PLAYER CAREER

Fred Trueman

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1952–1965

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	67	85	22	61	1952-06-05	1965-06-17

67Internationals

981Career runs

0Centuries

307Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 67
Innings: 85
Runs: 981
Average: 13.81
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 39*
Not outs: 14
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 11
4s: —
6s: 25
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 67
Innings: 127
Balls: 15,178
Maidens: 522
Runs conceded: 6,625
Wickets: 307
Average: 21.57
Economy: 2.61
Strike rate: 49.43
Best innings: 8/31
Best match: 12/119
4 wickets: 19
5 wickets: 17
10 wickets: 3

Fielding

Matches: 67
Innings: 128
Catches: 64
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 64
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 64
Dismissals / inns: 0.500
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1965-06-17	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by 7 wickets
1965-05-27	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by 9 wickets
1964-08-13	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1964-07-02	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 7 wickets
1964-06-18	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1964-06-04	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1963-08-22	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1963-07-25	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 221 runs
1963-07-04	England v West Indies	Test	England won by 217 runs
1963-06-20	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1963-06-06	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 10 wickets
1963-03-15	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by 7 wickets

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

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

195217 runs
195310 runs
195438 runs
19558 runs
19569 runs
195789 runs
195852 runs
1959178 runs
1960185 runs
196160 runs
196274 runs
1963213 runs
196442 runs
19656 runs

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

195229 wickets
19534 wickets
19549 wickets
19552 wickets
19569 wickets
195722 wickets
195815 wickets
195938 wickets
196046 wickets
196120 wickets
196233 wickets
196357 wickets
196417 wickets
19656 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 14 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1965	2	2	6	3	3.00	—	0	0	—	4	6	39.50	2.45	96.50
1964	4	6	42	14	8.40	35.00	5	1	120	7	17	23.47	2.98	47.11
1963	10	17	213	38	13.31	—	—	4	—	19	57	17.52	2.29	45.73
1962	6	4	74	29	18.50	—	—	3	—	12	33	21.78	2.70	48.39
1961	4	6	60	25	10.00	—	—	1	—	7	20	26.45	3.21	49.40
1960	10	16	185	37	14.23	—	—	6	—	18	46	22.97	2.63	52.30
1959	10	14	178	36	13.69	—	—	1	—	19	38	20.57	2.31	53.44
1958	5	4	52	39	17.33	—	—	3	—	10	15	17.06	1.94	52.73
1957	5	4	89	36	89.00	—	8	4	—	10	22	20.68	2.62	47.31
1956	2	3	9	7	3.00	—	1	0	—	4	9	20.44	2.45	50.00
1955	1	2	8	6	N/A	—	—	0	—	2	2	56.00	3.20	105.00
1954	3	4	38	19	12.66	—	—	1	—	6	9	46.66	3.15	88.88
1953	1	1	10	10	10.00	—	—	0	—	2	4	22.50	3.39	39.75
1952	4	2	17	17	17.00	—	—	1	—	7	29	13.31	3.22	24.75

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1952-06-05
First available scorecard
Test v India · Leeds
1952-07-17
Best recorded bowling · 8/31
Test v India · Manchester
1958-08-21
Highest recorded innings · 39* runs
Test v New Zealand · The Oval
1965-06-17
Latest available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Lord's