List of Australian Test wicket-keepers

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Australia's first wicket-keeper, John Blackham
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Australia's first wicket-keeper, John Blackham

This is a chronological list of Australian wicket-keepers, that is, Test cricketers who have predominantly played in that position during their career.

On occasions, another player may have stepped in to relieve the primary wicket-keeper due to injury or illness. Note that all catches were not necessarily taken whilst wicket-keeping.

No. Player Test Career Tests Catches Stumpings Total
Dismissals
1. John Blackham 1877-94 35 36 24 60
2. Billy Murdoch 1877-90 18 13 1 14
3. Affie Jarvis 1885-95 11 9 9 18
4. Frederick Burton 1887-88 2 1 1 2
5. James Kelly 1896-05 36 43 20 63
6. Sammy Carter 1907-21 28 44 21 65
7. Bert Oldfield 1920-37 54 78 52 130
8. Ben Barnett 1938-38 4 3 2 5
9. Don Tallon 1946-53 21 50 8 58
10. Ron Saggers 1948-50 6 16 8 24
11. Gil Langley 1951-56 26 83 15 98
12. Len Maddocks 1955-56 7 18 1 19
13. Wally Grout 1957-66 51 163 24 187
14. Barry Jarman 1959-59 19 50 4 54
15. Brian Taber 1966-70 16 56 4 60
16. Rod Marsh 1970-84 96 343 12 355
17. Steve Rixon 1977-85 13 42 5 47
18. John Maclean 1978-79 4 18 0 18
19. Kevin Wright 1979-79 10 31 4 35
20. Roger Woolley 1983-84 2 7 0 7
21. Wayne B. Phillips 1983-87 27 52 0 52
22. Tim Zoehrer 1986-87 10 18 1 19
23. Greg Dyer 1986-88 6 22 2 24
24. Ian Healy 1988-99 119 366 29 395
25. Phil Emery 1994-94 1 5 1 6
26. Adam Gilchrist 1999 - 85 320 35 355

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