Oldest players on debut

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Oldest players on debut

Rank	Player	Age	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	J Southerton	49y 119d	England	v Australia	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877	Test # 1
🥈 2	Miran Bakhsh	47y 284d	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	29 Jan 1955	Test # 397
🥉 3	DD Blackie	46y 253d	Australia	v England	Sydney	14 Dec 1928	Test # 177
4	H Ironmonger	46y 237d	Australia	v England	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928	Test # 176
5	N Betancourt	42y 242d	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	1 Feb 1930	Test # 189
6	ER Wilson	41y 337d	England	v Australia	Sydney	25 Feb 1921	Test # 139
7	RJD Jamshedji	41y 27d	India	v England	Mumbai	15 Dec 1933	Test # 230
8	CA Wiles	40y 345d	West Indies	v England	Manchester	22 Jul 1933	Test # 228
9	O Henry	40y 295d	South Africa	v India	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
10	SP Kinneir	40y 216d	England	v Australia	Sydney	15 Dec 1911	Test # 116
11	HW Lee	40y 110d	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Feb 1931	Test # 206
12	GWA Chubb	40y 56d	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
13	C Ramaswami	40y 39d	India	v England	Manchester	25 Jul 1936	Test # 253
14	G Challenor	39y 361d	West Indies	v England	Lord's	23 Jun 1928	Test # 173
15	A Wood	39y 360d	England	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938	Test # 266
16	BBM Gaskin	39y 306d	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	21 Jan 1948	Test # 293
17	WE Astill	39y 298d	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
18	DS de Silva	39y 251d	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
19	EC Joyce	39y 231d	Ireland	v Pakistan	Dublin (Malahide)	11 May 2018	Test # 2303
20	JWH Makepeace	39y 131d	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1920	Test # 136
21	SJ Cook	39y 105d	South Africa	v India	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
22	Amir Elahi	39y 102d	India	v Australia	Sydney	12 Dec 1947	Test # 291
23	EH Bowley	39y 37d	England	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	Test # 183
24	EM Grace	38y 283d	England	v Australia	The Oval	6 Sep 1880	Test # 4
25	CWL Parker	38y 282d	England	v Australia	Manchester	23 Jul 1921	Test # 143
26	JD Lindsay	38y 272d	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
27	R Howorth	38y 112d	England	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
28	HM McGirr	38y 101d	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	14 Feb 1930	Test # 190
29	JH King	38y 59d	England	v Australia	Lord's	14 Jun 1909	Test # 102
30	RG Holland	38y 35d	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
31	CS Marriott	37y 332d	England	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1933	Test # 229
32	KK Tarapore	37y 329d	India	v West Indies	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
33	TPB Smith	37y 291d	England	v India	The Oval	17 Aug 1946	Test # 278
34	EJ Gregory	37y 290d	Australia	v England	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877	Test # 1
34	NFD Thomson	37y 290d	Australia	v England	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877	Test # 1
36	CR Browne	37y 259d	West Indies	v England	Lord's	23 Jun 1928	Test # 173
37	HHH Johnson	37y 258d	West Indies	v England	Kingston	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298
38	Hon.FSG Calthorpe	37y 229d	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	11 Jan 1930	Test # 187
39	HSB Love	37y 184d	Australia	v England	Brisbane	10 Feb 1933	Test # 223
40	RA Sinfield	37y 168d	England	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938	Test # 263
41	J Harry	37y 163d	Australia	v England	Adelaide	11 Jan 1895	Test # 44
42	RK Oxenham	37y 154d	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
43	JC Clay	37y 152d	England	v South Africa	The Oval	17 Aug 1935	Test # 246
44	S von Berg	37y 150d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	13 Feb 2024	Test # 2529
45	DW Carr	37y 145d	England	v Australia	The Oval	9 Aug 1909	Test # 105
46	SN Banerjee	37y 124d	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
47	AC Waller	37y 84d	Zimbabwe	v England	Bulawayo	18 Dec 1996	Test # 1345
48	WW Whysall	37y 77d	England	v Australia	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925	Test # 160
49	H Smith	37y 33d	England	v West Indies	Lord's	23 Jun 1928	Test # 173
50	BE McGain	36y 359d	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
51	PN Kirsten	36y 340d	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
52	JH Childs	36y 320d	England	v West Indies	Manchester	30 Jun 1988	Test # 1100
53	RWG Emery	36y 317d	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	8 Feb 1952	Test # 349
53	MP Jarvis	36y 317d	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	18 Oct 1992	Test # 1197
55	TJ Murtagh	36y 282d	Ireland	v Pakistan	Dublin (Malahide)	11 May 2018	Test # 2303
56	J Vine	36y 270d	England	v Australia	Melbourne	9 Feb 1912	Test # 119
57	SD Udal	36y 239d	England	v Pakistan	Multan	12 Nov 2005	Test # 1770
58	HDG Leveson Gower	36y 238d	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
58	CK Nayudu	36y 238d	India	v England	Lord's	25 Jun 1932	Test # 219
60	AP Freeman	36y 216d	England	v Australia	Sydney	19 Dec 1924	Test # 158
61	NJ O'Brien	36y 184d	Ireland	v Pakistan	Dublin (Malahide)	11 May 2018	Test # 2303
62	NS Asgarali	36y 174d	West Indies	v England	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
63	AJ Richardson	36y 148d	Australia	v England	Sydney	19 Dec 1924	Test # 158
64	Tabish Khan	36y 146d	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 May 2021	Test # 2421
65	GH Pope	36y 145d	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
66	AJ Pycroft	36y 134d	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	18 Oct 1992	Test # 1197
67	N Puna	36y 120d	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
68	Harry Elliott	36y 94d	England	v South Africa	Durban	4 Feb 1928	Test # 172
69	AF Lissette	36y 89d	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	3 Feb 1956	Test # 421
70	WFF Price	36y 88d	England	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1938	Test # 265
71	TF Smailes	36y 87d	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
72	CF Root	36y 57d	England	v Australia	Nottingham	12 Jun 1926	Test # 163

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