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The 1930 English cricket season will always be remembered for the remarkable batting performances of Australia's

Australian cricket team

The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...

Don Bradman.

Honours

County Championship - Lancashire
Minor Counties Championship - Durham
Wisden - Don Bradman, Clarrie Grimmett
Clarrie Grimmett
Clarence Victor "Clarrie" Grimmett was a cricketer; although born in New Zealand, he played most of his cricket in Australia. He is thought by many to be one of the finest early spin bowlers, and usually credited as the developer of the flipper.Grimmett was born in Caversham a suburb of Dunedin,...

, Beverley Lyon
Beverley Lyon
Beverley Hamilton "Bev" Lyon, born at Caterham, Surrey on 19 January 1902 and died at Balcombe, Sussex on 22 June 1970, was a cricketer who played for Oxford University and Gloucestershire...

, Ian Peebles
Ian Peebles
Ian Alexander Ross Peebles was a cricketer who played for Oxford University, Middlesex, Scotland and England. After retiring from cricket he became a cricket writer, working as a journalist on The Sunday Times and as the author of many books on cricket.Peebles had one of the strangest...

, Maurice Turnbull
Maurice Turnbull
Turnbull was an eager sportsman as a youth, and played rugby for Downside School. He matriculated to Cambridge, and at university joined not only the cricket team, but also Cambridge University Rugby Club. One of the earliest rugby clubs he represented was St. Peters in Cardiff. His elder brother,...

Test series

England lost the Ashes to Australia by 2-1 with two matches drawn. Australia needed to win the final Test at The Oval

The Oval

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to win the series and regain the Ashes, and did so by an innings in a match that went into the sixth day (as the series was in doubt, it was to be played to a finish). Don Bradman, with 974 runs in the series (unequalled in all Test cricket), was the main difference between two strong teams. Clarrie Grimmett took 29 wickets in the series, though - oddly - ten of those were in the only Test that Australia lost (the first).

Leading batsmen

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1930 English cricket season – leading batsmen by average
Name	Innings	Runs	Highest	Average	100s
Don Bradman	36	2960	334	98.66	10
Herbert Sutcliffe Herbert Sutcliffe Herbert Sutcliffe was an English professional cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Apart from one match in 1945, his first-class career spanned the period between the two World Wars...	44	2312	173	64.22	6
Alan Kippax Alan Kippax Alan Falconer Kippax was a cricketer for New South Wales and Australia. Regarded as one of the great stylists of Australian cricket during the era between the two World Wars, Kippax overcame a late start to Test cricket to become a regular in the Australian team between the 1928–29 and...	32	1451	158	58.04	4
Bill Woodfull Bill Woodfull William Maldon "Bill" Woodfull OBE was an Australian cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s. He captained both Victoria and Australia, and was best known for his dignified and moral conduct during the tumultuous bodyline series in 1932–33 that almost saw the end of Anglo-Australian cricketing ties...	26	1434	216	57.36	6
K. S. Duleepsinhji Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji Jadeja was a cricketer who played for England. He was educated at the Rajkumar College, Rajkot, India.-Career:...	48	2562	333	56.93	9
Walter Hammond	44	2032	211*	53.47	5
Edgar Oldroyd Edgar Oldroyd Edgar Oldroyd was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1919 and 1931...	33	1285	164*	51.40	3
Jack Hobbs Jack Hobbs Sir John Berry "Jack" Hobbs was an English professional cricketer who played for Surrey from 1905 to 1934 and for England in 61 Test matches from 1908 to 1930....	43	2103	146*	51.29	5

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1930 English cricket season – leading batsmen by aggregate
Name	Innings	Runs	Highest	Average	100s
Don Bradman	36	2960	334	98.66	10
K. S. Duleepsinhji Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji Jadeja was a cricketer who played for England. He was educated at the Rajkumar College, Rajkot, India.-Career:...	48	2562	333	56.93	9
Herbert Sutcliffe Herbert Sutcliffe Herbert Sutcliffe was an English professional cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Apart from one match in 1945, his first-class career spanned the period between the two World Wars...	44	2312	173	64.22	6
Andy Sandham Andy Sandham Andrew Sandham was an English cricketer, a right-handed batsman who played 14 Test matches between 1921 and 1930. He scored over 40,000 first-class runs, but bowled only very rarely; he took just 18 wickets in his career.Sandham made his Surrey debut in 1911, and was capped in 1913...	50	2295	204	49.89	6
Maurice Leyland Maurice Leyland Maurice Leyland , christened 'Morris Leyland', was an English cricketer who played 41 Test matches between 1928 and 1938 and proved himself one of the best left-handers of his generation....	50	2175	211*	50.58	6
Dodger Whysall Dodger Whysall William Wilfrid "Dodger" Whysall was a cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire and England....	47	2174	248	49.40	8

