First-Class Best Bowling Returns 12 Wickets in a Match
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| 12-18 | (6-13, 6-5) | AP Bennett | Nelson v Wellington | Victory Square, Nelson | 1885/86 |
| 12-19 | (6-12, 6-7) | GH Hirst | Yorkshire v Northamptonshire | County Ground, Northampton | 1908 |
| 12-20 | (5-6, 7-14) | T Richardson | Surrey v Leicestershire | Grace Road, Leicester | 1897 |
| 12-23 | (8-11, 4-12) | G Freeman | Yorkshire v Lancashire | Recreation Ground, Holbeck | 1868 |
| 12-28 | (6-19, 6-9) | E Willsher | Kent v Yorkshire | Bramall Lane, Sheffield | 1865 |
| 12-29 | (7-13, 5-16) | GA Lohmann | Surrey v Hampshire | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1885 |
| 12-29 | (7-12, 5-17) | GH Hirst | Yorkshire v Essex | County Ground, Leyton | 1901 |
| 12-30 | (6-11, 6-19) | TB Mitchell | Derbyshire v Sussex | Queen's Park, Chesterfield | 1931 |
| 12-31 | (8-20, 4-11) | SJ Magoffin | Sussex v Somerset | Cricket Field Road, Horsham | 2013 |
| 12-32 | (4-7, 8-25) | A Gqamane | Border v Griqualand West | Buffalo Park, East London | 2010/11 |
| 12-33 | (4-21, 8-12) | RW Norden | Transvaal v Rhodesia | Old Wanderers, Johannesburg | 1904/05 |
| 12-33 | (3-16, 9-17) | HL Jackson | Derbyshire v Cambridge University | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge | 1959 |
| 12-34 | (7-13, 5-21) | J Grundy | North v South | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1852 |
| 12-34 | (8-18, 4-16) | GA Lohmann | Surrey v Hampshire | County Ground, Southampton | 1885 |
| 12-34 | (7-15, 5-19) | A Cotter | Australians v Worcestershire | County Ground, New Road, Worcester | 1905 |
| 12-34 | (6-20, 6-14) | GAR Lock | Surrey v Glamorgan | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1957 |
| 12-34 | (7-27, 5-7) | M Amarnath | Punjab v Jammu and Kashmir | Baradari Ground, Patiala | 1969/70 |
| 12-35 | (6-25, 6-10) | TW Wills | Victoria v Tasmania | Lower Domain Ground, Hobart | 1857/58 |
| 12-35 | (6-22, 6-13) | JC Shaw | Nottinghamshire v Kent | Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace | 1870 |
| 12-35 | (7-7, 5-28) | F Morley | Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1879 |
| 12-35 | (5-9, 7-26) | FA Tarrant | Maharaja of Cooch-Behar's XI v Bengal Governor's XI | Eden Gardens, Calcutta | 1917/18 |
| 12-35 | (8-18, 4-17) | AV Bedser | Surrey v Warwickshire | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1953 |
| 12-36 | (5-18, 7-18) | Umesh Kumar | Punjab v Jammu and Kashmir | Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground, Jammu | 1976/77 |
| 12-38 | (5-15, 7-23) | W McIntyre | Lancashire v Derbyshire | County Ground, Derby | 1872 |
| 12-38 | (8-14, 4-24) | G Nash | Lancashire v Somerset | Old Trafford, Manchester | 1882 |
| 12-38 | (5-16, 7-22) | LF Townsend | Marylebone Cricket Club v Rajputana | Mayo College Ground, Ajmer | 1933/34 |
| 12-38 | (7-19, 5-19) | MA Latif | East Pakistan Greens v East Pakistan Railways | Dacca Stadium, Dacca | 1967/68 |
| 12-39 | (5-12, 7-27) | Munir Malik | Rawalpindi v Peshawar | Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi | 1958/59 |
| 12-39 | (8-24, 4-15) | EJ Chatfield | Wellington v Northern Districts | Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt | 1979/80 |
| 12-39 | (5-15, 7-24) | A Rana | Haryana v Nagaland | Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Lahli | 2022/23 |
| 12-40 | (6-18, 6-22) | C Brampton | Marylebone Cricket Club v Sussex | Dripping Pan, Lewes | 1860 |
| 12-40 | (5-10, 7-30) | G Wootton | Marylebone Cricket Club v Hampshire | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | 1869 |
| 12-40 | (7-16, 5-24) | E O'Shaughnessy | Kent v Sussex | County Ground, Hove | 1879 |
| 12-40 | (7-12, 5-28) | AD Downes | Otago v Canterbury | Carisbrook, Dunedin | 1896/97 |
| 12-40 | (5-19, 7-21) | GG Macaulay | Yorkshire v Gloucestershire | Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester | 1924 |
The list shows occurrences of 40 runs or less
