PLAYER CAREER

William Bruce

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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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	14	26	0	14	1885-01-01	1895-03-01

14Internationals

702Career runs

0Centuries

12Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 14
Innings: 26
Runs: 702
Average: 29.25
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 80
Not outs: 2
100s: 0
50s: 5
Ducks: 1
4s: —
6s: 2
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 14
Innings: 15
Balls: 988
Maidens: 72
Runs conceded: 440
Wickets: 12
Average: 36.66
Economy: 2.67
Strike rate: 82.33
Best innings: 3/88
Best match: 3/92
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 14
Innings: 24
Catches: 12
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 12
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 12
Dismissals / inns: 0.500
Best innings: 3 (3ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1895-03-01	Australia v England	Test	England won by 6 wickets
1895-02-01	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by inns & 147 runs
1895-01-11	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 382 runs
1894-12-29	Australia v England	Test	England won by 94 runs
1893-08-24	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1893-08-14	Australia v England	Test	England won by inns & 43 runs
1893-07-17	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1892-03-24	Australia v England	Test	England won by inns & 230 runs
1892-01-29	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 72 runs
1892-01-01	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 54 runs
1886-08-12	Australia v England	Test	England won by inns & 217 runs
1886-07-05	Australia v England	Test	England won by 4 wickets

Australia

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

188598 runs
188622 runs
1892226 runs
1893159 runs
189458 runs
1895139 runs

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

18856 wickets
18860 wickets
18920 wickets
18935 wickets
18941 wickets
18950 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 6 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1895	3	5	139	80	27.80	—	1	—	0	—	2	0	N/A	2.12	N/A
1894	1	2	58	54	29.00	—	1	—	0	—	1	1	21.00	5.25	24.00
1893	3	5	159	68	39.75	—	1	—	0	—	5	5	31.20	2.63	71.00
1892	3	6	226	72	37.66	—	2	—	0	—	2	0	N/A	3.08	N/A
1886	2	4	22	11	5.50	—	0	—	0	—	2	0	N/A	1.68	N/A
1885	2	4	98	45	32.66	—	0	4	2	—	3	6	31.83	2.69	70.83

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1885-01-01
Best recorded bowling · 3/88
Test v England · Melbourne
1885-01-01
First available scorecard
Test v England · Melbourne
1895-01-11
Highest recorded innings · 80 runs
Test v England · Adelaide
1895-03-01
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Melbourne