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1940s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
🥇 1	DCS Compton	DCS Compton (ENG)	1946-1949	28	48	5	2664	208	61.95	2130+	35.77	11	10	2	127+	1
🥈 2	L Hutton	L Hutton (ENG)	1946-1949	28	51	4	2443	206	51.97	1585+	36.71	6	14	2	112+	4
🥉 3	C Washbrook	C Washbrook (ENG)	1946-1949	25	46	5	1962	195	47.85	1146+	37.52	4	10	1	60+	6
4	DG Bradman	DG Bradman (AUS)	1946-1948	15	23	5	1903	234	105.72	3459	55.01	8	5	3	144+	1
5	WJ Edrich	WJ Edrich (ENG)	1946-1949	20	33	1	1699	191	53.09	1528+	32.26	5	9	-	120+	8
6	AR Morris	AR Morris (AUS)	1946-1950	16	25	3	1474	196	67.00	1696+	44.33	7	4	1	90+	4
7	AD Nourse	AD Nourse (SA)	1947-1950	12	23	3	1372	149	68.60	108+	63.88	5	8	1	21+	4
8	AL Hassett	AL Hassett (AUS)	1946-1950	17	22	2	1162	198*	58.10	1993+	41.24	4	3	1	82+	3
9	VS Hazare	VS Hazare (IND)	1946-1949	13	25	3	1095	145	49.77	1192+	35.98	4	4	-	47+	1
10	ED Weekes	ED Weekes (WI)	1948-1949	9	13	-	1072	194	82.46	-	-	5	2	-	90+	0
10	B Mitchell	B Mitchell (SA)	1947-1949	10	20	2	1072	189*	59.55	158+	29.11	3	6	-	2+	0
12	SG Barnes	SG Barnes (AUS)	1946-1948	12	17	2	998	234	66.53	1844+	40.18	3	5	1	84+	2
13	KR Miller	KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1950	18	23	3	878	141*	43.90	1141+	49.86	1	6	1	45+	13
14	TG Evans	TG Evans (ENG)	1946-1949	27	40	7	746	74	22.60	418+	37.32	-	2	2	37+	0
15	RS Modi	RS Modi (IND)	1946-1949	8	15	1	697	112	49.78	-	-	1	6	-	12+	0
15	NWD Yardley	NWD Yardley (ENG)	1946-1948	16	27	2	697	99	27.88	764+	36.25	-	4	1	30+	0
17	A Melville	A Melville (SA)	1947-1949	6	12	1	608	189	55.27	-	-	3	1	1	31+	1
18	CL Walcott	CL Walcott (WI)	1948-1949	9	14	1	585	152	45.00	-	-	2	2	-	12+	3
19	MH Mankad	MH Mankad (IND)	1946-1949	13	24	-	573	116	23.87	770+	39.74	2	1	4	26+	1
20	JDB Robertson	JDB Robertson (ENG)	1947-1949	6	12	1	571	133	51.90	-	-	2	3	-	15+	1
21	J Hardstaff	J Hardstaff (ENG)	1946-1948	7	13	1	566	205*	47.16	373+	31.90	1	4	3	33+	1
22	DG Phadkar	DG Phadkar (IND)	1947-1949	8	15	3	554	123	46.16	765+	41.04	1	4	1	34+	0
23	RN Harvey	RN Harvey (AUS)	1948-1950	6	8	2	534	178	89.00	268+	61.94	3	-	-	32+	0
24	JB Stollmeyer	JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1948-1949	6	9	1	506	160	63.25	-	-	1	3	-	16+	0
25	L Amarnath	L Amarnath (IND)	1946-1949	13	25	2	503	62	21.86	258+	54.26	-	3	3	12+	0
26	GE Gomez	GE Gomez (WI)	1948-1949	9	13	1	488	101	40.66	-	-	1	3	1	7+	0
27	B Sutcliffe	B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1947-1949	5	8	-	481	101	60.12	-	-	1	5	-	21+	0
27	EAB Rowan	EAB Rowan (SA)	1948-1950	6	12	2	481	156*	48.10	77+	29.87	1	3	-	1+	0
29	RJ Christiani	RJ Christiani (WI)	1948-1949	9	13	-	469	107	36.07	-	-	1	3	-	-	1
