PLAYER CAREER

Les Ames

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1929–1939

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	46	72	29	38	1929-08-17	1939-03-03

47Internationals

2,434Career runs

8Centuries

—Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 47
Innings: 72
Runs: 2,434
Average: 40.56
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 149
Not outs: 12
100s: 8
50s: 7
Ducks: 5
4s: —
6s: 6
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 47
Innings: —
Balls: —
Maidens: —
Runs conceded: —
Wickets: —
Average: N/A
Economy: N/A
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: —
5 wickets: —
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 47
Innings: 87
Catches: 74
Stumpings: 23
Dismissals: 97
Keeper catches: 72
Fielder catches: 2
Dismissals / inns: 1.114
Best innings: 4 (4ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
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
1938-06-24	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1938-06-10	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1937-08-14	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1937-07-24	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by 130 runs
1937-06-26	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1937-02-26	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by inns & 200 runs
1937-01-29	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 148 runs

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

19290 runs
1930417 runs
1931195 runs
193277 runs
1933403 runs
1934261 runs
1935355 runs
193662 runs
1937190 runs
1938295 runs
1939179 runs

Exact yearly figures · 11 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1939	3	5	179	84	59.66	—	0	1	—	0	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1938	4	6	295	115	59.00	—	1	1	—	0	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1937	6	11	190	52	21.11	—	0	1	—	0	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1936	2	3	62	29	20.66	26.95	0	0	6	0	230	N/A	N/A	N/A
1935	8	13	355	148	32.27	—	2	0	—	2	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1934	5	7	261	120	43.50	32.54	1	1	—	0	802	N/A	N/A	N/A
1933	8	10	403	103	50.37	—	1	2	—	2	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1932	3	5	77	65	15.40	—	0	1	—	0	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1931	2	3	195	137	97.50	—	1	0	—	2	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1930	4	8	417	149	59.57	—	2	0	—	0	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1929	1	1	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1929-08-17
First available scorecard
Test v South Africa · The Oval
1930-02-01
First century in this archive · 105 runs
Test v West Indies · Port of Spain
1930-04-03
Highest recorded innings · 149 runs
Test v West Indies · Kingston
1939-03-03
Latest available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Durban