PLAYER CAREER

Frederick Spofforth

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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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	18	29	3	22	1877-03-31	1887-01-28

18Internationals

217Career runs

0Centuries

94Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 18
Innings: 29
Runs: 217
Average: 9.43
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 50
Not outs: 6
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 6
4s: —
6s: 1
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 18
Innings: 30
Balls: 4,185
Maidens: 416
Runs conceded: 1,731
Wickets: 94
Average: 18.41
Economy: 2.48
Strike rate: 44.52
Best innings: 7/44
Best match: 14/90
4 wickets: 6
5 wickets: 7
10 wickets: 4

Fielding

Matches: 18
Innings: 31
Catches: 11
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 11
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 11
Dismissals / inns: 0.354
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1887-01-28	Australia v England	Test	England won by 13 runs
1886-08-12	Australia v England	Test	England won by inns & 217 runs
1886-07-19	Australia v England	Test	England won by inns & 106 runs
1886-07-05	Australia v England	Test	England won by 4 wickets
1885-03-21	Australia v England	Test	England won by inns & 98 runs
1885-03-14	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1885-02-20	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 6 runs
1884-08-11	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1884-07-21	Australia v England	Test	England won by inns & 5 runs
1884-07-10	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1883-02-17	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 4 wickets
1883-01-26	Australia v England	Test	England won by 69 runs

Australia

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

187717 runs
187939 runs
188216 runs
188322 runs
188428 runs
188555 runs
188633 runs
18877 runs

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

18774 wickets
187913 wickets
188219 wickets
188314 wickets
188410 wickets
188519 wickets
188614 wickets
18871 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1887	1	2	7	5	3.50	—	0	0	0	—	1	1	17.00	2.12	48.00
1886	3	6	33	20	8.25	—	0	—	0	—	4	14	18.57	2.31	48.21
1885	3	5	55	50	11.00	—	1	4	1	—	5	19	16.10	2.36	40.89
1884	3	4	28	13	7.00	—	0	—	0	—	5	10	30.10	2.34	76.90
1883	3	5	22	14	7.33	—	0	3	0	—	5	14	20.50	2.45	50.07
1882	3	4	16	9	8.00	—	0	1	0	—	6	19	17.84	2.54	42.05
1879	1	1	39	39	39.00	—	0	—	0	—	2	13	8.46	2.75	18.46
1877	1	2	17	17	8.50	—	0	—	0	—	2	4	27.75	3.78	44.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1877-03-31
First available scorecard
Test v England · Melbourne
1879-01-02
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v England · Melbourne
1882-08-28
Best recorded bowling · 7/44
Test v England · The Oval
1885-03-21
Highest recorded innings · 50 runs
Test v England · Melbourne
1887-01-28
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Sydney