30	MP Donnelly	MP Donnelly (NZ)	1949-1949	4	6	-	462	206	77.00	-	-	1	3	-	44+	0
31	AV Bedser	AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1949	23	35	6	451	79	15.55	426+	33.56	-	1	5	31+	3
32	RR Lindwall	RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1950	17	19	1	450	100	25.00	431+	63.10	1	1	3	35+	4
33	WW Wade	WW Wade (SA)	1948-1950	7	13	1	435	125	36.25	232+	30.60	1	3	1	7+	1
34	HR Adhikari	HR Adhikari (IND)	1947-1949	10	18	4	410	114*	29.28	600+	26.00	1	1	1	13+	0
35	CL McCool	CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1950	11	13	3	405	104*	40.50	604+	52.64	1	1	-	30+	0
36	FG Mann	FG Mann (ENG)	1948-1949	7	12	2	376	136*	37.60	67+	47.76	1	-	-	30+	2
37	AF Rae	AF Rae (WI)	1948-1949	5	7	-	374	109	53.42	-	-	2	1	-	12+	3
38	WR Hammond	WR Hammond (ENG)	1946-1947	8	13	1	366	79	30.50	504+	33.33	-	2	-	23+	4
39	SJE Loxton	SJE Loxton (AUS)	1948-1950	6	6	-	360	101	60.00	155+	51.61	1	2	-	34+	5
40	JT Ikin	JT Ikin (ENG)	1946-1948	12	21	1	358	60	17.90	570+	32.28	-	1	3	20+	0
41	S Mushtaq Ali	S Mushtaq Ali (IND)	1946-1949	5	9	-	346	106	38.44	-	-	1	2	-	-	0
42	D Tallon	D Tallon (AUS)	1946-1948	15	16	1	340	92	22.66	391+	59.59	-	2	1	22+	0
43	KG Viljoen	KG Viljoen (SA)	1947-1949	7	13	1	335	93	27.91	-	-	-	3	1	0+	0
44	JF Crapp	JF Crapp (ENG)	1948-1949	7	13	2	319	56	29.00	-	-	-	3	1	6+	1
45	WA Hadlee	WA Hadlee (NZ)	1946-1949	6	10	1	318	116	35.33	-	-	1	-	-	19+	0
46	JDC Goddard	JDC Goddard (WI)	1948-1949	9	13	4	312	46*	34.66	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	1
47	AJ Watkins	AJ Watkins (ENG)	1948-1949	7	13	3	308	111	30.80	63+	20.63	1	1	1	1+	0
48	FMM Worrell	FMM Worrell (WI)	1948-1948	3	4	2	294	131*	147.00	-	-	1	1	-	15+	1
49	OC Dawson	OC Dawson (SA)	1947-1949	9	15	1	293	55	20.92	90+	30.00	-	1	1	2+	0
50	IWG Johnson	IWG Johnson (AUS)	1946-1950	15	19	2	275	66	16.17	460+	37.39	-	2	4	13+	0
51	WA Brown	WA Brown (AUS)	1946-1948	6	7	-	268	99	38.28	399+	36.34	-	2	-	10+	0
52	NBF Mann	NBF Mann (SA)	1947-1950	12	19	1	256	46	14.22	29+	48.27	-	-	2	0+	2
53	VM Merchant	VM Merchant (IND)	1946-1946	3	5	-	245	128	49.00	-	-	1	1	1	21+	0
54	JC Laker	JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1949	8	14	2	223	63	18.58	108+	62.03	-	2	2	6+	0
55	TE Bailey	TE Bailey (ENG)	1949-1949	4	5	2	219	93	73.00	-	-	-	2	-	4+	0
56	VJ Scott	VJ Scott (NZ)	1946-1949	6	10	-	214	60	21.40	-	-	-	1	-	3+	0
57	K Cranston	K Cranston (ENG)	1947-1948	8	14	-	209	45	14.92	-	-	-	-	2	0+	0
58	FB Smith	FB Smith (NZ)	1947-1949	3	4	1	191	96	63.66	-	-	-	2	-	1+	2
59	AMB Rowan	AMB Rowan (SA)	1947-1949	10	14	5	185	38*	20.55	124+	16.12	-	-	3	2+	0
60	WM Wallace	WM Wallace (NZ)	1946-1949	6	9	-	177	58	19.66	-	-	-	2	-	4+	0
61	RT Simpson	RT Simpson (ENG)	1948-1949	3	4	-	176	103	44.00	28+	17.85	1	1	1	11+	3
