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Sheffield Shield 1930/31 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1930/31; Tests are excluded.

DG Bradman leads the displayed batting table with 695 runs. H Ironmonger leads the bowling table with 29 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 12
Recorded players: 73
Recorded teams: 4
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1930-11-01 to 1931-02-20. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-06-15.

Sheffield Shield standings · 1930-31

League table for 1930/31. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1930-31 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Victoria	6	1	0	2	16
2	New South Wales	6	2	0	1	15
3	Queensland	6	1	2	1	13
4	South Australia	6	1	3	0	9

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

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Season leaders · Sheffield Shield 1930/31

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 1930/31 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
DG Bradman	4	695
HC Nitschke	6	646
FC Thompson	5	475
OW Bill	5	404
AF Kippax	5	359

Recorded innings through 1931-02-20. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1930/31 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
H Ironmonger	4	29
WA Hunt	6	28
DD Blackie	4	26
RK Oxenham	5	24
CV Grimmett	3	19

Recorded innings through 1931-02-20. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1930/31

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 · 73 players

Sheffield Shield 1930/31 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
DG Bradman	New South Wales	4	6	0	695	258	115.83	—	1	3
HC Nitschke	South Australia	6	11	0	646	142	58.73	—	2	3
FC Thompson	Queensland	5	8	2	475	275*	79.17	—	2	1
OW Bill	New South Wales	5	9	1	404	153	50.50	—	1	2
AF Kippax	New South Wales	5	8	0	359	158	44.88	—	0	2
AR Lonergan	South Australia	4	8	1	320	159	45.71	—	0	2
KE Rigg	Victoria	4	6	0	302	124	50.33	—	2	1
FJ Gough	Queensland	5	9	1	301	137	37.63	—	1	1
A Jackson	New South Wales	3	4	1	294	166	98.00	—	2	1
LPJ O'Brien	Victoria	4	7	0	291	119	41.57	—	2	1
J Ryder	Victoria	5	8	2	290	114	48.33	—	0	1
SJ McCabe	New South Wales	4	6	0	280	161	46.67	—	1	1
EC Bensted	Queensland	5	9	0	266	92	29.56	—	2	0
PK Lee	South Australia	6	11	2	254	57*	28.22	—	1	0
MG Waite	South Australia	6	11	2	254	74	28.22	—	2	0
HH Oakley	Victoria	3	6	0	228	108	38.00	—	1	1
WM Woodfull	Victoria	2	3	1	207	177	103.50	—	0	1
VY Richardson	South Australia	4	7	0	198	64	28.29	—	1	0
RK Oxenham	Queensland	5	9	0	189	67	21.00	—	2	0
AG Fairfax	New South Wales	5	8	1	188	62	26.86	—	1	0
M Biggs	Queensland	5	9	0	186	108	20.67	—	0	1
VHV Goodwin	Queensland	3	6	1	183	64	36.60	—	2	0
AT Hack	South Australia	3	5	0	161	87	32.20	—	1	0
JHW Fingleton	New South Wales	4	6	0	152	71	25.33	—	2	0
WH Ponsford	Victoria	2	3	1	148	109*	74.00	—	0	1

