Records for FC Matches

Best figures in a match
Bowler
Figures
JC Laker19-90 England v Australia Manchester1956
FW Lillywhite18-? Players v Gentlemen Lord's1837
HA Arkwright18-96 MCC v Gentlemen of Kent Canterbury1861
FP Fenner17-? Cambridge Town v Cambridge Univ Cambridge1844
J Wisden17-46 United England Eleven v Yorkshire Sheffield1853
C Blythe17-48 Kent v Northamptonshire Northampton1907
CTB Turner17-50 Australians v England XI Hastings1888
WP Howell17-54 Australians v Western Province Cape Town1902-03
CWL Parker17-56 Gloucestershire v Essex Gloucester1925
AP Freeman17-67 Kent v Sussex Hove1922
KJ Abbott17-86 Hampshire v Somerset Southampton2019
WG Grace17-89 Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire Cheltenham1877
FCL Matthews17-89 Nottinghsmahire v Northants Nottingham1923
H Dean17-91 Lancashire v Yorkshire Liverpool1913
H Verity17-91 Yorkshire v Essex Leyton1933
AP Freeman17-92 Kent v Warwickshire Folkestone1932
W Mycroft17-103 Derbyshire v Hampshire Southampton1876
GR Cox17-106 Sussex v Warwickshire Horsham1926
TWJ Goddard17-106 Gloucestershire v Kent Bristol1939
W Mead17-119 Essex v Hampshire Southampton1895
W Brearley17-137 Lancashire v Somerset Manchester1905
JM Davison17-137 Canada v USA Ft. Lauderdale2004
SF Barnes17-159 England v South Africa Johannesburg1913-14
W Clarke17-160 All England Eleven v Yorkshire Sheffield1852
G Giffen17-201 South Australia v Victoria Adelaide1885-86
JC Clay17-212 Glamorgan v Worcestershire Swansea1937
Notes: 1. Blythe, Verity and Goddard each took their 17 wickets in one day 2. Arkwright's feat was in a 12-a-side match, while Lillywhite's was against a side comprising 16 players (but considered first-class at the time). 3. No bowling analyses are available for Fenner or Lillywhite