Best bowling figures in an innings in 1920s in FC
Best bowling figures in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Econ | Team | Innings in match | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 19.0 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 2.10 | Derbyshire | 3 | v Glamorgan | Cardiff | 18 Jun 1921 | First-class | |
| 25.3 | 10 | 40 | 10 | 1.56 | Middlesex | 1 | v Lancashire | Lord's | 15 Jun 1929 | First-class | |
| 28.4 | 5 | 66 | 10 | 2.30 | Australians | 3 | v Gloucs | Cheltenham | 20 Aug 1921 | First-class | |
| 37.0 | 10 | 86 | 9 | 2.32 | Australians | 2 | v Lancashire | Liverpool | 14 Jul 1926 | First-class | |
| 47.0 | 8 | 121 | 9 | 2.57 | Australia | 3 | v England | Melbourne | 11 Feb 1921 | Test # 138 | |
| 17.0 | 4 | 41 | 8 | 2.41 | Australians | 1 | v Leics | Leicester | 30 Apr 1921 | First-class | |
| 21.7 | 5 | 57 | 8 | 1.95 | South Aust | 3 | v NSW | Adelaide | 16 Dec 1927 | First-class | |
| 19.0 | 5 | 62 | 8 | 3.26 | Australians | 1 | v Lancashire | Liverpool | 3 Aug 1921 | First-class | |
| 19.7 | 3 | 81 | 8 | 3.05 | NSW | 2 | v South Aust | Sydney | 3 Dec 1920 | First-class | |
| 27.3 | 7 | 83 | 8 | 3.01 | Australians | 3 | v Notts | Nottingham | 3 Jul 1926 | First-class | |
| 21.2 | - | 84 | 8 | 2.96 | Victoria | 4 | v NSW | Sydney | 26 Jan 1922 | First-class | |
| 19.1 | 1 | 86 | 8 | 3.37 | Victoria | 3 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 15 Feb 1924 | First-class | |
| 31.4 | 7 | 99 | 8 | 3.12 | Lancashire | 1 | v Cambridge U | Cambridge | 10 May 1922 | First-class | |
| 47.5 | 13 | 120 | 8 | 2.50 | Surrey | 2 | v Cambridge U | The Oval | 21 Jun 1922 | First-class | |
| 64.5 | 21 | 126 | 8 | 1.94 | England | 4 | v Australia | Adelaide | 1 Feb 1929 | Test # 179 | |
| 7.0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0.85 | Yorkshire | 3 | v Sussex | Hull | 8 Jul 1922 | First-class | |
| 8.4 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 1.85 | NSW | 2 | v Victoria | Sydney | 26 Jan 1927 | First-class | |
| 19.0 | 5 | 29 | 7 | 1.52 | South Africa | 3 | v England | Durban | 4 Feb 1928 | Test # 172 | |
| 10.1 | 3 | 30 | 7 | 2.95 | Gloucs | 2 | v Middlesex | Bristol | 23 Aug 1924 | First-class | |
| 17.0 | 5 | 31 | 7 | 1.82 | Australians | 2 | v Somerset | Taunton | 24 Aug 1921 | First-class | |
| 10.6 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 2.30 | Victoria | 2 | v Queensland | Melbourne | 14 Dec 1928 | First-class | |
| 12.5 | 3 | 34 | 7 | 2.01 | NSW | 3 | v Victoria | Sydney | 24 Jan 1920 | First-class | |
| 11.0 | 1 | 36 | 7 | 2.45 | Australians | 3 | v Canterbury | Christchurch | 11 Mar 1921 | First-class | |
| 13.4 | 3 | 37 | 7 | 2.70 | Australians | 3 | v Cambridge U | Cambridge | 1 Jun 1921 | First-class | |
| 14.2 | 2 | 40 | 7 | 2.79 | Glamorgan | 2 | v West Indians | Cardiff | 4 Aug 1923 | First-class | |
| 16.2 | 3 | 40 | 7 | 2.44 | Glamorgan | 1 | v Gloucs | Cheltenham | 12 Jun 1926 | First-class | |
| 28.0 | 11 | 42 | 7 | 1.50 | North | 2 | v Australians | Birmingham | 2 Jun 1926 | First-class | |
| 15.5 | 5 | 47 | 7 | 2.25 | Australians | 1 | v Auckland | Auckland | 18 Feb 1921 | First-class | |
| 21.2 | 6 | 52 | 7 | 2.43 | Australians | 4 | v Comb Srvcs | Portsmouth | 14 May 1921 | First-class | |
| 23.0 | 9 | 52 | 7 | 2.26 | West Indians | 1 | v Glamorgan | Cardiff | 4 Aug 1923 | First-class | |
| 22.5 | 4 | 52 | 7 | 2.27 | Hindus | 2 | v Euro (India) | Lahore | 18 Mar 1924 | First-class | |
| 18.2 | 10 | 55 | 7 | 3.00 | Australians | 3 | v Somerset | Taunton | 24 Aug 1921 | First-class | |
| 37.3 | 12 | 63 | 7 | 1.68 | South Africa | 4 | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1923 | Test # 149 | |
