100 wickets in a season

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100 wickets in a season is a notable feat in the sport of cricket, achieved by bowlers. It refers to having taken 100 wickets in first-class cricket only, although some individuals have managed to do so in County Championship matches alone, which is more challenging.

The feat has only rarely been achieved anywhere other than in England, due to the smaller number of fixtures elsewhere. In England, since the number of games in the County Championship was greatly reduced in 1969, [1] the feat has become rare.

SeasonWicketsPlayer
1933252 Tich Freeman
1930249 Tich Freeman
1931241 Tich Freeman
1895239 Tom Richardson
1897238 Tom Richardson
1928216 Tich Freeman
1910215 Razor Smith
1937215 Tom Goddard
1932209 Tich Freeman
1900206 Wilfred Rhodes
1947206 Tom Goddard
1931205 Charlie Parker
1935201 Tich Freeman
1925200 Charlie Parker
1929199 Tich Freeman
1926198 Charlie Parker
1901196 Wilfred Rhodes
1925196 Fred Root
1922195 Charlie Parker
1922194 Tich Freeman
1925194 Maurice Tate
1896191 Tom Richardson
1935189 Tom Goddard
1934187 Tich Freeman
1907184 George Dennett
1924184 Charlie Parker
1927183 Charlie Parker
1895182 Arthur Mold
1906182 George Hirst
1925182 Ted McDonald
1939181 Tom Goddard
1954179 Bruce Dooland
1909178 Colin Blythe
1928178 Ted McDonald
1922177 Alec Kennedy
1923176 Cecil Parkin
1925176 George Macaulay
1911175 Harry Dean
1946175 Eric Hollies
1923174 Maurice Tate
1921172 Jack Newman
1922172 Cecil Parkin
1936171 Alf Gover
1912170 Colin Blythe
1933170 Tom Goddard
1937170 Johnnie Clay
1905169 Walter Lees
1922169 Len Richmond
1924169 Cecil Parkin
1951169 Bob Appleyard
1955169 George Tribe
1921168 Alec Kennedy
1908167 Colin Blythe
1923167 Charlie Parker
1938167 Arthur Wellard
1923165 Fred Root
1939165 Hedley Verity
1920164 Frank Woolley
1920164 Alec Kennedy
1926163 Ted McDonald
1926163 Tich Freeman
1948163 Tom Pritchard
1950163 Roy Tattersall
1930162 Charlie Parker
1935161 Hedley Verity
1958161 Derek Shackleton
1962161 Derek Shackleton
1906160 George Dennett
1932160 Bill Bowes
1935160 Tommy Mitchell
1914159 Colin Blythe
1924159 George Macaulay
1932159 Tom Goddard
1906158 Arthur Fielder
1913158 Major Booth
1927158 Tich Freeman
1952158 Johnny Wardle
1937157 Hedley Verity
1948157 Jack Walsh
1908156 George Hirst
1910156 Jack Newman
1921156 Charlie Parker
1921156 Tich Freeman
1923156 Alec Kennedy
1956156 Don Shepherd
1900154 Albert Trott
1905154 George Cox
1906154 Walter Lees
1913154 Bill Hitch
1929154 Tom Goddard
1902153 Fred Tate
1907153 Albert Hallam
1913153 George Dennett
1933153 Hedley Verity
1936153 Hedley Verity
1947153 Peter Smith
1957153 Tony Lock
1961153 Derek Shackleton
1911152 Razor Smith
1921152 Ewart Astill
1923152 Harry Howell
1949152 Tom Goddard
1953152 Bruce Dooland
1907151 Arthur Fielder
1952151 Cliff Gladwin
1920150 Lawrence Cook
1934150 George Paine
1946150 Tom Goddard

Notes

  1. "Hitting the Seam issue 3" (PDF). England and Wales Cricket Board. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 December 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2011.

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