Bowling Most Wickets Career

Oxford University vs other countries FC+LA+T20s Bowling Records - Most Wickets in Career

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
J Dean (MCC)	1838-1857	14	25	344+	86.0+	29	128	96	8/?	12.80*	2.23*	26.46	6	9	3
FW Lillywhite (MCC)	1832-1850	10	17	359+	89.3+	-	-	76	7/?	-	-	17.09	2	10	4
WR Hillyer (MCC)	1840-1849	9	16	352+	88.0+	-	-	73	8/?	-	-	16.00	5	7	3
J Bayley (MCC)	1836-1844	6	12	-	-	-	-	59	7/?	-	-	0.00	0	10	4
J Cobbett (MCC)	1832-1841	7	13	-	-	-	-	52	6/?	-	-	0.00	4	5	1
J Grundy (MCC)	1852-1857	7	13	696+	174.0+	52	246	50	7/?	10.69*	2.12*	30.26	2	5	1
CG Taylor (CambU/MCC)	1836-1842	6	9	0+	0.0+	0	0	46	8/?	-	-	0.00	4	5	3
T Nixon (MCC)	1851-1855	6	10	280+	70.0+	11	132	37	6/48	8.80*	2.82*	18.66	2	3	1
E Sayres (CambU/MCC)	1838-1841	6	10	0+	0.0+	0	0	36	5/?	-	-	0.00	4	2	0
FH Hervey-Bathurst (MCC)	1834-1846	6	8	-	-	-	-	32	6/?	-	-	0.00	0	4	1
EW Blore (CambU)	1848-1851	4	8	184+	46.0+	-	-	31	5/?	-	-	23.00	6	1	0
H Walker (MCC)	1839-1841	3	6	-	-	-	-	25	7/?	-	-	0.00	2	2	1
W de St Croix (CambU)	1839-1842	4	6	0+	0.0+	0	0	25	6/?	-	-	0.00	1	3	1
G Giffen (AUS)	1882-1896	3	5	697	-	45	344	23	8/98	14.95	2.96	30.30	0	2	1
JM Lee (CambU)	1846-1848	3	6	-	-	-	-	20	6/?	-	-	-	2	1	1
W Mills (CambU/MCC)	1840-1843	5	6	0+	0.0+	0	0	20	4/?	-	-	0.00	3	0	0
GP Ottey (CambU)	1844-1847	4	6	0+	0.0+	0	0	20	6/?	-	-	0.00	1	1	1
AD Baxter (/MCC)	1935-1935	3	5	471	78.3	18	172	20	7/33	8.60	2.19	23.55	1	2	1
WT Greswell (/SOM)	1922-1933	3	6	901	150.1	38	359	20	6/76	17.95	2.39	45.05	2	1	0
H Royston (MCC)	1844-1857	4	7	218+	54.2+	15	104	19	5/?	10.40*	2.86*	21.80	2	1	0
G Wootton (MCC)	1870-1870	2	4	892	223.0	114	274	19	6/54	14.42	1.84	46.94	2	2	1
D Buchanan (/CambU)	1850-1870	2	4	433+	108.1+	53	122	18	7/48	11.09*	1.69*	39.36	1	2	1
J Makinson (CambU)	1856-1857	2	4	471	117.3	57	143	18	7/38	7.94	1.82	26.16	0	2	1
W Mead (MCC)	1893-1893	2	4	666	133.1	46	222	18	6/61	12.33	2.00	37.00	0	3	1
RJ Crichard (CambU)	2015-2017	3	6	708	118.0	23	398	18	6/68	22.11	3.37	39.33	0	3	1
TWJ Goddard (GLO)	1933-1935	2	4	576	96.0	28	271	17	6/55	15.94	2.82	33.88	1	2	1
MW Tate (SUS)	1919-1935	3	6	606	101.0	36	191	16	6/25	11.93	1.89	37.87	0	1	0
AW Mold (LAN)	1893-1893	2	4	598	119.3	50	217	16	7/28	13.56	2.17	37.37	0	2	1
J Spencer (SUS)	1975-1976	2	4	411	68.3	22	134	15	5/49	8.93	1.95	27.40	1	1	0
J Briggs (/LAN)	1893-1893	3	3	622	124.2	47	213	15	7/46	14.20	2.05	41.46	0	2	1
JH Cameron (CambU/WI)	1935-1939	2	4	443	-	8	176	14	7/73	12.57	2.38	31.64	0	1	0
TM Adams (MCC)	1852-1855	3	5	-	-	-	-	13	5/?	-	-	0.00	0	1	0
F Morley (MCC)	1877-1877	1	2	133	33.1	27	14	13	7/6	1.07	0.63	10.23	0	2	1
AS Kennedy (HAM)	1922-1922	1	2	278	46.2	13	106	13	7/73	8.15	2.28	21.38	0	2	1
