First-Class Oldest Players on Debut

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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	192	Raja Maharaj Singh	Bombay Governor's XI v Commonwealth XI	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	1950/51
60	269	CJ Vels	Orange Free State v Marylebone Cricket Club	Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein	1927/28
59	185	AE Green-Price	HK Foster's XI v Worcestershire	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	1919
58	108	WP Beecham	Sussex v Marylebone Cricket Club	East Sussex Cricket Ground, St Leonards-on-Sea	1857
57	281	J Challen	Petworth v Marylebone Cricket Club	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1845
55	339	J Earl	Manchester v Yorkshire	Moss Lane, Manchester	1844
55	85	CB Cumberland	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1855/56
54	279	G Giles	English Residents v American Born	Germantown Cricket Club Ground, Nicetown, Philadelphia	1880
54	191	FW Kennaway	Punjab Governor's XI v Muslims	Lawrence Gardens, Lahore	1928/29
54	186	SB Morley	United States of America v Gentlemen of Philadelphia	Germantown Cricket Club Ground, Nicetown, Philadelphia	1884
54	175	J Marshall	Tasmania v Victoria	Launceston Cricket Club Ground, Launceston	1850/51
54	133	GY Lagden	Marylebone Cricket Club v South Africa Army	Thara Tswane, Pretoria	1905/06
52	262	T Morris	Players of United States of America v Gentlemen of Philadelphia	Belmont Cricket Club Ground, Philadelphia	1893
51	279	CP Woods	Wales v Minor Counties	Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea, Colwyn Bay	1930
51	167	JW Smythe	Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University	Magdalen Ground, Oxford	1878
51	62	W Brown	Tasmania v Victoria	Lower Domain Ground, Hobart	1857/58
50	337	S Nayyar	Himachal Pradesh v Jammu and Kashmir	Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar	1985/86
50	325	G Moore	New South Wales v Victoria	Albert Cricket Ground, Sydney	1870/71
50	312	J Gilbert	Lord Sheffield's XI v A Shaw's XI	Sheffield Park, Uckfield	1881
50	281	ES Wilson	Otago v Wellington	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1927/28
49	90	JM Graham	Scotland v South Africans	Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow	1924
48	352	Bashir Ahmed	Rawalpindi v Combined Services	Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi	1958/59
48	320	J Hughes	South v Marylebone Cricket Club	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1874
48	254	J Smyth	United Provinces Governor's XI v CK Nayudu's XI	Alfred Park, Allahabad	1940/41
48	252	OF Lumsden	Europeans v Muslims	Lawrence Gardens, Lahore	1922/23
48	214	A Maingot	Trinidad v Barbados	Bourda, Georgetown	1910/11
48	202	WOM Mosse	Europeans v Hindus	Gymkhana Ground, Bombay	1908/09
48	175	Lord Lilford	Northamptonshire v Indians	County Ground, Northampton	1911
48	124	AA Qureshi	Northern India v Southern Punjab	Baradari Ground, Patiala	1943/44
48	82	W Summers	Lord Sheffield's XI v A Shaw's XI	Sheffield Park, Uckfield	1881
48	30	BJW Nicholas	Mysore v Hyderabad	Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad	1938/39
48	11	WO Prichard	Europeans v Indians	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras	1926/27
47	274	WO Groom	Fiji v Auckland	Auckland Domain, Auckland	1894/95
47	242	A Nash	Glamorgan v Sussex	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	1921
47	239	T Selby	Kent v Sussex	Royal New Ground, Brighton	1839
47	201	WB Baker	Marylebone Cricket Club v Dublin University	College Park, Dublin	1895
47	193	AA George	Wellington v Hawke's Bay	Nelson Park, Hastings	1913/14
47	101	T Onslow	Surrey v England	Lord's Old Ground, Marylebone	1801
47	99	HES Abbott	Marylebone Cricket Club v London County	Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace	1902
