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Leading First-Class Bowlers (by wickets taken)
First-Class Career Bowling - Most Wickets
Debut Last Mts Runs Wkts Ave BB 5wI 10wM
W Rhodes 1898 1930 1110 70322 4204 16.72 9-24 287 68
AP Freeman 1914 1936 592 69577 3776 18.42 10-53 386 140
CWL Parker 1903 1935 635 63815 3278 19.46 10-79 277 91
JT Hearne 1888 1923 639 54351 3061 17.75 9-32 255 66
TWJ Goddard 1922 1952 593 59116 2979 19.84 10-113 251 86
AS Kennedy 1907 1936 677 61035 2874 21.23 10-37 225 45
D Shackleton 1948 1969 647 53303 2857 18.65 9-30 194 38
GAR Lock 1946 1970/71 654 54709 2844 19.23 10-54 196 50
FJ Titmus 1949 1982 792 63315 2830 22.37 9-52 168 26
WG Grace 1865 1908 870 50980 2809 18.14 10-49 240 64
MW Tate 1912 1937 679 50571 2784 18.16 9-71 195 44
GH Hirst 1891 1929 826 51371 2742 18.73 9-23 184 40
C Blythe 1899 1914 439 42099 2503 16.81 10-30 218 71
DL Underwood 1963 1987 676 49993 2465 20.28 9-28 153 47
WE Astill 1906 1939 733 57786 2432 23.76 9-41 140 22
JC White 1909 1937 472 43759 2355 18.58 10-76 193 58
WE Hollies 1932 1957 515 48656 2323 20.94 10-49 182 40
FS Trueman 1949 1969 603 42154 2304 18.29 8-28 126 25
JB Statham 1950 1968 559 36999 2260 16.37 8-34 123 11
RTD Perks 1930 1955 595 53766 2233 24.07 9-40 143 24
J Briggs 1879 1900 535 35430 2221 15.95 10-55 200 52
DJ Shepherd 1950 1972 668 47302 2218 21.32 9-47 123 28
EG Dennett 1903 1926 401 42637 2151 19.82 10-40 211 57
T Richardson 1892 1905 358 38794 2104 18.43 10-45 200 72
TE Bailey 1945 1967 682 48170 2082 23.13 10-90 110 13
R Illingworth 1951 1983 787 42020 2072 20.27 9-42 104 11
N Gifford 1960 1988 710 48731 2068 23.56 8-28 93 14
FE Woolley 1906 1938 978 41058 2066 19.87 8-22 132 28
G Geary 1912 1938 549 41336 2063 20.03 10-18 125 30
DVP Wright 1932 1957 497 49306 2056 23.98 9-47 150 42
JA Newman 1906 1930 541 51397 2054 25.02 9-131 134 35
A Shaw 1864 1897 404 24577 2027 12.13 10-73 176 44
S Haigh 1895 1913 561 32091 2012 15.94 9-25 135 30
H Verity 1930 1939 378 29145 1956 14.90 10-10 164 54
W Attewell 1881 1899 429 29896 1951 15.32 9-23 134 27
JC Laker 1946 1964/65 450 35791 1944 18.41 10-53 127 32
AV Bedser 1939 1960 485 39279 1924 20.41 8-18 96 16
W Mead 1892 1913 429 36388 1916 18.99 9-40 152 39
AE Relf 1900 1921 565 39726 1897 20.94 9-95 114 23
PGH Fender 1910 1936 557 47458 1894 25.05 8-24 100 16
JWHT Douglas 1901 1930 651 44160 1893 23.32 9-47 113 23
JH Wardle 1946 1967/68 412 35027 1846 18.97 9-25 134 29
GR Cox 1895 1928 634 42138 1843 22.86 9-50 111 13
GA Lohmann 1884 1896/97 293 25295 1841 13.73 9-28 176 57
JW Hearne 1909 1936 647 44926 1839 24.42 9-61 107 23
GG Macaulay 1920 1935 468 32441 1837 17.65 8-21 126 31
MS Nichols 1924 1939 483 39665 1833 21.63 9-32 118 23
JB Mortimore 1950 1975 640 41904 1807 23.18 8-59 75 8
CA Walsh 1981/82 2000/01 429 39233 1807 21.71 9-72 104 20
C Cook 1946 1964 506 36579 1782 20.52 9-42 99 15
