# List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Clarrie Grimmett

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, and as of August 2014 only 23 bowlers have taken at least 20 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.
Clarence Victor "Clarrie" Grimmett (25 December 1891 – 2 May 1980), a leg spinner and right-hand batsman, was born in New Zealand though he played the bulk of his cricket in Australia. He is thought by many to be one of the finest early spin bowlers, and is usually credited as the developer of the flipper. Grimmett made his first-class debut for Wellington at the age of 17. At that time, New Zealand was not a Test cricketing nation, and in 1914 he moved to neighbouring Australia to further his career.
Grimmett played 37 Tests between 1924 and 1936, taking 216 wickets at an average of just 24.21 runs apiece. He took a five-wicket haul on debut against England in Sydney in 1925. He became the first bowler to reach the milestone of taking 200 Test wickets, and is one of only four Test bowlers that played in their first Test after the age of thirty to take more than 100 wickets, the other three beings Dilip Doshi, Saeed Ajmal and Ryan Harris. He took an average of six wickets per match. Many wickets in the last four years of his Test career were taken bowling in tandem with fellow leg-spinner Bill O'Reilly. Grimmett remains the only bowler with career figures of over 200 wickets in fewer than 40 Tests. He took a five-wicket 'bag' on 21 occasions, seven times finishing with ten wickets or more in a match.
Grimmett was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1931, the same year as Donald Bradman. He died in Adelaide in 1980, and was posthumously inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 1996 as one of the ten inaugural members.
On 30 September 2009, Clarrie Grimmett was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

## Key

Key :
| Symbol | Meaning |
| Date | Starting day of the match |
| Inn | Innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken |
| Overs | Number of overs bowled in that innings |
| Runs | Runs conceded |
| Wkts | Number of wickets taken |
| Econ | Bowling economy rate (average runs per over) |
| Batsmen | Batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul |
| Result | Result for Australia in that match |
| * | One of two five-wicket hauls by Grimmett in a match |
| † | 10 wickets or more taken in the match |

