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Oldest Players Scoring a Century

(Only last century for each player shown)

	Player	Country	Born	Match	Ground	Age at Match Start	Score
1	Hobbs, J B	England	16/12/1882	08/03/1929 v. Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	46 years 82 days	142
2	Hendren, E H	England	05/02/1889	06/07/1934 v. Australia	Old Trafford	45 years 151 days	132
3	Bardsley, W	Australia	06/12/1882	26/06/1926 v. England	Lord's	43 years 202 days	193*
4	Nourse, A W	South Africa	25/01/1879	12/11/1921 v. Australia	Old Wanderers	42 years 291 days	111
5	Woolley, F E	England	27/05/1887	27/07/1929 v. South Africa	Old Trafford	42 years 61 days	154
6	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	28/05/1974	14/07/2016 v. England	Lord's	42 years 47 days	114
7	Rowan, E A B	South Africa	20/07/1909	26/07/1951 v. England	Headingley	42 years 6 days	236
8	Simpson, R B	Australia	03/02/1936	28/01/1978 v. India	Adelaide Oval	41 years 359 days	100
9	Armstrong, W W	Australia	22/05/1879	11/02/1921 v. England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	41 years 265 days	123*
10	Graveney, T W	England	16/06/1927	06/03/1969 v. Pakistan	National Stadium (Karachi)	41 years 263 days	105
11	Taylor, H W	South Africa	05/05/1889	01/01/1931 v. England	Newlands	41 years 241 days	117
12	Sutcliffe, B	New Zealand	17/11/1923	05/03/1965 v. India	Eden Gardens	41 years 108 days	151*
13	Boycott, G	England	21/10/1940	23/12/1981 v. India	Arun Jaitley Stadium	41 years 63 days	105
14	Gooch, G A	England	23/07/1953	02/06/1994 v. New Zealand	Trent Bridge	40 years 314 days	210
15	Nourse, A D	South Africa	12/11/1910	07/06/1951 v. England	Trent Bridge	40 years 207 days	208
16	Lloyd, C H	West Indies	31/08/1944	23/11/1984 v. Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	40 years 84 days	114
17	Chanderpaul, S	West Indies	16/08/1974	13/09/2014 v. Bangladesh	Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium	40 years 28 days	101*
18	Macartney, C G	Australia	27/06/1886	24/07/1926 v. England	Old Trafford	40 years 27 days	109
19	Merchant, V M	India	12/10/1911	02/11/1951 v. England	Arun Jaitley Stadium	40 years 21 days	154
20	Mitchell, B	South Africa	08/01/1909	01/01/1949 v. England	Newlands	39 years 359 days	120
21	Greenidge, C G	West Indies	01/05/1951	19/04/1991 v. Australia	Kensington Oval	39 years 353 days	226
22	Bradman, D G	Australia	27/08/1908	22/07/1948 v. England	Headingley	39 years 330 days	173*
23	Hassett, A L	Australia	28/08/1913	25/06/1953 v. England	Lord's	39 years 301 days	104
24	Sandham, A	England	06/07/1890	03/04/1930 v. West Indies	Sabina Park	39 years 271 days	325
25	Bowley, E H	England	06/06/1890	14/02/1930 v. New Zealand	Eden Park	39 years 253 days	109
26	Makepeace, J W H	England	22/08/1881	11/02/1921 v. Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	39 years 173 days	117
27	D'Oliveira, B L	England	04/10/1931	25/02/1971 v. New Zealand	AMI Stadium	39 years 144 days	100
28	Ryder, J	Australia	08/08/1889	29/12/1928 v. England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	39 years 143 days	112
29	Tyldesley, G E	England	05/02/1889	23/06/1928 v. West Indies	Lord's	39 years 139 days	122
30	Kirsten, P N	South Africa	14/05/1955	04/08/1994 v. England	Headingley	39 years 82 days	104

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