Ghulam Ahmed (INDIA)	1952-1952	1	2	509	84.5	29	150	13	8/84	11.53	1.76	39.15	0	2	1
G Geary (LEI)	1933-1935	2	4	533	88.5	25	169	13	7/30	13.00	1.90	41.00	1	1	0
SD Udal (HAM)	1992-1993	2	4	485	80.5	26	195	13	5/47	15.00	2.41	37.30	0	1	0
MB Burrows (/Army)	1922-1922	2	4	366	61.0	12	222	13	4/24	17.07	3.63	28.15	2	0	0
JW Hearne (MCC/MID)	1919-1935	5	7	734	122.2	21	319	13	3/39	24.53	2.60	56.46	0	0	0
RO Schwarz (SA)	1904-1907	2	3	187	31.1	8	73	12	7/41	6.08	2.34	15.58	0	2	0
ET Drake (CambU/MCC)	1852-1856	7	6	158+	39.2+	10	90	12	5/?	22.50*	3.41*	39.50	1	1	0
JC Vitali (CambU)	2019-2020	2	4	317	52.5	11	150	12	6/34	12.50	2.83	26.41	1	1	1
M Jahangir Khan (CambU)	1933-1935	2	4	696	116.0	46	168	12	4/31	14.00	1.44	58.00	2	0	0
GR Johnson (CambU)	1855-1857	3	5	639	159.3	42	180	12	4/39	15.00	1.69	53.25	2	0	0
FR Brown (/MCC)	1933-1956	2	4	424	70.4	17	207	12	8/60	17.25	2.92	35.33	0	1	1
PM Best (CambU)	2011-2012	2	4	750	125.0	50	252	12	6/86	21.00	2.01	62.50	0	1	0
HA Smith (LEI)	1933-1935	2	4	573	95.3	24	276	12	5/84	23.00	2.89	47.75	1	1	0
TJW Probert (CambU)	2009-2013	4	7	765	127.3	32	383	12	4/20	31.91	3.00	63.75	1	0	0
C Pontifex (CambU)	1851-1853	2	3	-	-	-	-	11	5/?	-	-	0.00	0	2	1
ST Clissold (CambU/MCC)	1844-1848	4	3	0+	0.0+	0	0	11	6/?	-	-	0.00	0	1	0
AJ Richardson (AUS)	1926-1926	1	2	284	47.2	23	64	11	6/28	5.81	1.35	25.81	0	2	1
EJ Tyler (SOM)	1893-1893	1	2	295	59.0	23	119	11	6/57	10.81	2.42	26.81	0	2	1
AR Patel (CambU)	2015-2016	2	3	502	83.4	11	253	11	5/86	23.00	3.02	45.63	0	2	0
T Craven (MCC)	1842-1842	1	2	-	-	-	-	10	6/?	-	-	0.00	1	1	1
AA Farmer (CambU)	1836-1836	1	2	-	-	-	-	10	6/?	-	-	0.00	1	1	1
CJ Harenc (MCC)	1835-1847	3	4	-	-	-	-	10	6/?	-	-	0.00	0	1	0
SF Rippinghall (CambU)	1845-1845	1	2	-	-	-	-	10	6/?	-	-	0.00	1	1	1
RN Blaker (CambU)	1842-1843	2	2	0+	0.0+	0	0	10	5/?	-	-	0.00	0	2	1
J Strange (MCC)	1836-1838	3	3	0+	0.0+	0	0	10	4/?	-	-	0.00	1	0	0
FH Farrands (MCC)	1870-1870	1	2	346	86.2	47	101	10	5/46	10.10	1.75	34.60	0	2	1
WE Astill (LEI)	1922-1935	2	3	236	39.2	10	107	10	5/16	10.70	2.72	23.60	0	1	0
JH Sinclair (SA)	1904-1907	2	2	191	31.5	7	111	10	8/69	11.10	3.48	19.10	0	1	1
AR Gover (SUR)	1935-1935	1	2	395	65.5	19	179	10	6/95	17.90	2.71	39.50	1	1	1
RR Relf ()	1933-1933	1	2	508	84.4	25	179	10	7/115	17.90	2.11	50.80	0	1	1
SP Gupte (INDIA)	1959-1959	1	2	407	67.5	12	194	10	6/110	19.40	2.85	40.70	1	1	1
AA Mailey (AUS)	1921-1926	2	4	425	70.5	10	226	10	7/108	22.60	3.19	42.50	0	1	0
AW Pollock (CambU)	2013-2015	3	5	687	114.3	28	356	10	4/43	35.60	3.10	68.70	1	0	0
RT King (CambU)	1846-1849	4	4	84+	21.0+	0	0	9	6/?	-	-	84.00	0	1	0
JH Wardle (YOR)	1956-1956	1	2	123	20.3	6	41	9	5/18	4.55	2.00	13.66	1	1	0
LO Fleetwood-Smith (AUS)	1938-1938	1	2	209	34.5	14	59	9	5/28	6.55	1.69	23.22	1	1	0