47	77	A Greenfield	Nelson v Wellington	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1875/76
47	73	W McDowell	Canterbury v Otago	Carisbrook, Dunedin	1883/84
46	363	CB King	Auckland v Otago	Carisbrook, Dunedin	1893/94
46	238	A Wimbush	Europeans v Indians	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras	1932/33
46	169	L Birch	Manchester v Yorkshire	Moss Lane, Manchester	1844
46	146	V de Mel	Moratuwa Sports Club v Sinhalese Sports Club	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	1989/90
46	136	ES Missen	Essex v Hampshire	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester	1921
46	129	HB Foot	Victoria v Tasmania	Emerald Hill, Melbourne	1851/52
46	123	J Cahn	Sir J Cahn's XI v Jamaica	Melbourne Park, Kingston	1928/29
46	114	EA Foord	WG Grace's XI v Kent	Mote Park, Maidstone	1871
46	114	HL Rosher	JG Greig's XI v Hindus	Deccan Gymkhana Ground, Poona	1912/13
46	85	D Rice	LC Stevens' XI v Cambridge University	The Saffrons, Eastbourne	1960
46	63	RG Wright	Europeans v Muslims	Lawrence Gardens, Lahore	1922/23
46	57	Jalil Ahmed	Lahore City v Karachi	Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium, Multan	1982/83
45	351	JB Story	Gentlemen of the North v Gentlemen of the South	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1858
45	312	BC Smith	Northamptonshire v Hampshire	County Ground, Southampton	1905
45	308	CL Lewin	Royal Navy v Army	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1920
45	306	LN Jones	Minor Counties v Ireland	Observatory Lane, Rathmines, Dublin	1937
45	296	TI Singh	Manipur v Arunachal Pradesh	Videocon Academy Ground, Kolkata	2018/19
45	291	HW Glerum	Free Foresters v Oxford University	The University Parks, Oxford	1957
45	276	M Gisborne	North v Marylebone Cricket Club	Burton-on-Trent	1840
45	247	TA Singh	Manipur v Uttarakhand	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehra Dun	2018/19
45	234	CE Rodriguez	Marylebone Cricket Club v London County	Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace	1900
45	220	RD Anstead	Europeans v Indians	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras	1921/22
45	209	ST Stubbs	Rangoon Gymkhana v Marylebone Cricket Club	Gymkhana Ground, Rangoon	1926/27
45	204	G Thorpe	Nottingham v Sheffield and Leicester	Darnall New Ground, Sheffield	1826
45	165	FC Benham	Scotland v Yorkshire	The Circle, Hull	1949
45	91	AS Bensimon	Western Province v Transvaal	Newlands, Cape Town	1931/32
45	40	WMR Drinnan	Scotland v Ireland	Raeburn Place, Edinburgh	1928
45	29	JN Dudlow	Kent v Nottinghamshire	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1841
45	14	WM Southey	Europeans v Parsees	Deccan Gymkhana Ground, Poona	1911/12
45	4	Rafiq Ahmed	Railways B v National Bank of Pakistan	Karachi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi	1970/71
44	333	Tehzib-ul-Ghani	Commerce Bank v Khairpur	National Stadium, Karachi	1973/74
44	331	S Mujibur Rahaman	Manipur v Meghalaya	Jadavpur University Second Campus Ground, Kolkata	2018/19
44	311	WC Brockway	Eastern Province v Transvaal	Union Ground, St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	1951/52
44	247	SL Wace	Europeans v Marylebone Cricket Club	Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi	1926/27
44	200	G Wescoe	Sheffield v Manchester	Botanical Gardens, Manchester	1854
44	197	RSN Gilchrist	Gentlemen of Middlesex v Gentlemen of England	Cattle Market Ground, Islington	1865
44	192	JG O'Brien	Ireland v Scotland	College Park, Dublin	1910
44	183	WL Brewster	English Residents v American Born	Germantown Cricket Club Ground, Nicetown, Philadelphia	1883
44	170	AL Wells	Northamptonshire v Glamorgan	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	1954
44	163	C Dilloway	Sussex v Hampshire	Bramshill Park, Bramshill	1825
