<page_title> List of England Test cricket records </page_title> <section_title> Best figures in a match </section_title> <table> <cell> 2 <col_header> Rank </col_header> </cell> <cell> 17/159 <col_header> Figures </col_header> <col_header> 19/90 ♠ </col_header> </cell> <cell> Sydney Barnes <col_header> Player </col_header> <row_header> 17/159 </row_header> </cell> <cell> South Africa <col_header> Opposition </col_header> <row_header> 17/159 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 26 December 1913 <col_header> Date </col_header> <row_header> 17/159 </row_header> </cell> </table>
Sydney Barnes's figures of 17/159, taken in 1913, is the second-best in Test cricket history.