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Oldest Players for England in Test matches

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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	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	249	JB Hobbs	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1930
47	87	FE Woolley	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1934
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	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	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	238	R Abel	England v Australia	Old Trafford, Manchester	1902
43	279	WR Hammond	England v New Zealand	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1946/47
42	344	JE Emburey	England v West Indies	Old Trafford, Manchester	1995
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	196	FR Brown	England v Australia	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1953
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	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	1	TW Graveney	England v West Indies	Old Trafford, Manchester	1969
41	348	JM Anderson	England v West Indies	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	2024
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	271	CP Mead	England v Australia	Exhibition Ground, Brisbane	1928/29
41	266	C Washbrook	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1956
41	199	GA Gooch	England v Australia	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth	1994/95
41	134	S Haigh	England v Australia	Old Trafford, Manchester	1912
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
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	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	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	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	119	CB Fry	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1912
40	114	HW Lee	England v South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1930/31
40	94	HL Jackson	England v Australia	Headingley, Leeds	1961
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	41	J Langridge	England v India	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1946
40	39	GE Tyldesley	England v Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1928/29
40	6	JC White	England v South Africa	Kingsmead, Durban	1930/31

The list shows 53 occurrences of players aged 40 years or more

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