Batting Highest Career Batting Average IN England

Highest averages in 1920s in FC IN England

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
JB Hobbs (/ENG/SUR)	1921-1929	19	24	2	1453	211	66.04	0+	-	4	8	-	67+	0+
H Sutcliffe (/ENG/NORTH/YOR)	1921-1929	25	33	6	1712	161	63.40	0+	-	6	8	-	38+	1+
CP Mead (/ENG/HAM)	1921-1926	7	12	2	609	182*	60.90	-	-	2	2	-	44+	0+
H Ashton (CambU/ENGXI/ESS/MCC/SOUTH)	1921-1927	19	28	5	1366	164*	59.39	0+	-	3	10	2	75+	0+
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1926-1926	27	34	5	1672	201	57.65	0+	-	8	6	3	43+	0+
CG Macartney (AUS)	1921-1926	58	74	6	3878	345	57.02	0+	-	14	11	5	373+	4+
FE Woolley (/ENG/ENGXI/KEN)	1921-1929	22	28	2	1446	154	55.61	0+	-	2	10	2	73+	6+
WR Hammond (ENG/GLO)	1920-1929	13	21	4	939	174*	55.23	-	-	5	2	3	0+	0+
W Bardsley (AUS)	1921-1926	57	74	7	3429	209	51.17	1+	-	13	14	4	273+	2+
CAF Fiddian-Green (CambU/WAR)	1921-1926	14	20	4	749	120	46.81	-	-	3	2	-	1+	0+
G Challenor (WI)	1923-1928	23	41	5	1657	155*	46.02	-	-	6	8	2	-	0+
RH Catterall (SA)	1924-1929	10	17	1	727	120	45.43	6+	-	2	5	3	15+	3
DR Jardine (ENG/ENGXI/OxUni/SOUTH/SUR)	1921-1928	12	16	3	545	104	41.92	-	-	1	2	-	14+	0+
EH Hendren (/ENG/ENGXI/MCC/MID/SOUTH)	1921-1929	32	44	6	1590	206*	41.84	0+	-	5	5	4	77+	2+
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1921-1921	30	37	8	1213	182*	41.82	0+	-	3	4	4	137	1
HW Taylor (SA)	1924-1929	8	12	2	418	121	41.80	-	-	1	3	-	0+	2
GE Tyldesley (/ENG/LAN)	1920-1929	17	25	3	904	122	41.09	-	-	3	4	1	47+	2+
WH Ponsford (AUS)	1926-1926	21	26	4	901	144	40.95	-	-	3	2	-	0+	0+
GTS Stevens (/ENG/MCC/MID/OxUni/SOUTH)	1921-1926	18	30	2	1098	182	39.21	-	-	2	7	3	4+	1+
JWH Makepeace (LAN)	1920-1926	7	14	1	502	111	38.61	-	-	1	2	1	1+	0+
G Brown (ENG/HAM/MCC)	1921-1926	9	17	1	616	172	38.50	-	-	1	3	3	47+	0+
AE Dipper (ENG/GLO)	1920-1928	9	17	2	552	126*	36.80	-	-	1	2	-	24+	0+
TC Lowry (CambU/NZ/SOM)	1921-1927	9	17	2	547	106	36.46	-	-	1	4	-	11+	0+
JM Gregory (AUS)	1921-1926	53	63	8	1978	130*	35.96	0+	-	5	9	5	169+	13+
M Leyland (ENG/YOR)	1926-1929	8	10	1	323	102	35.88	0+	-	1	2	2	0+	1+
TJE Andrews (AUS)	1921-1926	58	78	9	2446	164	35.44	0+	-	2	16	5	128+	2+
J Ryder (AUS)	1921-1926	51	64	13	1791	124*	35.11	0+	-	4	5	2	76+	0+
HW Lee (MCC/MID/SOUTH)	1921-1929	12	20	2	600	124	33.33	-	-	2	2	2	10+	0+
AJ Richardson (AUS)	1926-1926	25	30	8	728	100	33.09	0+	-	1	4	1	30+	2+
ER Mayne (AUS)	1921-1921	13	15	1	457	157*	32.64	0+	-	1	2	1	57	1
Lord Tennyson (ENG/ENGXI/HAM)	1921-1926	9	14	2	391	74*	32.58	0+	-	-	3	-	33+	0+
JL Ellis (AUS)	1926-1926	13	15	5	322	43	32.20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
WWH Hill-Wood (CambU)	1921-1922	12	17	1	515	81	32.18	-	-	-	3	-	5+	0+
