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Sheffield Shield 1931/32 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1931/32; Tests are excluded.

VY Richardson leads the displayed batting table with 690 runs. CV Grimmett leads the bowling table with 29 wickets.

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Showing 1931/32 · Sheffield Shield

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Recorded matches: 12
Recorded players: 77
Recorded teams: 4
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1931-11-06 to 1932-03-19. 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 · 1931-32

League table for 1931/32. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1931-32 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points
1	New South Wales	6	4	2	20
2	South Australia	6	4	2	20
3	Queensland	6	2	4	10
4	Victoria	6	2	4	10

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 1931/32

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 1931/32 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
VY Richardson	6	690
AR Lonergan	6	586
HH Oakley	5	462
LS Darling	6	440
SJ McCabe	2	438

Recorded innings through 1932-03-19. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1931/32 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
CV Grimmett	5	29
PK Lee	5	25
WJ O'Reilly	5	25
RK Oxenham	6	24
E Gilbert	5	21

Recorded innings through 1932-03-19. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1931/32

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 · 77 players

Sheffield Shield 1931/32 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
VY Richardson	South Australia	6	12	0	690	138	57.50	—	2	3	0	0
AR Lonergan	South Australia	6	12	0	586	137	48.83	—	4	1	0	0
HH Oakley	Victoria	5	9	1	462	115	57.75	—	2	1	0	0
LS Darling	Victoria	6	11	2	440	111*	48.89	—	2	2	12	0
SJ McCabe	New South Wales	2	3	2	438	229*	438.00	—	0	3	0	0
RK Oxenham	Queensland	6	12	1	431	162*	39.18	—	2	1	0	0
HC Nitschke	South Australia	5	10	0	384	119	38.40	—	3	1	0	0
OW Bill	New South Wales	6	11	1	377	86	37.70	—	2	0	7	1
GG Cook	Queensland	5	10	0	343	79	34.30	—	2	0	0	0
EC Bensted	Queensland	3	6	0	288	145	48.00	—	1	1	0	0
SF Hird	New South Wales	6	11	0	283	74	25.73	—	2	0	4	0
RN Nutt	New South Wales	5	10	1	281	102	31.22	—	0	1	0	0
MG Waite	South Australia	5	10	0	276	63	27.60	—	1	0	0	0
JEP Hogg	Queensland	5	10	0	259	71	25.90	—	1	0	0	0
KLM Mossop	Queensland	5	10	3	252	59	36.00	—	1	0	0	0
LPJ O'Brien	Victoria	5	9	0	236	57	26.22	—	2	0	4	0
BA Barnett	Victoria	6	11	0	236	94	21.45	—	2	0	0	0
J Ryder	Victoria	5	10	0	235	71	23.50	—	2	0	0	0
DG Bradman	New South Wales	3	5	0	213	167	42.60	—	0	1	0	0
FW Sides	Queensland	5	10	2	212	74	26.50	—	2	0	0	0
JHW Fingleton	New South Wales	3	5	0	197	93	39.40	—	1	0	0	0
HE Whitfield	South Australia	3	6	0	193	82	32.17	—	2	0	0	0
WM Woodfull	Victoria	2	4	0	190	147	47.50	—	0	1	6	0
LR Leabeater	New South Wales	3	6	0	187	57	31.17	—	2	0	6	0
WE Catchlove	South Australia	4	8	1	187	103*	26.71	—	0	1	0	0