| 21.0 | 3 | 65 | 7 | 2.32 | Australians | 3 | v Wellington | Wellington | 11 Feb 1921 | First-class | |
| 18.0 | 2 | 66 | 7 | 2.75 | South Aust | 2 | v NSW | Sydney | 6 Jan 1922 | First-class | |
| 25.5 | 7 | 67 | 7 | 2.59 | Australians | 1 | v Gloucs | Cheltenham | 7 Aug 1926 | First-class | |
| 37.2 | 11 | 69 | 7 | 1.84 | Lancashire | 1 | v Gloucs | Cheltenham | 18 Aug 1920 | First-class | |
| 20.0 | 1 | 69 | 7 | 3.45 | Australia | 2 | v England | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1920 | Test # 136 | |
| 25.5 | 4 | 70 | 7 | 2.70 | Notts | 3 | v Surrey | Nottingham | 14 May 1921 | First-class | |
| 27.3 | 7 | 70 | 7 | 2.54 | England | 1 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 | |
| 22.0 | 5 | 71 | 7 | 2.42 | Victoria | 1 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 13 Nov 1925 | First-class | |
| 32.0 | 12 | 71 | 7 | 2.21 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Manchester | 27 Jul 1929 | Test # 184 | |
| 31.2 | 8 | 73 | 7 | 2.32 | Hampshire | 4 | v Oxford Uni | Oxford | 10 May 1922 | First-class | |
| 29.1 | 9 | 74 | 7 | 2.53 | Australians | 1 | v Lancashire | Manchester | 19 Jun 1926 | First-class | |
| 23.5 | 4 | 77 | 7 | 2.44 | NSW | 1 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 23 Dec 1927 | First-class | |
| 24.5 | 3 | 80 | 7 | 2.43 | New Zealand | 1 | v Australia | Wellington | 26 Mar 1921 | First-class | |
| 32.0 | 10 | 80 | 7 | 2.50 | Gloucs | 4 | v Surrey | Cheltenham | 15 Aug 1928 | First-class | |
| 25.0 | 5 | 84 | 7 | 3.36 | M.C.C. | 2 | v Australians | Lord's | 21 May 1921 | First-class | |
| 37.0 | 6 | 85 | 7 | 1.72 | NSW | 1 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1925 | First-class | |
| 19.0 | - | 88 | 7 | 3.47 | NSW | 2 | v South Aust | Sydney | 28 Nov 1924 | First-class | |
| 26.0 | 2 | 95 | 7 | 3.65 | England XI | 1 | v Australians | Folkestone | 1 Sep 1926 | First-class | |
| 44.0 | 6 | 97 | 7 | 2.20 | West Indians | 3 | v Notts | Nottingham | 4 Jul 1923 | First-class | |
| 31.1 | 5 | 101 | 7 | 3.24 | Gloucs | 4 | v Middlesex | Bristol | 23 Aug 1924 | First-class | |
| 30.2 | 5 | 108 | 7 | 3.56 | Australians | 1 | v Oxford Uni | Oxford | 25 May 1921 | First-class | |
| 25.2 | 3 | 110 | 7 | 4.34 | Australians | 1 | v Notts | Nottingham | 3 Jul 1926 | First-class | |
| 38.0 | 6 | 114 | 7 | 3.00 | Sthn Punjab | 1 | v M.C.C. | Lahore | 13 Nov 1926 | First-class | |
| 32.3 | 6 | 115 | 7 | 3.53 | England | 1 | v South Africa | Leeds | 13 Jul 1929 | Test # 183 | |
| 26.3 | 3 | 120 | 7 | 4.52 | M.C.C. | 2 | v N Zealanders | Lord's | 11 May 1927 | First-class | |
| 25.6 | 4 | 133 | 7 | 3.87 | NSW | 2 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 16 Dec 1921 | First-class | |
| 25.4 | 1 | 133 | 7 | 3.91 | NSW | 1 | v South Aust | Sydney | 11 Jan 1924 | First-class | |
| 44.1 | 5 | 136 | 7 | 2.31 | South Aust | 3 | v NSW | Adelaide | 19 Dec 1929 | First-class | |
| 37.3 | 4 | 144 | 7 | 3.84 | Essex | 2 | v Australians | Southend-on-Sea | 27 Jul 1921 | First-class | |
| 51.7 | 12 | 159 | 7 | 2.29 | Victoria | 2 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 3 Dec 1926 | First-class | |
| 4.5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1.44 | Warwickshire | 2 | v Hampshire | Birmingham | 14 Jun 1922 | First-class | |
| 6.3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1.07 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Birmingham | 14 Jun 1924 | Test # 153 | |
| 12.0 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0.91 | Middlesex | 1 | v Gloucs | Bristol | 23 Aug 1924 | First-class | |
| 11.5 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 1.09 | Middlesex | 1 | v Cambridge U | Cambridge | 6 May 1922 | First-class | |
