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Records / 1880s / Test matches / Best economy rates

Best economy rates
Player Span Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10
F Penn (Eng) 1880-1880 1 3.0 1 2 0 - - - 1.00 - 0 0
A Shrewsbury (Eng) 1881-1888 18 3.0 2 2 0 - - - 1.00 - 0 0
W Attewell (Eng) 1884-1888 6 329.3 192 314 15 4/53 6/107 20.93 1.42 87.9 0 0
CT Studd (Eng) 1882-1883 5 96.0 60 98 3 2/35 2/42 32.66 1.53 128.0 0 0
E Evans (Aus) 1881-1886 6 309.1 166 332 7 3/64 4/113 47.42 1.61 176.7 0 0
AJ Fothergill (Eng) 1889-1889 2 80.1 42 90 8 4/19 5/34 11.25 1.68 40.1 0 0
J Briggs (Eng) 1884-1889 16 387.1 196 437 55 8/11 15/28 7.94 1.69 28.1 5 2
AP Marr (Aus) 1885-1885 1 12.0 6 14 0 - - - 1.75 - 0 0
CTB Turner (Aus) 1887-1888 6 431.3 207 509 50 7/43 12/87 10.18 1.76 34.5 8 2
F Morley (Eng) 1880-1883 4 243.0 124 296 16 5/56 8/146 18.50 1.82 60.7 1 0
R Peel (Eng) 1884-1888 9 552.3 264 690 54 7/31 11/68 12.77 1.87 40.9 3 1
RG Barlow (Eng) 1881-1887 17 614.0 325 767 34 7/40 8/63 22.55 1.87 72.2 3 0
A Shaw (Eng) 1880-1882 5 110.1 59 139 4 1/12 2/63 34.75 1.89 110.2 0 0
E Peate (Eng) 1881-1886 9 524.0 250 683 31 6/85 8/58 22.03 1.95 67.6 2 0
W Flowers (Eng) 1884-1887 7 200.3 89 275 13 5/46 5/65 21.15 2.05 61.7 1 0
W Barnes (Eng) 1880-1888 19 557.1 266 767 49 6/28 9/81 15.65 2.06 45.4 3 0
TW Garrett (Aus) 1882-1888 16 640.3 278 886 33 6/78 9/163 26.84 2.07 77.6 2 0
WE Midwinter (Aus/Eng) 1881-1887 10 324.0 139 449 16 4/81 4/71 28.06 2.07 81.0 0 0
W Bates (Eng) 1881-1887 15 591.0 282 821 50 7/28 14/102 16.42 2.08 47.2 4 1
GA Lohmann (Eng) 1886-1888 9 374.2 187 524 49 8/35 12/104 10.69 2.09 30.5 4 2
JJ Ferris (Aus) 1887-1888 6 366.1 174 513 35 5/26 9/103 14.65 2.10 41.8 3 0
HF Boyle (Aus) 1880-1884 11 418.3 170 614 30 6/42 7/69 20.46 2.19 55.8 1 0
JW Trumble (Aus) 1885-1886 7 150.0 59 222 10 3/29 3/29 22.20 2.22 60.0 0 0
GE Palmer (Aus) 1880-1886 17 1129.1 452 1678 78 7/65 11/165 21.51 2.22 57.9 6 2
TP Horan (Aus) 1881-1885 13 93.1 45 143 11 6/40 6/63 13.00 2.30 33.9 1 0
G Ulyett (Eng) 1881-1889 21 505.1 236 784 42 7/36 7/57 18.66 2.32 48.1 1 0
WG Grace (Eng) 1880-1888 11 81.1 41 128 7 2/66 3/68 18.28 2.36 46.4 0 0
Hon.A Lyttelton (Eng) 1880-1884 4 12.0 5 19 4 4/19 4/19 4.75 2.37 12.0 0 0
CA Smith (Eng) 1889-1889 1 38.2 16 61 7 5/19 7/61 8.71 2.37 22.0 1 0
FR Spofforth (Aus) 1882-1887 16 942.1 382 1510 77 7/44 14/90 19.61 2.40 48.9 5 3
W Bruce (Aus) 1885-1886 4 122.1 44 209 6 3/88 3/92 34.83 2.56 81.5 0 0
SP Jones (Aus) 1882-1888 12 65.2 26 112 6 4/47 4/47 18.66 2.56 43.6 0 0
G Giffen (Aus) 1881-1886 17 537.0 208 947 29 7/117 7/117 32.65 2.64 74.0 1 0
PG McShane (Aus) 1885-1888 3 27.0 9 48 1 1/39 1/39 48.00 2.66 108.0 0 0
AG Steel (Eng) 1880-1888 13 340.0 108 605 29 3/27 6/83 20.86 2.66 46.8 0 0
WH Moule (Aus) 1880-1880 1 12.3 4 23 3 3/23 3/23 7.66 2.70 17.0 0 0
GA Kempis (SA) 1889-1889 1 42.0 17 76 4 3/53 4/76 19.00 2.71 42.0 0 0
CFH Leslie (Eng) 1882-1883 4 24.0 10 44 4 3/31 3/31 11.00 2.75 24.0 0 0
T Emmett (Eng) 1881-1882 4 98.0 48 180 2 2/61 2/80 90.00 2.75 196.0 0 0
J Worrall (Aus) 1885-1888 5 60.0 29 112 1 1/97 1/97 112.00 2.80 240.0 0 0
AP Lucas (Eng) 1880-1884 4 12.0 7 23 0 - - - 2.87 - 0 0
WH Cooper (Aus) 1881-1884 2 111.2 31 226 9 6/120 9/200 25.11 3.04 49.5 1 0
S Christopherson (Eng) 1884-1884 1 34.0 13 69 1 1/52 1/69 69.00 3.04 136.0 0 0
GJ Bonnor (Aus) 1880-1888 17 41.0 16 84 2 1/5 1/5 42.00 3.07 82.0 0 0
S Morris (Aus) 1885-1885 1 34.0 14 73 2 2/73 2/73 36.50 3.22 68.0 0 0
WR Robertson (Aus) 1885-1885 1 11.0 3 24 0 - - - 3.27 - 0 0
WH Ashley (SA) 1889-1889 1 43.1 18 95 7 7/95 7/95 13.57 3.29 24.7 1 0
G Alexander (Aus) 1880-1884 2 42.0 13 93 2 2/69 2/69 46.50 3.32 84.0 0 0
SMJ Woods (Aus) 1888-1888 3 54.1 18 121 5 2/35 2/35 24.20 3.34 43.4 0 0
AC Bannerman (Aus) 1880-1888 21 73.0 17 163 4 3/111 3/111 40.75 3.34 73.0 0 0

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:
South Africa v England at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Mar 25-26, 1889 [Test # 32]
South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, 1st Test, Mar 12-13, 1889 [Test # 31]
England v Australia at Manchester, 3rd Test, Aug 30-31, 1888 [Test # 30]
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