PLAYER CAREER

Dave Nourse

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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South Africa1902–1924

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	45	83	10	34	1902-10-11	1924-08-16

45Internationals

2,234Career runs

1Centuries

41Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 45
Innings: 83
Runs: 2,234
Average: 29.78
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 111
Not outs: 8
100s: 1
50s: 15
Ducks: 3
4s: —
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 45
Innings: 57
Balls: 3,234
Maidens: 120
Runs conceded: 1,553
Wickets: 41
Average: 37.87
Economy: 2.88
Strike rate: 78.87
Best innings: 4/25
Best match: 7/104
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 45
Innings: 78
Catches: 43
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 43
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 43
Dismissals / inns: 0.551
Best innings: 4 (4ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1924-08-16	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1924-07-26	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1924-07-12	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 9 wickets
1924-06-28	England v South Africa	Test	England won by inns & 18 runs
1924-06-14	England v South Africa	Test	England won by inns & 18 runs
1923-02-16	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 109 runs
1923-02-09	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1923-01-18	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1923-01-01	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 1 wickets
1922-12-23	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 168 runs
1921-11-26	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 10 wickets
1921-11-12	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn

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

1902115 runs
1906289 runs
1907127 runs
1910336 runs
1911200 runs
1912220 runs
1913138 runs
191487 runs
1921280 runs
192234 runs
1923270 runs
1924138 runs

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

19021 wickets
19066 wickets
19074 wickets
19104 wickets
19113 wickets
191213 wickets
19132 wickets
19143 wickets
19211 wickets
19231 wickets
19243 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 12 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
1924	5	8	138	37	17.25	—	0	0	—	—	4	3	63.33	2.96	128.00
1923	4	7	270	63	38.57	—	0	3	—	—	4	1	49.00	1.88	156.00
1922	1	2	34	20	17.00	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1921	3	6	280	111	56.00	—	1	1	32	—	4	1	201.00	3.58	336.00
1914	3	6	87	45	14.50	—	0	0	—	—	4	3	34.00	2.75	74.00
1913	2	4	138	56	34.50	—	0	1	—	—	2	2	68.00	2.72	150.00
1912	6	11	220	64	20.00	—	0	1	—	—	8	13	24.30	2.34	62.23
1911	3	6	200	92	40.00	42.01	0	1	16	476	6	3	55.66	4.26	78.33
1910	7	14	336	69	25.84	—	0	3	—	—	10	4	53.25	3.55	90.00
1907	3	6	127	62	31.75	—	0	1	—	—	3	4	13.75	2.39	34.50
1906	5	8	289	93	48.16	—	0	3	30	—	9	6	12.83	2.20	35.00
1902	3	5	115	72	28.75	—	0	1	—	—	3	1	47.00	3.35	84.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1902-10-11
First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Johannesburg
1906-03-30
Best recorded bowling · 4/25
Test v England · Cape Town
1921-11-12
Highest recorded innings · 111 runs
Test v Australia · Johannesburg
1924-08-16
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · The Oval