62	CT Sarwate	CT Sarwate (IND)	1946-1949	8	15	1	174	37	12.42	459+	21.78	-	-	4	5+	0
63	JR Reid	JR Reid (NZ)	1949-1949	2	4	-	173	93	43.25	-	-	-	2	-	11+	0
64	OE Wynne	OE Wynne (SA)	1948-1950	5	10	-	172	50	17.20	81+	11.11	-	1	-	0+	0
65	GM Carew	GM Carew (WI)	1948-1949	3	6	1	170	107	34.00	-	-	1	-	-	-	0
65	C Gladwin	C Gladwin (ENG)	1947-1949	8	11	5	170	51*	28.33	11+	63.63	-	1	-	1+	2
67	KC Ibrahim	KC Ibrahim (IND)	1948-1949	4	8	-	169	85	21.12	-	-	-	1	1	-	1
68	SC Griffith	SC Griffith (ENG)	1948-1949	3	5	-	157	140	31.40	-	-	1	-	1	-	0
69	TB Burtt	TB Burtt (NZ)	1947-1949	5	7	2	155	36	31.00	-	-	-	-	-	6+	1
70	FJ Cameron	FJ Cameron (WI)	1948-1949	5	7	1	151	75*	25.16	-	-	-	1	1	12+	0
71	GO Rabone	GO Rabone (NZ)	1949-1949	4	6	1	148	39*	29.60	-	-	-	-	-	3+	0
71	W Ferguson	W Ferguson (WI)	1948-1949	7	8	2	148	75	24.66	0+	-	-	2	1	0+	0
73	R Howorth	R Howorth (ENG)	1947-1948	5	10	2	145	45*	18.12	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
74	W Place	W Place (ENG)	1948-1948	3	6	1	144	107	28.80	-	-	1	-	-	-	0
75	Gul Mohammad	Gul Mohammad (IND)	1946-1948	6	12	-	140	34	11.66	299+	43.47	-	-	1	18+	0
76	L Tuckett	L Tuckett (SA)	1947-1949	9	14	3	131	40*	11.90	82+	4.87	-	-	3	0+	0
77	AG Ganteaume	AG Ganteaume (WI)	1948-1948	1	1	-	112	112	112.00	-	-	1	-	-	13	0
77	EAV Williams	EAV Williams (WI)	1948-1948	3	5	-	112	72	22.40	-	-	-	1	1	7+	4
79	DW Begbie	DW Begbie (SA)	1948-1949	3	4	-	108	48	27.00	155+	54.83	-	-	-	9+	1
79	PA Gibb	PA Gibb (ENG)	1946-1946	3	5	-	108	60	21.60	56+	42.85	-	1	1	4+	0
81	J Moroney	J Moroney (AUS)	1949-1950	2	3	-	106	87	35.33	-	-	-	1	1	0+	0
82	TA Harris	TA Harris (SA)	1947-1949	3	5	1	100	60	25.00	-	-	-	1	-	9+	0
83	FLH Mooney	FLH Mooney (NZ)	1949-1949	3	4	-	99	46	24.75	-	-	-	-	-	1+	0
84	DVP Wright	DVP Wright (ENG)	1946-1949	17	18	6	97	15*	8.08	110+	42.72	-	-	5	7+	0
85	HJ Tayfield	HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1950	2	4	-	96	75	24.00	-	-	-	1	1	-	0
85	DV Dyer	DV Dyer (SA)	1947-1947	3	6	-	96	62	16.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
87	JE Cheetham	JE Cheetham (SA)	1949-1950	3	6	-	95	35	15.83	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
88	GOB Allen	GOB Allen (ENG)	1948-1948	3	6	1	94	36	18.80	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
88	WA Johnston	WA Johnston (AUS)	1947-1950	11	10	5	94	29	18.80	85+	56.47	-	-	-	5+	0
90	PK Sen	PK Sen (IND)	1948-1949	8	11	2	92	22	10.22	68+	42.64	-	-	1	5+	0
91	RO Jenkins	RO Jenkins (ENG)	1948-1949	5	6	-	86	29	14.33	98+	27.55	-	-	-	0+	0
92	J Cowie	J Cowie (NZ)	1946-1949	6	8	3	82	45	16.40	-	-	-	-	1	4+	1
93	RA Hamence	RA Hamence (AUS)	1947-1948	3	4	1	81	30*	27.00	232	34.91	-	-	-	4	0
