Best bowling figures in an innings in 1970s in FC IN England
Best bowling figures in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Econ | Team | Innings in match | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 36.3 | 13 | 93 | 9 | 2.54 | Indians | 3 | v Hampshire | Bournemouth | 17 Jul 1971 | First-class | |
| 20.5 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 1.63 | England | 3 | v Pakistan | Lord's | 15 Jun 1978 | Test # 826 | |
| 34.5 | 17 | 51 | 8 | 1.46 | England | 3 | v Pakistan | Lord's | 8 Aug 1974 | Test # 743 | |
| 27.2 | 9 | 53 | 8 | 1.93 | Australia | 3 | v England | Lord's | 22 Jun 1972 | Test # 699 | |
| 36.1 | 15 | 73 | 8 | 2.01 | West Indians | 1 | v Glamorgan | Swansea | 7 Jul 1973 | First-class | |
| 32.5 | 7 | 84 | 8 | 2.55 | Australia | 1 | v England | Lord's | 22 Jun 1972 | Test # 699 | |
| 33.0 | 9 | 92 | 8 | 2.78 | West Indies | 2 | v England | The Oval | 12 Aug 1976 | Test # 781 | |
| 11.4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0.68 | Leics | 2 | v Glamorgan | Leicester | 18 Aug 1971 | First-class | |
| 11.5 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 1.60 | Australians | 2 | v Gloucs | Bristol | 21 May 1977 | First-class | |
| 18.1 | 8 | 36 | 7 | 1.98 | Yorkshire | 3 | v Essex | Colchester | 25 Jul 1970 | First-class | |
| 15.0 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 2.46 | Pakistanis | 1 | v Glamorgan | Swansea | 23 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 18.3 | 6 | 42 | 7 | 2.27 | Yorkshire | 1 | v West Indians | Sheffield | 30 Jun 1976 | First-class | |
| 22.4 | 6 | 50 | 7 | 2.20 | England | 1 | v Pakistan | Birmingham | 1 Jun 1978 | Test # 825 | |
| 19.0 | 6 | 51 | 7 | 2.68 | Gloucs | 1 | v Australians | Bristol | 21 May 1977 | First-class | |
| 33.0 | 14 | 54 | 7 | 1.63 | Scotland | 1 | v Pakistanis | Selkirk | 30 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 22.0 | 6 | 57 | 7 | 2.59 | Pakistanis | 1 | v Surrey | The Oval | 14 Jul 1971 | First-class | |
| 19.0 | 2 | 58 | 7 | 3.05 | Australians | 3 | v Pearce's XI | Scarborough | 2 Sep 1972 | First-class | |
| 22.4 | 6 | 64 | 7 | 2.82 | ROW XI | 1 | v England | Leeds | 30 Jul 1970 | First-class | |
| 16.0 | 1 | 67 | 7 | 4.18 | Surrey | 4 | v Sussex | Eastbourne | 12 Aug 1972 | First-class | |
| 27.0 | 5 | 73 | 7 | 2.70 | Pearce's XI | 4 | v N Zealanders | Scarborough | 2 Sep 1978 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | 1 | 77 | 7 | 5.50 | N Zealanders | 3 | v Warwickshire | Birmingham | 12 Jul 1978 | First-class | |
| 29.0 | 7 | 78 | 7 | 2.68 | West Indians | 2 | v Sussex | Hove | 29 May 1976 | First-class | |
| 30.1 | 7 | 78 | 7 | 2.58 | England | 2 | v Australia | Lord's | 16 Jun 1977 | Test # 804 | |
| 32.5 | 9 | 83 | 7 | 2.52 | England | 2 | v ROW XI | The Oval | 13 Aug 1970 | First-class | |
| 27.5 | 5 | 95 | 7 | 3.41 | Indians | 1 | v Worcs | Worcester | 27 Apr 1974 | First-class | |
| 42.0 | 11 | 108 | 7 | 2.57 | Pakistanis | 4 | v Gloucs | Bristol | 29 May 1971 | First-class | |
| 37.0 | 11 | 111 | 7 | 3.00 | Indians | 1 | v Surrey | The Oval | 31 Jul 1971 | First-class | |
| 15.2 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 0.97 | Australians | 2 | v Minor C | Stoke-on-Trent | 19 Jul 1972 | First-class | |
| 20.0 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1.05 | ROW XI | 1 | v England | Lord's | 17 Jun 1970 | First-class | |
| 10.0 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 2.10 | Australians | 2 | v Kent | Canterbury | 19 Aug 1972 | First-class | |
| 17.3 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 1.20 | West Indians | 4 | v Yorkshire | Sheffield | 30 Jun 1976 | First-class | |
| 16.0 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 1.43 | Indians | 2 | v Surrey | The Oval | 29 May 1974 | First-class | |
