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Tests - Oldest Test Players

Based on all matches up to and including
Test #1921: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, Pakistan in Sri Lanka 1st Test, 4 Jul 2009


52y 165d  W Rhodes             England v West Indies        Kingston             1929/30    
50y 327d  H Ironmonger         Australia v England          Sydney               1932/33    
50y 320d  WG Grace             England v Australia          Nottingham           1899       
50y 303d  G Gunn               England v West Indies        Kingston             1929/30    
49y 139d  J Southerton         England v Australia          Melbourne            1876/77    
47y 302d  Miran Bakhsh         Pakistan v India             Peshawar             1954/55    
47y 249d  JB Hobbs             England v Australia          The Oval             1930       
47y  87d  FE Woolley           England v Australia          The Oval             1934       
46y 309d  DD Blackie           Australia v England          Adelaide             1928/29    
46y 202d  H Strudwick          England v Australia          The Oval             1926       
46y  41d  EH Hendren           England v West Indies        Kingston             1934/35    
45y 304d  AJ Traicos           Zimbabwe v India             Delhi                1992/93    
45y 245d  GOB Allen            England v West Indies        Kingston             1947/48    
45y 216d  P Holmes             England v India              Lord's               1932       
45y 207d  AW Nourse            South Africa v England       The Oval             1924       
45y 140d  DB Close             England v West Indies        Manchester           1976       
44y 341d  EG Wynyard           England v South Africa       Johannesburg         1905/06    
44y 317d  JMM Commaille        South Africa v England       Cape Town            1927/28    
44y 238d  R Abel               England v Australia          Manchester           1902       
44y 236d  GA Headley           West Indies v England        Kingston             1953/54    
44y 105d  Amir Elahi           Pakistan v India             Kolkata              1952/53    
44y  69d  CV Grimmett          Australia v South Africa     Durban               1935/36    
43y 279d  WR Hammond           England v New Zealand        Christchurch         1946/47    
43y 259d  H Carter             Australia v South Africa     Cape Town            1921/22    
43y 255d  W Bardsley           Australia v England          The Oval             1926       
43y 118d  CP Carter            South Africa v England       The Oval             1924       
42y 344d  JE Emburey           England v West Indies        Manchester           1995       
42y 301d  HW Taylor            South Africa v New Zealand   Christchurch         1931/32    
42y 295d  WW Whysall           England v Australia          The Oval             1930       
42y 256d  AFA Lilley           England v Australia          The Oval             1909       
42y 251d  RW Taylor            England v Pakistan           Lahore               1983/84    
42y 247d  N Betancourt         West Indies v England        Port of Spain        1929/30    
42y 224d  C Kelleway           Australia v England          Brisbane             1928/29    
42y 197d  GA Faulkner          South Africa v England       Lord's               1924       
42y 196d  FR Brown             England v Australia          Lord's               1953       
42y 175d  WAS Oldfield         Australia v England          Melbourne            1936/37    
42y 130d  SE Gregory           Australia v England          The Oval             1912       
42y 127d  JWHT Douglas         England v Australia          Melbourne            1924/25    
42y 121d  NE Haig              England v West Indies        Kingston             1929/30    
42y 103d  H Elliott            England v India              Chennai              1933/34    
42y  89d  RB Simpson           Australia v West Indies      Kingston             1977/78    
42y  86d  WW Armstrong         Australia v England          The Oval             1921       
42y  78d  DS de Silva          Sri Lanka v England          Lord's               1984       
42y  67d  FJ Titmus            England v Australia          Adelaide             1974/75    
42y  51d  MC Cowdrey           England v Australia          Melbourne            1974/75    
42y  42d  WE Astill            England v West Indies        Kingston             1929/30    
42y  29d  EAB Rowan            South Africa v England       The Oval             1951       
42y  21d  SJ Snooke            South Africa v England       Durban               1922/23    
42y   1d  TW Graveney          England v West Indies        Manchester           1969       
41y 341d  ER Wilson            England v Australia          Sydney               1920/21    
