How many Test runs has Bob Cowper scored?

Bob Cowper has 2,061 runs in 46 Test innings from 27 matches at an average of 46.84. Highest score: 307.

What is Bob Cowper's Test batting average?

Bob Cowper's Test batting average is 46.84, from 2,061 runs and 46 innings.

How many Test wickets has Bob Cowper taken?

Bob Cowper has taken 36 wickets in Test from 27 matches at a bowling average of 31.63. Best innings: 4/48.

How many international centuries does Bob Cowper have?

Bob Cowper has 5 international hundreds: 5 in Test.

Which teams has Bob Cowper played international cricket for?

Bob Cowper is recorded for Australia in this publication.

When did Bob Cowper play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1964 to 1968. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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Bob Cowper

All-rounder · 1964 to 1968 · 27 internationals

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27Internationals

2,061Runs

5Hundreds

36Wickets

21Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	27	46	2	2,061	307	46.84	-	-	5	10	3	-	0

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	27	36	3,005	138	1,139	36	4/48	7/135	31.63	2.27	83.47	3	0	0

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	27	50	21	0	21	0.420	2 (2ct 0st)

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

Bob Cowper: Test stats

Test

27 matches · 1964-1968

2,061runs

Matches: 27
Average: 46.84
Strike rate: -
Hundreds: 5
Highest: 307
Fifties: 10

36 wickets · bowling average 31.63

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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	46	46	36	36	1964-07-02	1968-07-25	Complete

Questions fans ask about Bob Cowper

How many Test runs has Bob Cowper scored?: Bob Cowper has 2,061 runs in 46 Test innings from 27 matches at an average of 46.84. Highest score: 307.
What is Bob Cowper's Test batting average?: Bob Cowper's Test batting average is 46.84, from 2,061 runs and 46 innings.
How many Test wickets has Bob Cowper taken?: Bob Cowper has taken 36 wickets in Test from 27 matches at a bowling average of 31.63. Best innings: 4/48.
How many international centuries does Bob Cowper have?: Bob Cowper has 5 international hundreds: 5 in Test.
Which teams has Bob Cowper played international cricket for?: Bob Cowper is recorded for Australia in this publication.
When did Bob Cowper play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1964 to 1968. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1968-07-25	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1968-07-11	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1968-06-20	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1968-06-06	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 159 runs
1968-01-26	Australia v India	Test	Australia won by 144 runs
1968-01-19	Australia v India	Test	Australia won by 39 runs
1967-12-30	Australia v India	Test	Australia won by inns & 4 runs
1967-12-23	Australia v India	Test	Australia won by 146 runs
1967-02-24	Australia v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 7 wickets
1967-02-03	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1967-01-20	Australia v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 8 wickets
1966-12-31	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 6 wickets

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TEST CAREER · 1964 to 1968

Bob Cowper in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

2,061Runs

46.84Bat avg

-Strike rate

36Wickets

31.63Bowl avg

2.27Economy

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	27	46	2	2,061	307	46.84	-	-	5	10	3	-	0

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	27	36	3,005	138	1,139	36	4/48	7/135	31.63	2.27	83.47	3	0	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	27	50	21	0	21	0.420	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 · 45.7%

Bowled14 · 30.4%

LBW4 · 8.7%

Run out1 · 2.2%

Stumped4 · 8.7%

Not out2 · 4.3%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

263.505 inns

340.5521 inns

457.3013 inns

537.504 inns

633.663 inns

7-0 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 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

388runs

43.11average

39.03strike rate

150s

1100s

Last 10 bowling innings

20wickets

22.30average

1.97economy

67.90strike rate

4/48best

Test record by situation

complete career

Bob Cowper: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
England	9	15	1	686	307	49.00	1,696	40.44	1	3	2	62
India	6	11	1	604	165	60.40	-	-	2	3	0	63
South Africa	5	10	0	255	60	25.50	-	-	0	2	1	-
West Indies	5	8	0	417	143	52.12	-	-	2	1	0	-
Pakistan	2	2	0	99	83	49.50	-	-	0	1	0	-
All	27	46	2	2,061	307	46.84	-	-	5	10	3	-

