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Sheffield Shield 1927/28 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1927/28; Tests are excluded.

WH Ponsford leads the displayed batting table with 1,217 runs. CV Grimmett leads the bowling table with 42 wickets.

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Showing 1927/28 · Sheffield Shield

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Recorded matches: 12
Recorded players: 72
Recorded teams: 4
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1927-12-01 to 1928-02-03. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-05-26.

Sheffield Shield standings · 1927-28

League table for 1927/28. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1927-28 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Victoria	6	4	0	—	18
2	South Australia	6	3	3	—	12
3	New South Wales	6	1	2	—	11
4	Queensland	6	0	3	—	7

Points are the recorded competition points, including any recorded bonuses or deductions. Source-table update: 2026-05-26.

Recorded table source 1

Season leaders · Sheffield Shield 1927/28

Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1927/28 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
WH Ponsford	6	1,217
AF Kippax	6	807
WM Woodfull	5	645
HSTL Hendry	6	561
KJ Schneider	6	520

Recorded innings through 1928-02-03. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1927/28 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
CV Grimmett	6	42
DD Blackie	6	31
FL Morton	6	28
H Ironmonger	6	25
JD Scott	5	21

Recorded innings through 1928-02-03. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1927/28

Every recorded player in this competition and season; the first 25 in each table are shown below. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 72 players

Sheffield Shield 1927/28 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s
WH Ponsford	Victoria	6	8	0	1,217	437	152.13	—	1	4	75
AF Kippax	New South Wales	6	12	1	807	315*	73.36	—	1	3	56
WM Woodfull	Victoria	5	7	2	645	191*	129.00	—	3	2	0
HSTL Hendry	Victoria	6	8	0	561	168	70.13	—	1	3	0
KJ Schneider	South Australia	6	11	0	520	143	47.27	—	1	3	0
GW Harris	South Australia	6	11	1	485	77	48.50	—	5	0	0
W Rowe	Queensland	5	8	1	480	147	68.57	—	0	3	0
FC Thompson	Queensland	6	10	1	442	118	49.11	—	3	1	0
LPD O'Connor	Queensland	6	10	1	425	133*	47.22	—	2	1	0
DG Bradman	New South Wales	5	10	1	416	134*	46.22	41,600.00	1	2	8
JG Morgan	New South Wales	5	10	0	387	121	38.70	—	1	2	17
J Ryder	Victoria	5	6	0	382	106	63.67	—	4	1	0
TJE Andrews	New South Wales	5	10	0	375	110	37.50	—	2	1	7
A Jackson	New South Wales	5	10	0	360	131	36.00	—	0	2	2
WC Alexander	South Australia	6	11	1	328	84	32.80	—	3	0	0
CV Grimmett	South Australia	6	11	3	300	61*	37.50	—	3	0	0
VY Richardson	South Australia	6	11	0	299	86	27.18	—	3	0	0
OE Nothling	Queensland	6	10	0	294	74	29.40	—	3	0	0
HJR Higgins	Queensland	5	8	0	289	179	36.13	—	0	1	0
AT Hack	South Australia	5	9	1	283	77	35.38	—	3	0	0
WAS Oldfield	New South Wales	4	8	2	228	101	38.00	—	0	1	0
FJ Gough	Queensland	5	8	0	221	54	27.63	—	1	0	0
PK Lee	South Australia	6	11	1	213	66	21.30	—	1	0	0
JW Scaife	Victoria	6	8	1	207	54	29.57	—	1	0	0
NE Phillips	New South Wales	5	10	0	202	112	20.20	—	0	1	9

