Cricket Records in 1940s in Test matches

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings
Player
Span
Mat
Inns
Balls
Overs
Mdns
Runs
Wkts
BBI
Ave
Econ
SR
4
5
10
1947-19482449962.317170136/2913.072.0438.38021
1946-194635866144.233298247/4912.412.0636.08222
1946-19461231252.0268775/2412.421.6744.57010
1947-1948510908113.423304187/3816.882.0050.44010
1948-19495101148191.244479175/8528.172.5067.52110
1946-19463161.0030-0.003.000.00000
1947-19485181.0040-0.003.000.00000
1948-194952122.0050-0.002.500.00000
1948-194812183.00180-0.006.000.00000
1948-194951183.00120-0.004.000.00000
1948-194911183.0220-0.000.660.00000
1946-1946337212.01380-0.003.160.00000
1946-1946227212.015411/4354.004.5072.00000
1948-1948119612.006811/6868.004.2596.00000
1946-19461111619.246844/6817.003.5129.00100
1946-19461212020.036233/4420.663.1040.00000
1946-19461112621.035611/5656.002.66126.00000
1946-19461112621.045811/5858.002.76126.00000
1946-19461215626.084611/4446.001.76156.00000
1946-19461217429.087311/6473.002.51174.00000
1946-19461117429.09640-0.002.200.00000
1948-19481218423.027132/6123.662.3161.33000
1948-19494419833.0213322/8066.504.0399.00000
1948-19495522838.0110633/5235.332.7876.00000
1946-19462424641.0715042/5337.503.6561.50000
1948-19483428035.0610032/2533.332.1493.33000
1948-19481228235.2107463/812.331.5747.00000
1948-19481232841.0912063/1720.002.1954.66000
1947-19483340050.0419943/7149.752.98100.00000
1949-19492448080.015188104/4818.802.3548.00100
1948-19494856494.01722452/5444.802.38112.80000
1947-19485957672.01422392/2524.772.3264.00000
1947-19484867284.024182164/4411.371.6242.00100
1947-19484774493.021261164/3516.312.1046.50300
1948-194957786131.03427832/7492.662.12262.00000
1948-194959824137.24135193/3439.002.5591.55000
1948-194936990165.033443104/12644.302.6899.00100
1948-19495101545257.394454163/3528.371.7696.56000
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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:

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

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

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