Bob Cowper: Test bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
England	7	10	794	41	317	10	4/48	31.70	2.39	79.40	1
India	6	9	966	35	295	13	4/49	22.69	1.83	74.30	2
South Africa	5	9	831	47	301	10	3/27	30.10	2.17	83.10	0
West Indies	5	7	348	12	190	2	1/26	95.00	3.27	174.00	0
Pakistan	1	1	66	3	36	1	1/36	36.00	3.27	66.00	0
All	27	36	3,005	138	1,139	36	4/48	31.63	2.27	83.47	3

Bob Cowper: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
Home	9	14	0	1,061	307	75.78	-	-	3	5	1	92
Away	18	32	2	1,000	143	33.33	-	-	2	5	2	-
All	27	46	2	2,061	307	46.84	-	-	5	10	3	-

Bob Cowper: Test bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
Home	7	10	1,004	37	315	15	4/49	21.00	1.88	66.93	2
Away	17	26	2,001	101	824	21	4/48	39.23	2.47	95.28	1
All	27	36	3,005	138	1,139	36	4/48	31.63	2.27	83.47	3

Bob Cowper: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
1st innings of the match	13	13	0	570	102	43.84	-	-	1	4	1	-
2nd innings of the match	14	14	0	843	307	60.21	-	-	2	4	1	-
3rd innings of the match	14	14	1	586	165	45.07	-	-	2	2	1	-
4th innings of the match	5	5	1	62	30	15.50	-	-	0	0	0	-
All	27	46	2	2,061	307	46.84	-	-	5	10	3	-

Bob Cowper: Test bowling by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
1st innings of the match	8	8	510	19	251	5	3/57	50.20	2.95	102.00	0
2nd innings of the match	13	13	1,067	60	358	14	4/48	25.57	2.01	76.21	1
3rd innings of the match	7	7	394	10	185	5	1/20	37.00	2.81	78.80	0
4th innings of the match	8	8	1,034	49	345	12	4/49	28.75	2.00	86.16	2
All	27	36	3,005	138	1,139	36	4/48	31.63	2.27	83.47	3

Bob Cowper: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
No. 2	3	5	1	254	165	63.50	636	39.93	1	0	0	21
No. 3	14	21	1	811	143	40.55	-	-	2	5	2	-
No. 4	9	13	0	745	307	57.30	-	-	2	2	1	-
No. 5	3	4	0	150	60	37.50	-	-	0	2	0	-
No. 6	3	3	0	101	83	33.66	-	-	0	1	0	-
All	27	46	2	2,061	307	46.84	-	-	5	10	3	-

Bob Cowper: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
Won	8	13	0	633	165	48.69	-	-	2	3	1	-
Lost	7	14	0	434	81	31.00	-	-	0	4	2	-
Drawn	12	19	2	994	307	58.47	-	-	3	3	0	-
All	27	46	2	2,061	307	46.84	-	-	5	10	3	-

Bob Cowper: Test bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
Won	7	11	1,350	57	444	21	4/48	21.14	1.97	64.28	3
Lost	7	11	855	43	319	8	3/27	39.87	2.23	106.87	0
Drawn	10	14	800	38	376	7	1/16	53.71	2.82	114.28	0
All	27	36	3,005	138	1,139	36	4/48	31.63	2.27	83.47	3

Bob Cowper: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
1964	5	7	1	220	83	36.66	-	-	0	2	0	-
1965	7	11	0	543	143	49.36	-	-	2	2	0	-
1966	4	7	0	408	307	58.28	-	-	1	1	2	-
1967	5	9	0	426	108	47.33	-	-	1	3	0	-
1968	6	12	1	464	165	42.18	-	-	1	2	1	49
All	27	46	2	2,061	307	46.84	-	-	5	10	3	-

