How many Test runs has Johnny Wardle scored?

Johnny Wardle has 653 runs in 41 Test innings from 28 matches at an average of 19.78. Highest score: 66.

What is Johnny Wardle's Test batting average?

Johnny Wardle's Test batting average is 19.78, from 653 runs and 41 innings.

How many Test wickets has Johnny Wardle taken?

Johnny Wardle has taken 102 wickets in Test from 28 matches at a bowling average of 20.39. Best innings: 7/36.

Which teams has Johnny Wardle played international cricket for?

Johnny Wardle is recorded for England in this publication.

When did Johnny Wardle play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1948 to 1957. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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Johnny Wardle

All-rounder · 1948 to 1957 · 28 internationals

England

Test28 matches

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28Internationals

653Runs

0Hundreds

102Wickets

12Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	28	41	8	653	66	19.78	-	-	0	2	5	-	14

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	28	52	6,597	403	2,080	102	7/36	12/89	20.39	1.89	64.67	7	5	1

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	28	56	12	0	12	0.214	3 (3ct 0st)

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

Johnny Wardle: Test stats

Test

28 matches · 1948-1957

102wickets

Matches: 28
Average: 20.39
Economy: 1.89
Strike rate: 64.67
Best innings: 7/36
Five-fors: 5

653 runs · batting average 19.78

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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	41	41	52	52	1948-02-11	1957-06-20	Complete

Questions fans ask about Johnny Wardle

How many Test runs has Johnny Wardle scored?: Johnny Wardle has 653 runs in 41 Test innings from 28 matches at an average of 19.78. Highest score: 66.
What is Johnny Wardle's Test batting average?: Johnny Wardle's Test batting average is 19.78, from 653 runs and 41 innings.
How many Test wickets has Johnny Wardle taken?: Johnny Wardle has taken 102 wickets in Test from 28 matches at a bowling average of 20.39. Best innings: 7/36.
Which teams has Johnny Wardle played international cricket for?: Johnny Wardle is recorded for England in this publication.
When did Johnny Wardle play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1948 to 1957. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1957-06-20	England v West Indies	Test	England won by inns & 36 runs
1957-02-15	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 17 runs
1957-01-25	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1957-01-01	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 312 runs
1956-12-24	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 131 runs
1956-06-21	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 185 runs
1955-07-21	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 224 runs
1955-06-23	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 71 runs
1955-06-09	England v South Africa	Test	England won by inns & 5 runs
1955-03-25	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by inns & 20 runs
1955-03-11	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by 8 wickets
1955-02-25	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn

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TEST CAREER · 1948 to 1957

Johnny Wardle in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

653Runs

19.78Bat avg

-Strike rate

102Wickets

20.39Bowl avg

1.89Economy

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	28	41	8	653	66	19.78	-	-	0	2	5	-	14

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	28	52	6,597	403	2,080	102	7/36	12/89	20.39	1.89	64.67	7	5	1

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	28	56	12	0	12	0.214	3 (3ct 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

Caught20 · 48.8%

Bowled7 · 17.1%

LBW5 · 12.2%

Stumped1 · 2.4%

Not out8 · 19.5%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

3-0 inns

40.001 inns

55.001 inns

620.502 inns

713.003 inns

821.4618 inns

924.0014 inns

106.002 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

79runs

8.77average

-strike rate

050s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

27wickets

15.96average

2.00economy

47.85strike rate

7/36best

Test record by situation

complete career

Johnny Wardle: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
South Africa	9	15	1	192	30	13.71	-	-	0	1	-	8
Australia	8	12	3	166	38	18.44	-	-	0	3	-	1
West Indies	5	7	2	175	66	35.00	-	-	1	0	-	1
Pakistan	4	5	1	88	54	22.00	-	-	1	0	8	4
New Zealand	2	2	1	32	32*	32.00	-	-	0	1	3	0
All	28	41	8	653	66	19.78	-	-	2	5	-	14

Johnny Wardle: Test bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
South Africa	9	18	2,687	153	803	46	7/36	17.45	1.79	58.41	3	3
Australia	8	15	1,661	81	632	24	5/79	26.33	2.28	69.20	2	1
West Indies	5	8	933	44	353	7	3/24	50.42	2.27	133.28	0	0
Pakistan	4	7	857	82	176	20	7/56	8.80	1.23	42.85	2	1
New Zealand	2	4	459	43	116	5	2/41	23.20	1.51	91.80	0	0
All	28	52	6,597	403	2,080	102	7/36	20.39	1.89	64.67	7	5

