ENGLAND IN SOUTH AFRICA TEST SERIES

Batting Stats

E1948
England in South Africa Test Series
16 Dec 1948 – 05 Mar 1949
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SERIES WINNEREngland2-0 (5)

Batting Stats

Most Runs · Most Sixes · Best Strike Rate
category leaders

Batting in England in South Africa Test Series

Every board for the series.

Most runs

Test
Cyril Washbrook5 mat · avg 60.22
542#2 · runs
MOST RUNSSir Leonard Hutton5 mat · avg 64.11
577#1 · runs
Dudley Nourse5 mat · avg 76.57
536#3 · runs
  1. 4Bruce Mitchell5 mat · avg 52.78475
  2. 5Billy Wade5 mat · avg 50.88407
  3. 6Denis Compton5 mat · avg 50.75406
  4. 7Eric Rowan4 mat · avg 53.17319
  5. 8George Mann5 mat · avg 36.29254
  6. 9Allan Watkins5 mat · avg 35.86251
  7. 10Jack Crapp4 mat · avg 38.50231
  8. 11Owen Wynne3 mat · avg 18.83113
  9. 12Denis Begbie3 mat · avg 27.00108
  10. 13Cliff Gladwin5 mat · avg 24.5098
  11. 14Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 13.4394
  12. 15Ossie Dawson4 mat · avg 17.8089

Highest score

Test
Sir Leonard Hutton5 mat · avg 64.11
158#2
HIGHESTCyril Washbrook5 mat · avg 60.22
195#1
Eric Rowan4 mat · avg 53.17
156#3
  1. 4George Mann5 mat · avg 36.29136
  2. 5Dudley Nourse5 mat · avg 76.57129
  3. 6Billy Wade5 mat · avg 50.88125
  4. 7Bruce Mitchell5 mat · avg 52.78120
  5. 8Denis Compton5 mat · avg 50.75114
  6. 9Allan Watkins5 mat · avg 35.86111
  7. 10Ken Viljoen2 mat · avg 21.6763
  8. 11Jack Crapp4 mat · avg 38.5056
  9. 12Owen Wynne3 mat · avg 18.8350
  10. 13Denis Begbie3 mat · avg 27.0048
  11. 14Lindsay Tuckett4 mat · avg 11.0038
  12. 15Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 13.4333

Most sixes

Test
Cliff Gladwin5 mat · avg 24.50
2#2 · sixes
MOST SIXESCyril Washbrook5 mat · avg 60.22
2#1 · sixes
Sir Leonard Hutton5 mat · avg 64.11
1#3 · sixes
  1. 4Dudley Nourse5 mat · avg 76.571
  2. 5Billy Wade5 mat · avg 50.881
  3. 6George Mann5 mat · avg 36.291
  4. 7Denis Begbie3 mat · avg 27.001

Most fours

Test
Sir Leonard Hutton5 mat · avg 64.11
23#2 · fours
MOST FOURSCyril Washbrook5 mat · avg 60.22
24#1 · fours
Allan Watkins5 mat · avg 35.86
16#3 · fours
  1. 4George Mann5 mat · avg 36.2914
  2. 5Denis Begbie3 mat · avg 27.009
  3. 6Billy Wade5 mat · avg 50.887
  4. 7Dudley Nourse5 mat · avg 76.576
  5. 8Denis Compton5 mat · avg 50.754
  6. 9Bruce Mitchell5 mat · avg 52.782
  7. 10Ossie Dawson4 mat · avg 17.802
  8. 11Athol Rowan5 mat · avg 17.752
  9. 12Eric Rowan4 mat · avg 53.171
  10. 13Cliff Gladwin5 mat · avg 24.501
  11. 14Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 13.431

Best strike rate

min 60 balls bowled
Test
Cyril Washbrook5 mat · avg 60.22
455.46#2 · SR
BEST SRDudley Nourse5 mat · avg 76.57
496.30#1 · SR
Eric Rowan4 mat · avg 53.17
414.29#3 · SR
  1. 4Allan Watkins5 mat · avg 35.86398.41
  2. 5George Mann5 mat · avg 36.29379.10
  3. 6Bruce Mitchell5 mat · avg 52.78300.63
  4. 7Sir Leonard Hutton5 mat · avg 64.11237.45
  5. 8Billy Wade5 mat · avg 50.88175.43
  6. 9Owen Wynne3 mat · avg 18.83139.51
  7. 10Denis Compton5 mat · avg 50.75117.68
  8. 11Ossie Dawson4 mat · avg 17.8098.89
  9. 12Roly Jenkins5 mat · avg 14.3387.76
  10. 13Denis Begbie3 mat · avg 27.0069.68
  11. 14Athol Rowan5 mat · avg 17.7557.26
  12. 15Lindsay Tuckett4 mat · avg 11.0053.66

Best average

min 3 innings
Test
Sir Leonard Hutton5 mat · avg 64.11
64.11#2 · avg
BEST AVGDudley Nourse5 mat · avg 76.57
76.57#1 · avg
Cyril Washbrook5 mat · avg 60.22
60.22#3 · avg
  1. 4Eric Rowan4 mat · avg 53.1753.17
  2. 5Bruce Mitchell5 mat · avg 52.7852.78
  3. 6Billy Wade5 mat · avg 50.8850.88
  4. 7Denis Compton5 mat · avg 50.7550.75
  5. 8Jack Crapp4 mat · avg 38.5038.50
  6. 9George Mann5 mat · avg 36.2936.29
  7. 10Allan Watkins5 mat · avg 35.8635.86
  8. 11Denis Begbie3 mat · avg 27.0027.00
  9. 12Cliff Gladwin5 mat · avg 24.5024.50
  10. 13Ken Viljoen2 mat · avg 21.6721.67
  11. 14Owen Wynne3 mat · avg 18.8318.83
  12. 15Ossie Dawson4 mat · avg 17.8017.80

Most fifties

Test
Billy Wade5 mat · avg 50.88
3#2 · 50s
MOST 50sBruce Mitchell5 mat · avg 52.78
3#1 · 50s
Jack Crapp4 mat · avg 38.50
3#3 · 50s
  1. 4Sir Leonard Hutton5 mat · avg 64.112
  2. 5Cyril Washbrook5 mat · avg 60.222
  3. 6Dudley Nourse5 mat · avg 76.572
  4. 7Denis Compton5 mat · avg 50.752
  5. 8Eric Rowan4 mat · avg 53.171
  6. 9Allan Watkins5 mat · avg 35.861
  7. 10Owen Wynne3 mat · avg 18.831
  8. 11Ken Viljoen2 mat · avg 21.671
batting battle

England vs South Africa

The series totalled up, side against side.

EnglandvsSouth Africa
2628Total runs2390
257.65Strike rate208.37
6Sixes3
83Fours29
10Fifties11

Highest individual scores

1Cyril WashbrookENG · match 2 · Johannesburg195
2Sir Leonard HuttonENG · match 2 · Johannesburg158
3Eric RowanSA · match 2 · Johannesburg156*
4George MannENG · match 5 · Port Elizabeth136*
5Dudley NourseSA · match 4 · Johannesburg129*
6Billy WadeSA · match 5 · Port Elizabeth125
7Sir Leonard HuttonENG · match 4 · Johannesburg123
8Bruce MitchellSA · match 3 · Cape Town120
9Denis ComptonENG · match 2 · Johannesburg114
10Dudley NourseSA · match 3 · Cape Town112