List of Australia Test wicket-keepers

Tim Paine, current Australia Test wicket-keeper

Adam Gilchrist, holds the record for most dismissals by an Australian wicket-keeper in Test cricket

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.

This list only includes players who have played as the designated keeper for a match. On occasions, another player may have stepped in to relieve the primary wicket-keeper due to injury or the keeper bowling.

Statistics are correct as of 6 January 2020.

No.	Player	Span	Tests	Catches	Stumpings	Total dismissals
1	Jack Blackham	1877–1894	32	35	24	59
2	Billy Murdoch	1882	1	2	0	2
3	Affie Jarvis	1885–1895	9	8	9	17
4	Frederick Burton	1887	1	0	1	1
5	Jim Kelly	1896–1905	36	43	20	63
6	Sammy Carter	1907–1921	28	44	21	65
7	Barlow Carkeek	1912	6	6	0	6
8	Bert Oldfield	1920–1937	54	78	52	130
9	Hammy Love	1932–1933	1	3	0	3
10	Ben Barnett	1938	4	3	2	5
11	Don Tallon	1946–1953	21	50	8	58
12	Ron Saggers	1948–1950	6	16	8	24
13	Gil Langley	1951–1956	26	83	15	98
14	Len Maddocks	1955–1956	7	19	1	20
15	Wally Grout	1957–1966	51	163	24	187
16	Barry Jarman	1959–1969	19	50	4	54
17	Brian Taber	1966–1970	16	56	4	60
18	Rod Marsh	1970–1984	96	343	12	355
19	Steve Rixon	1977–1985	13	42	5	47
20	John Maclean	1978–1979	4	18	0	18
21	Kevin Wright	1978–1980	10	31	4	35
22	Roger Woolley	1983–1984	2	7	0	7
23	Wayne B. Phillips	1984–1986	18	43	0	43
24	Tim Zoehrer	1985–1987	10	18	1	19
25	Greg Dyer	1986–1988	6	22	2	24
26	Ian Healy	1988–1999	119	366	29	395
27	Phil Emery	1994	1	5	1	6
28	Adam Gilchrist	1999–2008	96	379	37	416
29	Brad Haddin	2008–2015	66	262	10	270
30	Graham Manou	2009	1	3	0	3
31	Tim Paine	2010–present	31	133	7	140
32	Matthew Wade	2012–2017	22	63	11	74
33	Peter Nevill	2015–2016	17	61	2	63

See also

• List of Australian Test cricketers
• List of Australia ODI wicket-keepers
• List of Australia T20I wicket-keepers

References

• Australia wicket-keepers