Best bowling figures in a match in 1920s in Tests - England
Best bowling figures in a match
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
124.5 | 37 | 256 | 13 | 2.05 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 01 Feb 1929 | Test # 179 | |
54.3 | 16 | 130 | 12 | 2.38 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 | |
71.4 | 25 | 171 | 12 | 2.38 | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 27 Jul 1929 | Test # 184 | |
34.3 | 10 | 90 | 11 | 2.60 | England | v South Africa | Birmingham | 14 Jun 1924 | Test # 153 | |
89.0x8 | 19 | 228 | 11 | 1.92 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 19 Dec 1924 | Test # 158 | |
51.4 | 23 | 93 | 10 | 1.80 | England | v West Indies | Manchester | 21 Jul 1928 | Test # 174 | |
67.3 | 13 | 207 | 10 | 3.06 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 13 Jul 1929 | Test # 183 | |
47.0 | 10 | 106 | 9 | 2.25 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 12 Jul 1924 | Test # 155 | |
79.0x8 | 12 | 207 | 9 | 1.96 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 27 Feb 1925 | Test # 162 | |
78.3x8 | 18 | 241 | 9 | 2.30 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1925 | Test # 159 | |
21.4 | 4 | 62 | 8 | 2.86 | England | v Australia | Brisbane | 30 Nov 1928 | Test # 176 | |
56.4 | 20 | 115 | 8 | 2.02 | England | v South Africa | Birmingham | 14 Jun 1924 | Test # 153 | |
62.1 | 14 | 169 | 8 | 2.71 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1922 | Test # 148 | |
78.1x8 | 14 | 178 | 8 | 1.70 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 16 Jan 1925 | Test # 160 | |
50.0 | 16 | 83 | 7 | 1.66 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1923 | Test # 149 | |
34.0 | 8 | 86 | 7 | 2.52 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 11 Aug 1928 | Test # 175 | |
49.4 | 16 | 90 | 7 | 1.81 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 14 Dec 1928 | Test # 177 | |
38.0 | 13 | 103 | 7 | 2.71 | England | v West Indies | Lord's | 23 Jun 1928 | Test # 173 | |
74.1 | 28 | 122 | 7 | 1.64 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 16 Feb 1923 | Test # 152 | |
51.0 | 19 | 124 | 7 | 2.43 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1927 | Test # 169 | |
41.5x8 | 8 | 145 | 7 | 2.61 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 13 Feb 1925 | Test # 161 | |
52.0 | 13 | 146 | 7 | 2.80 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1922 | Test # 148 | |
60.0 | 10 | 169 | 7 | 2.81 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 14 Jan 1921 | Test # 137 | |
39.4 | 15 | 77 | 6 | 1.94 | England | v West Indies | Lord's | 23 Jun 1928 | Test # 173 | |
45.0 | 24 | 79 | 6 | 1.75 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 14 Aug 1926 | Test # 167 | |
60.0 | 28 | 102 | 6 | 1.70 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 28 Jun 1924 | Test # 154 | |
59.0 | 17 | 113 | 6 | 1.91 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 16 Feb 1923 | Test # 152 | |
48.0 | 14 | 116 | 6 | 2.41 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 14 Aug 1926 | Test # 167 | |
48.4 | 12 | 132 | 6 | 2.71 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 11 Aug 1928 | Test # 175 | |
101.0 | 41 | 136 | 6 | 1.34 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 08 Mar 1929 | Test # 180 | |
51.5 | 12 | 138 | 6 | 2.66 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 09 Feb 1923 | Test # 151 | |
53.3 | 8 | 148 | 6 | 2.76 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 28 Jan 1928 | Test # 171 | |
113.5 | 50 | 171 | 6 | 1.50 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1928 | Test # 178 | |
29.4 | 12 | 38 | 5 | 1.28 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 23 Jul 1921 | Test # 143 | |
29.2 | 11 | 57 | 5 | 1.94 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 | |
53.4 | 23 | 69 | 5 | 1.28 | England | v South Africa | Birmingham | 15 Jun 1929 | Test # 181 | |
29.0x8 | 4 | 70 | 5 | 1.81 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 13 Feb 1925 | Test # 161 | |
32.0 | 9 | 76 | 5 | 2.37 | England | v Australia | Brisbane | 30 Nov 1928 | Test # 176 | |
43.0 | 9 | 79 | 5 | 1.83 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 29 Jun 1929 | Test # 182 | |
34.0 | 7 | 81 | 5 | 2.38 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1923 | Test # 149 | |
38.0 | 11 | 81 | 5 | 2.13 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 16 Feb 1923 | Test # 152 | |
53.2 | 23 | 82 | 5 | 1.53 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1923 | Test # 149 | |
35.0 | 9 | 87 | 5 | 2.48 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 11 Aug 1928 | Test # 175 | |
39.0 | 14 | 88 | 5 | 2.25 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 18 Jan 1923 | Test # 150 | |
21.0 | 1 | 92 | 5 | 4.38 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 25 Feb 1921 | Test # 139 | |
47.0 | 17 | 103 | 5 | 2.19 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1927 | Test # 169 | |
55.0 | 13 | 124 | 5 | 2.25 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 28 Jun 1924 | Test # 154 | |
33.4 | 2 | 136 | 5 | 4.03 | England | v Australia | Lord's | 11 Jun 1921 | Test # 141 | |
45.2 | 5 | 161 | 5 | 3.55 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 11 Feb 1921 | Test # 138 | |
83.0 | 26 | 161 | 5 | 1.93 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 21 Jan 1928 | Test # 170 | |
61.5 | 8 | 177 | 5 | 2.86 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1928 | Test # 178 | |
40.1 | 0 | 197 | 5 | 4.90 | England | v Australia | Leeds | 02 Jul 1921 | Test # 142 | |
