PLAYER CAREER

Jimmy Sinclair

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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South Africa1896–1911

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	25	47	12	27	1896-02-13	1911-03-03

25Internationals

1,069Career runs

3Centuries

63Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 25
Innings: 47
Runs: 1,069
Average: 23.23
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 106
Not outs: 1
100s: 3
50s: 3
Ducks: 7
4s: —
6s: 16
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 25
Innings: 41
Balls: 3,598
Maidens: 110
Runs conceded: 1,996
Wickets: 63
Average: 31.68
Economy: 3.32
Strike rate: 57.11
Best innings: 6/26
Best match: 9/89
4 wickets: 4
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 25
Innings: 46
Catches: 9
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 9
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 9
Dismissals / inns: 0.195
Best innings: 1 (1ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1911-03-03	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 7 wickets
1911-02-17	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 530 runs
1911-01-07	Australia v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 38 runs
1910-12-31	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 89 runs
1910-12-09	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by inns & 114 runs
1910-03-11	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 9 wickets
1910-03-07	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 4 wickets
1910-01-21	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 95 runs
1910-01-01	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 19 runs
1907-08-19	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1907-07-29	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 53 runs
1907-07-01	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn

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

1896103 runs
1899200 runs
1902286 runs
1906160 runs
190767 runs
1910172 runs
191181 runs

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

18968 wickets
18999 wickets
19029 wickets
190621 wickets
19074 wickets
19106 wickets
19116 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 7 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
1911	3	6	81	29	13.50	65.32	0	0	9	1	124	6	6	62.33	3.50	106.83
1910	6	12	172	58	15.63	—	0	1	—	3	—	9	6	53.00	3.43	92.66
1907	3	5	67	28	13.40	—	0	0	—	0	—	4	4	21.25	2.46	51.75
1906	5	8	160	66	20.00	—	0	1	17	3	—	10	21	19.90	2.35	50.71
1902	3	6	286	104	47.66	—	2	0	—	9	—	6	9	52.11	5.39	58.00
1899	2	4	200	106	50.00	—	1	1	—	0	—	2	9	9.88	2.46	24.11
1896	3	6	103	40	17.16	—	0	0	—	0	—	4	8	30.37	3.73	48.75

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1896-02-13
First available scorecard
Test v England · Gqeberha
1899-04-01
Best recorded bowling · 6/26
Test v England · Cape Town
1899-04-01
Highest recorded innings · 106 runs
Test v England · Cape Town
1911-03-03
Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · Sydney