44	162	CS Anderson	Ireland v Oxford University	The University Parks, Oxford	1926
44	150	AE Sellers	Scotland v Ireland	Raeburn Place, Edinburgh	1920
44	122	BL Talbot	Sussex v Oxford University	Chichester Priory Park, Chichester	1947
44	115	WL Richardson	Orange Free State v Western Province	Berea Park, Pretoria	1906/07
44	108	DL de Saram	Ceylonese v Marylebone Cricket Club	Vihara Mahadevi Park, Colombo	1926/27
44	100	WA Hay	Otago v Southland	Carisbrook, Dunedin	1917/18
44	87	EW Burdett	Nizam's State Railway A v Freelooters	Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad	1931/32
44	74	PH Farnfield	Worcestershire v Hampshire	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	1925
44	66	WG Gethin	Worcestershire v Glamorgan	Chester Road North, Kidderminster	1921
44	54	R Mead-Briggs	Warwickshire v Sussex	Edgbaston, Birmingham	1946
44	51	P Beveridge	Auckland v Canterbury	Hagley Oval, Christchurch	1918/19
44	24	C Hollinshead	Gloucestershire v Cambridge University	Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester	1946
44	21	RH Dewing	Europeans v Parsees	Gymkhana Ground, Bombay	1907/08
44	21	HJ Dent	HK Foster's XI v Worcestershire	Racecourse Ground, Hereford	1919
44	6	PW Turrall	Essex v Oxford University	County Ground, Chelmsford	1927
44	1	CS Lloyd	Marylebone Cricket Club v Gentlemen of Kent	West Kent Cricket Club Ground, Chislehurst	1833
43	360	JH Haughton	Wellington v Nelson	Victory Square, Nelson	1876/77
43	359	P McIntyre	Wellington v Nelson	Victory Square, Nelson	1887/88
43	357	LAF Weigall	Europeans v Parsees	Gymkhana Ground, Bombay	1917/18
43	357	SZ Zorinliana	Mizoram v Manipur	District Sports Association Ground, Jorhat	2018/19
43	347	FN Brown	Eastern Punjab v Delhi	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	1951/52
43	346	GR Bottomley	Otago v New South Wales	Carisbrook, Dunedin	1889/90
43	346	G Passmore	Hampshire v Yorkshire	County Ground, Southampton	1896
43	332	TR Crosskey	Scotland v Yorkshire	The Circle, Hull	1949
43	324	GL Robathan	Gloucestershire v Middlesex	Spa Ground, Gloucester	1922
43	323	Mohammad Hussain	Sind v Bahawalpur	Bahawal Stadium, Bahawalpur	1953/54
43	322	AP Scott	Marylebone Cricket Club v Royal Navy	Royal Navy and Royal Marines Recreation Ground, Chatham	1929
43	308	DB Williams	Glamorgan v Hampshire	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	1921
43	271	C Goodall	Nottingham v Sheffield and Leicester	Darnall New Ground, Sheffield	1826
43	266	AL Rawlinson	Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University	Magdalen Ground, Oxford	1849
43	251	PS Reaney	Hawke's Bay v Wellington	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1905/06
43	250	W Bedster	England v Hampshire	Broad Halfpenny Down, Hambledon	1777
43	248	MIN Eames	Hong Kong v United Arab Emirates	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	2005
43	214	T Hills	Kent v Nottinghamshire	Old County Ground, Town Malling	1840
43	174	PW Dive	New South Wales v Queensland	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1924/25
43	169	CGC Elers	West v East	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	1910
43	164	T Ince	Marylebone Cricket Club v Cambridge University	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1849
43	163	WJ Truscott	Western Australia v Australian XI	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth	1929/30
43	137	GE Cording	Glamorgan v Sussex	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	1921
43	125	AL Foster	Europeans v Muslims	Lawrence Gardens, Lahore	1924/25
43	123	T Deakin	Yorkshire v Norfolk	Hyde Park Ground, Sheffield	1833
43	103	GF Linney	Tasmania v New South Wales	Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Hobart	1912/13