| 19.0 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 1.36 | Pakistanis | 4 | v Scotland | Selkirk | 30 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 26.2 | 12 | 29 | 6 | 1.10 | Indians | 3 | v Middlesex | Lord's | 23 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 3 | 30 | 6 | 2.50 | Australians | 2 | v Leics | Leicester | 5 Jul 1972 | First-class | |
| 24.2 | 14 | 31 | 6 | 1.27 | Australians | 3 | v Worcs | Worcester | 29 Apr 1972 | First-class | |
| 16.4 | 5 | 33 | 6 | 1.98 | Oxford Uni | 3 | v Sussex | Pagham | 23 Jun 1976 | First-class | |
| 20.0 | 8 | 34 | 6 | 1.70 | Indians | 4 | v Notts | Nottingham | 14 Aug 1971 | First-class | |
| 21.0 | 9 | 34 | 6 | 1.61 | England | 2 | v New Zealand | Nottingham | 10 Aug 1978 | Test # 829 | |
| 20.5 | 8 | 37 | 6 | 1.77 | West Indies | 4 | v England | Manchester | 8 Jul 1976 | Test # 779 | |
| 18.1 | 3 | 38 | 6 | 2.09 | India | 3 | v England | The Oval | 19 Aug 1971 | Test # 692 | |
| 15.0 | 3 | 40 | 6 | 2.66 | Cambridge U | 1 | v Pakistanis | Cambridge | 15 May 1971 | First-class | |
| 15.4 | 4 | 40 | 6 | 2.55 | West Indians | 3 | v Notts | Nottingham | 1 Sep 1976 | First-class | |
| 21.0 | 6 | 45 | 6 | 2.14 | England | 3 | v Australia | Leeds | 27 Jul 1972 | Test # 701 | |
| 17.0 | 5 | 54 | 6 | 3.17 | West Indians | 3 | v Glamorgan | Swansea | 7 Aug 1976 | First-class | |
| 19.5 | 4 | 55 | 6 | 2.77 | West Indians | 4 | v Derbyshire | Chesterfield | 29 Aug 1973 | First-class | |
| 19.0 | 10 | 55 | 6 | 2.89 | West Indians | 2 | v Warwickshire | Birmingham | 17 Jul 1976 | First-class | |
| 17.3 | 2 | 55 | 6 | 3.14 | Warwickshire | 1 | v West Indians | Birmingham | 17 Jul 1976 | First-class | |
| 20.4 | 6 | 57 | 6 | 2.75 | West Indies | 4 | v England | The Oval | 12 Aug 1976 | Test # 781 | |
| 25.0 | 5 | 60 | 6 | 2.40 | Oxford-Camb | 1 | v Indians | Oxford | 12 Jun 1974 | First-class | |
| 28.0 | 9 | 64 | 6 | 2.28 | Indians | 3 | v Leics | Leicester | 7 Jul 1971 | First-class | |
| 30.0 | 8 | 66 | 6 | 2.20 | Australia | 3 | v England | Manchester | 8 Jun 1972 | Test # 698 | |
| 27.0 | 7 | 66 | 6 | 2.44 | Oxford Uni | 1 | v Sussex | Pagham | 23 Jun 1976 | First-class | |
| 32.5 | 13 | 66 | 6 | 2.01 | England | 3 | v Australia | Manchester | 7 Jul 1977 | Test # 805 | |
| 16.1 | 3 | 67 | 6 | 4.14 | Pearce's XI | 1 | v West Indians | Scarborough | 4 Sep 1976 | First-class | |
| 31.5 | 10 | 68 | 6 | 2.13 | Worcs | 2 | v N Zealanders | Worcester | 19 Aug 1978 | First-class | |
| 29.0 | 9 | 69 | 6 | 2.37 | West Indians | 2 | v Middlesex | Lord's | 31 Jul 1976 | First-class | |
| 28.1 | 3 | 71 | 6 | 2.52 | Pakistanis | 3 | v Derbyshire | Chesterfield | 3 Jul 1971 | First-class | |
| 28.3 | 11 | 72 | 6 | 2.52 | Warwickshire | 1 | v Leics | Leicester | 30 Aug 1972 | First-class | |
| 25.2 | 7 | 76 | 6 | 3.00 | Indians | 2 | v Glamorgan | Cardiff | 14 Jul 1971 | First-class | |
| 21.1 | 4 | 77 | 6 | 3.63 | West Indies | 4 | v England | The Oval | 26 Jul 1973 | Test # 725 | |
| 25.0 | 7 | 84 | 6 | 3.36 | Surrey | 1 | v Derbyshire | The Oval | 28 Jul 1979 | First-class | |
| 31.2 | 10 | 85 | 6 | 2.71 | Australia | 1 | v England | Leeds | 14 Aug 1975 | Test # 762 | |
| 42.5 | 12 | 92 | 6 | 2.14 | Middlesex | 1 | v Yorkshire | Lord's | 3 Jul 1971 | First-class | |
| 39.2 | 8 | 93 | 6 | 2.36 | Indians | 4 | v Glamorgan | Cardiff | 14 Jul 1971 | First-class | |
| 48.0 | 15 | 99 | 6 | 2.06 | Pakistanis | 3 | v Glamorgan | Swansea | 23 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 32.0 | 5 | 99 | 6 | 3.09 | Middlesex | 1 | v Hampshire | Lord's | 14 Jul 1971 | First-class | |
| 38.0 | 12 | 101 | 6 | 2.65 | West Indians | 3 | v Derbyshire | Chesterfield | 3 Jul 1976 | First-class | |
| 38.0 | 13 | 101 | 6 | 2.65 | England | 1 | v New Zealand | Lord's | 24 Aug 1978 | Test # 830 | |
| 48.0 | 15 | 110 | 6 | 2.29 | Indians | 2 | v Hampshire | Southampton | 5 May 1974 | First-class | |
| 54.0 | 24 | 113 | 6 | 2.09 | ROW XI | 3 | v England | Lord's | 17 Jun 1970 | First-class | |
| 64.2 | 8 | 226 | 6 | 3.51 | India | 1 | v England | Lord's | 20 Jun 1974 | Test # 740 | |
