PLAYER CAREER

Jackie McGlew

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

South Africa1951–1962

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	34	64	2	37	1951-06-07	1962-02-16

34Internationals

2,440Career runs

7Centuries

0Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 34
Innings: 64
Runs: 2,440
Average: 42.06
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 255*
Not outs: 6
100s: 7
50s: 10
Ducks: 4
4s: —
6s: 2
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 34
Innings: 3
Balls: 32
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 23
Wickets: 0
Average: N/A
Economy: 4.31
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 34
Innings: 63
Catches: 18
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 18
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 18
Dismissals / inns: 0.285
Best innings: 3 (3ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1962-02-16	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	New Zealand won by 40 runs
1962-02-02	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by inns & 51 runs
1962-01-01	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	New Zealand won by 72 runs
1961-12-26	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1961-12-08	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 30 runs
1960-08-18	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1960-07-21	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1960-07-07	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 8 wickets
1960-06-23	England v South Africa	Test	England won by inns & 73 runs
1960-06-09	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 100 runs
1958-02-28	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1958-02-07	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 10 wickets

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

195150 runs
1952137 runs
1953541 runs
1954246 runs
1955476 runs
1957165 runs
1958210 runs
1960189 runs
1961175 runs
1962251 runs

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

19530 wickets
19570 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1962	3	5	251	120	62.75	—	1	1	—	1	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1961	2	4	175	127	58.33	—	1	0	—	0	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1960	5	10	189	45	21.00	—	0	0	—	0	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1958	3	5	210	105	42.00	—	1	1	—	0	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1957	3	6	165	108	27.50	—	1	0	—	1	—	1	N/A	5.25	N/A
1955	5	10	476	133	52.88	—	2	2	—	0	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1954	3	6	246	86	49.20	—	0	2	—	0	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1953	6	10	541	255	60.11	—	1	3	—	0	—	2	N/A	4.00	N/A
1952	2	4	137	69	34.25	—	0	1	9	0	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1951	2	4	50	40	12.50	—	0	0	—	0	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1951-06-07
First available scorecard
Test v England · Nottingham
1953-03-06
Highest recorded innings · 255* runs
Test v New Zealand · Wellington
1962-02-16
Latest available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Gqeberha