How many Test runs has Hugh Tayfield scored?

Hugh Tayfield has 862 runs in 60 Test innings from 37 matches at an average of 16.90. Highest score: 75.

What is Hugh Tayfield's Test batting average?

Hugh Tayfield's Test batting average is 16.90, from 862 runs and 60 innings.

How many Test wickets has Hugh Tayfield taken?

Hugh Tayfield has taken 170 wickets in Test from 37 matches at a bowling average of 25.91. Best innings: 9/113.

Which teams has Hugh Tayfield played international cricket for?

Hugh Tayfield is recorded for South Africa in this publication.

When did Hugh Tayfield play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1949 to 1960. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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Hugh Tayfield

All-rounder · 1949 to 1960 · 37 internationals

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Test37 matches

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37Internationals

862Runs

0Hundreds

170Wickets

26Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	37	60	9	862	75	16.90	-	-	0	2	5	-	5

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	37	61	13,568	602	4,405	170	9/113	13/165	25.91	1.94	79.81	5	14	2

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	37	67	26	0	26	0.388	2 (2ct 0st)

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

Hugh Tayfield: Test stats

Test

37 matches · 1949-1960

170wickets

Matches: 37
Average: 25.91
Economy: 1.94
Strike rate: 79.81
Best innings: 9/113
Five-fors: 14

862 runs · batting average 16.90

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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	60	60	61	61	1949-12-24	1960-08-18	Complete

Questions fans ask about Hugh Tayfield

How many Test runs has Hugh Tayfield scored?: Hugh Tayfield has 862 runs in 60 Test innings from 37 matches at an average of 16.90. Highest score: 75.
What is Hugh Tayfield's Test batting average?: Hugh Tayfield's Test batting average is 16.90, from 862 runs and 60 innings.
How many Test wickets has Hugh Tayfield taken?: Hugh Tayfield has taken 170 wickets in Test from 37 matches at a bowling average of 25.91. Best innings: 9/113.
Which teams has Hugh Tayfield played international cricket for?: Hugh Tayfield is recorded for South Africa in this publication.
When did Hugh Tayfield play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1949 to 1960. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1960-08-18	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1960-07-21	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1960-07-07	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 8 wickets
1960-06-23	England v South Africa	Test	England won by inns & 73 runs
1960-06-09	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 100 runs
1958-02-28	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1958-02-07	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 10 wickets
1958-01-24	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1957-12-31	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by inns & 141 runs
1957-12-23	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1957-03-01	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 58 runs
1957-02-15	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 17 runs

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TEST CAREER · 1949 to 1960

Hugh Tayfield in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

862Runs

16.90Bat avg

-Strike rate

170Wickets

25.91Bowl avg

1.94Economy

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	37	60	9	862	75	16.90	-	-	0	2	5	-	5

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	37	61	13,568	602	4,405	170	9/113	13/165	25.91	1.94	79.81	5	14	2

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	37	67	26	0	26	0.388	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

Caught21 · 35.0%

Bowled16 · 26.7%

LBW6 · 10.0%

Run out3 · 5.0%

Stumped5 · 8.3%

Not out9 · 15.0%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

327.001 inns

43.001 inns

513.663 inns

6-0 inns

7-0 inns

816.4614 inns

919.1729 inns

1013.6012 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

160runs

17.77average

-strike rate

150s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

20wickets

38.05average

2.01economy

113.20strike rate

4/62best

Test record by situation

complete career

Hugh Tayfield: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
England	15	27	6	300	46*	14.28	-	-	0	1	-	1
Australia	15	25	1	389	75	16.20	-	-	2	4	-	1
New Zealand	7	8	2	173	34	28.83	-	-	0	0	-	3
All	37	60	9	862	75	16.90	-	-	2	5	-	5

Hugh Tayfield: Test bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Australia	15	25	6,027	179	2,208	64	7/23	34.50	2.19	94.17	2	4
England	15	24	5,286	297	1,658	75	9/113	22.10	1.88	70.48	3	7
New Zealand	7	12	2,255	126	539	31	6/13	17.38	1.43	72.74	0	3
All	37	61	13,568	602	4,405	170	9/113	25.91	1.94	79.81	5	14

Hugh Tayfield: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Home	20	33	3	532	75	17.73	-	-	2	4	-	2
Away	17	27	6	330	46*	15.71	-	-	0	1	-	3
All	37	60	9	862	75	16.90	-	-	2	5	-	5