94	JC Watkins	JC Watkins (SA)	1949-1950	2	4	-	80	36	20.00	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
94	AH Kardar	AH Kardar (IND)	1946-1946	3	5	-	80	43	16.00	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
96	DS Atkinson	DS Atkinson (WI)	1948-1949	4	6	2	79	45	19.75	-	-	-	-	2	-	0
97	CJ Barnett	CJ Barnett (ENG)	1947-1948	4	6	1	77	33	15.40	60+	23.33	-	-	-	1+	0
98	B Dooland	B Dooland (AUS)	1947-1948	3	5	1	76	29	19.00	255	29.80	-	-	-	4	0
99	JD Nel	JD Nel (SA)	1949-1950	2	4	-	75	38	18.75	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
100	ERH Toshack	ERH Toshack (AUS)	1946-1948	12	11	6	73	20*	14.60	126+	32.53	-	-	1	4+	0
101	GA Smithson	GA Smithson (ENG)	1948-1948	2	3	-	70	35	23.33	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
102	G Kishenchand	G Kishenchand (IND)	1947-1948	4	8	-	69	44	8.62	288	23.95	-	-	4	6	0
103	KR Rickards	KR Rickards (WI)	1948-1948	1	1	-	67	67	67.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
104	HE Dollery	HE Dollery (ENG)	1947-1948	3	5	-	64	37	12.80	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
105	Nawab of Pataudi	Nawab of Pataudi (IND)	1946-1946	3	5	-	55	22	11.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
106	SW Sohoni	SW Sohoni (IND)	1946-1947	3	5	2	49	29*	16.33	18+	33.33	-	-	-	0+	0
107	GM Fullerton	GM Fullerton (SA)	1947-1947	2	4	-	46	14	11.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
108	HB Cave	HB Cave (NZ)	1949-1949	4	5	1	44	14*	11.00	-	-	-	-	-	3+	0
109	MR Harvey	MR Harvey (AUS)	1947-1947	1	2	-	43	31	21.50	107	40.18	-	-	-	5	0
109	FR Brown	FR Brown (ENG)	1949-1949	2	2	-	43	22	21.50	-	-	-	-	-	3+	0
111	CS Nayudu	CS Nayudu (IND)	1946-1948	6	10	3	39	13	5.57	69+	26.08	-	-	1	1+	0
112	GA Headley	GA Headley (WI)	1948-1948	2	3	1	38	29	19.00	-	-	-	-	-	0+	0
112	PEW Jones	PEW Jones (WI)	1948-1949	6	7	2	38	10*	7.60	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	0
114	GE Tribe	GE Tribe (AUS)	1946-1947	3	3	1	35	25*	17.50	27	129.62	-	-	-	6	0
115	TPB Smith	TPB Smith (ENG)	1946-1947	4	5	-	33	24	6.60	93+	34.40	-	-	-	2	0
115	KM Rangnekar	KM Rangnekar (IND)	1947-1948	3	6	-	33	18	5.50	78	42.30	-	-	2	4	0
117	Ghulam Ahmed	Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1948-1949	3	5	2	31	11	10.33	-	-	-	-	1	0+	1
118	PR Umrigar	PR Umrigar (IND)	1948-1948	1	1	-	30	30	30.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
119	VI Smith	VI Smith (SA)	1947-1950	6	10	3	29	11*	4.14	-	-	-	-	3	0+	0
120	FAW Freer	FAW Freer (AUS)	1946-1946	1	1	1	28	28*	-	21	133.33	-	-	-	3	1
120	DD Hindlekar	DD Hindlekar (IND)	1946-1946	3	5	2	28	17	9.33	-	-	-	-	-	0+	0
120	JA Young	JA Young (ENG)	1947-1949	8	10	5	28	10*	5.60	32+	40.62	-	-	3	2+	0
123	SG Shinde	SG Shinde (IND)	1946-1948	2	3	1	27	13	13.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