EE Ward (CambU)	1870-1870	1	2	192	48.0	24	62	9	6/29	6.88	1.93	21.33	0	1	0
GOB Allen (/CambU)	1922-1952	2	2	253	42.1	21	78	9	5/60	8.66	1.84	28.11	1	1	0
RJ Hurst (MID)	1956-1956	1	2	252	42.0	12	93	9	8/65	10.33	2.21	28.00	0	1	0
JT Hearne (MCC)	1893-1893	1	2	298	59.3	27	102	9	7/48	11.33	2.05	33.11	0	1	0
EA Bedser (SUR)	1956-1956	1	2	274	45.4	9	115	9	5/55	12.77	2.51	30.44	1	1	0
JVC Griffiths (GLO)	1956-1956	2	3	327	54.3	18	126	9	4/91	14.00	2.31	36.33	1	0	0
M Watkinson (LAN)	1992-1993	2	4	386	64.2	19	132	9	5/16	14.66	2.05	42.88	0	1	0
M Falcon ()	1919-1919	1	2	290	48.2	9	136	9	5/67	15.11	2.81	32.22	1	1	0
IAR Peebles ()	1933-1933	1	2	300	50.0	14	141	9	5/44	15.66	2.82	33.33	1	1	0
GHGM Cartwright (/MCC)	1919-1919	2	3	356	59.2	9	166	9	4/79	18.44	2.79	39.55	1	0	0
CS Marriott ()	1919-1919	2	4	559	93.1	27	214	9	4/56	23.77	2.29	62.11	1	0	0
CWL Parker (GLO)	1933-1935	2	4	478	79.4	18	247	9	4/54	27.44	3.10	53.11	1	0	0
TE Savill (CambU)	2003-2006	4	5	834	139.0	25	445	9	4/126	49.44	3.20	92.66	1	0	0
AJD Diver (MCC)	1848-1848	1	2	-	-	-	-	8	5/?	-	-	0.00	0	1	0
JH Cornford (SUS)	1933-1933	1	2	171	28.3	11	35	8	5/13	4.37	1.22	21.37	0	1	0
FC Cobden (CambU)	1870-1870	1	2	184	46.0	16	76	8	4/35	9.50	2.47	23.00	2	0	0
W Oakley (LAN)	1893-1893	1	2	265	53.0	22	76	8	5/39	9.50	1.72	33.12	0	1	0
DV Smith (MCC/SUS)	1956-1956	2	2	287	47.5	22	87	8	7/40	10.87	1.81	35.87	0	1	0
RPT Marshall (SUS)	1975-1976	2	4	242	40.2	9	96	8	3/48	12.00	2.38	30.25	0	0	0
SR Lampitt (WOR)	1992-1993	2	3	261	43.3	12	97	8	3/35	12.12	2.22	32.62	0	0	0
JLS Vidler (/SUS)	1919-1919	2	3	237	39.3	10	102	8	5/33	12.75	2.58	29.62	0	1	0
H Trumble (AUS)	1893-1896	2	3	328	65.3	29	105	8	6/17	13.12	1.92	41.00	0	1	0
MA Crawley (NOT)	1992-1993	2	3	235	39.1	9	117	8	3/18	14.62	2.98	29.37	0	0	0
AD Sears (CambU)	2014-2014	1	2	254	42.2	6	122	8	5/73	15.25	2.88	31.75	0	1	0
RMR Brathwaite (CambU)	2009-2009	1	2	305	50.5	15	130	8	5/54	16.25	2.55	38.12	0	1	0
MJ Horton (WOR)	1956-1956	1	2	229	38.1	8	138	8	4/19	17.25	3.61	28.62	2	0	0
RG Marlar (SUS)	1956-1956	1	2	228	38.0	9	146	8	7/72	18.25	3.84	28.50	0	1	0
GA Fairbairn (CambU)	1919-1919	1	2	316	52.4	8	147	8	5/110	18.37	2.79	39.50	0	1	0
EL Kidd (CambU/MCC)	1912-1922	2	3	324	54.0	8	147	8	5/75	18.37	2.72	40.50	0	1	0
GR Cox (MCC/SUS)	1919-1919	2	3	368	61.2	8	152	8	4/44	19.00	2.47	46.00	1	0	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:

Gujarat vs Tripura at Agartala, Ranji Trophy Elite, Group C, Jan 29-Feb 1, 2026 [First-class]

Nagaland vs Andhra at Sovima, Ranji Trophy Elite, Group A, Jan 29-Feb 1, 2026 [First-class]

Himachal Pradesh vs Jammu & Kashmir at Nadaun, Ranji Trophy Elite, Group D, Jan 29-Feb 1, 2026 [First-class]