Bowling Best Figures Innings

Best bowling figures in an innings in 1940s in Tests

Best bowling figures in an innings
Player
Overs
Mdns
Runs
Wkts
Econ
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
16.543871.71Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
29.1114971.68Englandv IndiaLord's22 Jun 1946Test # 276
25.045272.08Englandv IndiaManchester20 Jul 1946Test # 277
22.046072.04Australiav EnglandBrisbane29 Nov 1946Test # 279
22.036372.14Australiav EnglandSydney28 Feb 1947Test # 283
37.0910372.78Englandv West IndiesBridgetown21 Jan 1948Test # 293
29.0410572.71Englandv AustraliaSydney28 Feb 1947Test # 283
45.31015973.49Indiav West IndiesChennai27 Jan 1949Test # 310
16.152061.23Australiav EnglandThe Oval14 Aug 1948Test # 303
17.062961.27Australiav IndiaBrisbane28 Nov 1947Test # 290
21.084061.90New Zealandv AustraliaWellington29 Mar 1946Test # 275
30.1124261.04Australiav EnglandSydney13 Dec 1946Test # 280
12.024362.68South Africav EnglandDurban16 Dec 1948Test # 306
20.154461.63Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg24 Dec 1949Test # 318
37.4145961.18South Africav EnglandDurban16 Dec 1948Test # 306
20.728262.94Australiav EnglandBrisbane29 Nov 1946Test # 279
30.048362.76New Zealandv EnglandChristchurch21 Mar 1947Test # 284
30.258462.76Englandv New ZealandManchester23 Jul 1949Test # 316
34.249262.67West Indiesv EnglandPort of Spain11 Feb 1948Test # 296
32.3611863.63Englandv New ZealandLeeds11 Jun 1949Test # 314
41.0812463.02Englandv West IndiesBridgetown21 Jan 1948Test # 293
45.01116263.60New Zealandv EnglandManchester23 Jul 1949Test # 316
41.2616864.06New Zealandv EnglandThe Oval13 Aug 1949Test # 317
2.31250.63Australiav IndiaBrisbane28 Nov 1947Test # 290
12.051451.16Australiav New ZealandWellington29 Mar 1946Test # 275
27.0162450.88Englandv IndiaManchester20 Jul 1946Test # 277
14.253152.16West Indiesv EnglandGeorgetown03 Mar 1948Test # 297
15.423251.54Australiav South AfricaCape Town31 Dec 1949Test # 319
25.0113651.44Australiav EnglandNottingham10 Jun 1948Test # 299
20.164051.98Australiav EnglandLord's24 Jun 1948Test # 300
15.034052.00Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg24 Dec 1949Test # 318
34.5134151.17West Indiesv EnglandKingston27 Mar 1948Test # 298
11.414152.67Australiav South AfricaCape Town31 Dec 1949Test # 319
21.454451.53Australiav EnglandSydney28 Feb 1947Test # 283
31.0115551.77West Indiesv EnglandKingston27 Mar 1948Test # 298
37.096851.83South Africav EnglandNottingham07 Jun 1947Test # 285
27.477052.53Australiav EnglandLord's24 Jun 1948Test # 300
25.237052.07Englandv South AfricaCape Town01 Jan 1949Test # 309
32.268052.47Englandv South AfricaLord's21 Jun 1947Test # 286
31.238051.92South Africav EnglandCape Town01 Jan 1949Test # 309
41.088552.07West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne04 Feb 1949Test # 311
39.0109552.43Englandv South AfricaLord's21 Jun 1947Test # 286
51.0179651.88Indiav EnglandManchester20 Jul 1946Test # 277
39.3169752.45New Zealandv EnglandLeeds11 Jun 1949Test # 314
46.01510152.19Indiav EnglandManchester20 Jul 1946Test # 277
29.4410753.60Indiav West IndiesDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
32.4410952.51Australiav EnglandSydney13 Dec 1946Test # 280
35.7311452.38South Africav EnglandJohannesburg12 Feb 1949Test # 312
47.0811552.44South Africav EnglandLord's21 Jun 1947Test # 286
40.0611652.90West Indiesv EnglandGeorgetown03 Mar 1948Test # 297
57.01811852.07Indiav EnglandLord's22 Jun 1946Test # 276
