Bowling Best Career Strike Rate

Cambridge University vs other countries FC Bowling Records - Best Strike Rate in Career

Best strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
S Soames (OxUni)	1846-1847	2	-	-	-	-	5	2/?	-	-	-	0	0	0
AJD Diver (/MCC)	1843-1855	12	0.0+	0	0+	0	37	7/?	-	-	0.00	4	3	1
AL Dowding (/MCC)	1956-1956	2	0.3	0	3	4	1	1/4	4.00	8.00	3.00	0	0	0
PE Robinson (LEI)	1993-1993	1	1.0	0	6	13	1	1/13	13.00	13.00	6.00	0	0	0
H Sutcliffe (YOR)	1919-1935	3	1.0	0	6	4	1	1/4	4.00	4.00	6.00	0	0	0
J Robertson (ENGXI)	1877-1877	1	3.2	2	14	3	2	2/3	1.50	1.28	7.00	0	0	0
RO Schwarz (SA)	1904-1907	2	2.2	0	14	4	2	2/4	2.00	1.71	7.00	0	0	0
TJG O'Gorman (DER)	1992-1993	2	1.2	0	8	7	1	1/7	7.00	5.25	8.00	0	0	0
W Buttress ()	1849-1857	5	14.0+	4	56+	23	31	6/?	-	2.46*	9.33	0	5	2
GE Yonge (OxUni)	1844-1848	5	35.0+	-	140+	-	43	8/?	-	-	10.76	2	5	2
GOB Allen (MID)	1922-1922	1	14.5	3	89	17	7	6/13	2.42	1.14	12.71	0	1	0
JP Stephenson (ESS)	1992-1992	1	7.0	4	42	3	3	3/3	1.00	0.42	14.00	0	0	0
AEE Vogler (SA)	1907-1907	1	13.0	3	78	42	5	5/42	8.40	3.23	15.60	0	1	0
FW Bell ()	1846-1856	6	39.2	11	158	53	10	5/23	5.88*	2.44*	15.80	1	1	0
C Arnold ()	1843-1857	13	48.0+	6	192+	38	77	8/?	19.00*	2.47*	16.00	3	7	3
GA Headley (WI)	1939-1939	1	2.0	0	16	5	1	1/5	5.00	1.87	16.00	0	0	0
GD McGrath (WOR)	2000-2000	1	11.0	7	66	10	4	4/10	2.50	0.90	16.50	1	0	0
GHS Trott (AUS)	1893-1893	1	10.0	2	50	28	3	2/1	9.33	3.36	16.66	0	0	0
FW Lillywhite (MCC)	1844-1849	10	116.3+	-	467+	-	88	9/?	-	-	17.29	4	10	4
R Henderson (SUR)	1893-1893	1	7.0	1	35	14	2	2/14	7.00	2.40	17.50	0	0	0
AJ Webbe ()	1893-1893	2	7.0	2	35	20	2	2/15	10.00	3.42	17.50	0	0	0
CF Willis (OxUni)	1847-1849	3	46.0+	-	184+	-	24	7/?	-	-	18.40	2	1	1
H Howell (WAR)	1922-1922	1	22.0	5	132	62	7	6/24	8.85	2.81	18.85	0	1	0
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1921-1921	1	9.5	4	59	21	3	3/21	7.00	2.13	19.66	0	0	0
PJ Loader (SUR)	1956-1956	1	23.0	7	138	38	7	5/19	5.42	1.65	19.71	0	1	0
RV Bardsley (/OxUni)	1912-1922	2	10.0	5	60	19	3	3/15	6.33	1.90	20.00	0	0	0
DJ Millns (LEI)	1992-1992	1	10.0	4	60	27	3	3/27	9.00	2.70	20.00	0	0	0
C Gordon (MCC)	1852-1857	5	5.0	0	20	0	1	1/?	-	-	20.00	0	0	0
HGJ Veitch (OxUni)	1854-1856	3	5.0	0	20	9	1	1/9	9.00	2.70	20.00	0	0	0
J Walker (MCC)	1854-1856	3	5.0	0	20	20	1	1/20	20.00	6.00	20.00	0	0	0
SS Griffiths (WAR)	1956-1956	1	14.0	6	84	31	4	4/31	7.75	2.21	21.00	1	0	0
ID Walker (/MCC)	1870-1870	2	21.0	6	84	50	4	4/21	12.50	3.57	21.00	1	0	0
HM Morris (ESS)	1922-1922	1	7.0	1	42	16	2	2/16	8.00	2.28	21.00	0	0	0
FR Reynolds ()	1854-1857	4	37.0+	9	148+	71	24	5/?	10.14*	2.87*	21.14	1	2	0
FH Farrands (MCC)	1870-1870	1	43.0	22	172	58	8	6/34	7.25	2.02	21.50	0	1	0
TH Howell (OxUni)	2007-2008	2	18.0	3	108	80	5	3/52	16.00	4.44	21.60	0	0	0