R Peel 1882 1897 436 28758 1775 16.20 9-22 123 33
HL Jackson 1947 1963 418 30101 1733 17.36 9-17 115 20
JK Lever 1967 1989 529 41772 1722 24.25 8-37 85 12
TPB Smith 1929 1952 465 45058 1697 26.55 9-77 122 28
J Southerton 1854 1879 286 24280 1682 14.43 9-30 192 59
AE Trott 1892/93 1911 375 35318 1674 21.09 10-42 131 41
AW Mold 1889 1901 287 26010 1673 15.54 9-29 152 56
TG Wass 1896 1920 312 34092 1666 20.46 9-67 159 45
VWC Jupp 1909 1938 529 38166 1658 23.01 10-127 111 18
C Gladwin 1939 1958 374 30265 1653 18.30 9-41 101 18
MD Marshall 1977/78 1995/96 408 31548 1651 19.10 8-71 85 13
WE Bowes 1928 1947 372 27470 1639 16.76 9-121 116 27
AW Wellard 1927 1950 417 39302 1614 24.35 8-52 108 24
JE Emburey 1973 1997 513 41958 1608 26.09 8-40 72 12
PI Pocock 1964 1986 554 42648 1607 26.53 9-57 60 7
NI Thomson 1952 1972 425 32873 1597 20.58 10-49 73 8
J Mercer 1919 1947 457 37241 1591 23.40 10-51 104 17
GJ Thompson 1897 1922 352 30058 1591 18.89 9-64 147 40
JM Sims 1929 1953 462 39401 1581 24.92 10-90 98 21
FW Lillywhite 1825 1853 237 2447 1576 10.15 10-? 155 54
T Emmett 1866 1888 426 21314 1572 13.55 9-23 122 29
Intikhab Alam 1957/58 1982 489 43474 1571 27.67 8-54 85 13
BS Bedi 1961/62 1980/81 370 33843 1560 21.69 7-5 106 20
W Voce 1927 1952 426 35961 1558 23.08 8-30 84 20
AR Gover 1928 1948 362 36753 1555 23.63 8-34 95 17
TW Cartwright 1952 1977 479 29357 1536 19.11 8-39 94 18
K Higgs 1958 1986 511 36267 1536 23.61 7-19 50 5
J Langridge 1924 1953 695 34524 1530 22.56 9-34 91 14
JA Flavell 1949 1967 401 32847 1529 21.48 9-30 86 15
EE Hemmings 1966 1995 518 44403 1515 29.30 10-175 70 15
FA Tarrant 1898/99 1936/37 329 26450 1512 17.49 10-90 133 38
CF Root 1910 1933 365 31933 1512 21.11 9-23 125 33
RK Tyldesley 1919 1935 397 25980 1509 17.21 8-15 101 22
RJ Hadlee 1971/72 1990 342 26998 1490 18.11 9-52 102 18
TB Mitchell 1928 1939 328 30543 1483 20.59 10-64 118 30
WR Hillyer 1835 1853 230 4458 1482 11.00 8-26 149 54
GS Boyes 1921 1939 504 34610 1472 23.51 9-57 74 11
W Bestwick 1898 1925 323 31008 1457 21.28 10-40 104 27
H Larwood 1924 1938 361 24994 1427 17.51 9-41 98 20
CV Grimmett 1911/12 1940/41 248 31738 1424 22.28 10-37 127 33
MJ Procter 1965 1988/89 401 27679 1417 19.53 9-71 70 15
BA Langford 1953 1974 510 34964 1410 24.79 9-26 83 16
RD Jackman 1966 1982 399 31978 1402 22.80 8-40 67 8
WS Lees 1896 1911 364 30008 1402 21.40 9-81 97 20
EA McDonald 1909/10 1935 281 28967 1395 20.76 8-41 119 31
S Venkataraghavan 1963/64 1984/85 341 33568 1390 24.14 9-93 85 21
JW Hitch 1907 1925 350 29919 1387 21.57 8-38 101 24
A Watson 1871 1893 303 18423 1384 13.31 9-118 106 27
GE Tribe 1945/46 1959 308 28321 1378 20.55 9-43 93 23
WH Lockwood 1886 1904 362 25246 1376 18.34 9-59 121 29
R Tattersall 1948 1964 328 24692 1369 18.03 9-40 99 18
CT Spencer 1952 1974 506 36479 1367 26.68 9-63 47 6
JA Young 1933 1956 341 26793 1361 19.68 9-55 82 17
R Smith 1934 1956 445 41265 1350 30.56 8-63 73 10
