PLAYER CAREER

Norman Gordon

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

South Africa1938–1939

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	5	6	1	5	1938-12-24	1939-03-03

5Internationals

8Career runs

0Centuries

20Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 5
Innings: 6
Runs: 8
Average: 2.00
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 7*
Not outs: 2
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 3
4s: —
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 5
Innings: 8
Balls: 1,966
Maidens: 28
Runs conceded: 807
Wickets: 20
Average: 40.35
Economy: 2.46
Strike rate: 98.30
Best innings: 5/103
Best match: 7/162
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 2
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 5
Innings: 8
Catches: 1
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 1
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 1
Dismissals / inns: 0.125
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

5 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

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

19380 runs
19398 runs

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

193812 wickets
19398 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 2 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
1939	3	4	8	7	4.00	—	0	0	—	0	—	5	8	61.00	2.31	158.25
1938	2	2	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0	—	3	12	26.58	2.73	58.33

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1938-12-24
Best recorded bowling · 5/103
Test v England · Johannesburg
1938-12-24
First available scorecard
Test v England · Johannesburg
1939-03-03
Highest recorded innings · 7* runs
Test v England · Durban
1939-03-03
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Durban