Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 1959 in FC

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Hanif Mohammad (/PAK)	1959-1959	6	11	2	1045	499	116.11	-	-	4	2	0	64+	0+
KF Barrington (ENG/PEAXI/SUR)	1959-1959	8	12	2	653	87	65.30	-	-	0	6	0	29+	4+
VL Manjrekar (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	10	16	4	761	204*	63.41	-	-	2	4	0	5+	0+
RB Kanhai (GYANA/WI)	1959-1959	6	10	1	564	217	62.66	-	-	1	3	0	32+	0+
CC McDonald (AUS)	1959-1959	8	13	2	671	170	61.00	867+	47.28	2	2	0	29+	0
PBH May (ENG)	1959-1959	8	12	2	590	124*	59.00	719+	43.94	2	3	0	68+	0
NCL O'Neill (AUS/NSW)	1959-1959	12	20	5	798	155	53.20	336+	41.66	3	3	2	11+	0+
PR Umrigar (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	26	45	5	1987	252*	49.67	-	-	5	9	5	25+	0+
WM Lawry (VIC)	1959-1959	8	13	3	491	92	49.10	-	-	0	6	1	-	-
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1959-1959	6	12	1	533	166	48.45	-	-	1	2	0	8+	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG/KEN)	1959-1959	11	17	2	719	160	47.93	743+	41.58	2	3	0	49+	6+
JH Shaw (VIC)	1959-1959	10	16	2	660	107	47.14	-	-	1	6	1	-	-
GR Reynolds (QLD)	1959-1959	9	17	2	677	131	45.13	-	-	3	3	2	-	-
RN Harvey (AUS/NSW)	1959-1959	12	21	3	749	114	41.61	273+	29.30	1	4	0	8+	0+
PJP Burge (AUS/QLD)	1959-1959	8	12	1	457	171	41.54	-	-	2	1	2	0+	0+
JC Lill (SOA)	1959-1959	8	15	1	576	126	41.14	-	-	2	2	0	-	-
AK Davidson (AUS/NSW)	1959-1959	10	12	1	452	110	41.09	312+	41.98	1	1	1	14+	2+
CJ Pinch (SOA)	1959-1959	8	13	2	448	90	40.72	-	-	0	3	0	-	-
JJ McLaughlin (QLD)	1959-1959	9	17	4	513	117*	39.46	-	-	1	3	2	-	-
GB Stevens (AUS/SOA)	1959-1959	9	17	2	588	141	39.20	-	-	2	2	1	0+	0+
ER Dexter (ENG/MCC/PEAXI)	1959-1959	8	12	2	386	141	38.60	366+	43.44	2	1	2	35+	3+
J Potter (VIC)	1959-1959	10	16	2	513	119	36.64	-	-	2	2	0	-	-
GS Sobers (AERXI/WI)	1959-1959	6	10	0	361	74	36.10	-	-	0	2	1	-	0+
HN Dansie (SOA)	1959-1959	8	14	1	465	100	35.76	-	-	1	3	1	-	-
R Harvey (VIC)	1959-1959	6	10	1	314	97	34.88	-	-	0	2	0	-	-
DK Gaekwad (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	24	40	4	1232	176	34.22	-	-	3	6	3	9+	0+
AG Kripal Singh (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	21	31	3	941	178	33.60	-	-	1	7	6	-	0+
LV Maddocks (VIC)	1959-1959	10	15	2	425	94*	32.69	-	-	0	4	1	-	-
ATW Grout (AUS/QLD)	1959-1959	9	10	1	292	74	32.44	218+	44.49	0	2	0	16+	0+
NJ Contractor (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	26	48	2	1477	114	32.10	-	-	1	9	3	3+	1+
JW Burke (AUS/NSW)	1959-1959	6	11	1	319	103	31.90	440+	29.54	1	2	0	4+	0+
P Roy (INDIA)	1959-1959	20	35	5	927	155	30.90	-	-	1	5	2	-	-
DJ Woodhead (WA)	1959-1959	7	10	1	269	101*	29.88	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
CG Borde (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	30	54	7	1399	109	29.76	-	-	1	12	8	10+	0+
W Mathias (/PAK/PdtXI)	1959-1959	8	14	0	398	103	28.42	-	-	1	2	0	-	0+
AA Baig (IND/INDIA/OxUni)	1959-1959	16	31	2	819	116	28.24	-	-	3	2	2	3+	0+
AL Apte (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	19	34	2	881	165	27.53	0+	0.00	3	2	2	0+	0+
Ijaz Butt (PAK)	1959-1959	5	10	2	213	58	26.62	-	-	0	1	1	-	0
IB Oxenford (QLD)	1959-1959	9	17	1	425	72	26.56	-	-	0	4	0	-	-
P Roy (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	10	20	0	528	99	26.40	-	-	0	4	3	12+	0+
