First-Class Oldest Players

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(Age on final day of their last First-Class match)

The exact dates of birth of some cricketers have not been, or cannot be, verified. The details in the following list are based on the best information currently available, but - especially, though certainly not exclusively, in the cases of cricketers from the 18th and earlier 19th centuries, and those from Pakistan and Bangladesh - they should be treated with appropriate caution. Where only a year of birth is known, the stated age is based on an assumed birthdate of 1 January, or (where known) the date of the player's christening.

Years	Days
72	194	Raja Maharaj Singh	Bombay Governor's XI v Commonwealth XI	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	1950/51
68	4	CK Nayudu	Maharashtra Governor's XI v Maharashtra Chief Minister's XI	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	1963/64
67	169	B Aislabie	Marylebone Cricket Club v Cambridge University	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1841
63	284	J Sherman	Manchester v Sheffield	Hyde Park Ground, Sheffield	1852
62	142	C Warren	Sussex v Hampshire and Surrey	Bramshill Park, Bramshill	1826
61	343	J Challen	Sussex v Surrey	Petworth Park New Ground, Petworth	1849
61	198	T Vigne	Lord Strathavon's XI v Sir St Vincent Cotton's XI	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1832
61	106	J Small	Hampshire v Marylebone Cricket Club	Lord's Old Ground, Marylebone	1798
61	44	FW Lillywhite	Sussex v England	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1853
60	291	CJ Vels	Orange Free State v Natal	Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein	1927/28
60	286	CS Lloyd	Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University	Magdalen Ground, Oxford	1850
60	225	W Bedster	Marylebone Cricket Club v Oldfield	Lord's Old Ground, Marylebone	1794
60	173	AWL Hemming	Combined Jamaica and United Services XI v RA Bennett's XI	Sabina Park, Kingston	1901/02
60	151	Lord Harris	Kent v Indians	Private Banks Sports Ground, Catford	1911
59	279	WG Grace	Gentlemen of England v Surrey	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1908
59	275	T Lord	Epsom v Middlesex	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1815
59	186	AE Green-Price	HK Foster's XI v Worcestershire	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	1919
59	168	AN Hornby	England XI v West Indians	Whitegate Park, Blackpool	1906
58	261	E Smith	HDG Leveson-Gower's XI v Oxford University	The Saffrons, Eastbourne	1928
58	138	JW Smythe	Marylebone Cricket Club v Kent	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1885
58	109	WP Beecham	Sussex v Marylebone Cricket Club	East Sussex Cricket Ground, St Leonards-on-Sea	1857
58	56	HDG Leveson-Gower	HDG Leveson-Gower's XI v Cambridge University	The Saffrons, Eastbourne	1931
58	15	W Ward	Hampshire v Petworth	Day's (Antelope) Ground, Southampton	1845
58	6	GH Hirst	Yorkshire v Marylebone Cricket Club	North Marine Road, Scarborough	1929
57	351	A Maingot	Trinidad v Barbados	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	1919/20
57	196	J Marshall	Tasmania v Victoria	Launceston Cricket Club Ground, Launceston	1853/54
57	174	AWF Somerset	Marylebone Cricket Club v British Guiana	Bourda, Georgetown	1912/13
57	126	GJV Weigall	LH Tennyson's XI v Jamaica	Melbourne Park, Kingston	1927/28
57	125	SF Barnes	Wales v Marylebone Cricket Club	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1930
57	91	RH Moss	Worcestershire v Gloucestershire	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	1925
57	52	AW Nourse	Western Province v Australians	Newlands, Cape Town	1935/36
57	30	J Earl	Manchester v Yorkshire	Moss Lane, Manchester	1845
57	5	DH Robins	DH Robins' XI v Indians	The Saffrons, Eastbourne	1971
56	268	J Aylward	England v Marylebone Cricket Club	Lord's Old Ground, Marylebone	1797
56	237	W Clarke	Nottinghamshire v England	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1855
56	170	SB Morley	Players of United States of America v Gentlemen of Philadelphia	Germantown Cricket Club Ground, Nicetown, Philadelphia	1886