Hugh Tayfield: Test bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Home	20	34	7,621	306	2,378	92	9/113	25.84	1.87	82.83	1	8
Away	17	27	5,947	296	2,027	78	7/81	25.98	2.04	76.24	4	6
All	37	61	13,568	602	4,405	170	9/113	25.91	1.94	79.81	5	14

Hugh Tayfield: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	13	13	4	267	66	29.66	-	-	1	0	-	4
2nd innings of the match	24	24	2	379	46*	17.22	-	-	0	1	-	1
3rd innings of the match	16	16	1	192	75	12.80	-	-	1	4	-	0
4th innings of the match	7	7	2	24	10*	4.80	-	-	0	0	1	0
All	37	60	9	862	75	16.90	-	-	2	5	-	5

Hugh Tayfield: Test bowling by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1st innings of the match	22	22	5,254	209	1,780	41	5/120	43.41	2.03	128.14	1	2
2nd innings of the match	13	13	2,713	137	818	49	7/23	16.69	1.80	55.36	2	5
3rd innings of the match	17	17	3,779	192	1,166	48	8/69	24.29	1.85	78.72	2	3
4th innings of the match	9	9	1,822	64	641	32	9/113	20.03	2.11	56.93	0	4
All	37	61	13,568	602	4,405	170	9/113	25.91	1.94	79.81	5	14

Hugh Tayfield: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
No. 3	1	1	0	27	27	27.00	-	-	0	0	-	0
No. 4	1	1	0	3	3	3.00	-	-	0	0	0	0
No. 5	3	3	0	41	34	13.66	-	-	0	0	-	0
No. 8	9	14	1	214	75	16.46	-	-	1	2	-	1
No. 9	22	29	6	441	66	19.17	-	-	1	2	-	2
No. 10	9	12	2	136	27*	13.60	-	-	0	1	-	2
All	37	60	9	862	75	16.90	-	-	2	5	-	5

Hugh Tayfield: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Won	11	17	5	296	34	24.66	-	-	0	0	-	3
Lost	17	33	2	376	75	12.12	-	-	2	4	-	0
Drawn	9	10	2	190	46*	23.75	-	-	0	1	-	2
All	37	60	9	862	75	16.90	-	-	2	5	-	5

Hugh Tayfield: Test bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Won	11	21	4,724	236	1,395	74	9/113	18.85	1.77	63.83	2	7
Lost	17	25	5,502	224	1,892	67	7/23	28.23	2.06	82.11	2	5
Drawn	9	15	3,342	142	1,118	29	8/69	38.55	2.00	115.24	1	2
All	37	61	13,568	602	4,405	170	9/113	25.91	1.94	79.81	5	14

Hugh Tayfield: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1949	2	4	0	96	75	24.00	-	-	1	1	-	0
1950	3	5	0	71	40	14.20	-	-	0	0	-	0
1952	2	4	0	49	23	12.25	-	-	0	0	6	0
1953	7	8	3	154	34	30.80	-	-	0	0	-	3
1954	3	3	0	55	34	18.33	-	-	0	0	-	0
1955	5	10	3	117	28	16.71	-	-	0	1	-	0
1956	1	2	0	26	24	13.00	-	-	0	0	3	0
1957	6	11	2	107	21	11.88	-	-	0	1	-	1
1958	3	5	0	95	66	19.00	-	-	1	2	-	0
1960	5	8	1	92	46*	13.14	-	-	0	0	-	1
All	37	60	9	862	75	16.90	-	-	2	5	-	5

Hugh Tayfield: Test bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1949	2	3	568	8	265	5	3/93	53.00	2.79	113.60	0	0
1950	3	5	1,020	13	461	12	7/23	38.41	2.71	85.00	0	1
1952	2	4	920	30	340	17	7/81	20.00	2.21	54.11	1	2
1953	7	12	2,584	105	815	33	6/62	24.69	1.89	78.30	1	2
1954	3	5	979	49	227	11	6/13	20.63	1.39	89.00	0	1
1955	5	8	1,881	124	568	26	5/60	21.84	1.81	72.34	1	3
1956	1	2	302	9	70	3	3/40	23.33	1.39	100.66	0	0
1957	6	11	2,882	135	857	43	9/113	19.93	1.78	67.02	1	5
1958	3	5	1,307	61	348	8	3/81	43.50	1.59	163.37	0	0
1960	5	6	1,125	68	454	12	4/62	37.83	2.42	93.75	1	0
All	37	61	13,568	602	4,405	170	9/113	25.91	1.94	79.81	5	14