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Sheffield Shield 1927/28 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
LE Oxenham	Queensland	4	8	0	194	61	24.25	—	2	0	0	0
AJ Ryan	South Australia	3	6	0	176	86	29.33	—	1	0	0	0
AEV Hartkopf	Victoria	4	5	1	155	111*	38.75	—	0	1	0	0
JL Litster	Queensland	3	5	0	155	82	31.00	—	1	0	0	0
RK Oxenham	Queensland	3	3	0	154	65	51.33	—	2	0	0	0
CO Nicholls	New South Wales	2	4	0	151	110	37.75	—	0	1	0	0
DD Blackie	Victoria	6	8	2	126	55	21.00	—	1	0	0	0
EC Bensted	Queensland	4	7	1	120	44	20.00	—	0	0	0	0
CB Sangster	South Australia	2	3	0	116	62	38.67	—	2	0	0	0
KE Rigg	Victoria	2	3	1	112	110*	56.00	—	0	1	0	0
LL Gill	Queensland	3	6	1	107	29	21.40	—	0	0	0	0
GS Amos	Queensland	5	8	1	95	27*	13.57	—	0	0	0	0
DG McKay	South Australia	2	3	1	92	40	46.00	—	0	0	0	0
HE Whitfield	South Australia	2	4	0	84	48	21.00	—	0	0	0	0
FS Jordan	New South Wales	3	6	1	80	35*	16.00	—	0	0	0	0
JM Gregory	New South Wales	2	4	0	79	63	19.75	—	1	0	8	1
AE Scanes	New South Wales	2	4	0	74	44	18.50	—	0	0	2	0
CS Everett	New South Wales	3	6	0	65	19	10.83	—	0	0	0	0
JD Scott	South Australia	5	9	2	65	33*	9.29	—	0	0	0	0
AT Ratcliffe	New South Wales	2	4	0	65	30	16.25	—	0	0	2	0
EL a'Beckett	Victoria	2	3	0	61	47	20.33	—	0	0	0	0
CAH Sindrey	Victoria	3	4	0	58	27	14.50	—	0	0	0	0
AA Mailey	New South Wales	5	10	1	48	12	5.33	—	0	0	0	0
HSB Love	New South Wales	2	4	1	45	26	15.00	—	0	0	1	0
EA Johnson	South Australia	2	4	0	43	27	10.75	—	0	0	0	0
NL Williams	South Australia	4	8	1	43	21	6.14	—	0	0	0	0
ADA Mayes	Queensland	1	2	0	37	32	18.50	—	0	0	0	0
FL Morton	Victoria	6	8	3	37	23*	7.40	—	0	0	0	0
BF Watson	New South Wales	1	2	0	32	32	16.00	—	0	0	0	0
TW Wall	South Australia	3	5	1	31	18	7.75	—	0	0	0	0
NC Beeston	Queensland	1	2	1	30	18*	30.00	—	0	0	0	0
JL Ellis	Victoria	6	8	0	30	15	3.75	—	0	0	0	0
H Ironmonger	Victoria	6	8	1	27	10	3.86	—	0	0	0	0
A Hurwood	Queensland	4	7	2	27	18	5.40	—	0	0	0	0
AE Liddicut	Victoria	1	2	0	20	10	10.00	—	0	0	0	0
HC Steele	New South Wales	1	2	0	19	14	9.50	—	0	0	0	0
WJ O'Reilly	New South Wales	1	2	1	18	9*	18.00	—	0	0	0	0
RLA McNamee	New South Wales	5	10	5	16	8*	3.20	—	0	0	0	0
FM Brew	Queensland	1	2	0	16	8	8.00	—	0	0	0	0
PM Hornibrook	Queensland	3	4	1	15	10	5.00	—	0	0	0	0
HL Davidson	New South Wales	1	2	0	12	10	6.00	—	0	0	0	0
GB Inkster	South Australia	1	2	0	11	10	5.50	—	0	0	0	0
M Biggs	Queensland	1	1	1	8	8*	—	—	0	0	0	0
EF O'Brien	New South Wales	1	2	1	6	6	6.00	—	0	0	0	0
AJW Lansdown	Victoria	1	1	0	4	4	4.00	—	0	0	0	0
RA Halcombe	South Australia	1	2	1	3	3*	3.00	—	0	0	0	0
BA Onyons	Victoria	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 50 players