PE Richardson (ENG/KEN/PEAXI)	1959-1959	6	10	0	263	68	26.30	454+	32.15	0	2	0	16+	0+
CN Crompton (VIC)	1959-1959	10	16	0	419	75	26.18	-	-	0	2	1	-	-
Shujauddin (PAK/PakCm)	1959-1959	7	13	2	264	107	24.00	-	-	1	0	1	0+	0+
G Thomas (NSW)	1959-1959	8	12	0	288	86	24.00	-	-	0	2	2	-	-
NG Marks (NSW)	1959-1959	7	11	1	239	88	23.90	-	-	0	3	3	-	-
JM Ghorpade (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	22	37	2	833	70	23.80	-	-	0	6	5	6+	0+
KD Mackay (AUS/QLD)	1959-1959	11	14	0	332	78	23.71	297+	28.28	0	2	2	7+	0+
ML Jaisimha (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	22	39	4	824	83*	23.54	-	-	0	5	4	-	0+
R Benaud (AUS/NSW)	1959-1959	11	15	2	306	64	23.53	240+	48.33	0	1	1	15+	0+
RG Nadkarni (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	28	45	1	1024	80	23.27	0+	0.00	0	5	6	9+	0+
JW Martin (NSW/SOA)	1959-1959	9	13	3	232	60	23.20	0+	0.00	0	1	0	0+	0+
LE Favell (AUS/SOA)	1959-1959	10	17	1	343	55	21.43	209+	34.92	0	2	1	6+	0+
LT Hill (SOA)	1959-1959	7	12	0	243	100	20.25	-	-	1	0	3	-	-
IR Huntington (VIC)	1959-1959	6	10	1	176	40	19.55	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK/PakCm)	1959-1959	7	13	0	253	54	19.46	-	-	0	1	0	9+	0+
JB Mortimore (AERXI/ENG/GLO)	1959-1959	7	11	1	185	44*	18.50	186+	35.48	0	0	1	9+	1+
FS Trueman (ENG/PEAXI)	1959-1959	11	16	3	238	39*	18.30	222+	43.24	0	0	4	16+	1+
B Fisher (QLD)	1959-1959	9	11	1	182	42	18.20	0+	0.00	0	0	2	0+	0+
R Swetman (ENG/SUR)	1959-1959	9	13	2	198	65	18.00	296+	21.95	0	1	2	12+	0+
RR Lindwall (AUS/QLD)	1959-1959	9	13	2	173	56*	15.72	52+	36.53	0	1	1	0+	0+
FCM Alexander (JAM/WI)	1959-1959	7	10	0	156	30	15.60	-	-	0	0	1	-	1+
LF Kline (AUS/VIC)	1959-1959	9	11	4	105	25*	15.00	-	-	0	0	2	0+	0+
Wazir Mohammad (/PAK)	1959-1959	6	10	0	148	57	14.80	-	-	0	1	2	-	0+
RA Hitchcox (SOA)	1959-1959	7	10	1	120	63	13.33	-	-	0	1	2	-	-
NS Tamhane (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	19	24	2	284	34	12.90	0+	0.00	0	0	3	4+	0+
PG Joshi (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	18	33	3	379	72	12.63	-	-	0	1	4	4+	0+
JD Bratchford (QLD)	1959-1959	9	14	1	154	52	11.84	-	-	0	1	2	-	-
Surendranath (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	28	40	16	270	27	11.25	0+	0.00	0	0	6	7+	0+
JN Edwards (VIC)	1959-1959	10	13	2	113	36*	10.27	-	-	0	0	1	-	-
GF Rorke (AUS/NSW)	1959-1959	8	10	4	60	22	10.00	8+	25.00	0	0	3	0+	0+
BN Jarman (AUS/SOA)	1959-1959	7	14	0	138	74	9.85	-	-	0	1	5	0+	0+
IW Quick (VIC)	1959-1959	10	13	0	124	28	9.53	-	-	0	0	2	-	-
DA Ford (NSW)	1959-1959	8	12	1	99	22	9.00	-	-	0	0	2	-	-
VM Muddiah (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	13	15	7	71	46*	8.87	0+	0.00	0	0	3	0+	0+
RB Desai (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	23	33	13	165	23	8.25	0+	0.00	0	0	7	0+	0+
SP Gupte (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	25	35	8	183	31	6.77	0+	0.00	0	0	7	2+	0+
PG Trethewey (SOA)	1959-1959	7	11	5	38	11	6.33	-	-	0	0	2	-	-

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Minimum of 10 innings
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:

Victoria vs New South Wales at Melbourne, Sheffield Shield , Dec 26-30, 1959 [First-class]

South Australia vs Queensland at Adelaide, Sheffield Shield , Dec 25-29, 1959 [First-class]

India vs Australia at Kanpur, Australia tour of India 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]