R Howorth 1933 1951 372 29425 1345 21.87 7-18 74 7
SJ Staples 1920 1934 385 30421 1331 22.85 9-141 72 11
FW Tate 1887 1905 320 28690 1331 21.55 9-73 104 29
FJ Durston 1919 1933 386 29279 1329 22.03 8-27 72 11
E Willsher 1850 1875 267 16493 1329 12.78 8-16 107 30
PJ Loader 1951 1963/64 371 25260 1326 19.04 9-17 70 13
JC Clay 1921 1949 373 26028 1317 19.76 9-54 105 28
F Martin 1885 1900 317 22901 1317 17.38 8-45 95 23
PJ Sainsbury 1954 1976 618 31777 1316 24.14 8-76 36 5
RO Jenkins 1938 1958 386 30947 1309 23.64 8-62 92 20
H Dean 1906 1921 267 23607 1301 18.14 9-31 97 24
AE Moss 1950 1968 382 27035 1301 20.78 8-31 65 13
Imran Khan 1969/70 1991/92 382 28726 1287 22.32 8-34 70 13
A Fielder 1900 1914 287 26852 1277 21.02 10-90 97 28
F Morley 1871 1883 232 17103 1274 13.43 8-26 119 36
DR Smith 1956 1970 386 29655 1250 23.72 7-20 51 6
DC Morgan 1950 1969 556 31302 1248 25.08 7-33 35 5
PH Edmonds 1971 1992 391 31981 1246 25.66 8-53 47 9
JR Gunn 1896 1932 535 30461 1242 24.52 8-65 82 17
PAJ DeFreitas 1985 2004 368 34403 1236 27.83 7-21 61 6
AS Brown 1953 1976 496 31545 1230 25.64 8-80 54 8
F Barratt 1914 1931 371 27813 1224 22.72 8-26 69 11
FR Brown 1930 1961 335 32007 1220 26.23 8-34 62 11
S Santall 1894 1914 374 29250 1220 23.97 8-23 64 5
GD McKenzie 1959/60 1975 383 32868 1219 26.96 8-71 49 5
E Smith 1951 1971 503 31448 1217 25.84 9-46 51 4
J Lillywhite 1862 1885 256 18436 1210 15.23 10-129 96 22
AA Donald 1985/86 2003/04 316 27680 1216 22.69 8-37 68 9
DA Allen 1953 1972 456 28586 1209 23.64 8-34 56 8
EW Clark 1922 1947 338 25965 1208 21.49 8-59 63 15
JH King 1895 1925 552 30312 1204 25.17 8-17 69 11
JD Bannister 1950 1968 374 26258 1198 21.91 10-41 53 6
JE Walsh 1936 1956 296 29226 1190 24.55 9-101 98 26
D Wilson 1957 1974 422 24978 1189 21.00 8-36 50 8
W Flowers 1877 1896 442 18887 1188 15.89 8-22 73 15
TL Richmond 1912 1932 252 24959 1176 21.22 9-21 90 19
JA Snow 1961 1977 346 22695 1174 19.33 8-87 56 9
RA Sinfield 1921 1939 430 28734 1173 24.49 9-111 66 9
IT Botham 1974 1993 402 31902 1172 27.22 8-34 59 8
DB Close 1949 1986 786 30947 1171 26.42 8-41 43 3
DJ Brown 1961 1982 390 28961 1165 24.85 8-60 46 5
A Hearne 1884 1910 488 23120 1160 19.93 8-15 52 9
KC Preston 1948 1964 397 30533 1160 26.32 7-55 37 2
PF Jackson 1929 1950 385 30506 1159 26.32 9-45 59 12
JN Shepherd 1964/65 1987 423 32068 1157 27.71 8-40 54 2
CP Buckenham 1899 1914 307 29110 1150 25.31 8-33 85 17
E Robson 1895 1923 432 30319 1147 26.43 8-35 58 5
J Dean 1835 1861 305 7084 1144 13.80 9-34 86 18
JH Mayer 1926 1939 333 25404 1144 22.20 8-62 71 9
DW White 1957 1972 337 26913 1143 23.54 9-44 57 5
AF Wensley 1922 1947/48 400 30251 1142 26.48 9-36 56 10
J Grundy 1850 1869 298 11338 1137 12.84 9-19 84 24
GG Arnold 1963 1982 365 24761 1130 21.91 8-41 46 3
R Pollard 1933 1952 298 25314 1122 22.56 8-33 60 10
NE Haig 1912 1936 513 30698 1117 27.48 7-33 47 2
