Bowling Best Figures Match - vs Australia

Players - vs Australia

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
AMB Rowan	36.4x8	13	68	15	1.39	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	10 Dec 1949	First-class
HJ Tayfield	57.4x8	6	167	9	2.17	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
GF Cresswell	48.3	18	100	8	2.06	New Zealand	v Australia	Dunedin	17 Mar 1950	First-class
SA Thwaits	41.1x8	10	129	7	2.35	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	2 Dec 1949	First-class
AW Keightley-Smith	27.3x8	6	86	6	2.35	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	27 Jan 1950	First-class
PNF Mansell	14.7x8	-	89	6	4.48	Rhodesia	v Australians	Bulawayo	11 Nov 1949	First-class
A Tayfield	32.4x8	7	127	6	2.93	Natal	v Australians	Pietermaritzburg	24 Feb 1950	First-class
NBF Mann	36.0x8	4	128	6	2.66	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
NBF Mann	61.6x8	14	132	6	1.60	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
MG Melle	45.0x8	3	171	6	2.85	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
HJ Tayfield	16.2x8	3	65	5	3.00	African XI	v Australians	Johannesburg	17 Mar 1950	First-class
LJ Heaney	37.0x8	10	93	5	1.88	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	10 Dec 1949	First-class
LE McNamara	18.0x8	-	113	5	4.70	Griq West	v Australians	Kimberley	17 Feb 1950	First-class
MA Hanley	34.0x8	6	146	5	3.22	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	2 Dec 1949	First-class
A Tayfield	13.0x8	2	68	4	3.92	African XI	v Australians	Johannesburg	17 Mar 1950	First-class
AR MacGibbon	31.0	3	75	4	2.41	Canterbury	v Australians	Christchurch	3 Mar 1950	First-class
MG Melle	16.6x8	1	82	4	3.67	African XI	v Australians	Harare	19 Nov 1949	First-class
BAL Wiles	24.0x8	-	109	4	3.40	NE Transvaal	v Australians	Pretoria	4 Feb 1950	First-class
LW Payn	41.7x8	7	175	4	3.13	Natal	v Australians	Durban	28 Oct 1949	First-class
DW Begbie	8.0x8	-	33	3	3.09	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	27 Jan 1950	First-class
AE Cresswell	19.0	3	35	3	1.84	Wellington	v Australians	Wellington	1 Apr 1950	First-class
JD Alderson	22.4	6	57	3	2.51	Canterbury	v Australians	Christchurch	3 Mar 1950	First-class
HB Birrell	13.5x8	1	71	3	3.90	E. Province	v Australians	Gqeberha	7 Jan 1950	First-class
GRM Bolus	23.0x8	7	74	3	2.41	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	2 Dec 1949	First-class
HB Cave	22.0	2	82	3	3.72	Wellington	v Australians	Wellington	1 Apr 1950	First-class
MA Hanley	21.0x8	-	90	3	3.21	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	10 Mar 1950	First-class
HJ Tayfield	28.0x8	3	93	3	2.49	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
HJ Tayfield	21.0x8	3	96	3	3.42	Natal	v Australians	Pietermaritzburg	24 Feb 1950	First-class
JR Liddle	20.0x8	-	97	3	3.63	E. Province	v Australians	Gqeberha	7 Jan 1950	First-class
FJD Stokes-Waller	14.0x8	-	100	3	5.35	NE Transvaal	v Australians	Benoni	5 Nov 1949	First-class
JE Waddington	29.0x8	11	104	3	2.68	African XI	v Australians	Harare	19 Nov 1949	First-class
HJ Tayfield	32.0x8	5	112	3	2.62	African XI	v Australians	Harare	19 Nov 1949	First-class
C Burke	30.1	2	127	3	4.20	Auckland	v Australians	Auckland	17 Feb 1950	First-class
CN McCarthy	28.7x8	1	131	3	3.40	Natal	v Australians	Durban	28 Oct 1949	First-class
CN McCarthy	44.0x8	5	169	3	2.88	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
JE Waddington	38.0x8	2	189	3	3.73	Griq West	v Australians	Kimberley	17 Feb 1950	First-class
JR Reid	28.0	8	39	2	1.39	New Zealand	v Australia	Dunedin	17 Mar 1950	First-class
CLW Randall	16.5	1	42	2	2.49	Wellington	v Australians	Wellington	1 Apr 1950	First-class
LJ Heaney	22.0x8	8	44	2	1.50	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	27 Jan 1950	First-class
JC Watkins	19.0x8	3	56	2	2.21	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
J Cowie	44.0	15	59	2	1.34	Auckland	v Australians	Auckland	17 Feb 1950	First-class
LA Markham	9.0x8	-	61	2	5.08	Natal	v Australians	Durban	28 Oct 1949	First-class
AP Singleton	12.0x8	-	63	2	3.93	Rhodesia	v Australians	Bulawayo	11 Nov 1949	First-class