56	143	WG Quaife	Warwickshire v Derbyshire	Edgbaston, Birmingham	1928
56	136	LM Balfour-Melville	Scotland v Ireland	College Park, Dublin	1910
56	90	JT Hearne	Middlesex v Scotland	Raeburn Place, Edinburgh	1923
56	47	RES Wyatt	Free Foresters v Oxford University	The University Parks, Oxford	1957
56	39	J Bayley	Marylebone Cricket Club v Sussex	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1850
56	24	CE de Trafford	Leicestershire v Sussex	Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch	1920
56	18	FA Tarrant	Europeans v Hindus	Gymkhana Ground, Bombay	1936/37
56	15	CB Cumberland	Victoria v New South Wales	The Domain, Sydney	1856/57
55	345	JR Gunn	Sir J Cahn's XI v South Americans	West Park, West Bridgford	1932
55	311	H Dorning	Argentina v Sir J Cahn's XI	Belgrano Athletic Club Ground, Buenos Aires	1929/30
55	300	R Daft	Nottinghamshire v Middlesex	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1891
55	294	PF Warner	Marylebone Cricket Club v Royal Navy	Royal Navy and Royal Marines Recreation Ground, Chatham	1929
55	276	H Elliott	Derbyshire v Warwickshire	County Ground, Derby	1947
55	262	RB Butts	British Guiana v Barbados	Bourda, Georgetown	1910/11
55	238	DB Deodhar	Maharashtra Past and Present v Rest of India	Deccan Gymkhana Ground, Poona	1947/48
55	190	DB Close	DB Close's XI v New Zealanders	North Marine Road, Scarborough	1986
55	190	J Wells	Surrey v England	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1815
55	169	W Beldham	Players v Gentlemen	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1821
55	53	G Brown	Sussex v Marylebone Cricket Club	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1838
54	319	A Shaw	Nottinghamshire v Gentlemen of Philadelphia	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1897
54	280	G Giles	English Residents v American Born	Germantown Cricket Club Ground, Nicetown, Philadelphia	1880
54	270	AEA Harragin	Trinidad v British Guiana	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	1931/32
54	247	E Stevens	England v Hampshire	The Vine, Sevenoaks	1789
54	226	EM Grace	Gloucestershire v Warwickshire	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol	1896
54	219	JW Ladbroke	Sussex v Hampshire and Surrey	Bramshill Park, Bramshill	1826
54	213	W Greenstock	Worcestershire v HK Foster's XI	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	1919
54	203	GR Cox	Sussex v Hampshire	Cricket Field Road, Horsham	1928
54	193	FW Kennaway	Punjab Governor's XI v Muslims	Lawrence Gardens, Lahore	1928/29
54	189	R Robinson	Players v Gentlemen	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1819
54	178	J Tanner	Marylebone Cricket Club v Middlesex	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1826
54	134	J Shuter	Surrey v Oxford University	Park Lane, Reigate	1909
54	134	GY Lagden	Marylebone Cricket Club v South Africa Army	Thara Tswane, Pretoria	1905/06
54	113	JH King	Leicestershire v Yorkshire	Aylestone Road, Leicester	1925
54	70	T Onslow	Marylebone Cricket Club v Middlesex	Lord's Old Ground, Marylebone	1808
54	59	J Mercer	Northamptonshire v Hampshire	County Ground, Southampton	1947
54	54	FH Hervey-Bathurst	Hampshire v Marylebone Cricket Club	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1861
54	20	RJH Lambert	Ireland v Marylebone Cricket Club	College Park, Dublin	1928
53	244	H Ironmonger	Australians v India	Gymkhana Ground, Bombay	1935/36
53	196	CD McIver	Marylebone Cricket Club v Ireland	College Park, Dublin	1934
53	169	BA Barnett	Commonwealth XI v England XI	Central Recreation Ground, Hastings	1961
53	140	H Morley	Sussex v Kent	Old County Ground, Town Malling	1838
53	64	E Robson	Somerset v Warwickshire	Edgbaston, Birmingham	1923
53	26	KM Mistry	Parsees v Muslims	Gymkhana Ground, Bombay	1927/28
53	22	G Gunn	Nottinghamshire v Indians	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1932
52	338	HC Lowther	Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1843
52	324	G Moore	New South Wales v Victoria	Albert Cricket Ground, Sydney	1872/73
52	318	W Rhodes	HDG Leveson-Gower's XI v Australians	North Marine Road, Scarborough	1930
52	317	J Cahn	Sir J Cahn's XI v Lancashire	West Park, West Bridgford	1935
