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Oldest Players on Debut

	Player	Country	Born	Match	Age	Versus	Ground
1	J Southerton	England	16/11/1827	15/03/1877	49 years 119 days	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground
2	Miran Bakhsh	Pakistan	20/04/1907	29/01/1955	47 years 284 days	India	Bagh-e-Jinnah
3	D D J Blackie	Australia	05/04/1882	14/12/1928	46 years 253 days	England	Sydney Cricket Ground
4	H Ironmonger	Australia	07/04/1882	30/11/1928	46 years 237 days	England	Exhibition Ground
5	N Betancourt	West Indies	04/06/1887	01/02/1930	42 years 242 days	England	Queen's Park Oval
6	E R Wilson	England	25/03/1879	25/02/1921	41 years 337 days	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground
7	R J D Jamshedji	India	18/11/1892	15/12/1933	41 years 27 days	England	Gymkhana Ground
8	C A Wiles	West Indies	11/08/1892	22/07/1933	40 years 345 days	England	Old Trafford
9	O Henry	South Africa	23/01/1952	13/11/1992	40 years 295 days	India	Kingsmead
10	S Kinneir	England	13/05/1871	15/12/1911	40 years 216 days	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground
11	H W Lee	England	26/10/1890	13/02/1931	40 years 110 days	South Africa	Old Wanderers
12	G W A Chubb	South Africa	12/04/1911	07/06/1951	40 years 56 days	England	Trent Bridge
13	C Ramaswami	India	18/06/1896	25/07/1936	40 years 37 days	England	Old Trafford
14	A Wood	England	25/08/1898	20/08/1938	39 years 360 days	Australia	Kennington Oval
15	G Challenor	West Indies	28/06/1888	23/06/1928	39 years 361 days	England	Lord's
16	B B M Gaskin	West Indies	21/03/1908	21/01/1948	39 years 306 days	England	Kensington Oval
17	W E Astill	England	01/03/1888	24/12/1927	39 years 298 days	South Africa	Old Wanderers
18	D S De Silva	Sri Lanka	11/06/1942	17/02/1982	39 years 251 days	England	P Sara Oval
19	E C Joyce	Ireland	22/09/1978	11/05/2018	39 years 231 days	Pakistan	The Village
20	J W H Makepeace	England	22/08/1881	31/12/1920	39 years 131 days	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground
21	S J Cook	South Africa	31/07/1953	13/11/1992	39 years 105 days	India	Kingsmead
22	Amir Elahi	India	01/09/1908	12/12/1947	39 years 102 days	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground
23	E H Bowley	England	06/06/1890	13/07/1929	39 years 37 days	South Africa	Headingley
24	N Thompson	Australia	21/04/1838	15/03/1877	38 years 328 days	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground
25	E M Grace	England	28/11/1841	06/09/1880	38 years 283 days	Australia	Kennington Oval
26	C W L Parker	England	14/10/1882	23/07/1921	38 years 282 days	Australia	Old Trafford
27	J D Lindsay	South Africa	08/09/1908	07/06/1947	38 years 272 days	England	Trent Bridge
28	R Howorth	England	26/04/1909	16/08/1947	38 years 112 days	South Africa	Kennington Oval
29	H M McGirr	New Zealand	05/11/1891	14/02/1930	38 years 101 days	England	Eden Park
30	J H King	England	16/04/1871	14/06/1909	38 years 59 days	Australia	Lord's
31	R G Holland	Australia	19/10/1946	23/11/1984	38 years 35 days	West Indies	Brisbane Cricket Ground
32	H Smith	England	21/05/1890	23/06/1928	38 years 33 days	West Indies	Lord's
33	F L H Mooney	New Zealand	26/05/1911	11/06/1949	38 years 16 days	England	Headingley
34	C S Marriott	England	14/09/1895	12/08/1933	37 years 332 days	West Indies	Kennington Oval
35	K K Tarapore	India	17/12/1910	10/11/1948	37 years 329 days	West Indies	Arun Jaitley Stadium
36	E J Gregory	Australia	29/05/1839	15/03/1877	37 years 290 days	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground
37	T P B Smith	England	30/10/1908	17/08/1946	37 years 291 days	India	Kennington Oval
38	C R Browne	West Indies	08/10/1890	23/06/1928	37 years 259 days	England	Lord's
39	H H H Johnson	West Indies	13/07/1910	27/03/1948	37 years 258 days	England	Sabina Park
40	F S G Calthorpe	England	27/05/1892	11/01/1930	37 years 229 days	West Indies	Kensington Oval

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