55.21612352.22Englandv South AfricaNottingham07 Jun 1947Test # 285
43.0612752.95New Zealandv EnglandLeeds11 Jun 1949Test # 314
56.01413152.33Englandv AustraliaThe Oval14 Aug 1948Test # 303
58.01813352.29Englandv New ZealandLord's25 Jun 1949Test # 315
39.0513753.51West Indiesv EnglandPort of Spain11 Feb 1948Test # 296
43.6416752.86Englandv AustraliaBrisbane29 Nov 1946Test # 279
60.0916752.08South Africav EnglandGqeberha05 Mar 1949Test # 313
19.0131240.63Australiav New ZealandWellington29 Mar 1946Test # 275
7.031241.71Englandv South AfricaLeeds26 Jul 1947Test # 288
13.232941.64Indiav AustraliaSydney12 Dec 1947Test # 291
10.033043.00West Indiesv IndiaChennai27 Jan 1949Test # 310
28.0153441.21Englandv South AfricaLeeds26 Jul 1947Test # 288
5.7-3544.46Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
13.523942.14Englandv South AfricaDurban16 Dec 1948Test # 306
27.3124041.45Australiav EnglandThe Oval14 Aug 1948Test # 303
26.094141.57Englandv IndiaManchester20 Jul 1946Test # 277
10.014443.30Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
9.0-4844.00Englandv South AfricaCape Town01 Jan 1949Test # 309
27.074841.77West Indiesv IndiaChennai27 Jan 1949Test # 310
23.055241.69Australiav EnglandAdelaide31 Jan 1947Test # 282
25.265442.13West Indiesv EnglandBridgetown21 Jan 1948Test # 293
24.365442.20Indiav West IndiesBrabourne04 Feb 1949Test # 311
14.015943.16Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
38.096141.20Englandv South AfricaGqeberha05 Mar 1949Test # 313
23.156442.07Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
9.7-6544.93South Africav EnglandGqeberha05 Mar 1949Test # 313
19.246843.51Englandv IndiaThe Oval17 Aug 1946Test # 278
50.0206841.36South Africav EnglandLeeds26 Jul 1947Test # 288
27.056941.91Australiav EnglandMelbourne01 Jan 1947Test # 281
34.0106941.52South Africav EnglandJohannesburg12 Feb 1949Test # 312
26.037242.07Englandv South AfricaDurban16 Dec 1948Test # 306
29.287442.52Indiav West IndiesBrabourne04 Feb 1949Test # 311
31.067442.38Englandv New ZealandThe Oval13 Aug 1949Test # 317
36.067641.58Australiav EnglandAdelaide31 Jan 1947Test # 282
22.447743.39Englandv South AfricaManchester05 Jul 1947Test # 287
21.037842.78Indiav AustraliaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
25.057843.12Englandv West IndiesGeorgetown03 Mar 1948Test # 297
29.067842.68Englandv New ZealandThe Oval13 Aug 1949Test # 317
36.0128142.25Englandv AustraliaManchester08 Jul 1948Test # 301
39.0108441.61Indiav AustraliaBrisbane28 Nov 1947Test # 290
64.0289341.45South Africav EnglandThe Oval16 Aug 1947Test # 289
35.259442.66Indiav West IndiesEden Gardens31 Dec 1948Test # 308
39.059542.43Englandv New ZealandChristchurch21 Mar 1947Test # 284
35.199542.70Englandv South AfricaManchester05 Jul 1947Test # 287
29.059543.27Australiav EnglandLeeds22 Jul 1948Test # 302
32.139642.98Englandv IndiaLord's22 Jun 1946Test # 276
40.089942.47Australiav EnglandManchester08 Jul 1948Test # 301
43.01410042.32Englandv AustraliaLord's24 Jun 1948Test # 300
35.0710242.91New Zealandv EnglandLord's25 Jun 1949Test # 315
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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs South Africa at Cape Town, Australia tour of South Africa 2nd Test, Dec 31, 1949 - Jan 4, 1950 [Test # 319]

Australia vs South Africa at Johannesburg, Australia tour of South Africa 1st Test, Dec 24-28, 1949 [Test # 318]

New Zealand vs England at The Oval, New Zealand tour of England 4th Test, Aug 13-16, 1949 [Test # 317]