52	306	CWL Parker	Gloucestershire v Middlesex	College Ground, Cheltenham	1935
52	304	FH Gillingham	Marylebone Cricket Club v Cambridge University	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1928
52	263	T Morris	Players of United States of America v Gentlemen of Philadelphia	Belmont Cricket Club Ground, Philadelphia	1893
52	241	TC O'Brien	LG Robinson's XI v Oxford University	Old Buckenham Hall, Attleborough	1914
52	237	EGF French	Marylebone Cricket Club v Ireland	Observatory Lane, Rathmines, Dublin	1936
52	232	JT Rawlin	Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1909
52	228	W Fennex	Middlesex v Marylebone Cricket Club	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1816
52	211	DS de Silva	Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Moors Sports Club	Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, Colombo	1994/95
52	189	C Boxshall	Canterbury v Wellington	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1914/15
52	188	A Mynn	Kent v Middlesex	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	1859
52	187	J Nyren	Lord F Beauclerk's XI v W Ward's XI	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1817
52	187	HB Bethune	Hampshire v Lancashire	County Ground, Southampton	1897
52	148	CP Johnstone	Europeans v Indians	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras	1947/48
52	116	FT Welman	Somerset v South Africans	County Ground, Taunton	1901
52	103	L Amarnath	Maharashtra Governor's XI v Maharashtra Chief Minister's XI	Club of Maharashtra, Poona	1963/64
52	101	PA Perrin	Essex v Sussex	County Ground, Leyton	1928
52	98	RWV Robins	Marylebone Cricket Club v Ireland	College Park, Dublin	1958
52	72	F Thomas	England v India	Gymkhana Ground, Bombay	1918/19
52	66	MMF Luckie	Wellington v Hawke's Bay	Nelson Park, Napier	1919/20
52	65	Lord F Beauclerk	The Bs v England	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1825
52	64	R Nyren	Hampshire v Kent	The Vine, Sevenoaks	1786
51	345	RS Swalwell	Marylebone Cricket Club v Wales	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1925
51	337	TWJ Goddard	Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire	Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester	1952
51	324	VS Hazare	Indian Board President's XI v West Indians	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	1966/67
51	323	AE Newton	Somerset v Derbyshire	County Ground, Taunton	1914
51	319	GOB Allen	Free Foresters v Cambridge University	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1954
51	294	HK Foster	Worcestershire v Middlesex	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	1925
51	287	J Southerton	Surrey v Gloucestershire	Cirencester Park, Cirencester	1879
51	281	CP Woods	Wales v Minor Counties	Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea, Colwyn Bay	1930
51	265	JB Hobbs	Players v Gentlemen	Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone	1934
51	263	Earl of Winchilsea	Marylebone Cricket Club v England	Lord's Old Ground, Marylebone	1804
51	255	Miran Bakhsh	Rawalpindi v Peshawar	Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi	1958/59
51	245	AP Wickham	Somerset v Warwickshire	Recreation Ground, Bath	1907
51	231	DD Blackie	WM Woodfull's XI v VY Richardson's XI	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1933/34
51	222	W Harrington	Ireland v Scotland	Observatory Lane, Rathmines, Dublin	1921
51	216	RJ Read	Canterbury v Auckland	Eden Park, Auckland	1937/38
51	203	CJ Lyttelton	New Zealand Governor-General's XI v Marylebone Cricket Club	Eden Park, Auckland	1960/61
51	201	JC Hartley	Marylebone Cricket Club v Wales	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1926
51	194	Lord Hawke	Marylebone Cricket Club v Argentina	Buenos Aires Cricket Club Ground, Buenos Aires	1911/12
51	167	WE Astill	Leicestershire v Hampshire	County Ground, Southampton	1939
51	164	JC Clay	Glamorgan v Yorkshire	Rodney Parade, Newport	1949
51	139	D Buchanan	Gentlemen of England v Oxford University	The University Parks, Oxford	1881
51	135	Earl of Aboyne	Marylebone Cricket Club v Cambridge University	Parker's Piece, Cambridge	1843
