PLAYER CAREER

John Watkins

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

South Africa1949–1957

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	27	0	16	1949-12-24	1957-01-01

15Internationals

612Career runs

0Centuries

29Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 15
Innings: 27
Runs: 612
Average: 23.53
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 92
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 3
Ducks: 2
4s: —
6s: 1
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 15
Innings: 27
Balls: 2,805
Maidens: 134
Runs conceded: 816
Wickets: 29
Average: 28.13
Economy: 1.74
Strike rate: 96.72
Best innings: 4/22
Best match: 6/88
4 wickets: 3
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 15
Innings: 28
Catches: 12
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 12
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 12
Dismissals / inns: 0.428
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1957-01-01	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 312 runs
1956-12-24	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 131 runs
1954-02-05	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 5 wickets
1954-01-29	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 9 wickets
1953-12-11	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by inns & 58 runs
1953-03-13	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1953-03-06	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by inns & 180 runs
1953-02-06	Australia v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 6 wickets
1953-01-24	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1953-01-09	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by inns & 38 runs
1952-12-24	Australia v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 82 runs
1952-12-05	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 96 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

194980 runs
19507 runs
195248 runs
1953389 runs
195464 runs
195617 runs
19577 runs

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

19493 wickets
19500 wickets
19526 wickets
195313 wickets
19547 wickets
19560 wickets
19570 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 7 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
1957	1	2	7	7	7.00	—	0	1	0	—	1	0	N/A	3.45	N/A
1956	1	2	17	9	8.50	—	0	1	0	—	2	0	N/A	1.76	N/A
1954	2	3	64	45	21.33	—	0	—	0	—	4	7	12.14	1.30	56.00
1953	6	10	389	92	38.90	—	3	—	1	—	11	13	28.53	1.65	103.76
1952	2	4	48	25	12.00	—	0	4	0	—	4	6	22.83	1.55	88.00
1950	1	2	7	5	3.50	—	0	—	0	—	2	0	N/A	1.42	N/A
1949	2	4	80	36	20.00	—	0	—	0	—	3	3	41.66	2.84	88.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1949-12-24
First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Johannesburg
1953-02-06
Highest recorded innings · 92 runs
Test v Australia · Melbourne
1953-03-06
Best recorded bowling · 4/22
Test v New Zealand · Wellington
1957-01-01
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Cape Town