41y 322d  EE Hemmings          England v Australia          Sydney               1990/91    
41y 305d  MH Mankad            India v West Indies          Delhi                1958/59    
41y 271d  CP Mead              England v Australia          Brisbane             1928/29    
41y 266d  C Washbrook          England v Australia          The Oval             1956       
41y 247d  JC Alabaster         New Zealand v West Indies    Port of Spain        1971/72    
41y 199d  GA Gooch             England v Australia          Perth                1994/95    
41y 196d  B Sutcliffe          New Zealand v England        Birmingham           1965       
41y 178d  VY Richardson        Australia v South Africa     Durban               1935/36    
41y 134d  S Haigh              England v Australia          Manchester           1912       
41y 129d  LR Gibbs             West Indies v Australia      Melbourne            1975/76    
41y  95d  AP Freeman           England v South Africa       The Oval             1929       
41y  95d  L Amarnath           India v Pakistan             Kolkata              1952/53    
41y  80d  R Illingworth        England v West Indies        Lord's               1973       
41y  77d  G Boycott            England v India              Kolkata              1981/82    
41y  30d  RJD Jamshedji        India v England              Mumbai               1933/34    
40y 362d  A Wood               England v West Indies        The Oval             1939       
40y 351d  G Geary              England v Australia          Lord's               1934       
40y 349d  O Henry              South Africa v India         Cape Town            1992/93    
40y 348d  CA Wiles             West Indies v England        Manchester           1933       
40y 317d  BL D'Oliveira        England v Australia          The Oval             1972       
40y 305d  SF Barnes            England v South Africa       Durban               1913/14    
40y 292d  CK Nayudu            India v England              The Oval             1936       
40y 279d  AD Nourse            South Africa v England       The Oval             1951       
40y 227d  AA Mailey            Australia v England          The Oval             1926       
40y 223d  JM Blackham          Australia v England          Sydney               1894/95    
40y 222d  SP Kinneir           England v Australia          Sydney               1911/12    
40y 220d  H Sutcliffe          England v South Africa       Lord's               1935       
40y 198d  BE Congdon           New Zealand v England        Lord's               1978       
40y 192d  T Emmett             England v Australia          Melbourne            1881/82    
40y 181d  W Gunn               England v Australia          Nottingham           1899       
40y 153d  AJ Stewart           England v South Africa       The Oval             2003       
40y 128d  RK Oxenham           Australia v South Africa     Brisbane             1931/32    
40y 128d  GWA Chubb            South Africa v England       The Oval             1951       
40y 124d  CH Lloyd             West Indies v Australia      Sydney               1984/85    
40y 119d  CB Fry               England v Australia          The Oval             1912       
40y 114d  HW Lee               England v South Africa       Johannesburg         1930/31    
40y 100d  WJ O'Reilly          Australia v New Zealand      Wellington           1945/46    
40y  98d  DL Houghton          Zimbabwe v New Zealand       Bulawayo             1997/98    
40y  94d  HL Jackson           England v Australia          Leeds                1961       
40y  63d  C Ramaswami          India v England              The Oval             1936       
40y  62d  LB Fishlock          England v Australia          Sydney               1946/47    
40y  61d  MW Tate              England v South Africa       Manchester           1935       
40y  60d  B Mitchell           South Africa v England       Port Elizabeth       1948/49    
40y  52d  CG Macartney         Australia v England          The Oval             1926       
40y  47d  G Challenor          West Indies v England        The Oval             1928       
40y  41d  James Langridge      England v India              The Oval             1946       
40y  39d  GE Tyldesley         England v Australia          Melbourne            1928/29    
40y  30d  SJ Cook              South Africa v Sri Lanka     Moratuwa             1993       
40y  26d  VM Merchant          India v England              Delhi                1951/52    
40y  12d  HHH Johnson          West Indies v England        Nottingham           1950       
40y   6d  JC White             England v South Africa       Durban               1930/31    
40y   0d  CG Greenidge         West Indies v Australia      St John's            1990/91    

Note: The age shown is that on the last day of the match

 
 Contributed by StatsGuru (stats@cricinfo.com)