PLAYER CAREER

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International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1931–1939

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	39	44	27	29	1931-07-29	1939-06-24

40Internationals

669Career runs

0Centuries

144Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 40
Innings: 44
Runs: 669
Average: 20.90
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 66*
Not outs: 12
100s: 0
50s: 3
Ducks: 4
4s: —
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 40
Innings: 73
Balls: 11,173
Maidens: 604
Runs conceded: 3,510
Wickets: 144
Average: 24.37
Economy: 1.88
Strike rate: 77.59
Best innings: 8/43
Best match: 15/104
4 wickets: 9
5 wickets: 5
10 wickets: 2

Fielding

Matches: 40
Innings: 75
Catches: 30
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 30
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 30
Dismissals / inns: 0.400
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1939-06-24	England v West Indies	Test	England won by 8 wickets
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
1938-12-31	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1938-12-24	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1938-08-20	Australia v England	Test	England won by inns & 579 runs
1938-07-22	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 5 wickets
1938-07-08	Australia v England	Test	No result
1938-06-24	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1938-06-10	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1937-06-26	England v New Zealand	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

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

19322 runs
1933157 runs
1934200 runs
193542 runs
193698 runs
193752 runs
1938107 runs
193911 runs

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

19314 wickets
19320 wickets
193323 wickets
193443 wickets
193512 wickets
193619 wickets
19378 wickets
193823 wickets
193912 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 9 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1939	4	2	11	8	5.50	—	0	—	—	7	12	37.08	1.61	137.58
1938	6	8	107	29	17.83	—	0	—	—	12	23	22.39	1.73	77.39
1937	4	7	52	19	8.66	—	0	3	—	7	8	51.50	1.76	175.12
1936	5	6	98	66	32.66	—	1	—	—	9	19	18.52	1.94	57.10
1935	4	4	42	17	10.50	—	0	—	—	7	12	20.83	1.45	86.00
1934	7	9	200	60	40.00	—	2	—	—	13	43	20.20	2.27	53.32
1933	7	7	157	45	31.40	—	0	—	—	14	23	23.13	1.96	70.47
1932	1	1	2	2	2.00	13.33	0	0	15	2	0	N/A	2.94	N/A
1931	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	2	4	21.25	2.45	52.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1931-07-29
First available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · The Oval
1933-02-23
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Australia · Sydney
1934-06-22
Best recorded bowling · 8/43
Test v Australia · Lord's
1936-07-25
Highest recorded innings · 66* runs
Test v India · Manchester
1939-06-24
Latest available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Lord's