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England batting averages

Rank	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	BF	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
🥇 1	WJ Edrich	3	3	-	226	0+	219	75.33	-	1	-	-	25+	0
🥈 2	L Hutton	6	11	1	728	-	196	72.80	-	2	3	-	-	0
🥉 3	WR Hammond	6	11	2	625	-	140	69.44	-	3	1	-	23+	0
4	E Paynter	5	9	1	510	-	243	63.75	-	1	2	1	32+	0
5	DCS Compton	3	5	2	189	-	120	63.00	-	1	-	-	16+	0
6	LEG Ames	3	5	2	179	-	84	59.66	-	-	1	-	-	0
7	J Hardstaff	3	4	1	174	-	94	58.00	-	-	2	-	8+	1
8	N Oldfield	1	2	-	99	-	80	49.50	-	-	1	-	-	0
9	PA Gibb	3	5	-	216	-	120	43.20	-	1	-	-	2+	0
10	BH Valentine	3	4	2	66	0+	26	33.00	-	-	-	-	0+	0
11	MS Nichols	1	1	-	24	-	24	24.00	-	-	-	-	-	0
12	H Gimblett	1	2	-	42	-	22	21.00	-	-	-	-	-	1
13	AE Fagg	1	2	-	39	-	32	19.50	-	-	-	-	-	0
14	DVP Wright	5	4	2	33	0+	26	16.50	-	-	-	-	0+	0
15	K Farnes	3	2	-	24	0+	20	12.00	-	-	-	-	1+	0
16	WW Keeton	1	2	-	20	-	20	10.00	-	-	-	1	-	0
17	A Wood	3	4	1	27	-	26	9.00	-	-	-	1	0+	0
18	H Verity	4	2	-	11	0+	8	5.50	-	-	-	-	0+	0
19	TWJ Goddard	3	2	-	8	0+	8	4.00	-	-	-	1	0+	0
20	RTD Perks	2	2	2	3	-	2*	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
20	LL Wilkinson	2	1	1	1	0+	1*	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
20	WE Bowes	2	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
20	WH Copson	2	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0

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England bowling averages

Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	5	10	Ct	St
🥇 1	WH Copson	WH Copson (ENG)	1939-1939	2	4	52.4	7	185	12	5/85	15.41	2.64	35.0	1	-	1	-
🥈 2	WE Bowes	WE Bowes (ENG)	1939-1939	2	4	70.0	16	176	11	6/33	16.00	1.88	50.9	1	-	1	-
🥉 3	K Farnes	K Farnes (ENG)	1939-1939	3	5	135.3	27	355	14	4/29	25.35	1.96	77.3	-	-	-	-
4	LL Wilkinson	LL Wilkinson (ENG)	1939-1939	2	3	41.5	6	160	5	2/12	32.00	2.88	66.6	-	-	-	-
5	RTD Perks	RTD Perks (ENG)	1939-1939	2	3	103.5	17	355	11	5/100	32.27	2.56	75.3	2	-	1	-
6	TWJ Goddard	TWJ Goddard (ENG)	1939-1939	3	4	38.6	4	179	5	2/43	35.80	3.46	62.0	-	-	2	-
7	H Verity	H Verity (ENG)	1939-1939	4	7	206.3	54	445	12	3/71	37.08	1.61	137.5	-	-	3	-
8	WJ Edrich	WJ Edrich (ENG)	1939-1939	3	5	30.0	5	83	2	1/9	41.50	2.07	120.0	-	-	2	-
9	DVP Wright	DVP Wright (ENG)	1939-1939	5	9	147.0	20	595	13	3/75	45.76	3.03	90.4	-	-	3	-
10	WR Hammond	WR Hammond (ENG)	1939-1939	6	5	35.0	7	96	2	1/11	48.00	2.05	140.0	-	-	11	-
11	L Hutton	L Hutton (ENG)	1939-1939	6	2	8.0	-	55	1	1/45	55.00	5.15	64.0	-	-	6	-
12	MS Nichols	MS Nichols (ENG)	1939-1939	1	1	34.0	4	161	2	2/161	80.50	3.55	136.0	-	-	-	-
13	DCS Compton	DCS Compton (ENG)	1939-1939	3	2	8.0	1	28	0	-	-	2.62	-	-	-	1	-
13	LEG Ames	LEG Ames (ENG)	1939-1939	3	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-
13	AE Fagg	AE Fagg (ENG)	1939-1939	1	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
13	PA Gibb	PA Gibb (ENG)	1939-1939	3	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	H Gimblett	H Gimblett (ENG)	1939-1939	1	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
13	J Hardstaff	J Hardstaff (ENG)	1939-1939	3	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
13	WW Keeton	WW Keeton (ENG)	1939-1939	1	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	N Oldfield	N Oldfield (ENG)	1939-1939	1	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	E Paynter	E Paynter (ENG)	1939-1939	5	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
13	BH Valentine	BH Valentine (ENG)	1939-1939	3	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	A Wood	A Wood (ENG)	1939-1939	3	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1

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South Africa batting averages

Rank	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	BF	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
🥇 1	A Melville	3	5	1	263	-	103	65.75	-	1	2	-	25+	0
🥈 2	B Mitchell	3	5	-	302	-	109	60.40	-	1	2	-	7+	0
🥉 3	PGV van der Bijl	3	5	-	294	-	125	58.80	-	1	1	-	18+	1
4	RE Grieveson	2	2	-	114	0+	75	57.00	-	-	1	-	0+	0
5	AD Nourse	3	5	-	193	-	103	38.60	-	1	-	1	13+	0
6	EAB Rowan	3	5	-	189	-	85	37.80	-	-	2	1	-	0
7	EL Dalton	3	5	1	118	-	57	29.50	-	-	1	-	-	2
8	KG Viljoen	3	5	-	142	-	74	28.40	-	-	2	1	16+	0
9	WW Wade	1	2	-	42	-	28	21.00	-	-	-	-	-	0
10	ACB Langton	3	5	-	51	-	27	10.20	-	-	-	1	-	1
11	ES Newson	2	3	-	20	-	16	6.66	-	-	-	-	0+	0
12	N Gordon	3	4	2	8	0+	7*	4.00	-	-	-	1	0+	0
12	EQ Davies	1	2	1	4	-	2*	4.00	-	-	-	-	0	0