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Sheffield Shield 1931/32 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
EL a'Beckett	Victoria	5	9	0	181	55	20.11	—	1	0	0	0
CDP Hansen	Queensland	6	11	0	181	44	16.45	—	0	0	0	0
HSB Love	New South Wales	3	6	0	179	69	29.83	—	1	0	0	0
J Thomas	Victoria	3	6	0	170	70	28.33	—	1	0	0	0
WH Ponsford	Victoria	3	5	0	169	134	33.80	—	0	1	0	0
WC Andrews	Queensland	2	4	0	152	110	38.00	—	0	1	0	0
WJ O'Reilly	New South Wales	5	10	3	131	43	18.71	—	0	0	3	3
CW Walker	South Australia	6	12	2	125	35	12.50	—	0	0	0	0
WA Hunt	New South Wales	6	11	1	124	34	12.40	—	0	0	0	0
SAJ Smith	Victoria	4	8	1	110	47	15.71	—	0	0	0	0
PK Lee	South Australia	5	10	0	100	54	10.00	—	1	0	0	0
CV Grimmett	South Australia	5	10	1	97	40*	10.78	—	0	0	0	0
AF Kippax	New South Wales	2	3	0	96	44	32.00	—	0	0	0	0
FJ Gough	Queensland	3	6	0	96	32	16.00	—	0	0	0	0
LE Nagel	Victoria	4	8	1	94	30	13.43	—	0	0	0	0
JL Donnelly	New South Wales	2	4	0	91	57	22.75	—	1	0	0	0
BJ Tobin	South Australia	2	4	0	89	47	22.25	—	0	0	0	0
RHB Bettington	New South Wales	2	4	0	88	42	22.00	—	0	0	0	0
WAS Oldfield	New South Wales	3	5	0	85	46	17.00	—	0	0	0	0
BM Salmon	New South Wales	2	4	0	81	41	20.25	—	0	0	0	0
AT Hack	South Australia	2	4	0	74	36	18.50	—	0	0	0	0
AE Marks	New South Wales	1	2	0	73	71	36.50	—	1	0	0	0
A Hurwood	Queensland	4	8	0	72	22	9.00	—	0	0	0	0
HV Burns	Queensland	3	6	2	71	22*	17.75	—	0	0	0	0
EL McCormick	Victoria	4	8	3	68	16	13.60	—	0	0	0	0
KE Rigg	Victoria	2	4	0	66	34	16.50	—	0	0	0	0
LW Waterman	Queensland	3	6	0	65	20	10.83	—	0	0	0	0
TA Carlton	South Australia	6	12	7	63	33*	12.60	—	0	0	0	0
TW Wall	South Australia	4	8	1	60	17	8.57	—	0	0	0	0
IS Lee	Victoria	2	3	0	55	36	18.33	—	0	0	0	0
CLB Starr	South Australia	1	2	0	54	33	27.00	—	0	0	0	0
HJT Theak	New South Wales	5	10	3	53	17	7.57	—	0	0	0	0
HS Gamble	Queensland	2	4	0	50	17	12.50	—	0	0	0	0
HM Thurlow	Queensland	5	10	2	45	23	5.63	—	0	0	0	0
DG Jamieson	South Australia	3	6	1	36	16*	7.20	—	0	0	0	0
CM Solomon	New South Wales	1	2	0	33	26	16.50	—	0	0	0	0
E Gilbert	Queensland	5	10	3	32	7	4.57	—	0	0	0	0
AG Shepherd	South Australia	1	2	0	31	29	15.50	—	0	0	0	0
LO Fleetwood-Smith	Victoria	1	1	0	29	29	29.00	—	0	0	0	0
H Laycock	South Australia	1	2	0	28	21	14.00	—	0	0	0	0
JW Scaife	Victoria	1	2	0	21	13	10.50	—	0	0	0	0
BV Such	Queensland	1	2	0	18	12	9.00	—	0	0	0	0
GS Amos	New South Wales	2	3	0	17	14	5.67	—	0	0	0	0
H Ironmonger	Victoria	5	9	3	15	6*	2.50	—	0	0	0	0
EF Hubbard	Queensland	1	2	0	12	9	6.00	—	0	0	0	0
HJR Higgins	Queensland	1	2	0	11	8	5.50	—	0	0	0	0
JEH Hooker	New South Wales	1	2	1	9	8*	9.00	—	0	0	0	0
DE Pritchard	South Australia	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—	0	0	0	0
AG Fairfax	New South Wales	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	—	0	0	0	0
HH Alexander	Victoria	2	2	1	5	5*	5.00	—	0	0	0	0
JN Campbell	New South Wales	1	1	0	4	4	4.00	—	0	0	0	0
GH Newstead	Victoria	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 46 players