JWHT Douglas (/ENG/ESS/MCC)	1921-1927	14	20	5	476	75	31.73	0+	-	-	2	1	23+	0+
HSTL Hendry (AUS)	1921-1926	30	35	8	849	81	31.44	0+	-	-	8	3	59+	0+
A Sandham (/ENG/SOUTH/SUR)	1921-1928	13	19	-	596	195	31.36	0+	-	1	3	2	17+	0+
MP Fernandes (WI)	1923-1928	12	21	4	531	110	31.23	-	-	1	2	2	-	0+
C Hallows (ENG/LAN/NORTH)	1920-1929	11	20	3	515	85	30.29	-	-	-	2	2	12+	0+
APF Chapman (/CambU/ENG/ENGXI/KEN/MCC/SOUTH)	1921-1928	30	39	6	997	102*	30.21	0+	-	1	6	4	16+	2+
MD Lyon (CambU/MCC/SOM)	1921-1927	15	20	3	513	136	30.17	0+	-	2	1	2	0+	0+
HL Collins (AUS)	1921-1926	46	59	1	1732	162	29.86	0+	-	3	9	5	107+	2+
VWC Jupp (/ENG/ENGXI/NOR/NORTH/SUS)	1921-1928	13	18	2	471	76	29.43	-	-	-	3	-	22+	0+
JA Small (WI)	1923-1928	20	31	2	830	94	28.62	0+	-	-	8	5	0+	0+
MW Tate (/ENG/SOUTH/SUS)	1921-1929	23	28	3	692	100*	27.68	0+	-	1	3	-	16+	5+
AG Doggart (CambU)	1921-1922	14	19	-	519	116	27.31	0+	-	1	2	3	18+	0+
HO Hopkins (OxUni/WOR)	1922-1926	9	16	1	407	142*	27.13	-	-	1	1	3	-	-
WW Whysall (ENGXI/NORTH/NOT)	1921-1926	6	11	1	267	82	26.70	-	-	-	2	1	3+	0+
JM Taylor (AUS)	1921-1926	54	71	4	1779	143	26.55	0+	-	1	10	6	122+	2+
P Holmes (/ENG/ENGXI/NORTH/YOR)	1921-1926	9	13	-	344	50	26.46	0+	-	-	1	-	10+	0+
HBG Austin (WI)	1923-1923	11	16	2	360	76	25.71	-	-	-	2	2	-	-
WG Quaife (WAR)	1921-1926	7	12	3	229	46	25.44	-	-	-	-	-	10+	0+
CE Pellew (AUS)	1921-1921	27	37	3	848	146	24.94	-	-	2	2	-	109	3
TF Shepherd (SUR)	1921-1928	7	12	1	266	53	24.18	-	-	-	3	-	2+	0+
WE Astill (ENGXI/LEI/MCC)	1921-1926	6	11	2	215	62	23.88	-	-	-	1	1	2+	0+
EH Bowley (ENG/SOUTH/SUS)	1921-1929	9	17	-	399	69	23.47	-	-	-	1	1	9+	0+
JW Hitch (/ENG/SUR)	1921-1922	6	12	2	232	52	23.20	-	-	-	2	1	22+	1+
CH Knott (KEN/OxUni)	1922-1926	9	14	2	276	105*	23.00	-	-	1	1	1	-	-
HG Deane (SA)	1924-1929	10	15	1	321	93	22.92	0+	-	-	1	1	0+	0
FR Santall (WAR)	1921-1926	6	10	-	227	84	22.70	-	-	-	1	3	8+	0+
RL Holdsworth (OxUni/SUS/WAR)	1921-1926	12	22	3	427	57*	22.47	-	-	-	1	1	11+	0+
GO Shelmerdine (CambU)	1922-1922	12	15	2	289	81*	22.23	0+	-	-	2	2	0+	0+
KG Blaikie (OxUni/SOM)	1921-1922	6	10	-	221	65	22.10	-	-	-	1	1	0+	0+
GOB Allen (/CambU/MCC/MID)	1922-1929	17	19	5	305	104*	21.78	0+	-	1	-	1	0+	0+
CT Ashton (CambU/ENGXI/ESS)	1921-1926	17	24	3	456	92	21.71	0+	-	-	3	5	8+	0+
JW Hearne (/ENG/MCC/MID)	1921-1929	16	22	1	453	67	21.57	0+	-	-	2	-	15+	0+
PH Tarilton (WI)	1923-1923	17	28	2	554	109*	21.30	0+	-	1	3	4	0+	0+
WAS Oldfield (AUS)	1921-1926	39	41	10	660	123	21.29	0+	-	1	-	5	43+	0+
AW Carr (ENG/MCC/NORTH/NOT)	1921-1929	13	16	-	339	123	21.18	0+	-	1	-	1	5+	0+
BH Lyon (GLO/OxUni)	1922-1928	10	18	-	379	75	21.05	-	-	-	2	4	-	-
Hon.FSG Calthorpe (ENGXI/MCC/WAR)	1921-1927	8	12	-	252	70	21.00	-	-	-	1	2	2+	0+
