PLAYER CAREER

Ken Viljoen

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

South Africa1930–1949

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	27	50	0	23	1930-12-24	1949-03-05

27Internationals

1,365Career runs

2Centuries

0Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 27
Innings: 50
Runs: 1,365
Average: 28.43
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 124
Not outs: 2
100s: 2
50s: 9
Ducks: 5
4s: —
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 27
Innings: 2
Balls: 48
Maidens: 1
Runs conceded: 23
Wickets: 0
Average: N/A
Economy: 2.87
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 27
Innings: 46
Catches: 5
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 5
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 5
Dismissals / inns: 0.108
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1949-03-05	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 3 wickets
1949-02-12	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1947-08-16	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1947-07-26	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 10 wickets
1947-07-05	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 7 wickets
1947-06-21	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 10 wickets
1947-06-07	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
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
1938-12-24	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1936-02-28	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by inns & 6 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

193051 runs
1931245 runs
193299 runs
1935285 runs
1936158 runs
193850 runs
1939142 runs
1947270 runs
194965 runs

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

19300 wickets
19310 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 9 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1949	2	3	65	63	21.66	—	0	1	—	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1947	5	10	270	93	30.00	—	0	2	—	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1939	3	5	142	74	28.40	—	0	2	—	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1938	1	1	50	50	50.00	—	0	1	—	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1936	3	6	158	56	26.33	—	0	1	—	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1935	5	9	285	124	31.66	—	1	1	—	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1932	3	6	99	81	19.80	—	0	1	—	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1931	4	8	245	111	30.62	—	1	0	—	—	1	N/A	3.25	N/A
1930	1	2	51	44	25.50	—	0	0	6	—	1	N/A	2.50	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1930-12-24
First available scorecard
Test v England · Johannesburg
1931-12-31
First century in this archive · 111 runs
Test v Australia · Melbourne
1935-07-27
Highest recorded innings · 124 runs
Test v England · Manchester
1949-03-05
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Gqeberha