43	98	HD Swan	Marylebone Cricket Club v Western Australia	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth	1922/23
43	85	MA Dayasiri	Singha Sports Club v Burgher Recreation Club	Burgher Recreation Club Ground, Colombo	1989/90
43	73	G Lankham	Auckland v Canterbury	Hagley Oval, Christchurch	1873/74
43	37	H Hailey	Essex v Leicestershire	County Ground, Leyton	1894
43	36	REL Klemp	Griqualand West v Orange Free State	Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein	1947/48
43	31	ER Gurney	Gloucestershire v Cambridge University	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1911
43	6	C Arthur	Tasmania v Victoria	Launceston Cricket Club Ground, Launceston	1850/51
42	364	RK Green	Europeans v Indians	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras	1915/16
42	360	EH Rivett-Carnac	Marylebone Cricket Club v London County	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1900
42	345	Miran Bakhsh	Commander-in-Chief's XI v Ceylon	Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi	1949/50
42	342	ES Sim	Rhodesia v Griqualand West	De Beers Stadium, Kimberley	1929/30
42	330	JA Doig	Southland v Otago	Rugby Park, Invercargill	1914/15
42	309	JC Lyttelton	Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	1924
42	298	RH Mallett	Marylebone Cricket Club v London County	Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace	1901
42	294	DD Blackie	Victoria v New South Wales	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1924/25
42	278	FHA Stephenson	Europeans v Indians	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras	1915/16
42	271	F Twynam	Hampshire v All England Eleven	Day's (Itchen) Ground, Southampton	1848
42	271	CT Mannes	Scotland v West Indians	Raeburn Place, Edinburgh	1906
42	262	F Barkham	Scotland v Warwickshire	Edgbaston, Birmingham	1948
42	260	CJ Abrahams	Western Province v Eastern Province	Green Point, Cape Town	1974/75
42	243	FA Currie	Marylebone Cricket Club v Leicestershire	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1894
42	242	EJ Gothard	Derbyshire v Northamptonshire	County Ground, Derby	1947
42	240	EPG Causton	Hampshire v Essex	County Ground, Leyton	1919
42	210	BK Castor	Essex v Cambridge University	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1932
42	209	J Bancroft	Glamorgan v Lancashire	Old Trafford, Manchester	1922
42	196	J Pennycuick	Marylebone Cricket Club v Somerset	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1883
42	184	R Puvendran	Canada v Kenya	Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City	2006
42	181	TJ Dixon	Transvaal v Kimberley	Eclectics Cricket Club Ground, Kimberley	1889/90
42	176	DL Blake	United States of America v Canada	Brian Piccolo Park, Cooper City, Fort Lauderdale	2004
42	175	HJT Henri	Tasmania v Marylebone Cricket Club	North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Launceston	1907/08
42	170	DM Brain	Transvaal v Griqualand West	Lord's No 4, Durban	1910/11
42	161	EP Free	Tasmania v New South Wales	Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Hobart	1909/10
42	158	JT Medlow	Canterbury v Wellington	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1894/95
42	141	W Henty	Tasmania v Victoria	Launceston Cricket Club Ground, Launceston	1850/51
42	139	FW Rhodes	Europeans v Parsees	Gymkhana Ground, Bombay	1892/93
42	112	CA Durant	Barbados Born v The Rest	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	1927/28
42	104	WA Fordham	Wellington v Nelson	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1877/78
42	87	TM Sturgess	Europeans v The Rest	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	1940/41
42	71	A Millward	North v South	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1900
42	67	JA Kennedy	Boland v Border	Oude Libertas, Stellenbosch Farmers Winery Ground, Stellenbosch	1980/81