H Carter (AUS)	1921-1921	17	18	1	355	57	20.88	0+	-	-	1	2	47	1
HAW Bowell (HAM)	1921-1926	5	10	-	207	46	20.70	-	-	-	-	1	1+	0+
EP Hewetson (OxUni/WAR)	1922-1926	7	10	3	139	37*	19.85	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
J O'Connor (ENG/ESS)	1921-1929	6	10	1	172	65	19.11	-	-	-	1	2	0+	0+
DJ Knight (/ENG/MCC/SUR)	1921-1921	6	11	-	210	69	19.09	-	-	-	1	-	11+	0+
RK Nunes (WI)	1923-1928	18	30	1	542	89	18.68	-	-	-	3	2	-	0+
EJ Smith (ENGXI/NORTH/WAR)	1921-1926	7	10	-	183	41	18.30	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0+
PGH Fender (/ENG/SOUTH/SUR)	1921-1929	16	24	2	400	57	18.18	0+	-	-	2	3	19+	0+
G Duckworth (ENG/LAN)	1923-1929	9	10	4	109	21	18.16	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	0+
RHB Bettington (OxUni)	1921-1923	11	18	2	290	36	18.12	-	-	-	-	2	4+	0+
FH Barnard (OxUni)	1922-1923	9	15	1	251	61	17.92	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
WJ Abel (SUR)	1921-1923	6	12	-	214	63	17.83	-	-	-	1	1	2+	0+
AP Freeman (ENG/ENGXI/KEN)	1921-1929	10	10	4	106	25*	17.66	0+	-	-	-	1	0+	0+
AS Kennedy (HAM/MCC)	1921-1926	7	12	1	194	74	17.63	-	-	-	1	3	7+	0+
JC White (/ENG/SOM)	1921-1929	9	14	4	172	35	17.20	-	-	-	-	1	8+	0+
RK Tyldesley (ENG/LAN)	1920-1929	12	16	2	233	53	16.64	0+	-	-	1	2	0+	0+
HW Ince (WI)	1923-1923	16	26	3	381	46*	16.56	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
HR Murrell (MID)	1921-1926	7	10	-	165	70	16.50	-	-	-	2	4	3+	0+
LP Hedges (GLO/KEN/OxUni)	1921-1926	13	22	-	359	69	16.31	-	-	-	2	4	1+	0+
FT Mann (/MID)	1921-1926	8	13	1	194	101*	16.16	-	-	1	-	1	1+	0+
LN Constantine (WI)	1923-1928	23	37	4	514	77	15.57	-	-	-	2	8	-	1+
RC Robertson-Glasgow (OxUni/SOM)	1921-1926	12	17	7	155	48	15.50	0+	-	-	-	-	2+	0+
JK Holt (WI)	1923-1923	12	19	-	293	56	15.42	-	-	-	2	4	-	-
VR Price (OxUni)	1921-1922	8	14	1	194	76*	14.92	-	-	-	1	4	0+	0+
W Rhodes (/ENG/YOR)	1921-1926	11	15	-	219	63	14.60	0+	-	-	1	1	11+	0+
H Larwood (ENG/ENGXI/NORTH/NOT)	1925-1929	11	14	4	144	35	14.40	0+	-	-	-	3	0+	0+
A Ducat (ENG/SUR)	1921-1928	7	14	-	197	55	14.07	-	-	-	1	1	8+	0+
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1926-1926	24	21	2	263	41	13.84	0+	-	-	-	5	0+	0+
HA Peach (SUR)	1921-1928	7	11	-	151	42	13.72	0+	-	-	-	2	7+	0+
AER Gilligan (/ENG/SOUTH/SUS)	1921-1926	12	18	2	219	36	13.68	0+	-	-	-	4	8+	1+

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

Minimum of 10 innings
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Victoria vs New South Wales at Melbourne, Sheffield Shield , Dec 26-31, 1929 [First-class]

Queensland vs South Australia at Adelaide, Sheffield Shield , Dec 25-30, 1929 [First-class]

New South Wales vs South Australia at Adelaide, Sheffield Shield , Dec 19-24, 1929 [First-class]