Leading bowlers

Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker (cricketer)

Charles Warrington Leonard "Charlie" Parker was an English cricketer, who stands as the third highest wicket taker in the history of first-class cricket, behind Wilfred Rhodes and Tich Freeman.-Life and career:Parker took no serious attention to cricket in his childhood, preferring to concentrate...

was the leading bowler with 179 wickets @ 12.84 though Tich Freeman

Tich Freeman

Alfred Percy "Tich" Freeman was an English cricketer. A leg spin bowler for Kent and England, he is the only man to take 300 wickets in an English season, and is the second most prolific wicket taker in first class cricket history.-Career:Freeman's common name comes from his extremely short...

took 275 wickets @ 16.84.
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1930 English cricket season – leading bowlers by average*
Name	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average
Hedley Verity Hedley Verity Hedley Verity was a professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire and England between 1930 and 1939. A slow left arm orthodox bowler, he took 1,956 wickets in first-class cricket at an average of 14.90 and in 40 Tests he took 144 wickets at an average of 24.37...	2437	154	795	64	12.42
Charlie Parker Charlie Parker (cricketer) Charles Warrington Leonard "Charlie" Parker was an English cricketer, who stands as the third highest wicket taker in the history of first-class cricket, behind Wilfred Rhodes and Tich Freeman.-Life and career:Parker took no serious attention to cricket in his childhood, preferring to concentrate...	6099	301	2299	179	12.84
Dick Tyldesley Dick Tyldesley Dick Tyldesley was a Lancashire cricketer who was one of the most important figures in Lancashire breaking Yorkshire's stronghold on the County Championship between 1926 and 1930.He was the youngest of four brothers who all played for Lancashire, but were unrelated...	6313	352	2263	140	16.16
Harold Larwood Harold Larwood Harold Larwood was an English cricket player, an extremely accurate fast bowler best known for his key role as the implementer of fast leg theory in the infamous "bodyline" Ashes Test series of 1932–33....	3726	124	1622	99	16.38
Frank Booth Frank Booth (cricketer) Frank Stanley Booth was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire between 1927 and 1937. Predominantly a fast bowler he took 457 wickets for the club including 101 during the 1934 English season in which the county won the County Championship.-External links:**...	1131	47	432	26	16.61

With more than 20 first-class wickets.

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1930 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate
Name	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average
Tich Freeman Tich Freeman Alfred Percy "Tich" Freeman was an English cricketer. A leg spin bowler for Kent and England, he is the only man to take 300 wickets in an English season, and is the second most prolific wicket taker in first class cricket history.-Career:Freeman's common name comes from his extremely short...	11487	472	4632	275	16.84
Charlie Parker Charlie Parker (cricketer) Charles Warrington Leonard "Charlie" Parker was an English cricketer, who stands as the third highest wicket taker in the history of first-class cricket, behind Wilfred Rhodes and Tich Freeman.-Life and career:Parker took no serious attention to cricket in his childhood, preferring to concentrate...	6099	301	2299	179	12.84
Clarrie Grimmett Clarrie Grimmett Clarence Victor "Clarrie" Grimmett was a cricketer; although born in New Zealand, he played most of his cricket in Australia. He is thought by many to be one of the finest early spin bowlers, and usually credited as the developer of the flipper.Grimmett was born in Caversham a suburb of Dunedin,...	6091	262	2427	144	16.85
Tom Goddard Tom Goddard Tom Goddard was the fifth highest wicket taker in first-class cricket....	8414	435	2819	144	19.57
Dick Tyldesley Dick Tyldesley Dick Tyldesley was a Lancashire cricketer who was one of the most important figures in Lancashire breaking Yorkshire's stronghold on the County Championship between 1926 and 1930.He was the youngest of four brothers who all played for Lancashire, but were unrelated...	6313	352	2263	140	16.16
Tommy Mitchell	6614	311	2526	138	18.30

External sources

CricketArchive – season summary

Honours

Test series

Leading batsmen

Leading bowlers

External sources

Further reading