PLAYER CAREER

Bill Ponsford

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

Australia1924–1934

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	29	48	28	40	1924-12-19	1934-08-18

29Internationals

2,122Career runs

7Centuries

—Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 29
Innings: 48
Runs: 2,122
Average: 48.22
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 266
Not outs: 4
100s: 7
50s: 6
Ducks: 1
4s: —
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 29
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: 29
Innings: 55
Catches: 21
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 21
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 21
Dismissals / inns: 0.381
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1934-08-18	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 562 runs
1934-07-20	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1934-07-06	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1934-06-08	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 238 runs
1933-02-10	Australia v England	Test	England won by 6 wickets
1933-01-13	Australia v England	Test	England won by 338 runs
1932-12-02	Australia v England	Test	England won by 10 wickets
1932-01-29	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 10 wickets
1931-12-31	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 169 runs
1931-12-18	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by inns & 155 runs
1931-11-27	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by inns & 163 runs
1931-02-27	Australia v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 30 runs

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

1924137 runs
1925331 runs
192637 runs
192813 runs
1930446 runs
1931416 runs
193266 runs
1933107 runs
1934569 runs

Exact yearly figures · 9 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	BF	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1934	4	7	569	266	94.83	49.30	2	1	—	1,154	N/A	N/A	N/A
1933	2	4	107	85	26.75	39.92	0	1	10	268	N/A	N/A	N/A
1932	2	4	66	32	22.00	—	0	0	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1931	7	9	416	183	46.22	—	2	0	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1930	5	8	446	110	63.71	—	1	3	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1928	2	3	13	6	6.50	27.65	0	0	1	47	N/A	N/A	N/A
1926	2	3	37	23	12.33	—	0	0	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1925	4	8	331	128	41.37	—	1	1	18	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1924	1	2	137	110	68.50	41.89	1	0	11	327	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.

1924-12-19
First available scorecard
Test v England · Sydney
1924-12-19
First century in this archive · 110 runs
Test v England · Sydney
1934-08-18
Highest recorded innings · 266 runs
Test v England · The Oval
1934-08-18
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · The Oval