42	67	PV Tambe	Mumbai v Orissa	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	2013/14
42	64	GWC Craik	Europeans v Indians	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras	1935/36
42	62	HH Hornby	Gentlemen of the North v Gentlemen of the South	Broughton Cricket Club Ground, Salford	1858
42	54	HE Theobald	Minor Counties v Oxford University	The University Parks, Oxford	1938
42	49	CA Reid	United States of America v Canada	Brian Piccolo Park, Cooper City, Fort Lauderdale	2004
42	45	MH Ormsby	Europeans v Indians	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras	1919/20
42	43	SM Viliame	Fiji v Auckland	Eden Park, Auckland	1947/48
42	30	G Beldham	Surrey v England	Lord's Old Ground, Marylebone	1800
42	8	TB Williams	Wales v Ireland	Ormeau, Belfast	1926
42	6	L Nicholls	Europeans v Marylebone Cricket Club	Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo	1926/27
42	5	JH Allen	Otago v Canterbury	Carisbrook, Dunedin	1944/45
42	3	J Pearson	English Residents v American Born	Germantown Cricket Club Ground, Nicetown, Philadelphia	1880
42	0	AF Mathie-Morton	Scotland v Marylebone Cricket Club	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1922
41	363	AJ Herbert	Europeans v Parsees	Gymkhana Ground, Bombay	1897/98
41	347	ER Sweet-Escott	Glamorgan v Worcestershire	Chester Road North, Kidderminster	1921
41	334	P Stewart	Hampshire v England	Broad Halfpenny Down, Hambledon	1772
41	326	P Herbert	Gentlemen of the South v Players of the South	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1920
41	322	RG Smith	Burma v Marylebone Cricket Club	Burma Athletic Association Ground, Rangoon	1926/27
41	319	WW Strang	Otago v Canterbury	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1929/30
41	309	J Chandless	Wales v Ireland	Ormeau, Belfast	1926
41	308	J Brittain	Nottingham v Sheffield	Darnall New Ground, Sheffield	1827
41	302	AS Arthur	Europeans v Indians	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras	1918/19
41	278	AB Clarke	Demerara v RS Lucas' XI	Bourda, Georgetown	1894/95
41	277	DM Fyfe	Gentlemen of the South v I Zingari	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	1866
41	250	PI Best	Cayman Islands v Bermuda	Armour Heights, Toronto	2005
41	243	GW Brook	Worcestershire v Australians	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	1930
41	239	H Brooks	Players of United States of America v Gentlemen of Philadelphia	Young America Cricket Club Ground, Philadelphia	1885
41	239	HR Aston	Rangoon Gymkhana v Marylebone Cricket Club	Gymkhana Ground, Rangoon	1926/27
41	232	HA Fulton	Worcestershire v Leicestershire	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	1914
41	223	WH Goudge	Royal Navy v Cambridge University	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1919
41	216	RS Collins	Civil Service v New Zealanders	Civil Service Sports Ground, Chiswick	1927
41	204	P Bramley	Nottingham v Sheffield and Leicester	Darnall New Ground, Sheffield	1826
41	202	JS Vesey-Brown	Europeans v Indians	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras	1939/40
41	191	E King	Leicestershire v Derbyshire	Aylestone Road, Leicester	1925
41	184	G Plank	Gentlemen v Players	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1837
41	170	RET Ingram	Somerset v Kent	The Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells	1910
41	167	R Thomas	Gentlemen of Kent v Marylebone Cricket Club	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1833
41	154	RM Thorburn	Scotland v Wales	St Helen's, Swansea	1924
41	152	DLU Thabrew	Sri Lanka Army Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club	Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo	2013/14
41	148	JEM Fernando	Ceylon Cricket Association v Holkar	Colombo Oval, Colombo	1947/48