## Test five-wicket hauls

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Clarrie Grimmett :
| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 27 February 1925 *† | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | England | 1 | 11.7 | 45 | 5 | 2.84 | Frank Woolley J. W. Hearne William Whysall Roy Kilner Arthur Gilligan | Won |
| 2 | 27 February 1925 *† | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | England | 2 | 19.4 | 37 | 6 | 1.42 | Jack Hobbs Andy Sandham Patsy Hendren J. W. Hearne William Whysall Bert Strudwick | Won |
| 3 | 10 July 1926 | Headingley, Leeds | England | 1 | 39.0 | 88 | 5 | 2.25 | Herbert Sutcliffe Roy Kilner Maurice Tate George Macaulay Bert Strudwick | Drawn |
| 4 | 30 November 1928 | Exhibition Ground, Brisbane | England | 2 | 44.1 | 131 | 6 | 2.96 | Jack Hobbs Phil Mead Patsy Hendren Percy Chapman Maurice Tate Harold Larwood | Lost |
| 5 | 1 February 1929 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | England | 1 | 52.1 | 102 | 5 | 1.95 | Herbert Sutcliffe Douglas Jardine George Duckworth Maurice Tate Jack White | Lost |
| 6 | 13 June 1930 *† | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | England | 1 | 22.0 | 107 | 5 | 3.34 | Wally Hammond Frank Woolley Patsy Hendren Harold Larwood Maurice Tate | Lost |
| 7 | 13 June 1930 *† | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | England | 2 | 30.0 | 94 | 5 | 3.13 | Jack Hobbs Wally Hammond Maurice Tate Harold Larwood Dick Tyldesley | Lost |
| 8 | 27 June 1930 | Lord's, London | England | 2 | 53.0 | 167 | 6 | 3.15 | Jack Hobbs Frank Woolley Wally Hammond Patsy Hendren Gubby Allen Maurice Tate | Won |
| 9 | 11 July 1930 | Headingley, Leeds | England | 1 | 56.2 | 135 | 5 | 2.39 | Jack Hobbs Herbert Sutcliffe Percy Chapman Maurice Tate Dick Tyldesley | Drawn |
| 10 | 12 December 1930 † | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | West Indies | 1 | 48.0 | 87 | 7 | 1.81 | Lionel Birkett George Headley Frank Martin Baron Constantine Barto Bartlett Ivan Barrow Tommy Scott | Won |
| 11 | 16 January 1931 | Exhibition Ground, Brisbane | West Indies | 2 | 14.3 | 49 | 5 | 3.37 | Lionel Birkett Ivan Barrow Tommy Scott George Francis Herman Griffith | Won |
| 12 | 31 December 1931 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | South Africa | 2 | 46.0 | 92 | 6 | 2.00 | Syd Curnow Bruce Mitchell Herbie Taylor Cyril Vincent Quintin McMillan Sandy Bell | Won |
| 13 | 29 January 1932 *† | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | South Africa | 1 | 47.0 | 116 | 7 | 2.46 | Syd Curnow Herbie Taylor Jock Cameron Denys Morkel Ken Viljoen Quintin McMillan Neville Quinn | Won |
| 14 | 29 January 1932 *† | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | South Africa | 2 | 49.2 | 83 | 7 | 1.68 | Bruce Mitchell Jim Christy Cyril Vincent Ken Viljoen Denys Morkel Quintin McMillan Neville Quinn | Won |
| 15 | 8 June 1934 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | England | 1 | 58.3 | 81 | 5 | 1.38 | Cyril Walters Herbert Sutcliffe Maurice Leyland George Geary Ken Farnes | Won |
| 16 | 18 August 1934 | The Oval, London | England | 2 | 26.3 | 64 | 5 | 2.41 | Herbert Sutcliffe Maurice Leyland Bob Wyatt Gubby Allen Hedley Verity | Won |
| 17 | 1 January 1936 *† | Newlands, Cape Town | South Africa | 1 | 17.0 | 32 | 5 | 1.88 | Jack Siedle Eric Rowan Chud Langton Bob Crisp Xen Balaskas | Won |
| 18 | 1 January 1936 *† | Newlands, Cape Town | South Africa | 2 | 36.4 | 56 | 5 | 1.52 | Jack Siedle Dudley Nourse Bruce Mitchell Ken Viljoen Xen Balaskas | Won |
| 19 | 15 February 1936 † | Old Wanderers, Johannesburg | South Africa | 2 | 19.5 | 40 | 7 | 2.01 | Ken Viljoen Robert Harvey Frank Nicholson Chud Langton Buster Nupen Xen Balaskas Eric Davies | Won |
| 20 | 28 February 1936 *† | Kingsmead, Durban | South Africa | 1 | 45.0 | 100 | 7 | 2.22 | Jack Siedle Herby Wade Bruce Mitchell Dudley Nourse Chud Langton Xen Balaskas Bob Crisp | Won |
| 21 | 28 February 1936 *† | Kingsmead, Durban | South Africa | 2 | 48.0 | 43 | 6 | 1.52 | Jack Siedle Ken Viljoen Robert Harvey Chud Langton Xen Balaskas Edward van der Merwe | Won |

## Test ten-wicket hauls

Clarrie Grimmett took ten wickets in a Test Match on seven occasions, and sits equal fifth on the all-time Test bowling table for "Most ten-wickets-in-a-match". Among Australian bowlers he sits equal second (with Dennis Lillee) behind Shane Warne who took ten wickets in a Test in ten matches.
Ten-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Clarrie Grimmett :
| No. | Figures | Match | Opponent | Venue | City | Year | Result |
| 1 | 11/82 | 1 | England | Sydney Cricket Ground | Sydney | 1924–25 | Won |
| 2 | 10/201 | 10 | England | Trent Bridge | Nottingham | 1930 | Lost |
| 3 | 11/183 | 15 | West Indies | Adelaide Oval | Adelaide | 1930–31 | Won |
| 4 | 14/199 | 23 | South Africa | Adelaide Oval | Adelaide | 1931–32 | Won |
| 5 | 10/88 | 35 | South Africa | Newlands | Cape Town | 1935–36 | Won |
| 6 | 10/110 | 36 | South Africa | Old Wanderers | Johannesburg | 1935–36 | Won |
| 7 | 13/143 | 37 | South Africa | Kingsmead | Durban | 1935–36 | Won |