First-Class Most Matches Before Maiden Fifty
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The count includes the match in which the maiden fifty was made.
| 306 | R Tattersall | Lancashire v Leicestershire | Old Trafford, Manchester | 1958 |
| 298 | H Elliott | Northamptonshire v Derbyshire | County Ground, Northampton | 1932 |
| 283 | KE Cooper | Gloucestershire v Lancashire | College Ground, Cheltenham | 1993 |
| 277 | D Hunter | Worcestershire v Yorkshire | County Ground, New Road, Worcester | 1900 |
| 272 | AG Nicholson | Middlesex v Yorkshire | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | 1974 |
| 261 | RMH Cottam | Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire | County Ground, Northampton | 1974 |
| 259 | K Higgs | England v West Indies | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1966 |
| 253 | RGD Willis | Warwickshire v Indians | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 1982 |
| 248 | TB Mitchell | Lancashire v Derbyshire | Old Trafford, Manchester | 1937 |
| 246 | FJ Durston | Kent v Marylebone Cricket Club | Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone | 1928 |
| 245 | AA Donald | Tasmania v South Africans | Formby Recreation Ground, Devonport | 1997/98 |
| 241 | SL Watkin | Glamorgan v Gloucestershire | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | 2000 |
| 214 | BD Wells | Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire | St Helen's, Swansea | 1962 |
| 213 | TWJ Goddard | Essex v Gloucestershire | Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea | 1932 |
| 212 | DJ Shepherd | Glamorgan v Gloucestershire | St Helen's, Swansea | 1957 |
| 210 | MWW Selvey | Zimbabwe v Middlesex | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | 1980/81 |
| 203 | LB Taylor | Essex v Leicestershire | County Ground, Chelmsford | 1988 |
| 198 | DL Underwood | Lancashire v Kent | Old Trafford, Manchester | 1969 |
| 197 | RNS Hobbs | Essex v Glamorgan | Valentine's Park, Ilford | 1968 |
| 194 | TA Munton | England A v The Rest | County Ground, Chelmsford | 1996 |
| 193 | GAR Lock | Yorkshire v Surrey | Headingley, Leeds | 1955 |
| 192 | PCR Tufnell | Middlesex v Worcestershire | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | 1996 |
| 188 | A Brown | Kent v Middlesex | Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend | 1966 |
| 178 | AP Pridgeon | Worcestershire v Warwickshire | County Ground, New Road, Worcester | 1984 |
| 174 | JA Flavell | Worcestershire v Warwickshire | Tipton Road, Dudley | 1959 |
| 171 | FW Tate | Sussex v Somerset | County Ground, Hove | 1899 |
| 169 | JM Anderson | England v India | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 2014 |
| 167 | CE Waller | Cambridge University v Sussex | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge | 1981 |
| 164 | T Greenhough | Lancashire v Gloucestershire | Old Trafford, Manchester | 1962 |
| 164 | HC Snary | Leicestershire v Indians | Aylestone Road, Leicester | 1932 |
| 161 | DV Brennan | Maharashtra v Marylebone Cricket Club | Club of Maharashtra, Poona | 1951/52 |
| 160 | J Davey | Gloucestershire v Glamorgan | Phoenix County Ground, Bristol | 1977 |
| 160 | JSE Price | DH Robins' XI v West Indians | The Saffrons, Eastbourne | 1969 |
| 160 | J Wootton | Hampshire v Somerset | County Ground, Southampton | 1896 |
| 159 | G Onions | Durham v Nottinghamshire | Emirates Riverside, Chester-le-Street | 2016 |
| 157 | JD Bannister | Oxford University v Warwickshire | The University Parks, Oxford | 1959 |
| 156 | BM Brain | Gloucestershire v Essex | College Ground, Cheltenham | 1976 |
| 152 | IAR Peebles | HDG Leveson-Gower's XI v Cambridge University | The Saffrons, Eastbourne | 1933 |
The list shows occurrences of 150 matches or more