Sheffield Shield 1931/32 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
CV Grimmett	South Australia	5	9	1,095	32	646	29	22.28	37.76	3.54	2	5/44
PK Lee	South Australia	5	9	949	30	491	25	19.64	37.96	3.10	1	5/70
WJ O'Reilly	New South Wales	5	10	1,207	46	523	25	20.92	48.28	2.60	3	5/22
RK Oxenham	Queensland	6	11	1,222	53	548	24	22.83	50.92	2.69	2	5/37
E Gilbert	Queensland	5	8	707	3	555	21	26.43	33.67	4.71	1	5/67
H Ironmonger	Victoria	5	10	1,251	46	710	20	35.50	62.55	3.41	0	4/75
WA Hunt	New South Wales	6	12	1,146	40	473	20	23.65	57.30	2.48	0	4/25
HJT Theak	New South Wales	5	10	988	16	556	19	29.26	52.00	3.38	0	3/40
HM Thurlow	Queensland	5	9	906	12	674	17	39.65	53.29	4.46	1	5/74
SAJ Smith	Victoria	4	8	652	14	487	17	28.65	38.35	4.48	2	5/86
LE Nagel	Victoria	4	8	823	25	431	16	26.94	51.44	3.14	1	6/35
TA Carlton	South Australia	6	11	894	33	470	16	29.38	55.88	3.15	0	3/24
EL McCormick	Victoria	4	8	701	9	457	14	32.64	50.07	3.91	1	5/103
EL a'Beckett	Victoria	5	10	951	21	459	13	35.31	73.15	2.90	0	4/105
TW Wall	South Australia	4	6	504	8	320	13	24.62	38.77	3.81	0	4/86
SF Hird	New South Wales	5	8	582	8	348	13	26.77	44.77	3.59	0	4/47
LO Fleetwood-Smith	Victoria	1	2	186	1	120	11	10.91	16.91	3.87	1	7/101
A Hurwood	Queensland	4	7	750	19	430	9	47.78	83.33	3.44	0	3/55
EC Bensted	Queensland	3	6	426	4	320	9	35.56	47.33	4.51	0	3/28
HS Gamble	Queensland	2	4	352	3	280	8	35.00	44.00	4.77	0	2/49
SJ McCabe	New South Wales	3	5	293	10	115	7	16.43	41.86	2.35	0	3/57
GS Amos	New South Wales	2	4	234	6	104	7	14.86	33.43	2.67	1	5/22
BJ Tobin	South Australia	2	4	273	5	206	7	29.43	39.00	4.53	0	4/63
HH Alexander	Victoria	2	4	276	4	184	6	30.67	46.00	4.00	0	3/22
JN Campbell	New South Wales	1	2	53	1	31	5	6.20	10.60	3.51	0	3/13