51	105	FE Woolley	England Past and Present v Sir PF Warner's XI	Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone	1938
51	97	R Illingworth	Yorkshire v Essex	County Ground, Chelmsford	1983
51	90	J Sparks	Surrey v England	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1829
51	89	EG Wynyard	Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1912
51	87	CG Wilson	Wellington v Hawke's Bay	Nelson Park, Napier	1919/20
51	64	FL Sprott	Europeans v Hindus	Gymkhana Ground, Bombay	1914/15
51	63	W Brown	Tasmania v Victoria	Lower Domain Ground, Hobart	1857/58
51	49	HA Carpenter	Essex v Somerset	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare	1920
51	42	Azim Khan	Rajputana v Southern Punjab	Mayo College Ground, Ajmer	1939/40
51	33	Saleh Mohammad	Punjab Governor's XI v Muslims	Lawrence Gardens, Lahore	1929/30
51	32	AC MacLaren	Marylebone Cricket Club v New Zealand	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1922/23
51	10	NVH Riches	Glamorgan v Worcestershire	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	1934
50	362	EG Wenman	Kent v England	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	1854
50	339	S Nayyar	Himachal Pradesh v Jammu and Kashmir	Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar	1985/86
50	321	FC Ladbroke	Marylebone Cricket Club v Godalming	The Burys, Godalming	1822
50	314	J Gilbert	Lord Sheffield's XI v A Shaw's XI	Sheffield Park, Uckfield	1881
50	301	WA Humphreys	Hampshire v Leicestershire	County Ground, Southampton	1900
50	286	S Alpe	Wellington v Auckland	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1884/85
50	284	ES Wilson	Otago v Wellington	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1927/28
50	280	H Sutcliffe	Yorkshire v Royal Air Force	North Marine Road, Scarborough	1945
50	280	G Louch	Marylebone Cricket Club v England	Lord's Old Ground, Marylebone	1797
50	269	TDB Hay	New Zealanders v Royal Navy	United Services Ground, Portsmouth	1927
50	248	J Dennis	Nottingham v Sheffield	The Forest New Ground, Nottingham	1829
50	218	JG Greig	Hampshire v Somerset	Recreation Ground, Bath	1922
50	184	TW Reese	Canterbury v Otago	Carisbrook, Dunedin	1917/18
50	180	HBG Austin	Barbados Born v The Rest	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	1927/28
50	178	AP Lucas	Essex v South Africans	County Ground, Leyton	1907
50	161	W Bestwick	Derbyshire v Warwickshire	County Ground, Derby	1925
50	160	G Lee	Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club v Gentlemen of Kent	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	1860
50	158	FR Brown	Free Foresters v Cambridge University	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1961
50	151	F Pilch	Kent v England	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	1854
50	132	TM Adams	Kent v Sussex	Higher Common Ground, Tunbridge Wells	1858
50	129	CP McGahey	Essex v Hampshire	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester	1921
50	127	Ahmed Raza	Punjab Governor's XI v Punjab University, Lahore	Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore	1960/61
50	103	H Creber	Glamorgan v Leicestershire	Aylestone Road, Leicester	1922
50	100	AA Qureshi	Northern India v Southern Punjab	Baradari Ground, Patiala	1945/46
50	97	T Craven	Middlesex v Surrey	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1851
50	92	SI de Saram	Panadura Sports Club v Colombo Cricket Club	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Pallekele	2023/24
50	70	PT Mills	Gloucestershire v Worcestershire	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	1929
50	65	S Coe	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire	Aylestone Road, Leicester	1923
50	31	H Myers	Tasmania v Marylebone Cricket Club	Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Hobart	1924/25
50	27	JM Sims	Marylebone Cricket Club v Cambridge University	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1953
50	27	A Wood	England XI v Glamorgan	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	1948
50	9	DE Davies	Glamorgan v Northamptonshire	Town Ground, Peterborough	1954
50	2	AJL Hill	Hampshire v Gloucestershire	County Ground, Southampton	1921

The list shows 172 occurrences of players aged 50 years or more