List of Australian Test wicket-keepers

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

This is a chronological list of Australian wicket-keepers, that is, Test cricketers who have kept wicket in a match for Australia.

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. Jack 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. Barlow Carkeek 1912 6 6 0 6
8. Bert Oldfield 1920-37 54 78 52 130
9. Hammy Love 1932-33 1 3 0 3
10. Ben Barnett 1938-38 4 3 2 5
11. Don Tallon 1946-53 21 50 8 58
12. Ron Saggers 1948-50 6 16 8 24
13. Gil Langley 1951-56 26 83 15 98
14. Len Maddocks 1955-56 7 18 1 19
15. Wally Grout 1957-66 51 163 24 187
16. Barry Jarman 1959-69 19 50 4 54
17. Brian Taber 1966-70 16 56 4 60
18. Rod Marsh 1970-84 96 343 12 355
19. Steve Rixon 1977-85 13 42 5 47
20. John Maclean 1978-79 4 18 0 18
21. Kevin Wright 1978-80 10 31 4 35
22. Roger Woolley 1983-84 2 7 0 7
23. Wayne B. Phillips 1983-87 27 52 0 52
24. Tim Zoehrer 1985-87 10 18 1 19
25. Greg Dyer 1986-88 6 22 2 24
26. Ian Healy 1988-99 119 366 29 395
27. Phil Emery 1994 1 5 1 6
28. Adam Gilchrist 1999 - 2008 96 379 37 416
29. Brad Haddin 2008 - Current 1* 5 0 5

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