FE Hemmingson	27.0	6	63	2	2.33	Auckland	v Australians	Auckland	17 Feb 1950	First-class
EA Watson	32.0	8	80	2	2.50	Otago	v Australians	Dunedin	10 Mar 1950	First-class
GM Henderson	19.0x8	2	81	2	3.19	African XI	v Australians	Durban	16 Dec 1949	First-class
SD du Toit	13.0x8	-	82	2	4.73	E. Province	v Australians	Gqeberha	7 Jan 1950	First-class
AW Burnett	16.0x8	-	89	2	4.17	NE Transvaal	v Australians	Pretoria	4 Feb 1950	First-class
GRM Bolus	32.0x8	11	89	2	2.08	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	10 Mar 1950	First-class
CN McCarthy	25.0x8	2	90	2	2.70	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
NBF Mann	28.4x8	4	92	2	2.42	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
HJ Tayfield	23.0x8	2	97	2	3.16	Natal	v Australians	Durban	28 Oct 1949	First-class
EH Hawkins	16.0x8	-	97	2	4.54	OFS	v Australians	Bloemfontein	26 Nov 1949	First-class
HJ Tayfield	25.0x8	1	103	2	3.09	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
NBF Mann	26.0x8	2	105	2	3.02	E. Province	v Australians	Gqeberha	7 Jan 1950	First-class
SA Thwaits	37.0x8	7	106	2	2.14	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	10 Mar 1950	First-class
LD Smith	25.0	2	108	2	4.32	Otago	v Australians	Dunedin	10 Mar 1950	First-class
R Beesly	25.0x8	-	122	2	3.66	Border	v Australians	East London	14 Jan 1950	First-class
MG Melle	23.0x8	2	132	2	4.30	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
DC Cleverley	39.0	6	142	2	3.64	Auckland	v Australians	Auckland	17 Feb 1950	First-class
NBF Mann	36.0x8	4	154	2	3.20	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
HJ Tayfield	43.0x8	5	172	2	3.00	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
RK Thorne	8.0x8	1	14	1	1.31	Border	v Australians	East London	14 Jan 1950	First-class
CG Snook	7.0	2	22	1	3.14	Canterbury	v Australians	Christchurch	3 Mar 1950	First-class
JC Watkins	11.0x8	-	35	1	2.38	Natal	v Australians	Pietermaritzburg	24 Feb 1950	First-class
MG Melle	10.0x8	1	36	1	2.70	African XI	v Australians	Johannesburg	17 Mar 1950	First-class
DW Begbie	4.0x8	-	38	1	7.12	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
OC Dawson	8.0x8	-	39	1	3.65	Natal	v Australians	Durban	28 Oct 1949	First-class
RM Murray	19.0	4	42	1	2.21	Wellington	v Australians	Wellington	1 Apr 1950	First-class
JB Donaldson	16.0	5	46	1	2.87	Auckland	v Australians	Auckland	17 Feb 1950	First-class
HE Penning	6.4x8	-	52	1	6.00	NE Transvaal	v Australians	Benoni	5 Nov 1949	First-class
ES Newson	15.0x8	2	54	1	2.70	Rhodesia	v Australians	Bulawayo	11 Nov 1949	First-class
A Dunn	10.0x8	1	54	1	4.05	Griq West	v Australians	Kimberley	17 Feb 1950	First-class
SH Martin	14.0x8	2	55	1	2.94	Rhodesia	v Australians	Bulawayo	11 Nov 1949	First-class
HV Paton	8.0x8	1	57	1	5.34	NE Transvaal	v Australians	Pretoria	4 Feb 1950	First-class
JE Waddington	19.0x8	1	60	1	2.36	African XI	v Australians	Durban	16 Dec 1949	First-class
JC Watkins	14.0x8	2	69	1	3.69	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
EV Witte	21.0x8	5	70	1	2.50	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	2 Dec 1949	First-class
TB Burtt	15.0	4	70	1	4.66	Canterbury	v Australians	Christchurch	3 Mar 1950	First-class
FJD Stokes-Waller	9.0x8	-	77	1	6.41	NE Transvaal	v Australians	Pretoria	4 Feb 1950	First-class
MG Melle	20.0x8	1	83	1	3.11	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	27 Jan 1950	First-class
GWF Overton	45.0	14	94	1	2.08	Otago	v Australians	Dunedin	10 Mar 1950	First-class
LW Payn	23.0x8	3	99	1	3.22	Natal	v Australians	Pietermaritzburg	24 Feb 1950	First-class
TA Freeman	38.0	9	108	1	2.84	Otago	v Australians	Dunedin	10 Mar 1950	First-class
JP McNally	17.6x8	-	109	1	4.60	Griq West	v Australians	Kimberley	17 Feb 1950	First-class
LW Payn	27.5x8	2	111	1	3.01	African XI	v Australians	Durban	16 Dec 1949	First-class
DAC Woods	28.0x8	2	139	1	3.72	Border	v Australians	East London	14 Jan 1950	First-class
HJ Tayfield	45.0x8	6	191	1	3.18	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321

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