How many Test runs has Denis Atkinson scored?

Denis Atkinson has 922 runs in 35 Test innings from 22 matches at an average of 31.79. Highest score: 219.

What is Denis Atkinson's Test batting average?

Denis Atkinson's Test batting average is 31.79, from 922 runs and 35 innings.

How many Test wickets has Denis Atkinson taken?

Denis Atkinson has taken 47 wickets in Test from 22 matches at a bowling average of 35.04. Best innings: 7/53.

How many international centuries does Denis Atkinson have?

Denis Atkinson has 1 international hundreds: 1 in Test.

Which teams has Denis Atkinson played international cricket for?

Denis Atkinson is recorded for West Indies in this publication.

When did Denis Atkinson play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1948 to 1958. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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Denis Atkinson

All-rounder · 1948 to 1958 · 22 internationals

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22Internationals

922Runs

1Hundreds

47Wickets

11Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	22	35	6	922	219	31.79	-	-	1	5	4	-	6

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	22	39	5,201	311	1,647	47	7/53	7/86	35.04	1.90	110.65	0	3	0

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	22	43	11	0	11	0.255	2 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked 2026-09-30. Independent of the scorecard archive.

Denis Atkinson: Test stats

Test

22 matches · 1948-1958

47wickets

Matches: 22
Average: 35.04
Economy: 1.90
Strike rate: 110.65
Best innings: 7/53
Five-fors: 3

922 runs · batting average 31.79

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Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
Format	Official bat inns	In scorecards	Official bowl inns	In scorecards	First	Latest	Coverage
Test	35	35	39	39	1948-11-10	1958-01-17	Complete

Questions fans ask about Denis Atkinson

How many Test runs has Denis Atkinson scored?: Denis Atkinson has 922 runs in 35 Test innings from 22 matches at an average of 31.79. Highest score: 219.
What is Denis Atkinson's Test batting average?: Denis Atkinson's Test batting average is 31.79, from 922 runs and 35 innings.
How many Test wickets has Denis Atkinson taken?: Denis Atkinson has taken 47 wickets in Test from 22 matches at a bowling average of 35.04. Best innings: 7/53.
How many international centuries does Denis Atkinson have?: Denis Atkinson has 1 international hundreds: 1 in Test.
Which teams has Denis Atkinson played international cricket for?: Denis Atkinson is recorded for West Indies in this publication.
When did Denis Atkinson play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1948 to 1958. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

22 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters apply to this archive only.

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1958-01-17	Pakistan v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1957-07-04	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1957-05-30	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1956-03-09	New Zealand v West Indies	Test	New Zealand won by 190 runs
1956-03-03	New Zealand v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 9 wickets
1956-02-18	New Zealand v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by inns & 64 runs
1956-02-03	New Zealand v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by inns & 71 runs
1955-06-11	Australia v West Indies	Test	Australia won by inns & 82 runs
1955-05-14	Australia v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1955-04-26	Australia v West Indies	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1955-03-26	Australia v West Indies	Test	Australia won by 9 wickets
1954-03-30	England v West Indies	Test	England won by 9 wickets

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TEST CAREER · 1948 to 1958

Denis Atkinson in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

922Runs

31.79Bat avg

-Strike rate

47Wickets

35.04Bowl avg

1.90Economy

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	22	35	6	922	219	31.79	-	-	1	5	4	-	6

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	22	39	5,201	311	1,647	47	7/53	7/86	35.04	1.90	110.65	0	3	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	22	43	11	0	11	0.255	2 (2ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test runs, innings by innings

Test runs by year

Last 20 Test innings

01-4950-99100+* not out

Test innings by score

1-9

10-24

25-49

50-99

100+

How Test innings ended

Caught18 · 51.4%

Bowled6 · 17.1%

LBW1 · 2.9%

Run out2 · 5.7%

Stumped1 · 2.9%

Other dismissal1 · 2.9%

Not out6 · 17.1%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

20.001 inns

310.001 inns

4-0 inns

50.001 inns

638.406 inns

752.9013 inns

810.337 inns

98.664 inns

1050.002 inns

11-0 inns

Test wickets, innings by innings

Test wickets by year

Last 20 Test bowling innings

Test innings by wickets

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

242runs

26.88average

-strike rate

250s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

17wickets

30.47average

1.69economy

108.00strike rate

7/53best

Test record by situation

complete career

Denis Atkinson: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Australia	6	11	1	334	219	33.40	-	-	1	0	0	-	1
England	6	11	2	314	74	34.88	-	-	0	3	1	-	3
India	4	6	2	79	45	19.75	-	-	0	0	2	-	0
New Zealand	5	6	1	191	85	38.20	-	-	0	2	1	-	2
Pakistan	1	1	0	4	4	4.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
All	22	35	6	922	219	31.79	-	-	1	5	4	-	6

