Bowling Most 10wm Career

Cricket Records in 1940s in Test matches

Most ten-wickets-in-a-match

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1949	23	41	7548	-	231	2959	89	7/49	33.24	2.35	84.80	8	2	2
HHH Johnson (WI)	1948-1948	1	2	395	65.5	24	96	10	5/41	9.60	1.45	39.50	-	2	1
W Ferguson (WI)	1948-1949	7	14	2286	381.0	76	1010	33	6/92	30.60	2.65	69.27	1	3	1
ERH Toshack (AUS)	1946-1948	12	23	3140	-	155	989	47	6/29	21.04	1.88	66.80	2	4	1
DVP Wright (ENG)	1946-1949	17	31	4445	-	105	2238	58	7/105	38.58	3.02	76.63	1	4	1
VJ Scott (NZ)	1946-1949	6	1	6	1.0	-	9	-	-	0.00	9.00	0.00	-	-	-
WM Wallace (NZ)	1946-1949	6	1	6	1.0	-	5	-	-	0.00	5.00	0.00	-	-	-
WR Hammond (ENG)	1946-1947	8	1	6	-	-	3	-	-	0.00	3.00	0.00	-	-	-
DG Bradman (AUS)	1946-1948	15	1	8	-	-	4	-	-	0.00	3.00	0.00	-	-	-
C Washbrook (ENG)	1946-1949	25	1	12	-	-	8	-	-	0.00	4.00	0.00	-	-	-
ED Weekes (WI)	1948-1949	9	2	12	2.0	-	5	-	-	0.00	2.50	0.00	-	-	-
RT Simpson (ENG)	1948-1949	3	1	12	-	1	9	-	-	0.00	4.50	0.00	-	-	-
JR Reid (NZ)	1949-1949	2	1	12	2.0	-	14	-	-	0.00	7.00	0.00	-	-	-
HR Adhikari (IND)	1947-1949	10	2	14	-	-	14	-	-	0.00	6.00	0.00	-	-	-
CL Walcott (WI)	1948-1949	9	1	18	3.0	-	12	-	-	0.00	4.00	0.00	-	-	-
JH Wardle (ENG)	1948-1948	1	1	18	3.0	-	9	-	-	0.00	3.00	0.00	-	-	-
GM Carew (WI)	1948-1949	3	1	18	3.0	2	2	-	-	0.00	0.66	0.00	-	-	-
Gul Mohammad (IND)	1946-1948	6	2	20	-	-	3	-	-	0.00	0.90	0.00	-	-	-
RN Harvey (AUS)	1948-1950	6	1	24	-	1	5	-	-	0.00	1.25	0.00	-	-	-
MP Donnelly (NZ)	1949-1949	4	1	30	5.0	-	20	-	-	0.00	4.00	0.00	-	-	-
LR Pierre (WI)	1948-1948	1	2	42	7.0	-	28	-	-	0.00	4.00	0.00	-	-	-
AR Morris (AUS)	1946-1950	16	2	48	-	1	24	-	-	0.00	3.00	0.00	-	-	-
DW Begbie (SA)	1948-1949	3	1	48	6.0	-	38	-	-	0.00	4.75	0.00	-	-	-
GA Headley (WI)	1948-1948	2	3	54	9.0	1	29	-	-	0.00	3.22	0.00	-	-	-
C Burke (NZ)	1946-1946	1	1	66	11.0	2	30	2	2/30	15.00	2.72	33.00	-	-	-
LA Butterfield (NZ)	1946-1946	1	1	78	13.0	6	24	-	-	0.00	1.84	0.00	-	-	-
DAN McRae (NZ)	1946-1946	1	1	84	14.0	3	44	-	-	0.00	3.14	0.00	-	-	-
DC Cleverley (NZ)	1946-1946	1	1	90	15.0	1	51	-	-	0.00	3.40	0.00	-	-	-
PR Umrigar (IND)	1948-1948	1	1	90	15.0	2	51	-	-	0.00	3.40	0.00	-	-	-
L Hutton (ENG)	1946-1949	28	6	96	-	2	110	-	-	0.00	6.87	0.00	-	-	-
CA Snedden (NZ)	1947-1947	1	1	96	16.0	5	46	-	-	0.00	2.87	0.00	-	-	-
LA Markham (SA)	1949-1949	1	2	104	13.0	1	72	1	1/34	72.00	4.15	104.00	-	-	-
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1946-1946	1	2	114	19.0	6	33	8	5/14	4.12	1.73	14.25	-	1	-
KK Tarapore (IND)	1948-1948	1	1	114	19.0	2	72	-	-	0.00	3.78	0.00	-	-	-
TF Smailes (ENG)	1946-1946	1	2	120	20.0	3	62	3	3/44	20.66	3.10	40.00	-	-	-