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Sheffield Shield 1930/31 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
BA Barnett	Victoria	5	8	1	139	54	19.86	—	1
TA Carlton	South Australia	5	10	1	131	34	14.56	—	0
DE Pritchard	South Australia	3	6	0	120	52	20.00	—	1
EL a'Beckett	Victoria	4	6	0	115	92	19.17	—	1
JEH Hooker	New South Wales	6	9	3	112	54	18.67	—	1
BJ Tobin	South Australia	5	9	0	109	40	12.11	—	0
AH Allsopp	New South Wales	3	6	0	103	93	17.17	—	1
HSTL Hendry	Victoria	5	8	0	102	39	12.75	—	0
GW Harris	South Australia	5	9	0	101	29	11.22	—	0
HC Chilvers	New South Wales	6	10	1	99	29	11.00	—	0
CW Walker	South Australia	4	7	2	87	44*	17.40	—	0
HSB Love	New South Wales	3	5	1	81	32*	20.25	—	0
CV Grimmett	South Australia	3	5	0	71	32	14.20	—	0
WA Hunt	New South Wales	6	10	3	68	16	9.71	—	0
TW Wall	South Australia	2	4	1	67	45*	22.33	—	0
LS Darling	Victoria	4	6	0	66	31	11.00	—	0
A Hurwood	Queensland	2	3	0	56	47	18.67	—	0
DD Blackie	Victoria	4	6	1	55	28	11.00	—	0
HM Thurlow	Queensland	5	9	2	52	17	7.43	—	0
EK Tolhurst	Victoria	2	3	0	47	25	15.67	—	0
E Gilbert	Queensland	5	9	1	45	24	5.63	—	0
LS Walsh	South Australia	2	4	0	41	23	10.25	—	0
GS Amos	Queensland	2	4	0	37	20	9.25	—	0
FM Brew	Queensland	1	2	1	35	24*	35.00	—	0
HF Leeson	Queensland	4	7	1	35	14	5.83	—	0
AE Marks	New South Wales	2	4	0	34	16	8.50	—	0
CS Deverson	South Australia	3	5	3	29	18	14.50	—	0
PM Hornibrook	Queensland	1	1	0	27	27	27.00	—	0
HE Whitfield	South Australia	2	3	0	27	13	9.00	—	0
HH Alexander	Victoria	5	8	2	25	21	4.17	—	0
GH Cooper	Queensland	1	2	0	25	25	12.50	—	0
HL Davidson	New South Wales	1	2	0	21	19	10.50	—	0
FW Sides	Queensland	1	2	0	21	18	10.50	—	0
RC Teagle	South Australia	1	2	0	20	20	10.00	—	0
WAS Oldfield	New South Wales	2	3	0	18	9	6.00	—	0
CN Parry	South Australia	2	4	0	16	8	4.00	—	0
KLM Mossop	Queensland	1	1	0	12	12	12.00	—	0
H Ironmonger	Victoria	4	6	1	11	7	2.20	—	0
W Rowe	Queensland	1	2	0	11	8	5.50	—	0
GA Bourne	Queensland	1	2	1	10	6*	10.00	—	0
GL Stewart	New South Wales	4	7	2	7	4*	1.40	—	0
WC Andrews	New South Wales	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—	0
LO Cordner	Victoria	1	2	1	4	4*	4.00	—	0
HV Burns	Queensland	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0
FS Cummins	New South Wales	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0
JN Campbell	New South Wales	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
AA Davidson	Victoria	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
JL Litster	Queensland	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 45 players

Sheffield Shield 1930/31 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
H Ironmonger	Victoria	4	7	972	44	438	29	15.10	33.52	2.70	4	7/135
WA Hunt	New South Wales	6	10	1,222	43	516	28	18.43	43.64	2.53	2	5/36
DD Blackie	Victoria	4	7	825	22	410	26	15.77	31.73	2.98	2	6/70
RK Oxenham	Queensland	5	8	1,002	57	381	24	15.88	41.75	2.28	2	6/51
CV Grimmett	South Australia	3	5	763	28	352	19	18.53	40.16	2.77	2	5/31
PK Lee	South Australia	6	11	1,067	25	650	19	34.21	56.16	3.66	1	5/106
TA Carlton	South Australia	5	9	910	34	457	19	24.05	47.89	3.01	0	4/28
HC Chilvers	New South Wales	6	10	1,231	24	720	15	48.00	82.07	3.51	1	5/68
JEH Hooker	New South Wales	6	9	935	31	323	15	21.53	62.33	2.07	1	5/28
E Gilbert	Queensland	5	8	851	16	502	15	33.47	56.73	3.54	0	4/44
GL Stewart	New South Wales	4	6	558	13	316	11	28.73	50.73	3.40	0	3/25
AG Fairfax	New South Wales	5	8	733	24	295	10	29.50	73.30	2.41	0	4/41
HH Alexander	Victoria	5	9	750	22	453	10	45.30	75.00	3.62	0	3/43
CS Deverson	South Australia	3	6	360	2	255	10	25.50	36.00	4.25	0	4/60
HM Thurlow	Queensland	5	8	600	11	358	9	39.78	66.67	3.58	1	5/25
BJ Tobin	South Australia	5	7	354	4	272	8	34.00	44.25	4.61	0	3/26
EL a'Beckett	Victoria	4	7	540	14	267	7	38.14	77.14	2.97	0	2/41
SJ McCabe	New South Wales	4	5	426	20	159	6	26.50	71.00	2.24	0	4/46
A Hurwood	Queensland	2	3	402	6	258	5	51.60	80.40	3.85	0	3/108
MG Waite	South Australia	6	10	432	2	396	5	79.20	86.40	5.50	0	2/9
J Ryder	Victoria	3	3	78	4	50	3	16.67	26.00	3.85	0	2/9
DG Bradman	New South Wales	3	4	198	3	142	3	47.33	66.00	4.30	0	3/54
EC Bensted	Queensland	5	6	228	1	161	3	53.67	76.00	4.24	0	1/16
AA Davidson	Victoria	1	2	281	10	151	3	50.33	93.67	3.22	0	2/33
FC Thompson	Queensland	4	5	228	7	141	3	47.00	76.00	3.71	0	1/2