GI Macmillan (OxUni)	1993-1993	1	11.0	6	66	23	3	3/13	7.66	2.09	22.00	0	0	0
A Melville (OxUni/SUS)	1933-1935	3	18.3	1	111	61	5	3/43	12.20	3.29	22.20	0	0	0
T Nixon (MCC)	1852-1854	2	56.2+	23	226+	74	14	6/43	7.40*	1.96*	22.60	1	1	1
KJ Dean (DER)	2000-2000	1	23.0	12	138	31	6	5/18	5.16	1.34	23.00	0	1	0
TD Topley (ESS)	1992-1993	2	34.4	16	208	53	9	5/15	5.88	1.52	23.11	0	1	0
T Lungley (DER)	2000-2000	1	23.2	11	140	41	6	3/10	6.83	1.75	23.33	0	0	0
Mushtaq Mohammad ()	1963-1963	1	31.1	12	187	82	8	6/67	10.25	2.63	23.37	0	1	0
FH Guttridge (SUS)	1893-1893	1	43.1	15	216	89	9	6/57	9.88	2.47	24.00	0	1	0
HH Gillett (OxUni)	1857-1857	1	36.0	13	144	60	6	5/46	10.00	2.50	24.00	0	1	0
WA Humphreys (SUS)	1893-1893	1	24.0	1	120	112	5	3/42	22.40	5.60	24.00	0	0	0
RGW Melsome (Army)	1935-1935	1	16.0	2	96	55	4	2/22	13.75	3.43	24.00	0	0	0
HS Harrison (SUR)	1919-1919	1	12.0	2	72	39	3	2/22	13.00	3.25	24.00	0	0	0
Afaq Hussain ()	1963-1963	1	8.0	2	48	16	2	2/16	8.00	2.00	24.00	0	0	0
C White (YOR)	1993-1993	1	8.0	0	48	13	2	2/13	6.50	1.62	24.00	0	0	0
KP Evans (NOT)	1993-1993	1	4.0	1	24	6	1	1/6	6.00	1.50	24.00	0	0	0
C Oakes (SUS)	1935-1935	1	4.0	0	24	21	1	1/21	21.00	5.25	24.00	0	0	0
VH Stollmeyer (WI)	1939-1939	1	3.0	1	24	8	1	1/8	8.00	2.00	24.00	0	0	0
J van Geloven (LEI)	1956-1956	1	4.0	1	24	8	1	1/8	8.00	2.00	24.00	0	0	0
F Walker (MCC)	1853-1856	6	37.0	0	148	0	6	6/?	-	-	24.66	0	1	0
WH Lockwood (SUR)	1893-1893	1	44.3	13	223	104	9	8/33	11.55	2.79	24.77	0	1	0
GJ Parsons (LEI)	1992-1993	2	29.0	12	174	71	7	3/12	10.14	2.44	24.85	0	0	0
JE Hindson (NOT)	1992-1992	1	33.4	11	202	74	8	5/42	9.25	2.19	25.25	0	1	0
BAJ Fisher (OxUni)	2020-2020	1	21.2	1	128	79	5	3/37	15.80	3.70	25.60	0	0	0
CT Sarwate (INDIA)	1946-1946	1	30.0	3	180	96	7	5/58	13.71	3.20	25.71	0	1	0
GAR Lock (SUR)	1956-1956	1	34.5	10	209	66	8	5/27	8.25	1.89	26.12	0	1	0
JH Sinclair (SA)	1904-1907	2	48.0	6	288	152	11	4/45	13.81	3.16	26.18	2	0	0
KR Miller (AUS)	1948-1953	2	39.2	8	236	102	9	5/46	11.33	2.59	26.22	0	1	0
MG Waite (AUS)	1938-1938	1	22.3	7	135	41	5	5/23	8.20	1.82	27.00	0	1	0
H Thompson (SUR)	1919-1919	1	18.0	3	108	106	4	3/48	26.50	5.88	27.00	0	0	0
HRW Butterworth ()	1935-1935	1	37.0	5	222	110	8	6/50	13.75	2.97	27.75	0	1	0
RE Bryson (SUR)	1992-1992	1	28.0	5	168	91	6	5/48	15.16	3.25	28.00	0	1	0
RO Jenkins (WOR)	1956-1956	1	28.1	5	169	102	6	5/85	17.00	3.62	28.16	0	1	0
FP Fenner ()	1829-1856	23	148.0+	0	592+	0	105	9/?	-	-	28.19	4	9	2
CK Francis (OxUni)	1870-1870	1	85.1	28	341	161	12	7/102	13.41	2.83	28.41	0	2	1
AGJ Fraser (ESS)	1992-1992	1	9.3	2	57	37	2	2/37	18.50	3.89	28.50	0	0	0
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1951-1951	1	24.0	6	144	62	5	5/62	12.40	2.58	28.80	0	1	0
TN Wren (KEN)	1992-1992	1	24.0	4	144	92	5	3/54	18.40	3.83	28.80	0	0	0
