Fielding Most Catches Career

Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches

Most catches

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Ct	Max	Ct/Inn
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1954-1959	39	76	48	3	0.631
ED Weekes (WI)	1950-1958	39	72	47	4	0.652
RN Harvey (AUS)	1950-1959	56	106	45	3	0.424
TW Graveney (ENG)	1951-1959	48	93	42	2	0.451
PBH May (ENG)	1951-1959	59	115	42	4	0.365
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1959	42	80	40	3	0.5
WR Endean (SA)	1951-1958	28	50	38	3	0.76
GAR Lock (ENG)	1952-1959	31	60	37	3	0.616
FS Trueman (ENG)	1952-1959	31	60	32	3	0.533
TE Bailey (ENG)	1950-1959	57	111	32	2	0.288
L Hutton (ENG)	1950-1955	38	72	30	2	0.416
AK Davidson (AUS)	1953-1959	27	51	29	4	0.568
JR Reid (NZ)	1951-1959	32	45	25	3	0.555
FMM Worrell (WI)	1950-1957	29	54	25	3	0.462
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1958	15	28	24	3	0.857
CL Walcott (WI)	1950-1958	33	48	24	2	0.5
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1950-1958	30	55	23	2	0.418
MH Mankad (IND)	1951-1959	31	54	22	3	0.407
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1950-1956	30	56	22	3	0.392
PR Umrigar (IND)	1951-1959	43	73	22	3	0.301
DCS Compton (ENG)	1950-1957	42	81	22	2	0.271
GB Hole (AUS)	1951-1955	18	35	21	4	0.6
RG Archer (AUS)	1953-1956	19	35	20	4	0.571
GS Ramchand (IND)	1952-1959	30	52	20	3	0.384
DG Phadkar (IND)	1951-1959	23	40	19	2	0.475
KR Miller (AUS)	1950-1956	37	69	19	2	0.275
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1950-1959	42	79	19	2	0.24
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1959	47	91	19	2	0.208
JW Burke (AUS)	1951-1959	24	45	18	2	0.4
JT Ikin (ENG)	1951-1955	6	11	17	3	1.545
W Mathias (PAK)	1955-1959	12	22	17	4	0.772
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1950-1955	23	45	16	2	0.355
PNF Mansell (SA)	1951-1955	13	24	15	2	0.625
FR Brown (ENG)	1950-1953	14	26	15	2	0.576
AH Kardar (PAK)	1952-1958	23	40	15	2	0.375
DJ McGlew (SA)	1951-1958	24	44	15	3	0.34
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1959	27	48	15	2	0.312
JDC Goddard (WI)	1950-1957	18	33	14	2	0.424
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1951-1958	19	35	14	2	0.4
P Roy (IND)	1951-1959	39	65	14	2	0.215
RB Simpson (AUS)	1957-1959	6	11	13	3	1.181
Maqsood Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1955	16	27	13	2	0.481
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1951-1958	26	38	13	2	0.342
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1951-1959	29	39	13	2	0.333
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1959	27	43	12	2	0.279
RA McLean (SA)	1951-1958	28	51	12	2	0.235
SP Gupte (IND)	1951-1959	31	52	12	2	0.23
JH Wardle (ENG)	1950-1957	27	54	12	3	0.222
WA Johnston (AUS)	1950-1955	29	57	12	2	0.21
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1950-1955	10	19	11	2	0.578
GE Gomez (WI)	1950-1954	18	36	11	3	0.305
CC McDonald (AUS)	1952-1959	36	68	11	2	0.161
JC Laker (ENG)	1950-1959	38	75	11	1	0.146
AJ Watkins (ENG)	1951-1952	8	14	10	3	0.714
PJP Burge (AUS)	1955-1959	12	22	10	2	0.454
JC Watkins (SA)	1950-1957	13	25	10	3	0.4
Waqar Hasan (PAK)	1952-1959	21	36	10	2	0.277
JE Cheetham (SA)	1950-1955	21	38	10	3	0.263
KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1959	21	39	10	2	0.256
AL Hassett (AUS)	1950-1953	22	42	10	1	0.238
AV Bedser (ENG)	1950-1955	28	52	10	2	0.192
HJ Keith (SA)	1953-1957	8	16	9	2	0.562
OG Smith (WI)	1955-1959	26	46	9	2	0.195
AL Valentine (WI)	1950-1958	29	56	9	1	0.16
S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1959	37	70	9	2	0.128
DJ Insole (ENG)	1950-1957	9	18	8	3	0.444
Rev.DS Sheppard (ENG)	1950-1957	12	22	8	1	0.363
LE Favell (AUS)	1954-1959	12	23	8	2	0.347
RJ Christiani (WI)	1950-1954	13	26	8	2	0.307
PS Heine (SA)	1955-1958	13	26	8	2	0.307
R Tattersall (ENG)	1951-1954	16	30	8	2	0.266
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1952-1959	19	32	8	1	0.25
JKC Holt (WI)	1954-1959	17	32	8	2	0.25
W Watson (ENG)	1951-1959	23	44	8	1	0.181
AR Morris (AUS)	1950-1955	30	58	8	2	0.137
ASM Oakman (ENG)	1956-1956	2	4	7	3	1.75
Nazar Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1952	5	8	7	2	0.875
DB Close (ENG)	1950-1959	5	10	7	3	0.7
SJE Loxton (AUS)	1950-1951	6	11	7	4	0.636
CG Borde (IND)	1958-1959	10	15	7	1	0.466
Shujauddin (PAK)	1954-1959	17	31	7	1	0.225
KJ Funston (SA)	1952-1958	18	34	7	2	0.205
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1952-1959	26	45	7	1	0.155
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1951-1959	32	52	7	1	0.134
CV Gadkari (IND)	1953-1955	6	10	6	3	0.6
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1955-1959	8	12	6	2	0.5
L Amarnath (IND)	1951-1952	8	14	6	2	0.428
ME Chapple (NZ)	1953-1956	8	15	6	1	0.4
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1959	8	15	6	2	0.4
HR Adhikari (IND)	1951-1959	11	17	6	1	0.352
AF Rae (WI)	1950-1953	10	20	6	1	0.3
I Meckiff (AUS)	1957-1959	12	24	6	1	0.25
BH Pairaudeau (WI)	1953-1957	13	25	6	1	0.24
NJ Contractor (IND)	1955-1959	16	27	6	1	0.222
VS Hazare (IND)	1951-1953	17	30	6	2	0.2
Alimuddin (PAK)	1954-1959	19	35	6	1	0.171
DS Atkinson (WI)	1951-1958	18	35	6	1	0.171
R Illingworth (ENG)	1958-1959	3	6	5	3	0.833
RV Divecha (IND)	1951-1952	5	7	5	2	0.714
PH Punjabi (IND)	1955-1955	5	9	5	1	0.555

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All figures exclude catches made as a wicketkeeper, except for matches played which is the career figure
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]