Batting Highest Career Batting Average - England

Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches - England

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
L Hutton	1950-1955	38	66	10	3183	205	56.83	166+	38.55	8	16	2	196+	2
PBH May	1951-1959	59	93	8	4182	285*	49.20	1680+	39.52	13	20	6	337+	12
MC Cowdrey	1954-1959	39	61	3	2440	160	42.06	1405+	34.37	6	16	3	238+	9
DCS Compton	1950-1957	42	71	7	2675	278	41.79	200+	42.00	4	16	8	164+	2
PE Richardson	1956-1959	25	40	0	1623	126	40.57	544+	31.25	5	7	1	134+	0
TW Graveney	1951-1959	48	76	10	2590	258	39.24	1349+	33.65	4	11	7	156+	2
RT Simpson	1950-1955	24	41	3	1225	156*	32.23	-	0.00	3	5	5	58+	2
TE Bailey	1950-1959	57	86	12	2071	134*	27.98	1099+	25.29	1	8	7	158+	2
W Watson	1951-1959	23	37	3	879	116	25.85	263+	31.17	2	3	3	63+	2
FR Brown	1950-1953	14	22	1	516	79	24.57	-	0.00	0	3	1	46+	3
JH Wardle	1950-1957	27	39	7	647	66	20.21	87+	55.17	0	2	5	45+	14
TG Evans	1950-1959	64	93	7	1693	104	19.68	182+	64.28	2	6	15	154+	7
FS Trueman	1952-1959	31	34	9	401	39*	16.04	222+	43.24	0	0	6	26+	10
JC Laker	1950-1959	38	49	13	453	48	12.58	188+	32.97	0	0	4	22+	2
GAR Lock	1952-1959	31	39	6	375	25*	11.36	339+	22.12	0	0	5	29+	0
FH Tyson	1954-1959	17	24	3	230	37*	10.95	167+	37.72	0	0	3	14	2
JB Statham	1951-1959	47	57	17	429	38	10.72	207+	49.75	0	0	9	23+	1
AV Bedser	1950-1955	28	36	9	263	30*	9.74	0+	0.00	0	0	6	18+	3

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Minimum of 20 innings
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:

India v Australia at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]

India v Australia at Delhi, 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]

Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]