62.0x8 | 6 | 212 | 5 | 2.56 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 16 Jan 1925 | Test # 160 | |
86.0x8 | 15 | 258 | 5 | 2.25 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 19 Dec 1924 | Test # 158 | |
6.3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1.07 | England | v Australia | Brisbane | 30 Nov 1928 | Test # 176 | |
46.1 | 21 | 52 | 4 | 1.12 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 14 Aug 1926 | Test # 167 | |
59.3 | 31 | 68 | 4 | 1.14 | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 27 Jul 1929 | Test # 184 | |
37.0 | 11 | 80 | 4 | 2.16 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1927 | Test # 169 | |
31.0 | 7 | 82 | 4 | 2.64 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 28 Jan 1928 | Test # 171 | |
49.0 | 18 | 82 | 4 | 1.67 | England | v West Indies | Lord's | 23 Jun 1928 | Test # 173 | |
52.0 | 27 | 84 | 4 | 1.61 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 24 Jul 1926 | Test # 166 | |
42.0 | 11 | 84 | 4 | 2.00 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 08 Mar 1929 | Test # 180 | |
27.0 | 5 | 98 | 4 | 3.62 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 21 Jan 1928 | Test # 170 | |
51.0 | 13 | 99 | 4 | 1.94 | England | v Australia | Leeds | 10 Jul 1926 | Test # 165 | |
60.4 | 20 | 105 | 4 | 1.73 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 28 Jun 1924 | Test # 154 | |
55.0 | 20 | 110 | 4 | 2.00 | England | v Australia | Lord's | 26 Jun 1926 | Test # 164 | |
31.0 | 4 | 115 | 4 | 3.70 | England | v Australia | Leeds | 02 Jul 1921 | Test # 142 | |
56.5 | 13 | 119 | 4 | 2.09 | England | v Australia | Lord's | 26 Jun 1926 | Test # 164 | |
59.0 | 18 | 125 | 4 | 2.11 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 17 Dec 1920 | Test # 135 | |
55.0 | 16 | 126 | 4 | 2.29 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 04 Feb 1928 | Test # 172 | |
67.0 | 23 | 128 | 4 | 1.91 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 14 Dec 1928 | Test # 177 | |
50.0 | 12 | 135 | 4 | 2.70 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 29 Jun 1929 | Test # 182 | |
72.0x8 | 17 | 151 | 4 | 1.57 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 27 Feb 1925 | Test # 162 | |
79.0 | 19 | 152 | 4 | 1.92 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 01 Feb 1929 | Test # 179 | |
42.0x8 | 6 | 153 | 4 | 2.73 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1925 | Test # 159 | |
39.3x8 | 1 | 153 | 4 | 2.91 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 13 Feb 1925 | Test # 161 | |
93.0 | 32 | 157 | 4 | 1.68 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1928 | Test # 178 | |
62.2 | 10 | 160 | 4 | 2.56 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 17 Dec 1920 | Test # 135 | |
53.0 | 6 | 164 | 4 | 3.09 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1928 | Test # 178 | |
49.3 | 6 | 166 | 4 | 3.35 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 21 Jan 1928 | Test # 170 | |
61.2 | 9 | 182 | 4 | 2.96 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 14 Dec 1928 | Test # 177 | |
76.0 | 15 | 201 | 4 | 2.64 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 17 Dec 1920 | Test # 135 | |
60.0 | 7 | 204 | 4 | 3.40 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 14 Jan 1921 | Test # 137 | |
24.0 | 8 | 34 | 3 | 1.41 | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 26 Jul 1924 | Test # 156 | |
28.0 | 16 | 35 | 3 | 1.25 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 21 Jan 1928 | Test # 170 | |
13.1 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 2.65 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 13 Jul 1929 | Test # 183 | |
20.3 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 1.75 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 25 Feb 1921 | Test # 139 | |
22.0 | 8 | 46 | 3 | 2.09 | England | v Australia | Nottingham | 28 May 1921 | Test # 140 | |
27.3 | 10 | 53 | 3 | 1.92 | England | v West Indies | Manchester | 21 Jul 1928 | Test # 174 | |
29.0 | 10 | 64 | 3 | 2.20 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 16 Aug 1924 | Test # 157 | |
40.0 | 13 | 64 | 3 | 1.60 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 13 Jul 1929 | Test # 183 | |
14.2 | 1 | 65 | 3 | 4.53 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 28 Jan 1928 | Test # 171 | |
27.0 | 6 | 71 | 3 | 2.62 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 | |
27.0 | 8 | 75 | 3 | 2.77 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 09 Feb 1923 | Test # 151 | |
36.0 | 8 | 79 | 3 | 2.19 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 17 Aug 1929 | Test # 185 | |
23.0 | 4 | 82 | 3 | 3.56 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 13 Aug 1921 | Test # 144 | |
30.5 | 9 | 84 | 3 | 2.72 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 14 Jan 1921 | Test # 137 | |
32.0 | 3 | 86 | 3 | 2.68 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 24 Jul 1926 | Test # 166 | |
23.0 | 3 | 90 | 3 | 3.91 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 16 Aug 1924 | Test # 157 | |
52.0 | 13 | 90 | 3 | 1.73 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 13 Jul 1929 | Test # 183 |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England vs South Africa at The Oval, South Africa tour of England 5th Test, Aug 17-20, 1929 [Test # 185]
England vs South Africa at Manchester, South Africa tour of England 4th Test, Jul 27-30, 1929 [Test # 184]
South Africa vs England at Leeds, South Africa tour of England 3rd Test, Jul 13-16, 1929 [Test # 183]