 39.57 1 7 1
CJ Barnett (Eng) 1933-1938 16 29 3 1021 129 39.26 2 5 1
EAB Rowan (SA) 1935-1939 12 23 2 727 89* 34.61 0 5 2
EL Dalton (SA) 1931-1939 14 22 2 691 117 34.55 2 3 1
IJ Siedle (SA) 1930-1936 14 27 0 921 141 34.11 1 5 2
CA Roach (WI) 1930-1935 13 26 1 821 209 32.84 2 4 4
AG Chipperfield (Aus) 1934-1938 14 20 3 552 109 32.47 1 2 1
RES Wyatt (Eng) 1930-1937 33 54 5 1488 149 30.36 1 10 4
HB Cameron (SA) 1930-1935 17 30 3 816 90 30.22 0 6 3
RWV Robins (Eng) 1930-1937 18 25 4 608 108 28.95 1 4 3
KG Viljoen (SA) 1930-1939 20 37 1 1030 124 28.61 2 6 4
GC Grant (WI) 1930-1935 12 22 6 413 71* 25.81 0 3 1
GOB Allen (Eng) 1930-1937 22 27 1 656 122 25.23 1 3 1
ML Page (NZ) 1930-1937 14 20 0 492 104 24.60 1 2 1
VY Richardson (Aus) 1930-1936 14 20 0 461 83 23.05 0 1 3
H Verity (Eng) 1931-1939 40 44 12 669 66* 20.90 0 3 4
LN Constantine (WI) 1930-1939 15 27 0 546 90 20.22 0 4 3
WAS Oldfield (Aus) 1930-1937 34 47 9 728 56* 19.15 0 2 8
CL Vincent (SA) 1930-1935 16 24 6 284 48* 15.77 0 0 3
ACB Langton (SA) 1935-1939 15 23 4 298 73* 15.68 0 2 5
W Voce (Eng) 1930-1937 24 34 14 289 66 14.45 0 1 4
CV Grimmett (Aus) 1930-1936 28 35 5 400 50 13.33 0 1 6
WJ O'Reilly (Aus) 1932-1938 26 39 7 410 56* 12.81 0 1 6
TW Wall (Aus) 1930-1934 17 23 5 112 20 6.22 0 0 5

Minimum of 20 innings
Matches are credited to the decade they start in and no special account is taken of matches that may overlap decades

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v West Indies at The Oval, 3rd Test, Aug 19-22, 1939 [Test # 274]
England v West Indies at Manchester, 2nd Test, Jul 22-25, 1939 [Test # 273]
England v West Indies at Lord's, 1st Test, Jun 24-27, 1939 [Test # 272]
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