CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Sydney Barnes
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
SB
27Internationals
242Career runs
0Centuries
189Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 27
- Innings
- 39
- Runs
- 242
- Average
- 8.06
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 38*
- Not outs
- 9
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 8
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- 0
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 27
- Innings
- 50
- Balls
- 7,873
- Maidens
- 356
- Runs conceded
- 3,106
- Wickets
- 189
- Average
- 16.43
- Economy
- 2.36
- Strike rate
- 41.65
- Best innings
- 9/103
- Best match
- 17/159
- 4 wickets
- 2
- 5 wickets
- 24
- 10 wickets
- 7
Fielding
- Matches
- 27
- Innings
- 52
- Catches
- 12
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 12
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 12
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.230
- Best innings
- 2 (2ct 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1914-02-14 | England v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
| 1914-01-01 | England v South Africa | Test | England won by 91 runs |
| 1913-12-26 | England v South Africa | Test | England won by inns & 12 runs |
| 1913-12-13 | England v South Africa | Test | England won by inns & 157 runs |
| 1912-08-19 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 244 runs |
| 1912-08-12 | England v South Africa | Test | England won by 10 wickets |
| 1912-07-29 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1912-07-08 | England v South Africa | Test | England won by 174 runs |
| 1912-06-24 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1912-06-10 | England v South Africa | Test | England won by inns & 62 runs |
| 1912-02-23 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 70 runs |
| 1912-02-09 | Australia v England | Test | England won by inns & 225 runs |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 9 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4.50 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 4 | 22 | 12.36 | 2.34 | 31.59 |
| 1913 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 27 | 9.77 | 2.39 | 24.48 |
| 1912 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 15 | 6.00 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 15 | 61 | 14.14 | 2.35 | 36.08 |
| 1911 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 8.00 | 46.15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 4 | 12 | 26.58 | 2.65 | 60.08 |
| 1909 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 17 | 20.00 | 2.18 | 54.88 |
| 1908 | 4 | 8 | 109 | 38 | 18.16 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 8 | 21 | 23.28 | 2.20 | 63.23 |
| 1907 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6.00 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 3 | 45.66 | 2.63 | 104.00 |
| 1902 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 3.60 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 5 | 20 | 14.15 | 2.37 | 35.75 |
| 1901 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 26 | N/A | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 2 | 6 | 23.16 | 2.71 | 51.16 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Sydney
- First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Australia · Sydney
- Highest recorded innings · 38* runs
Test v Australia · Melbourne
- Best recorded bowling · 9/103
Test v South Africa · Johannesburg
- Latest available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Durban