Test Oldest Players

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(Age on final day of their last Test match)

Years	Days
52	165	W Rhodes	England v West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston	1929/30
50	327	H Ironmonger	Australia v England	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1932/33
50	320	WG Grace	England v Australia	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1899
50	303	G Gunn	England v West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston	1929/30
49	139	J Southerton	England v Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1876/77
47	301	Miran Bakhsh	Pakistan v India	Peshawar Club Ground, Peshawar	1954/55
47	249	JB Hobbs	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1930
47	87	FE Woolley	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1934
46	309	DD Blackie	Australia v England	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	1928/29
46	202	H Strudwick	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1926
46	41	EH Hendren	England v West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston	1934/35
45	304	AJ Traicos	Zimbabwe v India	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	1992/93
45	245	GOB Allen	England v West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston	1947/48
45	216	P Holmes	England v India	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1932
45	207	AW Nourse	South Africa v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1924
45	140	DB Close	England v West Indies	Old Trafford, Manchester	1976
44	341	EG Wynyard	England v South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1905/06
44	317	JMM Commaille	South Africa v England	Newlands, Cape Town	1927/28
44	238	R Abel	England v Australia	Old Trafford, Manchester	1902
44	236	GA Headley	West Indies v England	Sabina Park, Kingston	1953/54
44	105	Amir Elahi	Pakistan v India	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	1952/53
44	69	CV Grimmett	Australia v South Africa	Kingsmead, Durban	1935/36
43	279	WR Hammond	England v New Zealand	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1946/47
43	259	H Carter	Australia v South Africa	Newlands, Cape Town	1921/22
43	254	W Bardsley	Australia v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1926
43	118	CP Carter	South Africa v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1924
42	351	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan v West Indies	Windsor Park, Roseau	2016/17
42	344	JE Emburey	England v West Indies	Old Trafford, Manchester	1995
42	301	HW Taylor	South Africa v New Zealand	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1931/32
42	295	WW Whysall	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1930
42	256	AFA Lilley	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1909
42	251	RW Taylor	England v Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	1983/84
42	247	N Betancourt	West Indies v England	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	1929/30
42	224	C Kelleway	Australia v England	Exhibition Ground, Brisbane	1928/29
42	197	GA Faulkner	South Africa v England	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1924
42	196	FR Brown	England v Australia	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1953
42	175	WAS Oldfield	Australia v England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1936/37
42	130	SE Gregory	Australia v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1912
42	127	JWHT Douglas	England v Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1924/25
42	121	NE Haig	England v West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston	1929/30
42	103	H Elliott	England v India	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras	1933/34
42	89	RB Simpson	Australia v West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston	1977/78
42	86	WW Armstrong	Australia v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1921
42	78	DS de Silva	Sri Lanka v England	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1984
42	67	FJ Titmus	England v Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	1974/75
42	51	MC Cowdrey	England v Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1974/75
42	42	WE Astill	England v West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston	1929/30
42	29	EAB Rowan	South Africa v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1951
42	21	SJ Snooke	South Africa v England	Kingsmead, Durban	1922/23
42	1	TW Graveney	England v West Indies	Old Trafford, Manchester	1969
41	341	ER Wilson	England v Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1920/21
41	322	EE Hemmings	England v Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1990/91
41	305	MH Mankad	India v West Indies	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	1958/59
41	271	CP Mead	England v Australia	Exhibition Ground, Brisbane	1928/29
41	266	C Washbrook	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1956
41	247	JC Alabaster	New Zealand v West Indies	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	1971/72
41	223	JM Anderson	England v India	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala	2023/24
41	199	GA Gooch	England v Australia	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth	1994/95
41	196	B Sutcliffe	New Zealand v England	Edgbaston, Birmingham	1965
41	178	VY Richardson	Australia v South Africa	Kingsmead, Durban	1935/36
41	134	S Haigh	England v Australia	Old Trafford, Manchester	1912
41	129	LR Gibbs	West Indies v Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1975/76
41	95	L Amarnath	India v Pakistan	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	1952/53
41	95	AP Freeman	England v South Africa	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1929
41	80	R Illingworth	England v West Indies	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1973
41	77	G Boycott	England v India	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	1981/82
41	30	RJD Jamshedji	India v England	Gymkhana Ground, Bombay	1933/34
40	362	A Wood	England v West Indies	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1939
40	351	G Geary	England v Australia	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1934
40	349	O Henry	South Africa v India	Newlands, Cape Town	1992/93
40	348	CA Wiles	West Indies v England	Old Trafford, Manchester	1933
40	317	BL D'Oliveira	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1972
40	305	SF Barnes	England v South Africa	Lord's, Durban	1913/14
40	292	CK Nayudu	India v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1936
40	279	AD Nourse	South Africa v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1951
40	260	S Chanderpaul	West Indies v England	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	2014/15
40	235	HMRKB Herath	Sri Lanka v England	Galle International Stadium, Galle	2018/19
40	227	AA Mailey	Australia v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1926
40	223	JM Blackham	Australia v England	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1894/95
40	222	S Kinneir	England v Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1911/12
40	220	H Sutcliffe	England v South Africa	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1935
40	206	SR Tendulkar	India v West Indies	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	2013/14
40	198	BE Congdon	New Zealand v England	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1978
40	192	T Emmett	England v Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1881/82
40	181	W Gunn	England v Australia	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1899
40	153	AJ Stewart	England v South Africa	The AMP Oval, Kennington	2003
40	128	GWA Chubb	South Africa v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1951
40	128	RK Oxenham	Australia v South Africa	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane	1931/32
40	124	CH Lloyd	West Indies v Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1984/85
40	119	CB Fry	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1912
40	114	HW Lee	England v South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1930/31
40	100	WJ O'Reilly	Australia v New Zealand	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1945/46
40	98	DL Houghton	Zimbabwe v New Zealand	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	1997/98
40	94	HL Jackson	England v Australia	Headingley, Leeds	1961
40	63	C Ramaswami	India v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1936
40	62	LB Fishlock	England v Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1946/47
40	61	MW Tate	England v South Africa	Old Trafford, Manchester	1935
40	60	B Mitchell	South Africa v England	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	1948/49
40	52	CG Macartney	Australia v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1926
40	47	G Challenor	West Indies v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1928
40	41	J Langridge	England v India	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1946
40	39	GE Tyldesley	England v Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1928/29
40	30	SJ Cook	South Africa v Sri Lanka	Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa	1993
40	26	VM Merchant	India v England	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	1951/52
40	12	HHH Johnson	West Indies v England	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1950
40	6	JC White	England v South Africa	Kingsmead, Durban	1930/31
40	0	CG Greenidge	West Indies v Australia	Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's	1990/91

The list shows 107 occurrences of players aged 40 years or more