AR Gover (ENG)	1946-1946	1	1	126	21.0	3	56	1	1/56	56.00	2.66	126.00	-	-	-
RH Scott (NZ)	1947-1947	1	1	138	23.0	3	74	1	1/74	74.00	3.21	138.00	-	-	-
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1947-1949	5	4	156	26.0	2	95	1	1/17	95.00	3.65	156.00	-	-	-
FAW Freer (AUS)	1946-1946	1	2	160	20.0	3	74	3	2/49	24.66	2.77	53.33	-	-	-
WE Bowes (ENG)	1946-1946	1	2	174	29.0	8	73	1	1/64	73.00	2.51	174.00	-	-	-
James Langridge (ENG)	1946-1946	1	1	174	29.0	9	64	-	-	0.00	2.20	0.00	-	-	-
C Cook (ENG)	1947-1947	1	2	180	30.0	4	127	-	-	0.00	4.23	0.00	-	-	-
CJ Barnett (ENG)	1947-1948	4	3	180	30.0	9	59	-	-	0.00	1.96	0.00	-	-	-
GH Pope (ENG)	1947-1947	1	2	218	36.2	12	85	1	1/49	85.00	2.33	218.00	-	-	-
NR Chowdhury (IND)	1949-1949	1	1	222	37.0	6	130	1	1/130	130.00	3.51	222.00	-	-	-
RJ Christiani (WI)	1948-1949	9	5	228	38.0	1	106	3	3/52	35.33	2.78	76.00	-	-	-
MA Hanley (SA)	1949-1949	1	2	232	29.0	7	88	1	1/57	88.00	2.27	232.00	-	-	-
SG Shinde (IND)	1946-1948	2	2	234	39.0	2	134	1	1/66	134.00	3.43	234.00	-	-	-
HL Jackson (ENG)	1949-1949	1	2	234	39.0	14	72	3	2/47	24.00	1.84	78.00	-	-	-
JB Plimsoll (SA)	1947-1947	1	2	237	39.3	9	143	3	3/128	47.66	3.62	79.00	-	-	-
GF Cresswell (NZ)	1949-1949	1	1	248	41.2	6	168	6	6/168	28.00	4.06	41.33	-	1	-
CS Nayudu (IND)	1946-1948	6	6	252	-	3	164	1	1/19	164.00	3.90	252.00	-	-	-
DB Close (ENG)	1949-1949	1	2	252	42.0	14	85	1	1/39	85.00	2.02	252.00	-	-	-
JC Watkins (SA)	1949-1950	2	3	264	33.0	5	125	3	2/56	41.66	2.84	88.00	-	-	-
JW Martin (ENG)	1947-1947	1	2	270	45.0	6	129	1	1/111	129.00	2.86	270.00	-	-	-
GOB Allen (ENG)	1948-1948	3	5	270	45.0	1	205	5	2/82	41.00	4.55	54.00	-	-	-
SN Banerjee (IND)	1949-1949	1	2	273	45.3	8	127	5	4/54	25.40	2.79	54.60	1	-	-
SW Sohoni (IND)	1946-1947	3	3	274	-	8	114	-	-	0.00	2.49	0.00	-	-	-
LJ Johnson (AUS)	1948-1948	1	2	282	35.2	10	74	6	3/8	12.33	1.57	47.00	-	-	-
ESM Kentish (WI)	1948-1948	1	2	282	47.0	15	106	3	2/38	35.33	2.25	94.00	-	-	-
SA Banerjee (IND)	1948-1949	1	2	306	51.0	3	181	5	4/120	36.20	3.54	61.20	1	-	-
FR Brown (ENG)	1949-1949	2	4	324	54.0	8	157	2	2/71	78.50	2.90	162.00	-	-	-
WH Copson (ENG)	1947-1947	1	2	342	57.0	24	112	3	3/46	37.33	1.96	114.00	-	-	-
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1948-1949	6	6	342	57.0	10	180	5	3/32	36.00	3.15	68.40	-	-	-
AJ Watkins (ENG)	1948-1949	7	9	362	-	6	179	4	2/16	44.75	2.96	90.50	-	-	-
SG Barnes (AUS)	1946-1948	12	8	366	-	8	134	3	2/25	44.66	2.19	122.00	-	-	-
A Coxon (ENG)	1948-1948	1	2	378	63.0	13	172	3	2/90	57.33	2.73	126.00	-	-	-
B Mitchell (SA)	1947-1949	10	7	380	-	4	181	3	1/8	60.33	2.85	126.66	-	-	-
FMM Worrell (WI)	1948-1948	3	5	420	70.0	10	156	1	1/55	156.00	2.22	420.00	-	-	-