Johnny Wardle: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Home	15	22	4	334	54	18.55	-	-	1	2	-	10
Away	13	19	4	319	66	21.26	-	-	1	3	-	4
All	28	41	8	653	66	19.78	-	-	2	5	-	14

Johnny Wardle: Test bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Home	15	28	3,935	285	1,180	57	7/56	20.70	1.79	69.03	7	1
Away	13	24	2,662	118	900	45	7/36	20.00	2.02	59.15	0	4
All	28	52	6,597	403	2,080	102	7/36	20.39	1.89	64.67	7	5

Johnny Wardle: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	12	12	2	198	54	19.80	-	-	1	1	-	5
2nd innings of the match	16	16	4	292	66	24.33	-	-	1	2	-	7
3rd innings of the match	6	6	1	60	38	12.00	-	-	0	1	9	0
4th innings of the match	7	7	1	103	30	17.16	-	-	0	1	-	2
All	28	41	8	653	66	19.78	-	-	2	5	-	14

Johnny Wardle: Test bowling by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1st innings of the match	14	14	2,058	138	662	21	4/33	31.52	1.93	98.00	2	0
2nd innings of the match	11	11	1,553	88	488	34	5/53	14.35	1.88	45.67	3	3
3rd innings of the match	21	21	2,552	161	804	36	7/56	22.33	1.89	70.88	2	1
4th innings of the match	6	6	434	16	126	11	7/36	11.45	1.74	39.45	0	1
All	28	52	6,597	403	2,080	102	7/36	20.39	1.89	64.67	7	5

Johnny Wardle: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
No. 4	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	3	0.00	0	1	0	0
No. 5	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	-	-	0	0	1	0
No. 6	2	2	0	41	38	20.50	-	-	0	0	-	0
No. 7	2	3	0	39	22	13.00	-	-	0	0	3	0
No. 8	16	18	3	322	66	21.46	-	-	2	2	-	9
No. 9	10	14	4	240	35	24.00	-	-	0	2	-	5
No. 10	1	2	1	6	4	6.00	-	-	0	0	-	0
All	28	41	8	653	66	19.78	-	-	2	5	-	14

Johnny Wardle: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Won	14	18	3	318	66	21.20	-	-	1	3	-	5
Lost	6	12	1	189	33*	17.18	-	-	0	2	-	6
Drawn	8	11	4	146	54	20.85	-	-	1	0	-	3
All	28	41	8	653	66	19.78	-	-	2	5	-	14

Johnny Wardle: Test bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Won	14	26	2,975	184	897	46	7/36	19.50	1.80	64.67	2	2
Lost	6	11	1,638	96	530	19	7/56	27.89	1.94	86.21	1	1
Drawn	8	15	1,984	123	653	37	5/61	17.64	1.97	53.62	4	2
All	28	52	6,597	403	2,080	102	7/36	20.39	1.89	64.67	7	5

Johnny Wardle: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1948	1	2	1	6	4	6.00	-	-	0	0	-	0
1950	1	2	1	54	33*	54.00	-	-	0	0	-	0
1951	2	3	0	53	30	17.66	-	-	0	0	-	1
1953	3	4	2	57	29*	28.50	-	-	0	0	-	0
1954	8	11	1	273	66	27.30	-	-	2	1	-	5
1955	7	9	2	131	32*	18.71	-	-	0	1	-	6
1956	2	4	1	6	6*	2.00	-	-	0	3	1	0
1957	4	6	0	73	22	12.16	-	-	0	0	5	2
All	28	41	8	653	66	19.78	-	-	2	5	-	14

