Tests - Oldest to Score Century
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
46y 82d JB Hobbs 142 England v Australia Melbourne 1928/29 45y 151d EH Hendren 132 England v Australia Manchester 1934 43y 202d W Bardsley 193* Australia v England Lord's 1926 42y 291d AW Nourse 111 South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 1921/22 42y 61d FE Woolley 154 England v South Africa Manchester 1929 42y 6d EAB Rowan 236 South Africa v England Leeds 1951 41y 359d RB Simpson 100 Australia v India Adelaide 1977/78 41y 265d WW Armstrong 123* Australia v England Melbourne 1920/21 41y 263d TW Graveney 105 England v Pakistan Karachi 1968/69 41y 241d HW Taylor 117 South Africa v England Cape Town 1930/31 41y 108d B Sutcliffe 151* New Zealand v India Kolkata 1964/65 41y 63d G Boycott 105 England v India Delhi 1981/82 40y 314d GA Gooch 210 England v New Zealand Nottingham 1994 40y 207d AD Nourse 208 South Africa v England Nottingham 1951 40y 84d CH Lloyd 114 West Indies v Australia Brisbane 1984/85 40y 27d CG Macartney 109 Australia v England Manchester 1926 40y 21d VM Merchant 154 India v England Delhi 1951/52 Notes: Ages are shown as at the start of the Test concerned. Only the last century by any player is shown Contributed by StatsGuru (stats@cricinfo.com)
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