LC Braund 1896 1920 432 30398 1114 27.28 9-41 80 16
J Wisden 1845 1863 186 7390 1109 10.32 10-58 111 39
RNS Hobbs 1961 1981 440 29776 1099 27.09 8-63 50 8
OS Wheatley 1956 1969/70 316 22910 1099 20.84 9-60 56 5
WH Copson 1932 1950 279 20752 1094 18.96 8-11 66 6
BR Knight 1955 1969 379 26205 1089 24.06 8-69 45 8
LF Townsend 1922 1939 493 22985 1088 21.12 8-26 51 16
P Carrick 1970 1993 444 32237 1081 29.82 8-33 47 5
Mushtaq Ahmed 1986/87 2004 248 28205 1080 26.11 9-93 76 23
WC Smith 1900 1914 245 18911 1077 17.55 9-31 95 27
LJ Coldwell 1955 1969 310 22791 1076 21.18 8-38 60 7
E Peate 1879 1890 209 14517 1076 13.49 8-5 94 27
HA Smith 1925 1939 341 27968 1076 25.99 8-40 66 11
J Birkenshaw 1958 1981 490 29276 1073 27.28 8-94 44 4
HJ Rhodes 1953 1975 322 21145 1073 19.70 7-38 42 4
E Wainwright 1888 1902 391 19536 1071 18.24 9-66 63 15
CM Old 1966 1986 379 25127 1070 23.48 7-20 39 2
EG Arnold 1899 1913 343 24763 1069 23.16 9-64 63 13
F Ridgway 1946 1961 341 25381 1069 23.74 8-39 41 6
BS Chandrasekhar 1963/64 1979/80 246 25547 1063 24.03 9-72 75 19
PCR Tufnell 1986 2002 316 31026 1057 29.35 8-29 53 6
DE Malcolm 1984 2004 304 31973 1054 30.33 9-57 46 9
A Jepson 1938 1959 392 30568 1051 29.08 8-45 40 6
CH Parkin 1906 1926 197 18434 1048 17.58 9-32 93 27
OW Herman 1929 1948 322 28222 1045 27.00 8-49 58 6
GS Sobers 1952/53 1974 383 28941 1043 27.74 9-49 36 1
Wasim Akram 1984/85 2003 257 22549 1042 21.64 8-30 70 16
SMJ Woods 1888 1910 401 21651 1040 20.81 10-69 77 21
A Mynn 1834 1859 212 3261 1038 10.22 9-? 92 33
J Simmons 1968 1989 450 28084 1033 27.18 7-59 41 6
JH Childs 1975 1996 381 30600 1028 29.76 9-56 52 8
EF Field 1897 1920 264 24091 1026 23.48 9-104 80 17
MP Bicknell 1986 2004 280 25405 1025 24.78 9-45 41 4
LR Gibbs 1953/54 1974/75 330 27878 1024 27.22 8-37 50 10
G Giffen 1877/78 1903/04 251 21785 1022 21.31 10-66 95 30
GAE Paine 1926 1947 258 23334 1021 22.85 8-43 74 13
JH Cornford 1931 1952 332 26999 1019 26.49 9-53 39 6
RE East 1965 1984 410 26210 1019 25.72 8-30 49 10
B Dooland 1945/46 1957/58 214 22332 1016 21.98 8-20 84 23
M Muralitharan 1989/90 2004 175 19388 1015 19.10 9-51 87 25
FP Ryan 1919 1931 247 21321 1013 21.04 8-41 86 18
CB Llewellyn 1894/95 1912 267 23715 1013 23.41 9-55 82 20
SK Warne 1990/91 2004/05 234 26308 1013 25.97 8-71 49 8
AW Hallam 1895 1910 273 19256 1012 19.02 8-63 63 10
RMH Cottam 1963 1976 289 21125 1010 20.91 9-25 58 6
EP Robinson 1934 1952 301 22784 1009 22.58 8-35 61 12
LC Eastman 1920 1939 451 26939 1006 26.77 7-28 30 3
MJ Hilton 1946 1961 270 19542 1006 19.42 8-19 51 8
Sarfraz Nawaz 1967/68 1984/85 299 24750 1005 24.62 9-86 46 4
R Kilner 1911 1927 416 18515 1003 18.45 8-26 48 10
Note: The wickets column for some 19th Century bowlers includes wickets
taken in matches where no bowling analyses are available. These wickets are
ignored in calculating the bowling average.
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