| 9.1 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 1.23 | NSW | 3 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 23 Mar 1923 | First-class | |
| 15.0 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 1.33 | Sussex | 2 | v Yorkshire | Hull | 8 Jul 1922 | First-class | |
| 20.0 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 1.05 | Australians | 2 | v Northants | Northampton | 22 Jun 1921 | First-class | |
| 13.0 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 1.84 | Warwickshire | 2 | v Cambridge U | Cambridge | 17 May 1922 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 2.25 | Cambridge U | 3 | v Warwickshire | Cambridge | 17 May 1922 | First-class | |
| 20.1 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 1.38 | Australians | 3 | v Cambridge U | Cambridge | 19 May 1926 | First-class | |
| 19.0 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 1.47 | Australians | 1 | v Oxford Uni | Oxford | 22 May 1926 | First-class | |
| 9.3 | - | 29 | 6 | 3.05 | Middlesex | 3 | v Cambridge U | Cambridge | 6 May 1922 | First-class | |
| 12.4 | 3 | 30 | 6 | 1.80 | Victoria | 4 | v South Aust | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1926 | First-class | |
| 11.6 | 3 | 32 | 6 | 2.04 | Victoria | 4 | v NSW | Melbourne | 23 Dec 1927 | First-class | |
| 14.4 | 4 | 32 | 6 | 2.18 | England | 2 | v Australia | Brisbane | 30 Nov 1928 | Test # 176 | |
| 15.0 | 5 | 33 | 6 | 2.20 | Hampshire | 2 | v Oxford Uni | Oxford | 10 May 1922 | First-class | |
| 15.0 | 4 | 33 | 6 | 2.20 | West Indians | 4 | v Sussex | Hove | 23 May 1923 | First-class | |
| 21.3 | 8 | 33 | 6 | 1.53 | M.C.C. | 1 | v Army (India) | Lahore | 10 Nov 1926 | First-class | |
| 13.0 | 3 | 34 | 6 | 1.96 | Australians | 3 | v Otago | Dunedin | 18 Mar 1921 | First-class | |
| 17.0 | 3 | 34 | 6 | 2.00 | West Indians | 3 | v Middlesex | Lord's | 2 Jun 1923 | First-class | |
| 18.0 | 6 | 37 | 6 | 2.05 | Cambridge U | 1 | v West Indians | Cambridge | 19 May 1923 | First-class | |
| 11.0 | 3 | 37 | 6 | 3.36 | Kent | 4 | v West Indians | Canterbury | 18 Aug 1923 | First-class | |
| 19.4 | 3 | 37 | 6 | 1.42 | Australia | 4 | v England | Sydney | 27 Feb 1925 | Test # 162 | |
| 26.0 | 11 | 37 | 6 | 1.42 | M.C.C. | 1 | v Rawalpindi | Rawalpindi | 5 Nov 1926 | First-class | |
| 18.0 | 4 | 38 | 6 | 2.11 | Australians | 2 | v Surrey | The Oval | 7 May 1921 | First-class | |
| 23.0 | 9 | 39 | 6 | 1.69 | Australians | 3 | v Surrey | The Oval | 7 May 1921 | First-class | |
| 19.0 | 9 | 39 | 6 | 2.05 | Lancashire | 2 | v West Indians | Manchester | 27 Jun 1923 | First-class | |
| 23.4 | 8 | 40 | 6 | 1.69 | Oxford Uni | 1 | v Leics | Leicester | 24 Jun 1922 | First-class | |
| 17.0 | 4 | 42 | 6 | 2.47 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Leeds | 12 Jul 1924 | Test # 155 | |
| 28.0 | 11 | 42 | 6 | 1.12 | NSW | 2 | v Victoria | Sydney | 24 Jan 1929 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 1 | 43 | 6 | 3.58 | Yorkshire | 1 | v Sussex | Hull | 8 Jul 1922 | First-class | |
| 12.4 | - | 45 | 6 | 2.70 | Queensland | 1 | v NSW | Brisbane | 2 Dec 1922 | First-class | |
| 13.0 | 1 | 45 | 6 | 2.59 | NSW | 2 | v Queensland | Brisbane | 2 Dec 1922 | First-class | |
| 14.1 | 1 | 45 | 6 | 3.17 | Australians | 2 | v Hampshire | Southampton | 12 May 1926 | First-class | |
| 21.5 | 6 | 46 | 6 | 2.10 | Gloucs | 2 | v Lancashire | Cheltenham | 18 Aug 1920 | First-class | |
| 16.2 | 2 | 46 | 6 | 2.81 | Australians | 3 | v Northants | Northampton | 22 Jun 1921 | First-class | |
| 23.5 | 5 | 46 | 6 | 1.46 | Victoria | 2 | v Queensland | Melbourne | 16 Dec 1927 | First-class |
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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]