1930 English cricket season
The 1930 English cricket season will always be remembered for the remarkable batting performances of Australia's Don Bradman.
Honours
- County Championship - Lancashire
- Minor Counties Championship - Durham
- Wisden - Don Bradman, Clarrie Grimmett, Beverley Lyon, Ian Peebles, Maurice Turnbull
Test series
England lost the Ashes to Australia by 2-1 with two matches drawn. Australia needed to win the final Test at The Oval to win the series and regain the Ashes, and did so by an innings in a match that went into the sixth day (as the series was in doubt, it was to be played to a finish). Don Bradman, with 974 runs in the series (unequalled in all Test cricket), was the main difference between two strong teams. Clarrie Grimmett took 29 wickets in the series, though - oddly - ten of those were in the only Test that Australia lost (the first).
Leading batsmen
1930 English cricket season – leading batsmen by average | ||||||
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Name | Innings | Runs | Highest | Average | 100s | |
Don Bradman | 36 | 2960 | 334 | 98.66 | 10 | |
Herbert Sutcliffe | 44 | 2312 | 173 | 64.22 | 6 | |
Alan Kippax | 32 | 1451 | 158 | 58.04 | 4 | |
Bill Woodfull | 26 | 1434 | 216 | 57.36 | 6 | |
K. S. Duleepsinhji | 48 | 2562 | 333 | 56.93 | 9 | |
Walter Hammond | 44 | 2032 | 211* | 53.47 | 5 | |
Edgar Oldroyd | 33 | 1285 | 164* | 51.40 | 3 | |
Jack Hobbs | 43 | 2103 | 146* | 51.29 | 5 |
1930 English cricket season – leading batsmen by aggregate | ||||||
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Name | Innings | Runs | Highest | Average | 100s | |
Don Bradman | 36 | 2960 | 334 | 98.66 | 10 | |
K. S. Duleepsinhji | 48 | 2562 | 333 | 56.93 | 9 | |
Herbert Sutcliffe | 44 | 2312 | 173 | 64.22 | 6 | |
Andy Sandham | 50 | 2295 | 204 | 49.89 | 6 | |
Maurice Leyland | 50 | 2175 | 211* | 50.58 | 6 | |
Dodger Whysall | 47 | 2174 | 248 | 49.40 | 8 |
Leading bowlers
Charlie Parker was the leading bowler with 179 wickets @ 12.84 though Tich Freeman took 275 wickets @ 16.84.
1930 English cricket season – leading bowlers by average* | ||||||
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Name | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | |
Hedley Verity | 2437 | 154 | 795 | 64 | 12.42 | |
Charlie Parker | 6099 | 301 | 2299 | 179 | 12.84 | |
Dick Tyldesley | 6313 | 352 | 2263 | 140 | 16.16 | |
Harold Larwood | 3726 | 124 | 1622 | 99 | 16.38 | |
Frank Booth | 1131 | 47 | 432 | 26 | 16.61 |
- With more than 20 first-class wickets.
1930 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate | ||||||
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Name | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | |
Tich Freeman | 11487 | 472 | 4632 | 275 | 16.84 | |
Charlie Parker | 6099 | 301 | 2299 | 179 | 12.84 | |
Clarrie Grimmett | 6091 | 262 | 2427 | 144 | 16.85 | |
Tom Goddard | 8414 | 435 | 2819 | 144 | 19.57 | |
Dick Tyldesley | 6313 | 352 | 2263 | 140 | 16.16 | |
Tommy Mitchell | 6614 | 311 | 2526 | 138 | 18.30 |
References
Annual reviews
Further reading
- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
- Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975
- Ralph Barker & Irving Rosenwater, England v Australia: A compendium of Test cricket between the countries 1877-1968, Batsford, 1969, ISBN 0-7134-0317-9