Johnny Wardle: Test bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1948	1	1	18	0	9	0	0/9	N/A	3.00	N/A	0	0
1950	1	2	282	16	104	2	2/46	52.00	2.21	141.00	0	0
1951	2	4	575	39	171	5	3/46	34.20	1.78	115.00	0	0
1953	3	6	933	57	344	13	4/7	26.46	2.21	71.76	2	0
1954	8	14	1,446	107	395	25	7/56	15.80	1.63	57.84	2	1
1955	7	14	1,931	133	586	29	5/79	20.20	1.82	66.58	3	1
1956	2	4	346	13	129	4	3/52	32.25	2.23	86.50	0	0
1957	4	7	1,066	38	342	24	7/36	14.25	1.92	44.41	0	3
All	28	52	6,597	403	2,080	102	7/36	20.39	1.89	64.67	7	5

Johnny Wardle: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Lord's	7	11	2	133	33*	14.77	-	-	0	2	-	2
Trent Bridge	4	5	2	80	30	26.66	-	-	0	0	-	2
The Wanderers Stadium	2	4	1	44	22	14.66	-	-	0	1	3	2
Sydney Cricket Ground	2	3	1	48	35	24.00	87	55.17	0	0	5	0
All	28	41	8	653	66	19.78	-	-	2	5	-	14

Johnny Wardle: Test bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Lord's	7	13	1,748	113	616	23	4/33	26.78	2.11	76.00	3	0
Trent Bridge	4	8	1,194	103	270	11	4/24	24.54	1.35	108.54	1	0
Old Trafford	2	4	387	30	105	12	4/7	8.75	1.62	32.25	2	0
The Wanderers Stadium	2	4	454	12	167	7	3/52	23.85	2.20	64.85	0	0
Sydney Cricket Ground	2	3	324	9	141	8	5/79	17.62	2.61	40.50	0	1
All	28	52	6,597	403	2,080	102	7/36	20.39	1.89	64.67	7	5

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

Test milestones

Five-wicket innings 5

Best Test performances

Johnny Wardle: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
66	-	-	9	1	West Indies	Sabina Park	1954-03-30
54	-	-	5	3	Pakistan	Old Trafford	1954-07-22
38	-	-	-	0	West Indies	Bourda	1954-02-24
38	-	-	7	0	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1954-12-31
35	62	56.45	5	0	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1954-12-17
33*	-	-	6	0	West Indies	Lord's	1950-06-24
32*	-	-	3	0	New Zealand	University Oval, Dunedin	1955-03-11
30	-	-	-	1	South Africa	Trent Bridge	1951-06-07
29*	-	-	-	0	Australia	Trent Bridge	1953-06-11
24	-	-	2	2	South Africa	Headingley	1955-07-21

Johnny Wardle: best Test bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
7/36	152	3	1.42	South Africa	Newlands	1957-01-01
7/56	210	16	1.60	Pakistan	Kennington Oval	1954-08-12
5/53	190	9	1.67	South Africa	Newlands	1957-01-01
5/61	162	6	2.25	South Africa	Kingsmead	1957-01-25
5/79	196	6	2.41	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1955-02-25
4/7	30	2	1.40	Australia	Old Trafford	1953-07-09
4/19	144	16	0.79	Pakistan	Old Trafford	1954-07-22
4/24	192	23	0.75	South Africa	Trent Bridge	1955-06-09
4/33	185	22	1.07	Pakistan	Lord's	1954-06-10
4/65	174	10	2.24	South Africa	Lord's	1955-06-23

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1957-06-20	West Indies	11	1/53	Lord's	England won by inns & 36 runs
1957-02-15	South Africa	16 & 22	2/68 & 2/29	The Wanderers Stadium	South Africa won by 17 runs
1957-01-25	South Africa	13 & 8	5/61 & 2/42	Kingsmead	Match drawn
1957-01-01	South Africa	3	5/53 & 7/36	Newlands	England won by 312 runs
1956-12-24	South Africa	6* & 0	3/52 & 0/18	The Wanderers Stadium	England won by 131 runs
1956-06-21	Australia	0 & 0	1/40 & 0/19	Lord's	Australia won by 185 runs
1955-07-21	South Africa	24 & 21	0/33 & 4/100	Headingley	South Africa won by 224 runs
1955-06-23	South Africa	20 & 4	4/65 & 2/18	Lord's	England won by 71 runs
1955-06-09	South Africa	2	4/24 & 1/33	Trent Bridge	England won by inns & 5 runs
1955-03-25	New Zealand	0	1/44 & 1/0	Eden Park	England won by inns & 20 runs