BBM Gaskin (WI)	1948-1948	2	4	474	79.0	24	158	2	1/15	79.00	2.00	237.00	-	-	-
MF Tremlett (ENG)	1948-1948	3	5	492	82.0	13	226	4	2/98	56.50	2.75	123.00	-	-	-
DT Ring (AUS)	1948-1948	2	3	496	-	22	164	7	3/17	23.42	1.98	70.85	-	-	-
W Voce (ENG)	1946-1947	3	5	508	-	20	207	1	1/44	207.00	2.44	508.00	-	-	-
GO Rabone (NZ)	1949-1949	4	5	522	87.0	22	327	4	3/116	81.75	3.75	130.50	-	-	-
TPB Smith (ENG)	1946-1947	4	5	538	-	5	319	3	2/172	106.33	3.55	179.33	-	-	-
HJ Butler (ENG)	1947-1948	2	4	552	92.0	30	215	12	4/34	17.91	2.33	46.00	1	-	-
DS Atkinson (WI)	1948-1949	4	8	564	94.0	17	224	5	2/54	44.80	2.38	112.80	-	-	-
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1950	2	3	568	71.0	8	265	5	3/93	53.00	2.79	113.60	-	-	-
JT Ikin (ENG)	1946-1948	12	11	572	-	12	354	3	1/38	118.00	3.71	190.66	-	-	-
CT Sarwate (IND)	1946-1949	8	9	580	-	3	347	3	1/16	115.66	3.58	193.33	-	-	-
J Trim (WI)	1948-1949	3	6	618	103.0	23	232	13	4/48	17.84	2.25	47.53	1	-	-
SJE Loxton (AUS)	1948-1950	6	12	674	-	14	263	7	3/55	37.57	2.34	96.28	-	-	-
EAV Williams (WI)	1948-1948	3	6	724	120.4	45	218	9	3/51	24.22	1.80	80.44	-	-	-
GE Tribe (AUS)	1946-1947	3	6	760	95.0	9	330	2	2/48	165.00	2.60	380.00	-	-	-
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1948-1949	3	5	776	129.2	15	361	8	4/94	45.12	2.79	97.00	1	-	-
FJ Cameron (WI)	1948-1949	5	7	786	131.0	34	278	3	2/74	92.66	2.12	262.00	-	-	-
CR Rangachari (IND)	1948-1948	4	4	846	-	11	493	9	5/107	54.77	3.49	94.00	1	1	-
HB Cave (NZ)	1949-1949	4	6	846	141.0	19	465	4	3/103	116.25	3.29	211.50	-	-	-
B Dooland (AUS)	1947-1948	3	5	880	110.0	9	419	9	4/69	46.55	2.85	97.77	1	-	-
TE Bailey (ENG)	1949-1949	4	7	948	158.0	22	599	16	6/84	37.43	3.79	59.25	-	2	-
K Cranston (ENG)	1947-1948	8	13	1010	168.2	37	461	18	4/12	25.61	2.73	56.11	2	-	-
RO Jenkins (ENG)	1948-1949	5	10	1063	132.7	21	495	16	4/48	30.93	2.79	66.43	1	-	-
R Pollard (ENG)	1946-1948	4	7	1102	183.4	63	378	15	5/24	25.20	2.05	73.46	-	1	-
J Cowie (NZ)	1946-1949	6	7	1189	198.1	35	574	26	6/40	22.07	2.89	45.73	1	3	-
VI Smith (SA)	1947-1950	6	8	1235	-	36	620	9	4/143	68.88	3.01	137.22	1	-	-
TB Burtt (NZ)	1947-1949	5	7	1257	209.3	51	623	17	6/162	36.64	2.97	73.94	1	2	-
OC Dawson (SA)	1947-1949	9	15	1294	-	41	578	10	2/57	57.80	2.68	129.40	-	-	-
DG Phadkar (IND)	1947-1949	8	10	1311	-	35	665	22	7/159	30.22	3.04	59.59	1	1	-
PEW Jones (WI)	1948-1949	6	12	1354	225.4	51	562	21	5/85	26.76	2.49	64.47	2	1	-
NWD Yardley (ENG)	1946-1948	16	18	1476	-	37	613	20	3/67	30.65	2.49	73.80	-	-	-

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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]