Sheffield Shield 1927/28 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
CV Grimmett	South Australia	6	10	1,755	26	1,151	42	27.40	41.79	3.94	4	8/57
DD Blackie	Victoria	6	11	1,570	54	689	31	22.23	50.65	2.63	3	6/32
FL Morton	Victoria	6	11	1,182	20	783	28	27.96	42.21	3.97	0	4/35
H Ironmonger	Victoria	6	11	1,626	57	728	25	29.12	65.04	2.69	3	5/50
JD Scott	South Australia	5	9	976	20	639	21	30.43	46.48	3.93	1	5/108
RLA McNamee	New South Wales	5	10	1,296	45	645	19	33.95	68.21	2.99	2	7/77
AA Mailey	New South Wales	5	9	1,440	21	915	17	53.82	84.71	3.81	0	3/113
TW Wall	South Australia	3	5	414	6	287	12	23.92	34.50	4.16	0	4/42
CO Nicholls	New South Wales	2	4	438	4	326	12	27.17	36.50	4.47	1	5/115
OE Nothling	Queensland	6	9	877	28	475	11	43.18	79.73	3.25	1	5/39
GS Amos	Queensland	5	7	637	11	440	11	40.00	57.91	4.14	1	5/148
A Hurwood	Queensland	4	7	738	21	404	9	44.89	82.00	3.28	1	5/50
EL a'Beckett	Victoria	2	3	522	8	286	8	35.75	65.25	3.29	1	6/119
RK Oxenham	Queensland	3	3	325	16	156	8	19.50	40.63	2.88	1	6/79
CS Everett	New South Wales	3	5	450	6	301	8	37.63	56.25	4.01	0	3/66
EC Bensted	Queensland	4	7	510	3	367	8	45.88	63.75	4.32	0	4/105
JM Gregory	New South Wales	2	4	366	6	251	7	35.86	52.29	4.11	0	4/81
FS Jordan	New South Wales	3	5	456	14	201	7	28.71	65.14	2.64	0	2/33
NE Phillips	New South Wales	5	7	414	8	231	7	33.00	59.14	3.35	0	4/26
PM Hornibrook	Queensland	3	3	396	9	192	5	38.40	79.20	2.91	0	2/25
FJ Gough	Queensland	5	7	317	6	260	5	52.00	63.40	4.92	0	3/100
FC Thompson	Queensland	4	5	432	8	254	5	50.80	86.40	3.53	0	3/54
NL Williams	South Australia	4	6	408	4	365	5	73.00	81.60	5.37	0	2/46
HSTL Hendry	Victoria	6	8	384	8	232	4	58.00	96.00	3.63	0	2/50
PK Lee	South Australia	6	8	672	19	429	4	107.25	168.00	3.83	0	2/22

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Sheffield Shield 1927/28 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
JG Morgan	New South Wales	5	7	371	6	252	4	63.00	92.75	4.08	2/44
TJE Andrews	New South Wales	3	6	342	3	243	3	81.00	114.00	4.26	2/86
KJ Schneider	South Australia	5	5	102	0	105	3	35.00	34.00	6.18	1/23
J Ryder	Victoria	2	3	83	1	36	2	18.00	41.50	2.60	1/12
AEV Hartkopf	Victoria	3	5	318	2	289	2	144.50	159.00	5.45	1/27
DG Bradman	New South Wales	3	3	96	0	66	2	33.00	48.00	4.13	2/41
EF O'Brien	New South Wales	1	2	189	1	161	2	80.50	94.50	5.11	2/73
HE Whitfield	South Australia	2	3	300	6	169	2	84.50	150.00	3.38	1/43
DG McKay	South Australia	2	4	120	0	82	2	41.00	60.00	4.10	1/21
W Rowe	Queensland	5	6	234	5	150	2	75.00	117.00	3.85	1/56
LL Gill	Queensland	3	4	252	3	209	1	209.00	252.00	4.98	1/60
FM Brew	Queensland	1	1	66	0	59	1	59.00	66.00	5.36	1/59
RA Halcombe	South Australia	1	1	156	1	119	1	119.00	156.00	4.58	1/119
AJ Ryan	South Australia	2	3	84	2	47	1	47.00	84.00	3.36	1/28
CB Sangster	South Australia	2	3	66	0	48	1	48.00	66.00	4.36	1/14
WH Ponsford	Victoria	1	1	18	0	25	0	—	—	8.33	0/25
AF Kippax	New South Wales	5	5	90	0	65	0	—	—	4.33	0/6
A Jackson	New South Wales	1	1	18	0	13	0	—	—	4.33	0/13
WJ O'Reilly	New South Wales	1	1	78	1	43	0	—	—	3.31	0/43
ADA Mayes	Queensland	1	1	96	3	58	0	—	—	3.63	0/58
WC Alexander	South Australia	2	2	42	0	30	0	—	—	4.29	0/14
EA Johnson	South Australia	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0/4
AJW Lansdown	Victoria	1	1	18	0	12	0	—	—	4.00	0/12
AE Liddicut	Victoria	1	1	48	1	23	0	—	—	2.88	0/23
JL Litster	Queensland	1	1	12	0	15	0	—	—	7.50	0/15

Statistics definitions and missing data

Mat = matches with a recorded innings in that discipline; Inns = recorded innings; NO = not out; HS = highest innings (* means not out). Batting Avg = runs per dismissal; batting SR = runs per 100 balls. 50s excludes centuries; 100s includes all scores of 100 or more.