124	JW Martin	JW Martin (ENG)	1947-1947	1	2	-	26	26	13.00	-	-	-	-	1	-	2
124	K Rai Singh	K Rai Singh (IND)	1948-1948	1	2	-	26	24	13.00	32	81.25	-	-	-	1	1
126	LJ Johnson	LJ Johnson (AUS)	1948-1948	1	1	1	25	25*	-	51	49.01	-	-	-	1	0
126	TF Smailes	TF Smailes (ENG)	1946-1946	1	1	-	25	25	25.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
128	WE Hollies	WE Hollies (ENG)	1947-1949	8	8	5	24	18*	8.00	13+	-	-	-	2	0+	0
129	LB Fishlock	LB Fishlock (ENG)	1946-1947	2	3	-	22	14	7.33	41+	34.14	-	-	1	1+	0
130	J Trim	J Trim (WI)	1948-1949	3	3	1	21	12	10.50	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	0
130	JD Lindsay	JD Lindsay (SA)	1947-1947	3	5	2	21	9*	7.00	-	-	-	-	2	0+	0
132	LA Markham	LA Markham (SA)	1949-1949	1	1	-	20	20	20.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
132	DT Ring	DT Ring (AUS)	1948-1948	2	2	-	20	11	10.00	26+	42.30	-	-	-	0+	0
132	A Wharton	A Wharton (ENG)	1949-1949	1	2	-	20	13	10.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
132	MF Tremlett	MF Tremlett (ENG)	1948-1948	3	5	2	20	18*	6.66	-	-	-	-	2	0+	1
136	RA Saggers	RA Saggers (AUS)	1948-1950	3	2	-	19	14	9.50	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	0
136	A Coxon	A Coxon (ENG)	1948-1948	1	2	-	19	19	9.50	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
136	W Voce	W Voce (ENG)	1946-1947	3	4	1	19	18	6.33	29+	65.51	-	-	2	1	1
139	RH Scott	RH Scott (NZ)	1947-1947	1	1	-	18	18	18.00	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
140	D Brookes	D Brookes (ENG)	1948-1948	1	2	-	17	10	8.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
140	Amir Elahi	Amir Elahi (IND)	1947-1947	1	2	-	17	13	8.50	23	73.91	-	-	-	2	0
140	BBM Gaskin	BBM Gaskin (WI)	1948-1948	2	3	-	17	10	5.66	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
143	JB Plimsoll	JB Plimsoll (SA)	1947-1947	1	2	1	16	8*	16.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
144	HJ Butler	HJ Butler (ENG)	1947-1948	2	2	1	15	15*	15.00	0+	-	-	-	1	0+	0
144	MR Rege	MR Rege (IND)	1949-1949	1	2	-	15	15	7.50	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
144	EWT Tindill	EWT Tindill (NZ)	1946-1947	2	3	-	15	13	5.00	-	-	-	-	-	0+	0
147	SN Banerjee	SN Banerjee (IND)	1949-1949	1	2	-	13	8	6.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
147	R Pollard	R Pollard (ENG)	1946-1948	4	3	2	13	10*	13.00	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	0
149	DD Taylor	DD Taylor (NZ)	1947-1947	1	1	-	12	12	12.00	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
149	GF Cresswell	GF Cresswell (NZ)	1949-1949	1	2	2	12	12*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

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