Denis Atkinson: Test bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
England	6	12	1,816	110	581	10	3/78	58.10	1.91	181.60	0
New Zealand	5	10	1,046	70	279	18	7/53	15.50	1.60	58.11	2
Australia	5	8	1,403	79	502	13	5/56	38.61	2.14	107.92	1
India	4	8	564	17	224	5	2/54	44.80	2.38	112.80	0
Pakistan	1	1	372	35	61	1	1/61	61.00	0.98	372.00	0
All	22	39	5,201	311	1,647	47	7/53	35.04	1.90	110.65	3

Denis Atkinson: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Home	9	16	2	574	219	41.00	-	-	1	3	1	-	4
Away	13	19	4	348	85	23.20	-	-	0	2	3	-	2
All	22	35	6	922	219	31.79	-	-	1	5	4	-	6

Denis Atkinson: Test bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
Home	9	15	2,725	183	834	22	5/56	37.90	1.83	123.86	1
Away	12	24	2,476	128	813	25	7/53	32.52	1.97	99.04	2
All	22	39	5,201	311	1,647	47	7/53	35.04	1.90	110.65	3

Denis Atkinson: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	13	13	2	400	85	36.36	-	-	0	4	1	-	4
2nd innings of the match	9	9	0	274	219	30.44	-	-	1	0	2	-	2
3rd innings of the match	9	9	2	212	53*	30.28	-	-	0	1	1	-	0
4th innings of the match	4	4	2	36	20*	18.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
All	22	35	6	922	219	31.79	-	-	1	5	4	-	6

Denis Atkinson: Test bowling by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
1st innings of the match	8	8	1,372	81	426	9	3/78	47.33	1.86	152.44	0
2nd innings of the match	12	12	1,640	85	571	13	3/85	43.92	2.08	126.15	0
3rd innings of the match	11	11	1,764	127	470	20	7/53	23.50	1.59	88.20	3
4th innings of the match	8	8	425	18	180	5	1/16	36.00	2.54	85.00	0
All	22	39	5,201	311	1,647	47	7/53	35.04	1.90	110.65	3

Denis Atkinson: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 2	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	-	-	0	0	1	0	0
No. 3	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
No. 5	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	-	-	0	0	1	0	0
No. 6	6	6	1	192	60	38.40	-	-	0	2	1	-	1
No. 7	10	13	2	582	219	52.90	-	-	1	3	1	-	5
No. 8	5	7	1	62	23*	10.33	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
No. 9	3	4	1	26	15	8.66	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
No. 10	2	2	1	50	45	50.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
All	22	35	6	922	219	31.79	-	-	1	5	4	-	6

Denis Atkinson: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Won	5	5	0	213	85	42.60	-	-	0	3	1	-	1
Lost	7	14	0	197	40	14.07	-	-	0	0	1	-	1
Drawn	10	16	6	512	219	51.20	-	-	1	2	2	-	4
All	22	35	6	922	219	31.79	-	-	1	5	4	-	6

Denis Atkinson: Test bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
Won	4	8	650	44	175	12	5/66	14.58	1.61	54.16	1
Lost	7	12	1,983	126	638	18	7/53	35.44	1.93	110.16	1
Drawn	10	19	2,568	141	834	17	5/56	49.05	1.94	151.05	1
All	22	39	5,201	311	1,647	47	7/53	35.04	1.90	110.65	3

Denis Atkinson: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1948	3	4	2	73	45	36.50	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
1949	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
1951	1	1	0	15	15	15.00	-	-	0	0	0	3	0
1952	2	3	1	16	8*	8.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
1954	4	7	1	259	74	43.16	-	-	0	3	1	-	3
1955	4	8	1	311	219	44.42	-	-	1	0	0	-	1
1956	4	5	0	183	85	36.60	-	-	0	2	1	-	2
1957	2	4	1	55	46	18.33	-	-	0	0	0	4	0
1958	1	1	0	4	4	4.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
All	22	35	6	922	219	31.79	-	-	1	5	4	-	6