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South Africa bowling averages

Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	5	10	Ct	St
🥇 1	ACB Langton	ACB Langton (SA)	1939-1939	3	5	145.7	26	417	10	5/58	41.70	2.14	116.7	1	-	1	-
🥈 2	EL Dalton	EL Dalton (SA)	1939-1939	3	5	61.0	4	276	6	4/59	46.00	3.39	81.3	-	-	1	-
🥉 3	ES Newson	ES Newson (SA)	1939-1939	2	4	92.6	11	224	4	2/58	56.00	1.81	185.5	-	-	2	-
4	N Gordon	N Gordon (SA)	1939-1939	3	5	158.2	22	488	8	3/58	61.00	2.31	158.2	-	-	1	-
5	B Mitchell	B Mitchell (SA)	1939-1939	3	5	76.0	8	277	3	2/37	92.33	2.73	202.6	-	-	2	-
6	EQ Davies	EQ Davies (SA)	1939-1939	1	1	15.0	-	106	1	1/106	106.00	5.30	120.0	-	-	-	-
7	RE Grieveson	RE Grieveson (SA)	1939-1939	2	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3
7	A Melville	A Melville (SA)	1939-1939	3	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
7	AD Nourse	AD Nourse (SA)	1939-1939	3	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	EAB Rowan	EAB Rowan (SA)	1939-1939	3	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
7	PGV van der Bijl	PGV van der Bijl (SA)	1939-1939	3	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
7	KG Viljoen	KG Viljoen (SA)	1939-1939	3	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	WW Wade	WW Wade (SA)	1939-1939	1	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-

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West Indies batting averages

Rank	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	BF	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
🥇 1	VH Stollmeyer	1	1	-	96	-	96	96.00	-	-	1	-	11	0
🥈 2	GA Headley	3	5	-	334	-	107	66.80	-	2	2	-	21+	0
🥉 3	KH Weekes	2	3	-	173	-	137	57.66	-	1	-	-	18+	1
4	LN Constantine	3	4	-	110	-	79	27.50	-	-	1	1	11+	1
5	JB Stollmeyer	3	5	-	133	-	59	26.60	-	-	2	1	3+	0
6	JED Sealy	3	5	1	95	-	29	23.75	-	-	-	-	-	1
7	RS Grant	3	5	-	98	-	47	19.60	-	-	-	1	4+	3
8	LG Hylton	2	3	1	17	-	13	8.50	-	-	-	-	0+	0
9	IM Barrow	1	2	1	8	-	6*	8.00	-	-	-	-	-	0
10	GE Gomez	2	3	-	22	-	11	7.33	-	-	-	1	-	0
11	EA Martindale	3	4	-	28	-	22	7.00	-	-	-	1	0+	1
12	JH Cameron	2	3	-	6	-	5	2.00	-	-	-	1	0+	0
13	CB Clarke	3	4	1	3	-	2	1.00	-	-	-	1	0	0
13	EAV Williams	1	1	-	1	-	1	1.00	-	-	-	-	0	0
15	TF Johnson	1	1	1	9	-	9*	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

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West Indies bowling averages

Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	5	10	Ct	St
🥇 1	JH Cameron	JH Cameron (WI)	1939-1939	2	2	29.0	6	88	3	3/66	29.33	2.27	77.3	-	-	-	-
🥈 2	LN Constantine	LN Constantine (WI)	1939-1939	3	6	71.3	8	328	11	5/75	29.81	3.44	51.9	1	-	1	-
🥉 3	TF Johnson	TF Johnson (WI)	1939-1939	1	2	30.0	3	129	3	2/53	43.00	3.22	80.0	-	-	1	-
4	CB Clarke	CB Clarke (WI)	1939-1939	3	4	57.0	2	261	6	3/59	43.50	3.43	76.0	-	-	-	-
5	RS Grant	RS Grant (WI)	1939-1939	3	4	33.2	5	108	2	2/16	54.00	2.43	133.0	-	-	4	-
6	LG Hylton	LG Hylton (WI)	1939-1939	2	4	48.0	9	167	3	1/15	55.66	2.60	128.0	-	-	-	-
7	EA Martindale	EA Martindale (WI)	1939-1939	3	6	70.7	8	314	4	2/34	78.50	3.32	141.7	-	-	1	-
8	GA Headley	GA Headley (WI)	1939-1939	3	1	4.0	-	17	0	-	-	3.18	-	-	-	-	-
8	JED Sealy	JED Sealy (WI)	1939-1939	3	1	3.0	-	21	0	-	-	5.25	-	-	-	4	1
8	EAV Williams	EAV Williams (WI)	1939-1939	1	1	9.0	1	23	0	-	-	1.91	-	-	-	1	-
8	IM Barrow	IM Barrow (WI)	1939-1939	1	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
8	GE Gomez	GE Gomez (WI)	1939-1939	2	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
8	JB Stollmeyer	JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1939-1939	3	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
8	VH Stollmeyer	VH Stollmeyer (WI)	1939-1939	1	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	KH Weekes	KH Weekes (WI)	1939-1939	2	-	0.0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Additional Information

Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures