THE ASHES (ENGLAND IN AUSTRALIA)

Bowling Stats

T1936
The Ashes (England in Australia)
04 Dec 1936 – 26 Feb 1937
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SERIES WINNERAustralia3-2 (5)

Bowling Stats

Most Wickets · Best Average · Best Economy
category leaders

Bowling in The Ashes (England in Australia)

Every board for the series.

Most wickets

Test
Bill O'Reilly5 mat · avg 22.20
25#2 · wkts
MOST WKTSBill Voce5 mat · avg 21.54
26#1 · wkts
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith3 mat · avg 24.37
19#3 · wkts
  1. 4Sir Gubby Allen5 mat · avg 30.9417
  2. 5Wally Hammond5 mat · avg 25.0812
  3. 6Ken Farnes2 mat · avg 23.2711
  4. 7Ernie McCormick4 mat · avg 28.7311
  5. 8Frank Ward3 mat · avg 39.2711
  6. 9Hedley Verity5 mat · avg 45.5010
  7. 10Morris Sievers3 mat · avg 17.899
  8. 11Laurie Nash1 mat · avg 20.805
  9. 12Stan McCabe5 mat · avg 32.004
  10. 13Walter Robins4 mat · avg 55.004
  11. 14Jim Sims2 mat · avg 81.333

Best figures

Test
Ken Farnes2 mat · avg 23.27
6/96#2
BEST FIGURESBill Voce5 mat · avg 21.54
6/41#1
Frank Ward3 mat · avg 39.27
6/102#3
  1. 4Chuck Fleetwood-Smith3 mat · avg 24.376/110
  2. 5Morris Sievers3 mat · avg 17.895/21
  3. 6Sir Gubby Allen5 mat · avg 30.945/36
  4. 7Bill O'Reilly5 mat · avg 22.205/51
  5. 8Wally Hammond5 mat · avg 25.085/57
  6. 9Laurie Nash1 mat · avg 20.804/70
  7. 10Ernie McCormick4 mat · avg 28.733/26
  8. 11Hedley Verity5 mat · avg 45.503/79
  9. 12Walter Robins4 mat · avg 55.002/31
  10. 13Jim Sims2 mat · avg 81.332/109
  11. 14Stan McCabe5 mat · avg 32.001/7

Best economy

min 60 balls bowled
Test
Bill O'Reilly5 mat · avg 22.20
2.24#2 · econ
BEST ECONMorris Sievers3 mat · avg 17.89
2.13#1 · econ
Hedley Verity5 mat · avg 45.50
2.32#3 · econ
  1. 4Stan McCabe5 mat · avg 32.003.05
  2. 5Arthur Chipperfield3 mat · avg 0.003.16
  3. 6Frank Ward3 mat · avg 39.273.18
  4. 7Wally Hammond5 mat · avg 25.083.38
  5. 8Bill Voce5 mat · avg 21.543.45
  6. 9Ken Farnes2 mat · avg 23.273.47
  7. 10Chuck Fleetwood-Smith3 mat · avg 24.373.51
  8. 11Ernie McCormick4 mat · avg 28.733.76
  9. 12Walter Robins4 mat · avg 55.003.93
  10. 13Sir Gubby Allen5 mat · avg 30.944.07
  11. 14Laurie Nash1 mat · avg 20.804.19
  12. 15Jim Sims2 mat · avg 81.334.78

Best average

min 5 wickets
Test
Laurie Nash1 mat · avg 20.80
20.80#2 · avg
BEST AVGMorris Sievers3 mat · avg 17.89
17.89#1 · avg
Bill Voce5 mat · avg 21.54
21.54#3 · avg
  1. 4Bill O'Reilly5 mat · avg 22.2022.20
  2. 5Ken Farnes2 mat · avg 23.2723.27
  3. 6Chuck Fleetwood-Smith3 mat · avg 24.3724.37
  4. 7Wally Hammond5 mat · avg 25.0825.08
  5. 8Ernie McCormick4 mat · avg 28.7328.73
  6. 9Sir Gubby Allen5 mat · avg 30.9430.94
  7. 10Frank Ward3 mat · avg 39.2739.27
  8. 11Hedley Verity5 mat · avg 45.5045.50

Best strike rate

min 5 wickets
Test
Bill Voce5 mat · avg 21.54
37.50#2 · SR
BEST SRLaurie Nash1 mat · avg 20.80
29.80#1 · SR
Ken Farnes2 mat · avg 23.27
40.27#3 · SR
  1. 4Chuck Fleetwood-Smith3 mat · avg 24.3741.68
  2. 5Wally Hammond5 mat · avg 25.0844.50
  3. 6Sir Gubby Allen5 mat · avg 30.9445.59
  4. 7Ernie McCormick4 mat · avg 28.7345.82
  5. 8Morris Sievers3 mat · avg 17.8950.44
  6. 9Bill O'Reilly5 mat · avg 22.2059.52
  7. 10Frank Ward3 mat · avg 39.2774.18
  8. 11Hedley Verity5 mat · avg 45.50117.70

Most maidens

Test
Hedley Verity5 mat · avg 45.50
57#2 · mdns
MOST MDNSBill O'Reilly5 mat · avg 22.20
89#1 · mdns
Frank Ward3 mat · avg 39.27
28#3 · mdns
  1. 4Morris Sievers3 mat · avg 17.8925
  2. 5Bill Voce5 mat · avg 21.5420
  3. 6Chuck Fleetwood-Smith3 mat · avg 24.3720
  4. 7Sir Gubby Allen5 mat · avg 30.9412
  5. 8Wally Hammond5 mat · avg 25.088
  6. 9Ken Farnes2 mat · avg 23.278
  7. 10Arthur Chipperfield3 mat · avg 0.008
  8. 11Ernie McCormick4 mat · avg 28.736
  9. 12Stan McCabe5 mat · avg 32.005
  10. 13Walter Robins4 mat · avg 55.003
  11. 14Laurie Nash1 mat · avg 20.802
  12. 15Jim Sims2 mat · avg 81.332

Three-wicket hauls

Test
Bill O'Reilly5 mat · avg 22.20
6#2 · 3w
MOST 3wBill Voce5 mat · avg 21.54
6#1 · 3w
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith3 mat · avg 24.37
4#3 · 3w
  1. 4Sir Gubby Allen5 mat · avg 30.943
  2. 5Wally Hammond5 mat · avg 25.082
  3. 6Ken Farnes2 mat · avg 23.272
  4. 7Morris Sievers3 mat · avg 17.892
  5. 8Ernie McCormick4 mat · avg 28.731
  6. 9Frank Ward3 mat · avg 39.271
  7. 10Hedley Verity5 mat · avg 45.501
  8. 11Laurie Nash1 mat · avg 20.801
bowling battle

Australia vs England

The series totalled up, side against side.

AustraliavsEngland
84Wickets83
2.93Economy3.46
0Dot balls0
183Maidens111
153-wkt hauls14

Best bowling figures

1Bill VoceENG · match 1 · Brisbane6/41
2Ken FarnesENG · match 5 · Melbourne6/96
3Frank WardAUS · match 1 · Brisbane6/102
4Chuck Fleetwood-SmithAUS · match 4 · Adelaide6/110
5Morris SieversAUS · match 3 · Melbourne5/21
6Sir Gubby AllenENG · match 1 · Brisbane5/36
7Bill O'ReillyAUS · match 5 · Melbourne5/51
8Wally HammondENG · match 4 · Adelaide5/57
9Bill O'ReillyAUS · match 1 · Brisbane5/102
10Chuck Fleetwood-SmithAUS · match 3 · Melbourne5/124