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1950s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Ct	Max	Ct/Inn
🥇 1	MC Cowdrey	MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1954-1959	39	76	48	3	0.631
🥈 2	ED Weekes	ED Weekes (WI)	1950-1958	39	72	47	4	0.652
🥉 3	RN Harvey	RN Harvey (AUS)	1950-1959	56	106	45	3	0.424
4	TW Graveney	TW Graveney (ENG)	1951-1959	48	93	42	2	0.451
4	PBH May	PBH May (ENG)	1951-1959	59	115	42	4	0.365
6	R Benaud	R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1959	42	80	40	3	0.5
7	WR Endean	WR Endean (SA)	1951-1958	28	50	38	3	0.76
8	GAR Lock	GAR Lock (ENG)	1952-1959	31	60	37	3	0.616
9	FS Trueman	FS Trueman (ENG)	1952-1959	31	60	32	3	0.533
9	TE Bailey	TE Bailey (ENG)	1950-1959	57	111	32	2	0.288
11	L Hutton	L Hutton (ENG)	1950-1955	38	72	30	2	0.416
12	AK Davidson	AK Davidson (AUS)	1953-1959	27	51	29	4	0.568
13	JR Reid	JR Reid (NZ)	1951-1959	32	45	25	3	0.555
13	FMM Worrell	FMM Worrell (WI)	1950-1957	29	54	25	3	0.462
15	TL Goddard	TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1958	15	28	24	3	0.857
15	CL Walcott	CL Walcott (WI)	1950-1958	33	48	24	2	0.5
17	HJ Tayfield	HJ Tayfield (SA)	1950-1958	30	55	23	2	0.418
18	MH Mankad	MH Mankad (IND)	1951-1959	31	54	22	3	0.407
18	IWG Johnson	IWG Johnson (AUS)	1950-1956	30	56	22	3	0.392
18	PR Umrigar	PR Umrigar (IND)	1951-1959	43	73	22	3	0.301
18	DCS Compton	DCS Compton (ENG)	1950-1957	42	81	22	2	0.271
22	GB Hole	GB Hole (AUS)	1951-1955	18	35	21	4	0.6
23	RG Archer	RG Archer (AUS)	1953-1956	19	35	20	4	0.571
23	GS Ramchand	GS Ramchand (IND)	1952-1959	30	52	20	3	0.384
25	DG Phadkar	DG Phadkar (IND)	1951-1959	23	40	19	2	0.475
25	KR Miller	KR Miller (AUS)	1950-1956	37	69	19	2	0.275
25	RR Lindwall	RR Lindwall (AUS)	1950-1959	42	79	19	2	0.24
25	JB Statham	JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1959	47	91	19	2	0.208
29	JW Burke	JW Burke (AUS)	1951-1959	24	45	18	2	0.4
30	JT Ikin	JT Ikin (ENG)	1951-1955	6	11	17	3	1.545
30	W Mathias	W Mathias (PAK)	1955-1959	12	22	17	4	0.772
32	JB Stollmeyer	JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1950-1955	23	45	16	2	0.355
33	PNF Mansell	PNF Mansell (SA)	1951-1955	13	24	15	2	0.625
33	FR Brown	FR Brown (ENG)	1950-1953	14	26	15	2	0.576
33	AH Kardar	AH Kardar (PAK)	1952-1958	23	40	15	2	0.375
33	DJ McGlew	DJ McGlew (SA)	1951-1958	24	44	15	3	0.34
33	GS Sobers	GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1959	27	48	15	2	0.312
38	JDC Goddard	JDC Goddard (WI)	1950-1957	18	33	14	2	0.424
38	CB van Ryneveld	CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1951-1958	19	35	14	2	0.4
38	P Roy	P Roy (IND)	1951-1959	39	65	14	2	0.215
41	RB Simpson	RB Simpson (AUS)	1957-1959	6	11	13	3	1.181
41	Maqsood Ahmed	Maqsood Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1955	16	27	13	2	0.481
41	AR MacGibbon	AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1951-1958	26	38	13	2	0.342
41	B Sutcliffe	B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1951-1959	29	39	13	2	0.333
45	Hanif Mohammad	Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1959	27	43	12	2	0.279
45	RA McLean	RA McLean (SA)	1951-1958	28	51	12	2	0.235
45	SP Gupte	SP Gupte (IND)	1951-1959	31	52	12	2	0.23
45	JH Wardle	JH Wardle (ENG)	1950-1957	27	54	12	3	0.222
45	WA Johnston	WA Johnston (AUS)	1950-1955	29	57	12	2	0.21
50	WJ Edrich	WJ Edrich (ENG)	1950-1955	10	19	11	2	0.578
50	GE Gomez	GE Gomez (WI)	1950-1954	18	36	11	3	0.305
50	CC McDonald	CC McDonald (AUS)	1952-1959	36	68	11	2	0.161
50	JC Laker	JC Laker (ENG)	1950-1959	38	75	11	1	0.146
54	AJ Watkins	AJ Watkins (ENG)	1951-1952	8	14	10	3	0.714
54	PJP Burge	PJP Burge (AUS)	1955-1959	12	22	10	2	0.454
54	JC Watkins	JC Watkins (SA)	1950-1957	13	25	10	3	0.4
54	Waqar Hasan	Waqar Hasan (PAK)	1952-1959	21	36	10	2	0.277
54	JE Cheetham	JE Cheetham (SA)	1950-1955	21	38	10	3	0.263
54	KD Mackay	KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1959	21	39	10	2	0.256
54	AL Hassett	AL Hassett (AUS)	1950-1953	22	42	10	1	0.238
54	AV Bedser	AV Bedser (ENG)	1950-1955	28	52	10	2	0.192
62	HJ Keith	HJ Keith (SA)	1953-1957	8	16	9	2	0.562
62	OG Smith	OG Smith (WI)	1955-1959	26	46	9	2	0.195
62	AL Valentine	AL Valentine (WI)	1950-1958	29	56	9	1	0.16
62	S Ramadhin	S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1959	37	70	9	2	0.128
66	DJ Insole	DJ Insole (ENG)	1950-1957	9	18	8	3	0.444
66	Rev.DS Sheppard	Rev.DS Sheppard (ENG)	1950-1957	12	22	8	1	0.363
66	LE Favell	LE Favell (AUS)	1954-1959	12	23	8	2	0.347
66	RJ Christiani	RJ Christiani (WI)	1950-1954	13	26	8	2	0.307
66	PS Heine	PS Heine (SA)	1955-1958	13	26	8	2	0.307
66	R Tattersall	R Tattersall (ENG)	1951-1954	16	30	8	2	0.266
66	Ghulam Ahmed	Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1952-1959	19	32	8	1	0.25
66	JKC Holt	JKC Holt (WI)	1954-1959	17	32	8	2	0.25
66	W Watson	W Watson (ENG)	1951-1959	23	44	8	1	0.181
66	AR Morris	AR Morris (AUS)	1950-1955	30	58	8	2	0.137
76	ASM Oakman	ASM Oakman (ENG)	1956-1956	2	4	7	3	1.75
76	Nazar Mohammad	Nazar Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1952	5	8	7	2	0.875
76	DB Close	DB Close (ENG)	1950-1959	5	10	7	3	0.7
76	SJE Loxton	SJE Loxton (AUS)	1950-1951	6	11	7	4	0.636
76	CG Borde	CG Borde (IND)	1958-1959	10	15	7	1	0.466
76	Shujauddin	Shujauddin (PAK)	1954-1959	17	31	7	1	0.225
76	KJ Funston	KJ Funston (SA)	1952-1958	18	34	7	2	0.205
76	Fazal Mahmood	Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1952-1959	26	45	7	1	0.155
76	VL Manjrekar	VL Manjrekar (IND)	1951-1959	32	52	7	1	0.134
85	CV Gadkari	CV Gadkari (IND)	1953-1955	6	10	6	3	0.6
85	RG Nadkarni	RG Nadkarni (IND)	1955-1959	8	12	6	2	0.5
85	L Amarnath	L Amarnath (IND)	1951-1952	8	14	6	2	0.428
85	ME Chapple	ME Chapple (NZ)	1953-1956	8	15	6	1	0.4
85	LR Gibbs	LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1959	8	15	6	2	0.4
85	HR Adhikari	HR Adhikari (IND)	1951-1959	11	17	6	1	0.352
85	AF Rae	AF Rae (WI)	1950-1953	10	20	6	1	0.3
85	I Meckiff	I Meckiff (AUS)	1957-1959	12	24	6	1	0.25
85	BH Pairaudeau	BH Pairaudeau (WI)	1953-1957	13	25	6	1	0.24
85	NJ Contractor	NJ Contractor (IND)	1955-1959	16	27	6	1	0.222
85	VS Hazare	VS Hazare (IND)	1951-1953	17	30	6	2	0.2
85	Alimuddin	Alimuddin (PAK)	1954-1959	19	35	6	1	0.171
85	DS Atkinson	DS Atkinson (WI)	1951-1958	18	35	6	1	0.171
98	R Illingworth	R Illingworth (ENG)	1958-1959	3	6	5	3	0.833
98	RV Divecha	RV Divecha (IND)	1951-1952	5	7	5	2	0.714
98	PH Punjabi	PH Punjabi (IND)	1955-1955	5	9	5	1	0.555

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Additional Information

All figures exclude catches made as a wicketkeeper, except for matches played which is the career figure
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