Best bowling figures in a match in 1940s in Tests - Australia
Best bowling figures in a match
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 19.3x8 | 7 | 31 | 11 | 1.20 | Australia | v India | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1947 | Test # 290 | |
| 41.1 | 8 | 70 | 9 | 1.70 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 14 Aug 1948 | Test # 303 | |
| 33.0x8 | 7 | 77 | 9 | 1.75 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 29 Nov 1946 | Test # 279 | |
| 37.4x8 | 13 | 99 | 9 | 1.98 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 29 Nov 1946 | Test # 279 | |
| 34.0x8 | 4 | 109 | 9 | 2.40 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 28 Feb 1947 | Test # 283 | |
| 84.0 | 23 | 183 | 9 | 2.17 | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 10 Jun 1948 | Test # 299 | |
| 19.0 | 6 | 33 | 8 | 1.73 | Australia | v New Zealand | Wellington | 29 Mar 1946 | Test # 275 | |
| 32.1x8 | 9 | 65 | 8 | 1.51 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1949 | Test # 318 | |
| 19.7x8 | 1 | 94 | 8 | 3.54 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1948 | Test # 292 | |
| 37.5x8 | 10 | 99 | 8 | 1.97 | Australia | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1948 | Test # 294 | |
| 50.4 | 16 | 131 | 8 | 2.58 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 24 Jun 1948 | Test # 300 | |
| 59.1x8 | 19 | 134 | 8 | 1.69 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 13 Dec 1946 | Test # 280 | |
| 55.4x8 | 6 | 182 | 8 | 2.45 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 13 Dec 1946 | Test # 280 | |
| 63.0 | 18 | 163 | 7 | 2.58 | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 10 Jun 1948 | Test # 299 | |
| 29.0 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 0.62 | Australia | v New Zealand | Wellington | 29 Mar 1946 | Test # 275 | |
| 43.3 | 16 | 60 | 6 | 1.37 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 14 Aug 1948 | Test # 303 | |
| 35.2x8 | 10 | 74 | 6 | 1.57 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 6 Feb 1948 | Test # 295 | |
| 22.0x8 | 1 | 77 | 6 | 2.62 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1948 | Test # 292 | |
| 34.4x8 | 5 | 78 | 6 | 1.69 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 28 Feb 1947 | Test # 283 | |
| 32.2x8 | 6 | 91 | 6 | 2.11 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1949 | Test # 318 | |
| 40.1x8 | 9 | 112 | 6 | 2.09 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 31 Jan 1947 | Test # 282 | |
| 32.4x8 | 4 | 112 | 6 | 2.58 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1949 | Test # 319 | |
| 41.0x8 | 9 | 120 | 6 | 2.19 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 6 Feb 1948 | Test # 295 | |
| 30.0x8 | 9 | 48 | 5 | 1.20 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 12 Dec 1947 | Test # 291 | |
| 38.1 | 17 | 63 | 5 | 1.65 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 24 Jun 1948 | Test # 300 | |
| 27.4x8 | 4 | 65 | 5 | 1.77 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1949 | Test # 319 | |
| 26.0x8 | 4 | 67 | 5 | 1.93 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1949 | Test # 318 | |
| 66.0x8 | 19 | 135 | 5 | 1.53 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 31 Jan 1947 | Test # 282 | |
| 54.0 | 12 | 136 | 5 | 2.51 | Australia | v England | Manchester | 8 Jul 1948 | Test # 301 | |
| 48.0x8 | 6 | 153 | 5 | 2.39 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1947 | Test # 281 | |
| 67.0 | 17 | 181 | 5 | 2.70 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1948 | Test # 302 | |
| 23.0 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 1.17 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 14 Aug 1948 | Test # 303 | |
| 15.7x8 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 1.41 | Australia | v India | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1947 | Test # 290 | |
| 27.0x8 | 10 | 44 | 4 | 1.22 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 12 Dec 1947 | Test # 291 | |
| 55.0 | 19 | 105 | 4 | 1.90 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 24 Jun 1948 | Test # 300 | |
| 43.1x8 | 9 | 118 | 4 | 2.05 | Australia | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1948 | Test # 294 | |
| 64.0 | 16 | 163 | 4 | 2.54 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1948 | Test # 302 | |
| 17.0x8 | 10 | 28 | 3 | 1.23 | Australia | v India | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1947 | Test # 290 | |
| 15.0x8 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 1.50 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 12 Dec 1947 | Test # 291 | |
| 18.0x8 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 2.16 | Australia | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1948 | Test # 294 | |
| 18.0x8 | 2 | 71 | 3 | 2.95 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 12 Dec 1947 | Test # 291 | |
| 23.0x8 | 2 | 71 | 3 | 2.31 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 6 Feb 1948 | Test # 295 | |
| 20.0x8 | 3 | 74 | 3 | 2.77 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 13 Dec 1946 | Test # 280 | |
| 28.0x8 | 5 | 75 | 3 | 2.00 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 6 Feb 1948 | Test # 295 | |
