PLAYER CAREER

Eric Dalton

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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South Africa1929–1939

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	15	24	0	12	1929-06-29	1939-03-03

15Internationals

698Career runs

2Centuries

12Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 15
Innings: 24
Runs: 698
Average: 31.72
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 117
Not outs: 2
100s: 2
50s: 3
Ducks: 1
4s: —
6s: 2
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 15
Innings: 12
Balls: 864
Maidens: 7
Runs conceded: 490
Wickets: 12
Average: 40.83
Economy: 3.40
Strike rate: 72.00
Best innings: 4/59
Best match: 6/159
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 15
Innings: 26
Catches: 5
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 5
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 5
Dismissals / inns: 0.192
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1939-03-03	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1939-02-18	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1939-01-20	England v South Africa	Test	England won by inns & 13 runs
1938-12-24	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1935-12-14	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 9 wickets
1935-08-17	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1935-07-27	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1935-07-13	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1935-06-29	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 157 runs
1932-03-04	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 8 wickets
1932-02-27	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by inns & 12 runs
1931-12-18	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by inns & 155 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

19297 runs
193194 runs
1932124 runs
1935253 runs
1938102 runs
1939118 runs

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

19353 wickets
19383 wickets
19396 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 6 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
1939	3	5	118	57	29.50	—	0	1	—	2	—	5	6	46.00	3.39	81.33
1938	1	1	102	102	102.00	—	1	0	9	0	—	2	3	23.66	3.20	44.33
1935	5	8	253	117	36.14	—	1	1	—	0	—	5	3	47.66	3.53	81.00
1932	2	2	124	82	62.00	—	0	1	—	0	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1931	3	6	94	31	15.66	—	0	0	—	0	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1929	1	2	7	6	3.50	—	0	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.

1929-06-29
First available scorecard
Test v England · Lord's
1935-08-17
Highest recorded innings · 117 runs
Test v England · The Oval
1939-03-03
Best recorded bowling · 4/59
Test v England · Durban
1939-03-03
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Durban