Top Bowlers with 10 or Fewer Tests

[Slifer]

Clarke at least went on Rebel tours and wasn't selected due to that. Daniel somehow found himself behind Davis and Milton Small.

Daniel must've pissed someone off. Forgot to mention Roy Gilchrist but it goes without saying that he was nuts!!!

 

[Aritro]

Wayne Daniel is one genuinely world class fast bowler who only played 10 Tests. For some reason Clive Lloyd didn't like him.

He looks bloody rapid in these highlights. Seaming the ball in wickedly as well

 

[Immenso]

Fen Creswell, the other NZer in that list, very gentle inswingers. Very gentle.

I assume a product of uncovered pitches.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Don’t forget Cowie.

Mooooooo ?

 

[Line and Length]

Wayne Daniel only just missed the cut.

10 Tests; 56 @ 25.27 and 817 FC wickets @ 22.47

Definitely better bowler than some others on the list.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Wayne Daniel only just missed the cut.

10 Tests; 56 @ 25.27 and 817 FC wickets @ 22.47

Definitely better bowler than some others on the list.

understatement much

 

[a massive zebra]

The pick of the fast bowlers would have to be Procter, Cowie, Daniel, Martindale and Schultz. Appleyard is clearly to best spinner, probably followed by Iverson.

 

[Line and Length]

As mentioned, here are the pre-WWI bowlers who fitted the criteria. Some fairly impressive FC careers, but that is to be expected of the era. At the foot of the list is Bernard Bosanquet, the inventor of the 'googly'. He was apparently quite arratic and his lack of control would explain his average (Test and FC) being higher than most regular bowlers of the era.

Player	Tests	Test Wickets	First Class Wickets
Fred Martin	2	14 @ 10.07	1,317 @ 17.35
J.J. Ferris	9	61 @ 12.70	812 @ 17.54
Harry Dean	3	11 @ 13.90	1,301 @ 18.14
Albert Trott	5	26 @ 15.00	1,674 @ 21.09
Tom Kendall	2	14 @ 15.36	40 @ 16.64
Walter Lees	5	26 @ 17.96	1,402 @ 21.40
George Simpson-Hayward	5	23 @ 18.26	503 @ 21.39
"Bonner" Middleton	6	24 @ 18.42	140 @ 18.02
Fred Morley	4	16 @ 18.50	1,274 @ 13.43
Walter Brearley	4	17 @ 21.11	844 @ 19.31
Sailor Young	2	12 @ 21.83	514 @ 23.37
Ted Peate	9	31 @ 22.03	1,074 @ 13.49
H.V. Horden	7	46 @ 23.37	228 @ 16.36
Bernard Bosanquet	7	25 @ 24.16	629 @ 23.80

 

[wpdavid]

Simpson-Hayward bowled under-arm, didn't he? Lobbing the ball rather than rolling it. iirc he took most of his wickets against emergent South Africa on their matting wickets

So hard to evaluate bowlers from that era, especially if they played most or all of their tests against SA. And the wickets could be pretty much anything. Middleton was a worry until I realised there were two 'n's in his first name.

 

[wpdavid]

Wayne Daniel is one genuinely world class fast bowler who only played 10 Tests. For some reason Clive Lloyd didn't like him.

I think he originally dropped out when Garner and Croft emerged to join Roberts and Holding. Once Marshall came along a couple of years later, Daniel was probably ranked sixth in the WI pecking order. But as others have said, it's harder to understand why one or two other occasionally played instead of him. One piece I read referred to his strike rate with the fairer gender. That's not so unusual, but, maybe he he dallied with one of Lloyd's favourites.

 

[Line and Length]

Simpson-Hayward bowled under-arm, didn't he? Lobbing the ball rather than rolling it. iirc he took most of his wickets against emergent South Africa on their matting wickets

So hard to evaluate bowlers from that era, especially if they played most or all of their tests against SA. And the wickets could be pretty much anything. Middleton was a worry until I realised there were two 'n's in his first name.

Under-arm, round-arm, 'bowling' against weak opponents ... all factors contributing to my decision to leave out pre-WWI from the initial list.
Interestingly, Fred Morley was regarded as England's fastest bowler of the era. He never recovered from an injury and passed away when he was 33.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Mark Cameron

 

[Red]

Jack Iverson is one of the most interesting characters in the history of cricket.

If you can get hold of Gideon Haigh's book "Mystery Spinner", it'll be one of the best cricket books you ever read.

 

[Flem274*]

tom pritchard

i completely understand taking the cash and the security for his family in a less certain world, but my whimsical side wishes he had chosen the chance at test match greatness and been remembered as one of our best ever.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Jack Iverson is one of the most interesting characters in the history of cricket.

If you can get hold of Gideon Haigh's book "Mystery Spinner", it'll be one of the best cricket books you ever read.

Sounds interesting, just ordered it

 

[Jack1]

Sophie Ecclestone .