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Sheffield Shield 1931/32 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
DG Jamieson	South Australia	3	6	474	11	244	5	48.80	94.80	3.09	4/83
LS Darling	Victoria	5	8	222	2	172	4	43.00	55.50	4.65	2/39
RHB Bettington	New South Wales	2	4	234	5	146	4	36.50	58.50	3.74	3/56
GG Cook	Queensland	5	7	198	2	176	4	44.00	49.50	5.33	2/25
EF Hubbard	Queensland	1	2	168	5	90	4	22.50	42.00	3.21	2/42
AG Fairfax	New South Wales	1	2	90	3	45	3	15.00	30.00	3.00	2/24
HE Whitfield	South Australia	3	5	216	1	158	3	52.67	72.00	4.39	2/56
H Laycock	South Australia	1	2	126	2	94	3	31.33	42.00	4.48	3/92
JEH Hooker	New South Wales	1	2	174	4	76	2	38.00	87.00	2.62	2/30
KLM Mossop	Queensland	1	2	36	1	23	2	11.50	18.00	3.83	2/15
J Ryder	Victoria	3	3	84	1	59	1	59.00	84.00	4.21	1/32
DG Bradman	New South Wales	1	2	17	0	10	1	10.00	17.00	3.53	1/4
BM Salmon	New South Wales	1	1	18	0	10	1	10.00	18.00	3.33	1/10
VY Richardson	South Australia	1	2	54	1	28	0	—	—	3.11	0/11
MG Waite	South Australia	3	3	36	0	48	0	—	—	8.00	0/5
WC Andrews	Queensland	1	1	12	0	12	0	—	—	6.00	0/12
JEP Hogg	Queensland	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0/2
FJ Gough	Queensland	2	2	60	0	64	0	—	—	6.40	0/30
CDP Hansen	Queensland	1	2	30	0	30	0	—	—	6.00	0/10
CLB Starr	South Australia	1	1	30	0	21	0	—	—	4.20	0/21
BV Such	Queensland	1	1	84	1	50	0	—	—	3.57	0/50

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 1931/32. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1931/32 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
New South Wales	6	4	2	3,229	104	31.05	432	2,581	117	22.06
South Australia	6	4	2	3,260	117	27.86	421	2,882	110	26.20
Queensland	6	2	4	2,763	116	23.82	504	3,458	107	32.32
Victoria	6	2	4	2,940	107	27.48	435	3,271	110	29.74

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 · 1931/32

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

1932-03-19 to 1932-03-22 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 247 & 118
South Australia: 272 & 225

South Australia won by 132 runs

1932-03-12 to 1932-03-16 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 420 & 129
South Australia: 410 & 289

South Australia won by 150 runs

1932-03-04 to 1932-03-08 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 428
South Australia: 272 & 68

Victoria won by an innings and 88 runs

1932-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 504 & 216/6d
Victoria: 277 & 304

Queensland won by 139 runs

1932-01-22 to 1932-01-26 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 348 & 389/4d
Victoria: 204 & 294

New South Wales won by 239 runs

1932-01-01 to 1932-01-05 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 308 & 253
Queensland: 148 & 225

New South Wales won by 188 runs

1931-12-25 to 1931-12-29 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 421 & 335/7d
Queensland: 267 & 209

South Australia won by 280 runs

1931-12-24 to 1931-12-29 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 103 & 435/7
New South Wales: 276 & 260

Victoria won by 3 wickets

1931-12-18 to 1931-12-22 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 156 & 273
Queensland: 200 & 251

Queensland won by 22 runs

1931-12-18 to 1931-12-22 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 321 & 160
New South Wales: 393 & 205

New South Wales won by 117 runs

1931-11-13 to 1931-11-17 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 317 & 170
Victoria: 315 & 151

South Australia won by 21 runs

1931-11-06 to 1931-11-10 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 109 & 85
New South Wales: 432

New South Wales won by an innings and 238 runs

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1931/32 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	3
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, 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 1931/32, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1931/32 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
SJ McCabe	229*	Queensland	1931-11-06
DG Bradman	167	Victoria	1932-01-22
RK Oxenham	162*	Victoria	1932-02-01
WM Woodfull	147	New South Wales	1931-12-24
EC Bensted	145	South Australia	1932-03-12

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1931/32 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
LO Fleetwood-Smith	7/101	South Australia	1932-03-04
LE Nagel	6/35	South Australia	1931-11-13
GS Amos	5/22	Queensland	1931-11-06
WJ O'Reilly	5/22	Victoria	1931-12-24
RK Oxenham	5/37	Victoria	1931-12-18

* 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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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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Sheffield Shield standings · 1931-32

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Player statistics · 1931/32

Batting · 77 players

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Recent recorded matches · 1931/32

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