PLAYER CAREER

Anton Murray

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

South Africa1952–1954

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	10	14	0	9	1952-12-05	1954-02-05

10Internationals

289Career runs

1Centuries

18Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 10
Innings: 14
Runs: 289
Average: 22.23
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 109
Not outs: 1
100s: 1
50s: 1
Ducks: 1
4s: —
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 10
Innings: 16
Balls: 2,374
Maidens: 111
Runs conceded: 710
Wickets: 18
Average: 39.44
Economy: 1.79
Strike rate: 131.88
Best innings: 4/169
Best match: 5/49
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 10
Innings: 18
Catches: 3
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 3
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 3
Dismissals / inns: 0.166
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

10 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1954-02-05	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 5 wickets
1954-01-01	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1953-12-24	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 132 runs
1953-12-11	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by inns & 58 runs
1953-03-13	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1953-03-06	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by inns & 180 runs
1953-02-06	Australia v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 6 wickets
1953-01-09	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by inns & 38 runs
1952-12-24	Australia v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 82 runs
1952-12-05	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 96 runs

South Africa

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

1952103 runs
1953173 runs
195413 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19521 wickets
195314 wickets
19543 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 3 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1954	2	2	13	7	6.50	—	0	0	—	—	3	3	58.66	1.83	192.00
1953	6	8	173	109	21.62	—	1	0	—	—	9	14	27.71	1.69	98.14
1952	2	4	103	51	34.33	—	0	1	9	—	4	1	146.00	2.06	424.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1952-12-05
First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Brisbane
1953-01-09
Best recorded bowling · 4/169
Test v Australia · Sydney
1953-03-06
Highest recorded innings · 109 runs
Test v New Zealand · Wellington
1954-02-05
Latest available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Gqeberha