41	142	A Pitcairn	Marylebone Cricket Club v Middlesex	Lord's Old Ground, Marylebone	1791
41	133	ND Noble	Scotland v Ireland	Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow	1922
41	124	DR Archer	Bermuda v United States of America	National Stadium, Hamilton	2004
41	115	PG Oberg	Griqualand West v Transvaal B	De Beers Stadium, Kimberley	1962/63
41	106	WH Cannon	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1912/13
41	102	CJP Foley	Orange Free State v Natal	Kingsmead, Durban	1950/51
41	93	AI Conan Doyle	Marylebone Cricket Club v London County	Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace	1900
41	91	CC Warner	Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire	St Helen's, Swansea	1923
41	88	JW Stevens	Victoria v Tasmania	Emerald Hill, Melbourne	1851/52
41	86	R Ramnarace	Berbice v EW Swanton's XI	Welfare Centre Ground, Rose Hall	1960/61
41	83	FA Powlett	Victoria v Tasmania	Emerald Hill, Melbourne	1851/52
41	58	G Staite	Hawke's Bay v Wellington	Recreation Ground, Napier	1895/96
41	54	RAW Brathwaite	Hawke's Bay v Wellington	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1885/86
41	54	ZA Amin	United States of America v Canada	Brian Piccolo Park, Cooper City, Fort Lauderdale	2004
41	47	RD Inskip	Europeans v Marylebone Cricket Club	Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi	1926/27
41	45	GE Martin	Glamorgan v Somerset	St Helen's, Swansea	1921
41	43	T Spencer	Somerset v Yorkshire	County Ground, Taunton	1891
41	38	Nisar Qureshi	Combined Services v Indians	Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi	1954/55
41	13	HI Meikle	Jamaica v Oxford and Cambridge Universities	Sabina Park, Kingston	1938
40	359	DE Mattocks	Minor Counties v Zimbabweans	Sports Ground, Cleethorpes	1985
40	341	RO Edwards	The Rest v Royal Air Force	The Saffrons, Eastbourne	1922
40	327	DP Henry	Free Foresters v Oxford University	The University Parks, Oxford	1948
40	325	FR Buttsworth	Western Australia v Australian XI	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth	1920/21
40	315	H Mace	Wellington v Nelson	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1877/78
40	314	WJ Bythell	Marylebone Cricket Club v London County	Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace	1903
40	314	Mohammad Talib	Pakistan Customs v Habib Bank Limited	National Stadium, Karachi	1975/76
40	308	W Clark	Scotland v Ireland	Glenpark, Greenock	1946
40	300	JB Beardsell	Europeans v Indians	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras	1947/48
40	289	SRDH Beresford	Marylebone Cricket Club v Nottinghamshire	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1909
40	250	HL Blamires	Hawke's Bay v Wellington	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1911/12
40	247	G Smith	Nottingham v Sheffield and Leicester	Darnall New Ground, Sheffield	1826
40	242	HB Bethune	Hampshire v Somerset	County Ground, Taunton	1885
40	236	J Frame	England v Hampshire	Broad Halfpenny Down, Hambledon	1772
40	236	T Preece	Glamorgan v Lancashire	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	1923
40	236	EM Senior	Combined Services v Nottinghamshire	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1961
40	233	TP Wickham	Hampshire v All England Eleven	Day's (Itchen) Ground, Southampton	1850
40	233	PC Ewens	Somerset v Derbyshire	Queen's Park, Chesterfield	1923
40	232	KM Connelly	Midlands v Matabeleland	Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe	1999/00
40	230	C Shawe	HDG Leveson-Gower's XI v Oxford University	The Saffrons, Eastbourne	1919
40	223	GS Cooper	Europeans v Indians	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras	1921/22
40	218	J Hogg	Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire and Durham	Portrack Lane, Stockton-on-Tees	1858
