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Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	50+	0	4s	6s
🥇 1	H Sutcliffe	H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1924-1929	32	50	4	2960	176	64.34	3259+	33.41	12	13	25	1	132+	1
🥈 2	JB Hobbs	JB Hobbs (ENG)	1920-1929	28	44	1	2644	211	61.48	3323+	45.62	10	10	20	1	164+	2
🥉 3	FE Woolley	FE Woolley (ENG)	1920-1929	33	50	3	2003	154	42.61	907+	58.98	4	13	17	8	133+	9
4	EH Hendren	EH Hendren (ENG)	1920-1929	32	50	6	1869	169	42.47	2173+	49.93	4	11	15	4	147+	6
5	HW Taylor	HW Taylor (SA)	1921-1929	21	37	2	1612	176	46.05	-	-	5	9	14	-	30+	4
6	J Ryder	J Ryder (AUS)	1920-1929	20	32	5	1394	201*	51.62	2035+	44.86	3	9	12	1	102+	3
6	RH Catterall	RH Catterall (SA)	1922-1929	20	36	2	1378	120	40.52	6+	-	3	9	12	3	15+	6
8	WR Hammond	WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1929	17	29	4	1689	251	67.56	2521+	35.89	6	5	11	1	94+	2
9	HL Collins	HL Collins (AUS)	1920-1926	19	31	1	1352	203	45.06	1974+	40.47	4	6	10	-	121+	0
10	GE Tyldesley	GE Tyldesley (ENG)	1921-1929	14	20	2	990	122	55.00	178+	29.21	3	6	9	2	37+	2
10	CG Macartney	CG Macartney (AUS)	1920-1926	14	21	3	1252	170	69.55	376+	69.14	6	3	9	-	129+	1
10	JM Taylor	JM Taylor (AUS)	1920-1926	20	28	-	997	108	35.60	1170+	49.31	1	8	9	1	88+	0
10	JM Gregory	JM Gregory (AUS)	1920-1928	24	34	3	1146	119	36.96	880+	60.45	2	7	9	3	120+	3
14	W Bardsley	W Bardsley (AUS)	1920-1926	21	33	5	979	193*	34.96	696+	53.87	1	7	8	2	77+	0
15	CAG Russell	CAG Russell (ENG)	1920-1923	10	18	2	910	140	56.87	492+	52.43	5	2	7	2	39+	1
16	WM Woodfull	WM Woodfull (AUS)	1926-1929	10	16	1	797	141	53.13	1592+	30.84	5	1	6	3	44+	0
17	M Leyland	M Leyland (ENG)	1928-1929	7	10	1	484	137	53.77	468+	40.59	2	3	5	2	24+	1
17	JWHT Douglas	JWHT Douglas (ENG)	1920-1925	12	19	2	552	75	32.47	977+	38.48	-	5	5	-	42+	0
17	AW Nourse	AW Nourse (SA)	1921-1924	13	23	1	722	111	32.81	-	-	1	4	5	-	32+	0
20	DG Bradman	DG Bradman (AUS)	1928-1929	4	8	1	468	123	66.85	1107	42.27	2	2	4	-	37	0
20	MJ Susskind	MJ Susskind (SA)	1924-1924	5	8	-	268	65	33.50	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	0
20	DR Jardine	DR Jardine (ENG)	1928-1929	7	11	1	446	98	44.60	1324+	25.75	-	4	4	1	32+	0
20	P Holmes	P Holmes (ENG)	1921-1928	6	12	1	340	88	30.90	-	-	-	4	4	3	4+	0
20	CP Mead	CP Mead (ENG)	1921-1928	8	13	1	702	182*	58.50	286+	28.32	2	2	4	1	32+	0
20	WW Armstrong	WW Armstrong (AUS)	1920-1921	10	13	2	616	158	56.00	783+	59.25	3	1	4	2	57	1
20	HB Cameron	HB Cameron (SA)	1927-1929	9	15	1	423	83	30.21	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	3
20	APF Chapman	APF Chapman (ENG)	1924-1929	17	23	4	591	58	31.10	583+	60.03	-	4	4	1	33+	9
20	TJE Andrews	TJE Andrews (AUS)	1921-1926	16	23	1	592	94	26.90	137+	53.28	-	4	4	-	49+	0
20	MW Tate	MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1929	26	33	3	814	100*	27.13	396+	78.53	1	3	4	3	50+	7
30	Lord Tennyson	Lord Tennyson (ENG)	1921-1921	4	5	1	229	74*	57.25	0+	-	-	3	3	-	31	0
30	JWH Makepeace	JWH Makepeace (ENG)	1920-1921	4	8	-	279	117	34.87	701	39.80	1	2	3	-	12	0
30	RES Wyatt	RES Wyatt (ENG)	1927-1929	7	10	1	351	113	39.00	-	-	1	2	3	2	0+	0
30	AJ Richardson	AJ Richardson (AUS)	1924-1926	9	13	-	403	100	31.00	512+	44.14	1	2	3	1	33+	0
30	CE Pellew	CE Pellew (AUS)	1920-1921	10	14	1	484	116	37.23	534+	59.73	2	1	3	-	50	0
30	WH Ponsford	WH Ponsford (AUS)	1924-1928	9	16	1	518	128	34.53	786+	45.29	2	1	3	-	30+	0
30	DPB Morkel	DPB Morkel (SA)	1927-1929	10	17	1	514	88	32.12	-	-	-	3	3	1	0+	0
30	C Kelleway	C Kelleway (AUS)	1920-1928	11	18	1	590	147	34.70	1406+	33.07	1	2	3	-	44	0
