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Most Wickets in 1951: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the most wickets during the 1951 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
1951
71 entries
1
49
Sir Alec Bedser
ENG
5 clear of Roy Tattersall
2
44
Roy Tattersall
ENG
5 off the lead
3
29
Bill Johnston
AUS
20 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Alec Bedser
ENG
49 · 5 ahead of Tattersall
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Bedser is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
16
The mark at number ten — 61 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
17 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
71 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Alec Bedser
ENG
49
2
Roy Tattersall
ENG
44
3
Bill Johnston
AUS
29
4
Keith Miller
AUS
25
5
Ray Lindwall
AUS
22
5
Alf Valentine
WI
22
6
Geoff Chubb
SA
21
7
Freddie Brown
ENG
20
8
Athol Rowan
SA
18
9
Vinoo Mankad
IND
17
10
Doug Wright
ENG
16
11
Jim Laker
ENG
14
11
Ian Johnson
AUS
14
12
Sonny Ramadhin
WI
13
13
Brian Statham
ENG
12
13
Doug Ring
AUS
12
14
Jack Iverson
AUS
11
15
Cuan McCarthy
SA
10
15
Tufty Mann
SA
10
15
Frank Worrell
WI
10
16
Sadu Shinde
IND
9
17
Alex Moir
NZ
8
17
Gerry Gomez
WI
8
17
Trevor Bailey
ENG
8
18
Fen Cresswell
NZ
7
19
Tom Burtt
NZ
6
19
Fred Ridgway
ENG
6
20
John Trim
WI
5
20
Johnny Wardle
ENG
5
20
Dattu Phadkar
IND
5
21
Ramesh Divecha
IND
4
21
Michael Melle
SA
4
21
John Goddard
WI
4
22
Prior Jones
WI
3
22
Allan Watkins
ENG
3
22
Malcolm Hilton
ENG
3
22
Lala Amarnath
IND
3
22
Johnny Hayes
NZ
3
23
Graeme Hole
AUS
2
23
Geff Noblet
AUS
2
23
Ranga Sohoni
IND
2
23
Eddie Leadbeater
ENG
2
23
Derek Shackleton
ENG
2
23
Reg Simpson
ENG
2
24
Denis Compton
ENG
1
24
Cyril Washbrook
ENG
1
24
John Warr
ENG
1
24
Vijay Hazare
IND
1
24
Coimbatarao Gopinath
IND
1
24
Clive van Ryneveld
SA
1
25
Percy Mansell
SA
0
25
Dudley Nourse
SA
0
25
Eric Rowan
SA
0
25
Verdun Scott
NZ
0
25
Jim Burke
AUS
0
25
Tony MacGibbon
NZ
0
25
John Reid
NZ
0
25
Chandu Sarwate
IND
0
25
Polly Umrigar
IND
0
25
Nirode Chowdhury
IND
0
25
Pankaj Roy
IND
0
25
Sam Loxton
AUS
0
25
Subhash Gupte
IND
0
25
Lindsay Hassett
AUS
0
25
Rusi Modi
IND
0
25
Cyril Poole
ENG
0
25
Jack Robertson
ENG
0
25
Tom Graveney
ENG
0
25
Donald Carr
ENG
0
25
Sir Leonard Hutton
ENG
0
25
Roy Marshall
WI
0
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