Best figures in a match

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Best figures in a match

Bowler	Figures
JC Laker	19-90	England v Australia	Manchester	1956
FW Lillywhite	18-?	Players v Gentlemen	Lord's	1837
HA Arkwright	18-96	MCC v Gentlemen of Kent	Canterbury	1861
FP Fenner	17-?	Cambridge Town v Cambridge Univ	Cambridge	1844
J Wisden	17-46	United England Eleven v Yorkshire	Sheffield	1853
C Blythe	17-48	Kent v Northamptonshire	Northampton	1907
CTB Turner	17-50	Australians v England XI	Hastings	1888
WP Howell	17-54	Australians v Western Province	Cape Town	1902-03
CWL Parker	17-56	Gloucestershire v Essex	Gloucester	1925
AP Freeman	17-67	Kent v Sussex	Hove	1922
KJ Abbott	17-86	Hampshire v Somerset	Southampton	2019
WG Grace	17-89	Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire	Cheltenham	1877
FCL Matthews	17-89	Nottinghsmahire v Northants	Nottingham	1923
H Dean	17-91	Lancashire v Yorkshire	Liverpool	1913
H Verity	17-91	Yorkshire v Essex	Leyton	1933
AP Freeman	17-92	Kent v Warwickshire	Folkestone	1932
W Mycroft	17-103	Derbyshire v Hampshire	Southampton	1876
GR Cox	17-106	Sussex v Warwickshire	Horsham	1926
TWJ Goddard	17-106	Gloucestershire v Kent	Bristol	1939
W Mead	17-119	Essex v Hampshire	Southampton	1895
W Brearley	17-137	Lancashire v Somerset	Manchester	1905
JM Davison	17-137	Canada v USA	Ft. Lauderdale	2004
SF Barnes	17-159	England v South Africa	Johannesburg	1913-14
W Clarke	17-160	All England Eleven v Yorkshire	Sheffield	1852
G Giffen	17-201	South Australia v Victoria	Adelaide	1885-86
JC Clay	17-212	Glamorgan v Worcestershire	Swansea	1937

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Additional Information

Notes: 1. Blythe, Verity and Goddard each took their 17 wickets in one day 2. Arkwright's feat was in a 12-a-side match, while Lillywhite's was against a side comprising 16 players (but considered first-class at the time). 3. No bowling analyses are available for Fenner or Lillywhite