40	213	MR Johnson	United States of America v Canada	Brian Piccolo Park, Cooper City, Fort Lauderdale	2004
40	194	RAS Pringle	Griqualand West v Transvaal	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1933/34
40	188	Kaif Ghaury	United Arab Emirates v Malaysia	Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur	2004/05
40	187	JC Richardson	Scotland v Northamptonshire	Town Ground, Peterborough	1953
40	186	PH Barnes	Canada v Marylebone Cricket Club	Armour Heights, Toronto	1951
40	185	CD Leech	Suffolk v Marylebone Cricket Club	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1830
40	184	W Jarvis	English Residents v American Born	Germantown Cricket Club Ground, Nicetown, Philadelphia	1882
40	179	JB Warwick	Nottinghamshire v Hampshire	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1843
40	177	WMM Marshall	West Indians v Tasmania	North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Launceston	1960/61
40	175	RS Brodie	Victoria v Tasmania	Launceston Cricket Club Ground, Launceston	1853/54
40	167	WB Haworth	Gentlemen v Players	Whitegate Park, Blackpool	1924
40	165	KLSK Sirisena	Burgher Recreation Club v Singha Sports Club	Burgher Recreation Club Ground, Colombo	1989/90
40	161	J Allan	Scotland v Worcestershire	Forthill, Dundee	1951
40	155	S Moorthy	Puducherry v Nagaland	Sree Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences Cricket Ground, Puducherry	2019/20
40	154	PG Nana	East Africa v Marylebone Cricket Club	Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi	1973/74
40	127	HRD Oldman	Baluchistan v Sind	Racecourse Ground, Quetta	1954/55
40	126	T Crump	Somerset v Hampshire	County Ground, Taunton	1885
40	124	JE MacDonnell	Gloucestershire v Surrey	Clifton College Close Ground, Clifton	1881
40	123	AH Hornby	Viceroy's XI v Indian University Occasionals	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	1934/35
40	116	GB Bland	Europeans v Parsees	Gymkhana Ground, Bombay	1898/99
40	107	J Broad	Kent v United England Eleven	Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend	1854
40	106	CR Williams	Matabeleland v Mashonaland	Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo	2001/02
40	104	RF Mosley	North-West Frontier Province v Delhi	Peshawar Club Ground, Peshawar	1938/39
40	95	AJ Brock	Andhra v Mysore	Central College Ground, Bangalore	1953/54
40	89	RB Vincent	Wellington v Nelson	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1886/87
40	84	JH Harris	Otago v Canterbury	South Dunedin Recreation Ground, Dunedin	1865/66
40	77	RH Johnston	Scotland v Australians	Raeburn Place, Edinburgh	1905
40	73	J Rothwell	Canterbury v Otago	Carisbrook, Dunedin	1883/84
40	63	JWE Gilhespy	Europeans v Parsees	Gymkhana Ground, Bombay	1923/24
40	61	RW Rudd	Argentina v Marylebone Cricket Club	Lomas Athletic, Buenos Aires	1911/12
40	58	OC White	Northamptonshire v Essex	County Ground, Northampton	1920
40	54	KG Tulloch	Cayman Islands v Bermuda	Armour Heights, Toronto	2005
40	51	H Creber	South Wales v South Africans	St Helen's, Swansea	1912
40	49	F Wright	Leicestershire v Derbyshire	Grace Road, Leicester	1895
40	38	FK McNamara	Free Foresters v Cambridge University	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1952
40	37	C Henwood	Natal v Griqualand West	Old Wanderers Pirates Lower Back Ground, Johannesburg	1896/97
40	19	J Haines	Middlesex v Lancashire	Old Trafford, Manchester	1865
40	17	F Fleming	London County v Cambridge University	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1901
40	9	GO Gauld	Nottinghamshire v Kent	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1913
40	3	JB Sparks	Royal Navy v Army	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1913
40	1	C Mainon	Western Province v Natal	Newlands, Cape Town	1893/94

The list shows occurrences of players aged 40 years or more on debut