First Class Season 1952 - Leading Bowling Averages

ENG: First-Class Bowling Averages 1952

Qualification - 10 wickets at 19 runs each.

Name                     Balls  Runs     Wkts   Avge    5wI  10wM
R.G.Thompson (Warwks)     497    229      18   12.72     1     1
F.S.Trueman (Yorks)      1696    841      61   13.78     5     -
W.Nichol (Scotland)       464    166      11   15.09     1     -
G.B.Shaw (Glamorgan)      524    242      15   16.13     2     1
A.V.Bedser (Surrey)      7108   2530     154   16.42    10     1
G.A.R.Lock (Surrey)      6658   2237     131   17.07     6     1
C.W.Grove (Warwks)       5673   2022     118   17.13     6     4
B.L.Muncer (Glamorgan)   5174   1816     105   17.29     7     -
A.Townsend (Warwks)      3050   1310      74   17.70     4     1
R.Tattersall (Lancs)     6995   1286     146   17.71    10     2
J.C.Laker (Surrey)       6432   2219     125   17.75     9     1
J.B.Statham (Lancs)      5291   1989     110   18.08     2     -
D.Shackleton (Hants)     6937   2479     135   18.35     9     1
H.L.Jackson (Derby)      5447   2220     119   18.65     6     1
R.Wood (Yorks)           1404    511      27   18.92     2     -

Source :: Playfair Cricket Annual 1953.
 Contributed by John.Evans (en92jrfe@exeter.ac.uk)