| 37.0 | 14 | 75 | 3 | 2.02 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 24 Jun 1948 | Test # 300 | |
| 36.0 | 6 | 84 | 3 | 2.33 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1948 | Test # 302 | |
| 43.0x8 | 12 | 94 | 3 | 1.63 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1947 | Test # 281 | |
| 28.0x8 | 3 | 97 | 3 | 2.59 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1949 | Test # 319 | |
| 53.0 | 25 | 101 | 3 | 1.90 | Australia | v England | Manchester | 8 Jul 1948 | Test # 301 | |
| 59.5 | 16 | 101 | 3 | 1.68 | Australia | v England | Manchester | 8 Jul 1948 | Test # 301 | |
| 36.0x8 | 3 | 123 | 3 | 2.56 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1947 | Test # 281 | |
| 41.0x8 | 5 | 123 | 3 | 2.25 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1949 | Test # 319 | |
| 54.0 | 11 | 174 | 3 | 3.22 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1948 | Test # 302 | |
| 50.0x8 | 3 | 198 | 3 | 2.97 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 31 Jan 1947 | Test # 282 | |
| 6.0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1.00 | Australia | v New Zealand | Wellington | 29 Mar 1946 | Test # 275 | |
| 6.0x8 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 3.12 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1948 | Test # 292 | |
| 17.0 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 1.70 | Australia | v New Zealand | Wellington | 29 Mar 1946 | Test # 275 | |
| 15.0x8 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 1.45 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 6 Feb 1948 | Test # 295 | |
| 21.3x8 | 3 | 42 | 2 | 1.47 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 28 Feb 1947 | Test # 283 | |
| 17.0x8 | 4 | 43 | 2 | 1.89 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 12 Dec 1947 | Test # 291 | |
| 16.0x8 | 3 | 56 | 2 | 2.62 | Australia | v India | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1947 | Test # 290 | |
| 21.0x8 | 4 | 67 | 2 | 2.39 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 29 Nov 1946 | Test # 279 | |
| 21.0x8 | - | 75 | 2 | 2.67 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1947 | Test # 281 | |
| 27.0x8 | - | 79 | 2 | 2.19 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 31 Jan 1947 | Test # 282 | |
| 47.0 | 22 | 88 | 2 | 1.87 | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 10 Jun 1948 | Test # 299 | |
| 38.1 | 7 | 96 | 2 | 2.51 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1948 | Test # 302 | |
| 42.0x8 | 10 | 127 | 2 | 2.26 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1947 | Test # 281 | |
| 43.0x8 | 10 | 139 | 2 | 2.42 | Australia | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1948 | Test # 294 | |
| 36.0x8 | 6 | 152 | 2 | 3.16 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1949 | Test # 319 | |
| 0.2 | - | - | 1 | - | Australia | v New Zealand | Wellington | 29 Mar 1946 | Test # 275 | |
| 9.0x8 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1.25 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1949 | Test # 318 | |
| 13.0 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 2.30 | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 10 Jun 1948 | Test # 299 | |
| 10.0x8 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 2.32 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1949 | Test # 319 | |
| 28.0 | 13 | 44 | 1 | 1.57 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 14 Aug 1948 | Test # 303 | |
| 18.5x8 | 5 | 52 | 1 | 2.09 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1947 | Test # 281 | |
| 20.0x8 | 5 | 54 | 1 | 2.02 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 28 Feb 1947 | Test # 283 | |
| 15.0x8 | - | 57 | 1 | 2.85 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1948 | Test # 292 | |
| 20.0x8 | 5 | 61 | 1 | 2.28 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 13 Dec 1946 | Test # 280 | |
| 12.0x8 | - | 68 | 1 | 4.25 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1948 | Test # 292 | |
| 27.0x8 | 4 | 74 | 1 | 2.05 | Australia | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1948 | Test # 294 | |
| 20.0x8 | 2 | 75 | 1 | 2.81 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1948 | Test # 292 | |
| 47.0 | 16 | 85 | 1 | 1.80 | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 10 Jun 1948 | Test # 299 | |
| 35.0 | 6 | 112 | 1 | 3.20 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1948 | Test # 302 | |
| 47.0x8 | 11 | 120 | 1 | 1.91 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 31 Jan 1947 | Test # 282 | |
| 32.0x8 | 2 | 128 | 1 | 3.00 | Australia | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1948 | Test # 294 | |
| 48.0x8 | 4 | 132 | 1 | 2.06 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 31 Jan 1947 | Test # 282 |
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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:
Australia vs South Africa at Cape Town, Australia tour of South Africa 2nd Test, Dec 31, 1949 - Jan 4, 1950 [Test # 319]
Australia vs South Africa at Johannesburg, Australia tour of South Africa 1st Test, Dec 24-28, 1949 [Test # 318]
New Zealand vs England at The Oval, New Zealand tour of England 4th Test, Aug 13-16, 1949 [Test # 317]