Most five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career in FC

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings

Player	Span	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	5	10
AP Freeman	1914-1936	592	154658	69577	3776	10/53	18.42	2.69	40.9	386	140
W Rhodes	1898-1930	1110	185742	70322	4204	9/24	16.72	2.27	44.1	287	68
CWL Parker	1903-1935	635	157059	63817	3278	10/79	19.46	2.43	47.9	277	91
JT Hearne	1888-1923	639	144470	54351	3061	9/32	17.75	2.25	47.1	255	66
TWJ Goddard	1922-1952	593	142211	59116	2979	10/113	19.84	2.49	47.7	251	86
WG Grace	1865-1908	870	124831	50980	2809	10/49	18.14	2.45	44.4	240	64
AS Kennedy	1907-1936	677	150851	61035	2874	10/37	21.23	2.42	52.4	225	45
C Blythe	1899-1914	439	103546	42094	2503	10/30	16.81	2.43	41.3	218	71
EG Dennett	1903-1926	401	98666	42637	2151	10/40	19.82	2.59	45.8	211	57
T Richardson	1892-1905	358	78992	38793	2104	10/45	18.43	2.94	37.5	200	72
J Briggs	1879-1900	535	100144	35430	2221	10/55	15.95	2.12	45.0	200	52
GAR Lock	1946-1971	654	150168	54709	2844	10/54	19.23	2.18	52.8	196	50
MW Tate	1912-1937	679	150461	50571	2784	9/71	18.16	2.01	54.0	195	44
D Shackleton	1948-1969	647	159043	53303	2857	9/30	18.65	2.01	55.6	194	38
JC White	1909-1937	472	129439	43759	2355	10/76	18.58	2.02	54.9	193	58
J Southerton	1854-1879	286	68668	24280	1682	9/30	14.43	2.12	40.8	192	59
GH Hirst	1891-1929	826	123328	51371	2742	9/23	18.73	2.49	44.9	184	40
WE Hollies	1932-1957	515	130625	48656	2323	10/49	20.94	2.23	56.2	182	40
A Shaw	1864-1897	404	101967	24577	2027	10/73	12.12	1.44	50.3	177	44
GA Lohmann	1884-1897	293	71724	25295	1841	9/28	13.73	2.11	38.9	176	57
FJ Titmus	1949-1982	792	173450	63315	2830	9/52	22.37	2.19	61.2	168	26
H Verity	1930-1939	378	84219	29145	1956	10/10	14.90	2.07	43.0	164	54
TG Wass	1896-1920	312	71399	34092	1666	9/67	20.46	2.86	42.8	159	45
FW Lillywhite	1825-1853	237	15265+	2435+	1576	10/?	10.36*	1.96*	28.2*	155	55
DL Underwood	1963-1987	676	139783	49993	2465	9/28	20.28	2.14	56.7	153	47
AW Mold	1889-1901	287	62225	26010	1673	9/29	15.54	2.50	37.1	152	56
W Mead	1892-1904	429	89777	36388	1916	9/40	18.99	2.43	46.8	152	39
DVP Wright	1932-1957	497	92960	49307	2056	9/47	23.98	3.18	45.2	150	42
WR Hillyer	1835-1853	230	-	4458+	1482	8/26	11.00*	-	-	149	54
GJ Thompson	1905-1922	352	63988	30058	1591	9/64	18.89	2.81	40.2	147	40
RTD Perks	1930-1955	595	116074	53766	2233	9/40	24.07	2.77	51.9	143	24
WE Astill	1906-1939	733	138532	57786	2432	9/41	23.76	2.50	56.9	140	22
S Haigh	1895-1913	561	78817	32091	2012	9/25	15.94	2.44	39.1	135	30
JH Wardle	1946-1968	412	102626	35027	1846	9/25	18.97	2.04	55.5	134	29
JA Newman	1906-1930	541	102779	51397	2054	9/131	25.02	3.00	50.0	134	35
W Attewell	1881-1899	429	108264	29896	1951	9/23	15.32	1.65	55.4	134	27
FA Tarrant	1898-1937	329	63536	26450	1512	10/90	17.49	2.49	42.0	133	38
FE Woolley	1906-1938	978	94949	41058	2066	8/22	19.87	2.59	45.9	132	28
AE Trott	1892-1910	375	71549	35318	1674	10/42	21.09	2.96	42.7	131	41
CV Grimmett	1911-1941	248	73987	31737	1424	10/37	22.28	2.57	51.9	127	33
JC Laker	1946-1965	450	101370	35791	1944	10/53	18.41	2.11	52.1	127	32
GG Macaulay	1920-1935	468	89877	32441	1837	8/21	17.65	2.16	48.9	126	31
FS Trueman	1949-1969	603	99701	42154	2304	8/28	18.29	2.53	43.2	126	25
CF Root	1910-1932	365	80614	31933	1512	9/23	21.11	2.37	53.3	125	33
G Geary	1912-1938	549	116292	41336	2063	10/18	20.03	2.13	56.3	125	30
R Peel	1882-1897	436	88683	28758	1775	9/22	16.20	1.94	49.9	123	33
JB Statham	1950-1968	559	100955	36999	2260	8/34	16.37	2.19	44.6	123	11
DJ Shepherd	1950-1972	668	132592	47302	2218	9/47	21.32	2.14	59.7	123	28
T Emmett	1866-1888	426	60135	21314	1572	9/23	13.55	2.12	38.2	122	29
TPB Smith	1929-1951	465	95007	45058	1697	9/77	26.55	2.84	55.9	122	28
WH Lockwood	1886-1904	363	52121	25246	1376	9/59	18.34	2.90	37.8	121	29

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Northern Districts v Wellington at Whangarei, Plunket Shield 10th match, Dec 13-16, 2025 [First-class]

Otago v Central Districts at Dunedin, Plunket Shield 12th match, Dec 13-16, 2025 [First-class]

Canterbury v Auckland at Christchurch, Plunket Shield 11th match, Dec 13-15, 2025 [First-class]