Bowling Runs excludes byes and leg byes where the source does. Avg = runs conceded per wicket; SR = balls per wicket; Econ = runs per six balls, including historical seasons with different over lengths. 5W = innings with at least five wickets; BBI = best innings, by wickets then fewer runs conceded. Balls are deliveries, not decimal overs.

— means unavailable or undefined, including a zero denominator. Rates requiring balls are omitted if any innings is missing its ball count. Historical boundary and ball counts may be incomplete. Tests and figures for other teams or competitions are excluded. Full methodology

Team comparison

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1927/28. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1927/28 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Victoria	6	4	0	2	3,744	66	56.73	793	3,323	107	31.06
South Australia	6	3	3	0	3,226	101	31.94	505	3,676	98	37.51
New South Wales	6	1	2	3	3,661	108	33.90	639	3,864	97	39.84
Queensland	6	0	3	3	3,330	99	33.64	590	3,098	72	43.03

Team runs include extras; wickets include dismissals not credited to a bowler, so these totals can differ from the player tables. Bat avg = team runs per wicket lost; Bowl avg = opposition runs per wicket taken. Other includes ties, abandoned games and unavailable results. Totals cover available scorecards only.

Recent recorded matches · 1927/28

Latest 12 of 12 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1928-02-03 to 1928-02-07 · Exhibition Ground, Brisbane

Queensland: 384/9
Victoria: 300

Match drawn

1928-01-26 to 1928-01-31 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 533 & 353/8d
Victoria: 422 & 205/1

Match drawn

1928-01-14 to 1928-01-18 · Exhibition Ground, Brisbane

Queensland: 143 & 351
South Australia: 505

South Australia won by an innings and 11 runs

1928-01-06 to 1928-01-10 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 291 & 368
South Australia: 248 & 293

New South Wales won by 118 runs

1928-01-02 to 1928-01-31 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 639 & 100/8
Queensland: 276 & 590

Match drawn

1928-01-02 to 1928-01-31 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 637
South Australia: 319 & 283

Victoria won by an innings and 35 runs

1927-12-23 to 1927-12-27 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 355 & 386/7d
New South Wales: 367 & 152

Victoria won by 222 runs

1927-12-23 to 1927-12-27 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 471 & 101/2
Queensland: 256 & 315

South Australia won by 8 wickets

1927-12-16 to 1927-12-21 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 793
Queensland: 189 & 407

Victoria won by an innings and 197 runs

1927-12-16 to 1927-12-21 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 481 & 189/9
New South Wales: 519 & 150

South Australia won by 1 wicket

1927-12-02 to 1927-12-06 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 177 & 159
Victoria: 646/8d

Victoria won by an innings and 310 runs

1927-12-01 to 1927-12-30 · Exhibition Ground, Brisbane

Queensland: 419
New South Wales: 167 & 22/2

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1927/28 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	3
Exhibition Ground, Brisbane	3
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	3
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	3

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Sheffield Shield 1927/28, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1927/28 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
WH Ponsford	437	Queensland	1927-12-16
WH Ponsford	336	South Australia	1928-01-02
AF Kippax	315*	Queensland	1928-01-02
WH Ponsford	202	New South Wales	1927-12-23
WM Woodfull	191*	New South Wales	1927-12-23

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1927/28 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
CV Grimmett	8/57	New South Wales	1927-12-16
RLA McNamee	7/77	Victoria	1927-12-23
DD Blackie	6/32	New South Wales	1927-12-23
DD Blackie	6/46	Queensland	1927-12-16
RK Oxenham	6/79	Victoria	1928-02-03

* means not out. Batting sorts by runs; bowling sorts by wickets, then fewer runs conceded. Ties then use earlier match date and source row ID. Five rows are shown, so equal performances may extend beyond the cutoff. Matches count distinct recorded matches in each discipline.

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The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Sheffield Shield. The selected season range is shown above. These can differ from innings-table coverage and do not establish a complete historical record.

Recorded match dates: 1892-12-16 to 2026-03-26. Date spans do not imply complete coverage. Career aggregates may cover a different set of matches.

Displayed source rows last updated: unavailable. Figures retrieved: 2026-10-01. This is not a live score feed.

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