| 9.1 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0.98 | N Zealanders | 3 | v Middlesex | Lord's | 8 Jul 1978 | First-class | |
| 15.0 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1.00 | Australia | 2 | v England | Birmingham | 10 Jul 1975 | Test # 760 | |
| 5.2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 3.00 | Lancashire | 3 | v Derbyshire | Buxton | 31 May 1975 | First-class | |
| 9.0 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1.77 | Middlesex | 1 | v Surrey | Lord's | 6 Aug 1977 | First-class | |
| 14.5 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1.14 | West Indies | 2 | v England | Manchester | 8 Jul 1976 | Test # 779 | |
| 14.0 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 1.42 | England | 1 | v Pakistan | Lord's | 8 Aug 1974 | Test # 743 | |
| 8.0 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 2.62 | England | 3 | v India | Lord's | 20 Jun 1974 | Test # 740 | |
| 11.0 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 1.90 | England | 2 | v Australia | Leeds | 11 Aug 1977 | Test # 807 | |
| 10.2 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 2.22 | Leics | 3 | v Glamorgan | Leicester | 18 Aug 1971 | First-class | |
| 11.0 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 2.09 | West Indians | 4 | v M.C.C. | Lord's | 22 May 1976 | First-class | |
| 9.3 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 2.63 | Somerset | 1 | v Australians | Bath | 18 May 1977 | First-class | |
| 19.0 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 1.42 | Australians | 1 | v Gloucs | Bristol | 24 May 1972 | First-class | |
| 22.0 | 11 | 27 | 5 | 1.22 | England | 3 | v New Zealand | Leeds | 5 Jul 1973 | Test # 724 | |
| 20.0 | 7 | 28 | 5 | 1.40 | England | 2 | v Australia | Leeds | 14 Aug 1975 | Test # 762 | |
| 13.0 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 2.30 | Yorkshire | 2 | v Indians | Bradford | 11 May 1974 | First-class | |
| 14.5 | 7 | 31 | 5 | 2.08 | Glamorgan | 1 | v Australians | Swansea | 27 May 1972 | First-class | |
| 18.0 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 1.77 | Glamorgan | 1 | v Leics | Leicester | 18 Aug 1971 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 4 | 32 | 5 | 2.66 | Glamorgan | 4 | v Australians | Swansea | 14 May 1977 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | 4 | 33 | 5 | 2.35 | West Indians | 4 | v Kent | Canterbury | 19 May 1976 | First-class | |
| 13.0 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 2.69 | West Indians | 3 | v Gloucs | Cheltenham | 4 Aug 1973 | First-class | |
| 16.0 | 6 | 35 | 5 | 2.18 | West Indians | 1 | v Minor C | Torquay | 4 Aug 1976 | First-class | |
| 19.0 | 9 | 35 | 5 | 1.84 | England | 1 | v India | Lord's | 2 Aug 1979 | Test # 852 | |
| 17.3 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 2.05 | Hampshire | 3 | v Warwickshire | Birmingham | 22 Aug 1970 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | 3 | 36 | 5 | 2.57 | Australians | 2 | v Northants | Northampton | 5 Aug 1972 | First-class | |
| 17.0 | 6 | 38 | 5 | 2.23 | Pakistanis | 2 | v Scotland | Selkirk | 30 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 18.0 | 8 | 38 | 5 | 2.11 | Australia | 3 | v England | Birmingham | 10 Jul 1975 | Test # 760 | |
| 18.4 | 7 | 39 | 5 | 2.08 | England | 2 | v West Indies | Lord's | 17 Jun 1976 | Test # 778 | |
| 20.0 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 1.95 | Pakistan | 2 | v England | Leeds | 29 Jun 1978 | Test # 827 |
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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:
New South Wales vs Tasmania at Launceston, Sheffield Shield , Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [First-class]
Australia vs West Indies at Melbourne, West Indies tour of Australia 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]
South Australia vs Western Australia at Adelaide, Sheffield Shield , Dec 28-31, 1979 [First-class]