Bob Cowper: Test bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
1964	3	4	204	6	92	1	1/36	92.00	2.70	204.00	0
1965	7	10	476	16	233	4	1/16	58.25	2.93	119.00	0
1966	3	5	276	5	159	2	1/21	79.50	3.45	138.00	0
1967	5	7	691	45	209	9	3/27	23.22	1.81	76.77	0
1968	6	10	1,358	66	446	20	4/48	22.30	1.97	67.90	3
All	27	36	3,005	138	1,139	36	4/48	31.63	2.27	83.47	3

Bob Cowper: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	5	0	506	307	101.20	984	51.42	1	2	0	42
Sydney Cricket Ground	2	4	0	257	165	64.25	604	42.54	1	1	1	18
The Wanderers Stadium	2	4	0	42	25	10.50	-	-	0	0	1	-
Brisbane Cricket Ground	2	3	0	98	51	32.66	-	-	0	1	0	12
Headingley	2	3	0	34	27	11.33	153	22.22	0	0	0	1
All	27	46	2	2,061	307	46.84	-	-	5	10	3	-

Bob Cowper: Test bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
Brisbane Cricket Ground	2	4	542	17	162	8	4/104	20.25	1.79	67.75	1
Queen's Park Oval	2	3	114	1	79	2	1/26	39.50	4.15	57.00	0
Sydney Cricket Ground	2	3	350	18	103	5	4/49	20.60	1.76	70.00	1
The Wanderers Stadium	2	3	222	9	113	2	1/36	56.50	3.05	111.00	0
All	27	36	3,005	138	1,139	36	4/48	31.63	2.27	83.47	3

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

Test milestones

Hundreds 5

Best Test performances

Bob Cowper: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
307	589	52.12	20	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1966-02-11
165	345	47.82	13	India	Sydney Cricket Ground	1968-01-26
143	-	-	18	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	1965-03-26
108	-	-	13	India	Adelaide Oval	1967-12-23
102	-	-	-	West Indies	Kensington Oval	1965-05-05
99	183	54.09	13	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1965-12-30
92	-	-	7	India	Adelaide Oval	1967-12-23
83	155	53.54	8	Pakistan	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1964-12-04
81	-	-	13	India	Brabourne Stadium	1964-10-10
69	-	-	-	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	1965-05-14

Bob Cowper: best Test bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
4/48	156	11	1.84	England	Old Trafford	1968-06-06
4/49	206	12	1.42	India	Sydney Cricket Ground	1968-01-26
4/104	318	8	1.96	India	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1968-01-19
3/27	117	9	1.38	South Africa	St George's Park	1967-02-24
3/31	120	5	1.55	India	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1968-01-19
3/57	222	14	1.54	South Africa	Kingsmead	1967-01-20
2/82	234	12	2.10	England	Old Trafford	1968-06-06
1/16	24	0	4.00	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1965-12-30
1/20	48	0	2.50	England	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1965-12-10
1/20	64	2	1.87	India	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1967-12-30

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1968-07-25	England	27 & 5	1/24 & 1/22	Headingley	Match drawn
1968-07-11	England	57 & 25*	0/25	Edgbaston	Match drawn
1968-06-20	England	8 & 32	0/40	Lord's	Match drawn
1968-06-06	England	0 & 37	4/48 & 2/82	Old Trafford	Australia won by 159 runs
1968-01-26	India	32 & 165	1/21 & 4/49	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by 144 runs
1968-01-19	India	51 & 25	3/31 & 4/104	Brisbane Cricket Ground	Australia won by 39 runs
1967-12-30	India	12	1/20	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia won by inns & 4 runs
1967-12-23	India	92 & 108	0/14	Adelaide Oval	Australia won by 146 runs
1967-02-24	South Africa	60 & 54	3/27 & 0/26	St George's Park	South Africa won by 7 wickets
1967-02-03	South Africa	25 & 16	1/36	The Wanderers Stadium	Match drawn