Denis Atkinson: Test bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
1948	3	6	408	15	154	2	1/21	77.00	2.26	204.00	0
1949	1	2	156	2	70	3	2/54	23.33	2.69	52.00	0
1952	2	4	268	10	89	2	1/4	44.50	1.99	134.00	0
1954	4	8	1,062	71	314	8	3/78	39.25	1.77	132.75	0
1955	4	6	1,291	77	459	13	5/56	35.30	2.13	99.30	1
1956	4	8	890	62	233	16	7/53	14.56	1.57	55.62	2
1957	2	4	754	39	267	2	1/30	133.50	2.12	377.00	0
1958	1	1	372	35	61	1	1/61	61.00	0.98	372.00	0
All	22	39	5,201	311	1,647	47	7/53	35.04	1.90	110.65	3

Denis Atkinson: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Sabina Park	3	6	0	104	40	17.33	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
Bourda	2	4	0	47	18	11.75	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
Kensington Oval	3	4	1	296	219	98.66	-	-	1	1	0	-	1
Brabourne Stadium	2	3	1	29	23*	14.50	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
Eden Park	2	3	1	46	28	23.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	1
All	22	35	6	922	219	31.79	-	-	1	5	4	-	6

Denis Atkinson: Test bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
Kensington Oval	3	5	1,070	82	265	11	5/56	24.09	1.48	97.27	1
Bourda	2	4	707	45	229	8	3/78	28.62	1.94	88.37	0
Brabourne Stadium	2	4	318	11	117	4	2/54	29.25	2.20	79.50	0
Eden Park	2	4	588	43	144	9	7/53	16.00	1.46	65.33	1
Sabina Park	3	4	732	44	268	3	1/46	89.33	2.19	244.00	0
All	22	39	5,201	311	1,647	47	7/53	35.04	1.90	110.65	3

- not recorded in the scorecards · N/A no dismissals or balls to divide by

Test milestones

Hundreds 1

219v AustraliaKensington Oval · 1955-05-14

Five-wicket innings 3

Best Test performances

Denis Atkinson: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
219	-	-	29	1	Australia	Kensington Oval	1955-05-14
85	-	-	-	1	New Zealand	Lancaster Park	1956-02-18
74	-	-	-	3	England	Queen's Park Oval	1954-03-17
60	-	-	9	0	New Zealand	Basin Reserve	1956-03-03
53*	-	-	-	0	England	Queen's Park Oval	1954-03-17
53	-	-	-	0	England	Kensington Oval	1954-02-06
46	-	-	2	0	England	Trent Bridge	1957-07-04
45	-	-	-	0	India	Arun Jaitley Stadium	1948-11-10
40	-	-	-	0	England	Sabina Park	1954-03-30
30	-	-	-	0	Australia	Sabina Park	1955-03-26

Denis Atkinson: best Test bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
7/53	240	21	1.32	New Zealand	Eden Park	1956-03-09
5/56	218	16	1.54	Australia	Kensington Oval	1955-05-14
5/66	186	12	2.12	New Zealand	Basin Reserve	1956-03-03
3/78	348	27	1.34	England	Bourda	1954-02-24
3/85	222	13	2.29	Australia	Bourda	1955-04-26
2/5	54	7	0.55	England	Kensington Oval	1954-02-06
2/20	74	2	1.62	New Zealand	Basin Reserve	1956-03-03
2/54	138	2	2.34	India	Brabourne Stadium	1949-02-04
2/108	288	14	2.25	Australia	Kensington Oval	1955-05-14
1/2	42	5	0.28	New Zealand	University Oval, Dunedin	1956-02-03

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1958-01-17	Pakistan	4	1/61	Kensington Oval	Match drawn
1957-07-04	England	4 & 46	1/99 & 0/1	Trent Bridge	Match drawn
1957-05-30	England	1 & 4*	1/30 & 0/137	Edgbaston	Match drawn
1956-03-09	New Zealand	28 & 10	0/45 & 7/53	Eden Park	New Zealand won by 190 runs
1956-03-03	New Zealand	60	2/20 & 5/66	Basin Reserve	West Indies won by 9 wickets
1956-02-18	New Zealand	85	0/16 & 0/6	Lancaster Park	West Indies won by inns & 64 runs
1956-02-03	New Zealand	0	1/2 & 1/25	University Oval, Dunedin	West Indies won by inns & 71 runs
1955-06-11	Australia	8 & 4	1/132	Sabina Park	Australia won by inns & 82 runs
1955-05-14	Australia	219 & 20*	2/108 & 5/56	Kensington Oval	Match drawn
1955-04-26	Australia	13 & 16	3/85 & 1/32	Bourda	Australia won by 8 wickets