PLAYER CAREER

Denis Compton

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1937–1957

78Internationals

5,807Career runs

17Centuries

25Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 78
Innings: 131
Runs: 5,807
Average: 50.06
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 278
Not outs: 15
100s: 17
50s: 28
Ducks: 10
4s: —
6s: 3
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 78
Innings: 66
Balls: 2,710
Maidens: 71
Runs conceded: 1,410
Wickets: 25
Average: 56.40
Economy: 3.12
Strike rate: 108.40
Best innings: 5/70
Best match: 5/77
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 78
Innings: 146
Catches: 49
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 49
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 49
Dismissals / inns: 0.335
Best innings: 2 (2ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1957-03-01	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 58 runs
1957-02-15	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 17 runs
1957-01-25	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1957-01-01	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 312 runs
1956-12-24	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 131 runs
1956-08-23	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1955-08-13	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 92 runs
1955-07-21	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 224 runs
1955-07-07	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 3 wickets
1955-06-23	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 71 runs
1955-06-09	England v South Africa	Test	England won by inns & 5 runs
1955-02-25	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn

England

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

Runs by seasonTest · annual total

Wickets by seasonTest · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 15 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1957	4	8	205	64	25.62	—	0	2	18	0	—	2	0	N/A	2.00	N/A
1956	2	4	166	94	55.33	—	0	1	15	0	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1955	7	12	654	158	59.45	—	1	4	—	0	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1954	11	16	830	278	55.33	—	2	4	—	1	—	7	3	60.00	4.53	79.33
1953	5	8	234	61	33.42	—	0	2	—	1	—	1	1	21.00	7.00	18.00
1952	2	4	59	35	29.50	—	0	0	—	0	—	2	0	N/A	3.33	N/A
1951	9	15	469	112	33.50	—	1	3	—	0	—	10	1	119.00	3.43	208.00
1950	2	4	58	44	14.50	—	0	0	—	0	—	1	0	N/A	3.00	N/A
1949	7	12	492	116	44.72	—	2	1	—	0	—	13	10	35.30	3.22	65.60
1948	7	13	776	184	64.66	—	3	3	—	0	—	10	3	79.00	2.58	183.33
1947	9	15	1,159	208	82.78	—	6	3	—	1	—	12	5	56.60	2.60	130.40
1946	5	8	237	71	39.50	—	0	3	—	0	—	5	0	N/A	3.42	N/A
1939	3	5	189	120	63.00	—	1	0	—	0	—	2	0	N/A	2.62	N/A
1938	4	6	214	102	42.80	53.36	1	1	35	0	401	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1937	1	1	65	65	65.00	—	0	1	—	0	—	1	2	17.00	5.66	18.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1937-08-14
First available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · The Oval
1938-06-10
First century in this archive · 102 runs
Test v Australia · Nottingham
1949-01-01
Best recorded bowling · 5/70
Test v South Africa · Cape Town
1954-07-01
Highest recorded innings · 278 runs
Test v Pakistan · Nottingham
1957-03-01
Latest available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Gqeberha