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Sheffield Shield 1930/31 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
HE Whitfield	South Australia	2	3	132	5	69	2	34.50	66.00	3.14	2/39
VY Richardson	South Australia	2	2	60	0	46	1	46.00	60.00	4.60	1/38
TW Wall	South Australia	2	3	318	4	186	1	186.00	318.00	3.51	1/79
GS Amos	Queensland	2	3	102	1	81	1	81.00	102.00	4.76	1/26
JN Campbell	New South Wales	1	2	84	2	76	1	76.00	84.00	5.43	1/35
FS Cummins	New South Wales	1	1	66	2	49	1	49.00	66.00	4.45	1/49
VHV Goodwin	Queensland	3	4	36	0	44	1	44.00	36.00	7.33	1/17
LO Cordner	Victoria	1	2	180	2	125	1	125.00	180.00	4.17	1/47
W Rowe	Queensland	1	1	42	1	46	1	46.00	42.00	6.57	1/46
HSTL Hendry	Victoria	2	3	144	4	98	0	—	—	4.08	0/8
AF Kippax	New South Wales	3	3	144	11	46	0	—	—	1.92	0/3
PM Hornibrook	Queensland	1	2	96	3	79	0	—	—	4.94	0/28
HC Nitschke	South Australia	1	1	18	0	18	0	—	—	6.00	0/18
JHW Fingleton	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0/3
LS Darling	Victoria	3	4	84	1	74	0	—	—	5.29	0/1
AR Lonergan	South Australia	1	1	12	0	12	0	—	—	6.00	0/12
AE Marks	New South Wales	2	2	30	1	12	0	—	—	2.40	0/4
RC Teagle	South Australia	1	1	24	1	12	0	—	—	3.00	0/12
FM Brew	Queensland	1	1	54	1	41	0	—	—	4.56	0/41
FJ Gough	Queensland	2	2	18	0	32	0	—	—	10.67	0/3

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 1930/31. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1930/31 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
New South Wales	6	2	0	4	0	3,024	81	37.33	610	2,814	96	29.31
Queensland	6	1	2	2	1	2,072	83	24.96	687	2,235	66	33.86
South Australia	6	1	3	2	0	2,789	108	25.82	439	2,823	94	30.03
Victoria	6	1	0	4	1	2,150	67	32.09	474	2,163	83	26.06

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 · 1930/31

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

1931-02-20 to 1931-02-24 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 439 & 154
Victoria: 369 & 131/4

Match drawn

1931-02-02 to 0001-01-01 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: Score unavailable
Victoria: Score unavailable

Result unavailable

1931-01-24 to 1931-01-28 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 196 & 417/9d
Victoria: 318 & 202/6

Match drawn

1931-01-01 to 1931-01-05 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 386 & 85/7
South Australia: 275 & 353/8d

Match drawn

1930-12-25 to 1930-12-26 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 305
Queensland: 124 & 117

South Australia won by an innings and 64 runs

1930-12-24 to 1930-12-29 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 185
New South Wales: 97/6

Match drawn

1930-12-18 to 1930-12-20 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 474
Queensland: 103 & 129

Victoria won by an innings and 242 runs

1930-12-18 to 1930-12-22 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 166 & 310
New South Wales: 610

New South Wales won by an innings and 134 runs

1930-12-11 to 1930-12-15 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 143 & 212/1
Queensland: 166 & 369

Match drawn

1930-12-01 to 1930-12-29 · Exhibition Ground, Brisbane

Queensland: 687
New South Wales: 566 & 159/5

Match drawn

1930-11-07 to 1930-11-11 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 228 & 396
South Australia: 124 & 287

New South Wales won by 213 runs

1930-11-01 to 0001-01-01 · Exhibition Ground, Brisbane

Queensland: 289 & 88/3
South Australia: 72 & 304

Queensland won by 7 wickets

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1930/31 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	3
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	3
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	3
Exhibition Ground, Brisbane	2
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane	1

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

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Sheffield Shield 1930/31, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1930/31 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
FC Thompson	275*	New South Wales	1930-12-01
DG Bradman	258	South Australia	1930-12-18
DG Bradman	220	Victoria	1931-01-24
WM Woodfull	177	South Australia	1931-02-20
A Jackson	166	South Australia	1930-12-18

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1930/31 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
H Ironmonger	7/135	South Australia	1931-02-20
H Ironmonger	6/41	Queensland	1930-12-18
RK Oxenham	6/51	South Australia	1930-12-25
DD Blackie	6/70	South Australia	1931-01-01
RK Oxenham	6/92	Victoria	1930-12-18

* 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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Recorded coverage

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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