30	HG Deane	HG Deane (SA)	1924-1929	15	24	2	598	93	27.18	0+	-	-	3	3	1	0+	1
39	WW Whysall	WW Whysall (ENG)	1925-1925	3	5	-	186	76	37.20	408+	39.21	-	2	2	-	13	1
39	CA Roach	CA Roach (WI)	1928-1928	3	6	-	131	53	21.83	-	-	-	2	2	2	-	0
39	JW Zulch	JW Zulch (SA)	1921-1921	3	6	-	193	80	32.16	-	-	-	2	2	-	20	0
39	HGO Owen-Smith	HGO Owen-Smith (SA)	1929-1929	5	8	2	252	129	42.00	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	2
39	R Kilner	R Kilner (ENG)	1924-1926	9	8	1	233	74	33.28	266+	39.09	-	2	2	-	19+	0
39	B Mitchell	B Mitchell (SA)	1929-1929	5	9	1	251	88	31.37	-	-	-	2	2	-	0+	0
39	FT Mann	FT Mann (ENG)	1922-1923	5	9	1	281	84	35.12	-	-	-	2	2	-	11+	6
39	AF Kippax	AF Kippax (AUS)	1925-1929	6	12	-	361	100	30.08	831+	37.42	1	1	2	-	33	0
39	G Brown	G Brown (ENG)	1921-1923	7	12	2	299	84	29.90	-	-	-	2	2	2	24+	0
39	CL Vincent	CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1929	9	14	6	242	60	30.25	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	6
39	PGH Fender	PGH Fender (ENG)	1921-1929	13	21	1	380	60	19.00	206+	71.84	-	2	2	3	16+	1
39	TA Ward	TA Ward (SA)	1921-1924	13	23	5	316	64	17.55	-	-	-	2	2	1	4+	0
39	EP Nupen	EP Nupen (SA)	1921-1928	13	24	5	306	69	16.10	-	-	-	2	2	4	5+	2
39	WAS Oldfield	WAS Oldfield (AUS)	1920-1929	20	33	8	699	65*	27.96	1338+	33.78	-	2	2	1	46+	0
53	AG Fairfax	AG Fairfax (AUS)	1929-1929	1	1	-	65	65	65.00	242	26.85	-	1	1	-	2	0
53	Q McMillan	Q McMillan (SA)	1929-1929	2	2	1	67	50*	67.00	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1
53	AEV Hartkopf	AEV Hartkopf (AUS)	1925-1925	1	2	-	80	80	40.00	164	48.78	-	1	1	1	8	0
53	JAJ Christy	JAJ Christy (SA)	1929-1929	2	3	-	112	70	37.33	-	-	-	1	1	-	0+	0
53	LE Tapscott	LE Tapscott (SA)	1923-1923	2	3	1	58	50*	29.00	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1
53	A Jackson	A Jackson (AUS)	1929-1929	2	4	-	276	164	69.00	619	44.58	1	-	1	-	25	0
53	JA Small	JA Small (WI)	1928-1928	2	4	-	54	52	13.50	-	-	-	1	1	2	0+	0
53	JW Hitch	JW Hitch (ENG)	1920-1921	2	4	1	91	51*	30.33	41+	53.65	-	1	1	-	12	1
53	JFW Nicolson	JFW Nicolson (SA)	1928-1928	3	5	-	179	78	35.80	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	0
53	WH Brann	WH Brann (SA)	1922-1923	3	5	-	71	50	14.20	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	0
53	CN Frank	CN Frank (SA)	1921-1921	3	6	-	236	152	39.33	-	-	1	-	1	-	20	0
53	GG Macaulay	GG Macaulay (ENG)	1923-1926	6	9	4	103	76	20.60	-	-	-	1	1	1	10+	0
53	CM Francois	CM Francois (SA)	1922-1923	5	9	1	252	72	31.50	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	0
53	VY Richardson	VY Richardson (AUS)	1924-1929	5	10	-	245	138	24.50	483	50.72	1	-	1	2	22	0
53	AW Carr	AW Carr (ENG)	1922-1929	11	13	1	237	63	19.75	0+	-	-	1	1	-	0+	0
53	GTS Stevens	GTS Stevens (ENG)	1922-1928	8	13	-	212	69	16.30	-	-	-	1	1	2	4+	2
53	JW Hearne	JW Hearne (ENG)	1920-1926	11	14	1	306	57	23.53	502+	30.67	-	1	1	1	14+	0
53	W Rhodes	W Rhodes (ENG)	1920-1926	7	14	-	309	73	22.07	682+	34.89	-	1	1	-	17+	0
53	A Sandham	A Sandham (ENG)	1921-1925	10	15	-	287	58	19.13	31+	29.03	-	1	1	1	3+	0
53	H Larwood	H Larwood (ENG)	1926-1929	12	16	1	277	70	18.46	300+	57.66	-	1	1	3	23+	1
53	AP Freeman	AP Freeman (ENG)	1924-1929	12	16	5	154	50*	14.00	214+	37.38	-	1	1	2	10+	0
53	G Geary	G Geary (ENG)	1924-1929	11	16	4	187	66	15.58	385+	24.67	-	1	1	1	10+	0
53	HSTL Hendry	HSTL Hendry (AUS)	1921-1929	11	18	2	335	112	20.93	726+	34.71	1	-	1	1	27	0
53	JM Blanckenberg	JM Blanckenberg (SA)	1921-1924	13	20	1	351	56	18.47	0+	-	-	1	1	1	17+	4

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