Hugh Tayfield: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
The Wanderers Stadium	8	14	2	215	40	17.91	-	-	0	2	-	1
Newlands	4	7	0	154	75	22.00	-	-	1	1	-	0
St George's Park	4	7	0	97	66	13.85	-	-	1	0	-	0
Kingsmead	4	5	1	66	28	16.50	-	-	0	1	-	1
Lord's	2	4	0	40	21	10.00	-	-	0	0	-	0
Trent Bridge	2	4	0	28	11	7.00	-	-	0	1	3	0
Kennington Oval	2	3	2	60	46*	60.00	-	-	0	0	6	1
Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	3	0	62	23	20.66	-	-	0	0	6	0
Old Trafford	2	3	1	33	28	16.50	-	-	0	0	-	0
All	37	60	9	862	75	16.90	-	-	2	5	-	5

Hugh Tayfield: Test bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
The Wanderers Stadium	8	13	2,776	103	938	34	9/113	27.58	2.02	81.64	1	2
Kingsmead	4	8	2,092	97	489	30	8/69	16.30	1.40	69.73	0	3
St George's Park	4	7	1,217	48	416	14	6/78	29.71	2.05	86.92	0	1
Newlands	4	6	1,536	58	535	14	5/120	38.21	2.08	109.71	0	2
Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	4	1,073	34	367	19	7/81	19.31	2.05	56.47	0	2
Kennington Oval	2	3	658	50	207	10	5/60	20.70	1.88	65.80	0	1
Old Trafford	2	3	629	39	228	2	1/57	114.00	2.17	314.50	0	0
All	37	61	13,568	602	4,405	170	9/113	25.91	1.94	79.81	5	14

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

Test milestones

Five-wicket innings 14

Best Test performances

Hugh Tayfield: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
75	-	-	-	0	Australia	Newlands	1949-12-31
66	-	-	-	0	Australia	St George's Park	1958-02-28
46*	-	-	6	1	England	Kennington Oval	1960-08-18
40	-	-	-	0	Australia	The Wanderers Stadium	1950-02-10
34	-	-	-	0	New Zealand	The Wanderers Stadium	1953-12-24
34	-	-	-	0	New Zealand	Newlands	1954-01-01
28	-	-	-	1	New Zealand	Kingsmead	1953-12-11
28	-	-	3	0	England	Old Trafford	1955-07-07
27*	-	-	-	2	New Zealand	Basin Reserve	1953-03-06
27	-	-	-	0	Australia	The Wanderers Stadium	1958-02-07

Hugh Tayfield: best Test bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
9/113	296	11	2.29	England	The Wanderers Stadium	1957-02-15
8/69	303	14	1.36	England	Kingsmead	1957-01-25
7/23	68	1	2.02	Australia	Kingsmead	1950-01-20
7/81	297	13	1.63	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1952-12-24
6/13	112	7	0.69	New Zealand	The Wanderers Stadium	1954-01-29
6/62	288	17	1.29	New Zealand	Kingsmead	1953-12-11
6/78	195	6	2.40	England	St George's Park	1957-03-01
6/84	236	9	2.13	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1952-12-24
5/60	322	29	1.11	England	Kennington Oval	1955-08-13
5/62	278	19	1.33	New Zealand	Eden Park	1953-03-13

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1960-08-18	England	46*	2/108	Kennington Oval	Match drawn
1960-07-21	England	4	0/69	Old Trafford	Match drawn
1960-07-07	England	11 & 6	3/58	Trent Bridge	England won by 8 wickets
1960-06-23	England	12 & 4	0/64	Lord's	England won by inns & 73 runs
1960-06-09	England	6 & 3	3/93 & 4/62	Edgbaston	England won by 100 runs
1958-02-28	Australia	66 & 2	3/81 & 1/25	St George's Park	Australia won by 8 wickets
1958-02-07	Australia	27 & 0	1/107	The Wanderers Stadium	Australia won by 10 wickets
1958-01-24	Australia	0	0/41 & 3/94	Kingsmead	Match drawn
1957-12-31	Australia	21 & 0	5/120	Newlands	Australia won by inns & 141 runs
1957-12-23	Australia	18 & 3	2/101 & 2/70	The Wanderers Stadium	Match drawn