FBR Browne ()	1919-1919	1	24.1	5	145	81	5	5/71	16.20	3.35	29.00	0	1	0
J Grundy (MCC)	1851-1857	10	131.2+	31	526+	76	68	8/?	6.90*	1.85*	29.22	2	8	4
JM Sims (MCC/MID)	1933-1935	2	73.2	12	440	201	15	8/34	13.40	2.74	29.33	0	1	1
ASM Oakman (SUS)	1956-1956	1	29.3	11	177	67	6	5/10	11.16	2.27	29.50	0	1	0
J Middleton (SA)	1904-1904	1	14.5	3	89	64	3	3/46	21.33	4.31	29.66	0	0	0
CH Parkin (LAN)	1922-1922	1	44.4	11	268	134	9	8/99	14.88	3.00	29.77	0	1	0
T Richardson (SUR)	1893-1893	1	42.0	11	210	136	7	5/81	19.42	3.88	30.00	0	1	0
EL Kidd (/MCC)	1919-1922	3	20.0	1	120	83	4	4/80	20.75	4.15	30.00	1	0	0
TC Dodds (ESS)	1956-1956	1	5.0	4	30	3	1	1/3	3.00	0.60	30.00	0	0	0
JC Hill (AUS)	1953-1953	1	5.0	2	30	5	1	1/5	5.00	1.00	30.00	0	0	0
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964-1964	1	5.0	0	30	23	1	1/23	23.00	4.60	30.00	0	0	0
TJ Williams (OxUni)	2013-2014	2	55.1	14	331	142	11	5/34	12.90	2.57	30.09	0	1	0
J Iddon (LAN)	1933-1933	1	20.1	8	121	39	4	3/25	9.75	1.93	30.25	0	0	0
Asif Iqbal (/Pak)	1963-1971	2	35.2	6	212	132	7	6/45	18.85	3.73	30.28	0	1	0
ADG Matthews (NOR)	1933-1933	1	40.3	19	243	58	8	6/34	7.25	1.43	30.37	0	1	0
W Mycroft (ENGXI/MCC)	1877-1877	2	114.0	60	456	145	15	6/50	9.66	1.90	30.40	0	2	0
GF Berkeley (OxUni)	1893-1893	1	55.0	23	275	94	9	5/38	10.44	2.05	30.55	1	1	0
W Fellows (OxUni)	1854-1857	4	38.1	18	153	41	5	2/2	8.20	1.60	30.60	0	0	0
WC Hedley (MCC)	1893-1893	1	30.3	7	153	105	5	5/105	21.00	4.11	30.60	0	1	0
WE Blackburn (YOR)	1919-1919	1	46.0	6	276	186	9	5/113	20.66	4.04	30.66	1	1	0
MPW Jeh (OxUni)	1992-1993	2	46.0	5	276	193	9	4/61	21.44	4.19	30.66	1	0	0
R Peel (YOR)	1893-1893	1	62.2	22	312	101	10	8/54	10.10	1.94	31.20	0	1	1
FCG Naumann (/OxUni)	1919-1922	2	62.3	8	375	197	12	6/81	16.41	3.15	31.25	0	2	1
AW Laraman (MID)	2000-2000	1	21.0	4	126	55	4	4/33	13.75	2.61	31.50	1	0	0
CP Schofield (LAN)	2000-2000	1	31.5	8	191	62	6	5/48	10.33	1.94	31.83	0	1	0
WHR Andrews (SOM)	1935-1935	1	47.5	15	287	94	9	7/29	10.44	1.96	31.88	0	1	0
NA Knox (Army)	1919-1919	1	32.0	7	192	181	6	6/181	30.16	5.65	32.00	0	1	0

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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
Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

North West vs Boland at Paarl, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 25th Match, Feb 9-12, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 160/2 (42.0 ov, LC Ngoepe 83*, KJ Dudgeon 0/27) - Stumps

KwaZulu-Natal Inland vs Lions at Johannesburg, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 28th Match, Feb 9-11, 2026 [First-class]

Water and Power Development Authority vs Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited at Lahore, President's Trophy Grade-I Final, Feb 8-11, 2026 [First-class]