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Sheffield Shield 1938/39 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1938/39; Tests are excluded.

WA Brown leads the displayed batting table with 990 runs. CV Grimmett leads the bowling table with 27 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 12
Recorded players: 64
Recorded teams: 4
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1938-11-25 to 1939-02-24. 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 · 1938-39

League table for 1938/39. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1938-39 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	South Australia	6	3	0	1	21
2	Victoria	6	3	1	1	20
3	Queensland	6	2	3	0	13
4	New South Wales	6	0	4	0	2

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 1938/39

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 1938/39 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
WA Brown	6	990
AL Hassett	6	830
DG Bradman	6	801
SG Barnes	6	583
RG Gregory	6	492

Recorded innings through 1939-02-24. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1938/39 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
CV Grimmett	5	27
FA Ward	6	24
LO Fleetwood-Smith	6	23
JA Ellis	5	21
CP Christ	6	19

Recorded innings through 1939-02-24. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1938/39

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 · 64 players

Sheffield Shield 1938/39 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
WA Brown	Queensland	6	10	1	990	215	110.00	—	5	3	15	0
AL Hassett	Victoria	6	11	2	830	211*	92.22	—	4	4	0	0
DG Bradman	South Australia	6	8	1	801	225	114.43	—	0	5	19	0
SG Barnes	New South Wales	6	12	0	583	121	48.58	—	2	2	14	1
RG Gregory	Victoria	6	11	0	492	77	44.73	—	5	0	0	0
CL Badcock	South Australia	6	8	2	489	271*	81.50	—	1	2	0	0
GG Baker	Queensland	6	10	1	472	157	52.44	—	3	1	29	0
IS Lee	Victoria	6	11	1	415	121	41.50	—	2	1	0	0
GG Cook	Queensland	6	10	1	401	93	44.56	—	3	0	5	0
AG Chipperfield	New South Wales	4	8	0	385	154	48.13	—	2	1	0	0
KE Rigg	Victoria	6	11	0	366	84	33.27	—	3	0	0	0
RS Whitington	South Australia	6	8	1	340	125	48.57	—	1	2	16	0
FW Sides	Victoria	6	11	1	308	61	30.80	—	2	0	0	0
T Allen	Queensland	6	10	1	303	136	33.67	—	1	1	0	0
RE Rogers	Queensland	6	10	0	290	104	29.00	—	1	1	5	0
D Tallon	Queensland	6	9	1	275	115	34.38	—	0	1	12	0
CM Solomon	New South Wales	5	10	0	269	99	26.90	—	1	0	0	0
KL Ridings	South Australia	6	8	2	257	122	42.83	—	0	1	10	0
BA Barnett	Victoria	6	11	2	251	54	27.89	—	3	0	0	0
RV James	New South Wales	5	10	1	243	45	27.00	—	0	0	0	0
RA Hamence	South Australia	6	8	0	239	90	29.88	—	2	0	0	0
MW Sievers	Victoria	5	9	3	187	67*	31.17	—	1	0	0	0
AG Cheetham	New South Wales	5	10	0	184	42	18.40	—	0	0	0	0
ECS White	New South Wales	4	8	2	173	44	28.83	—	0	0	0	0
LWT Tallon	Queensland	6	10	3	158	40*	22.57	—	0	0	0	0

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Sheffield Shield 1938/39 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s
MG Waite	South Australia	6	7	1	136	63*	22.67	—	2	0
JH Fitzpatrick	New South Wales	4	8	0	136	61	17.00	—	1	3
BV McCauley	New South Wales	2	4	0	129	76	32.25	—	1	0
VW McCaffery	New South Wales	5	10	0	124	40	12.40	—	0	0
CG Pepper	New South Wales	4	8	2	120	39	20.00	—	0	0
JA Ledward	Victoria	3	6	0	118	44	19.67	—	0	0
FA Ward	South Australia	6	8	1	109	62	15.57	—	1	0
DT Ring	Victoria	2	4	1	89	51	29.67	—	1	0
CGR Stibe	Queensland	2	3	0	81	58	27.00	—	1	7
WJ O'Reilly	New South Wales	2	4	0	74	47	18.50	—	0	0
KC Gulliver	New South Wales	1	2	0	71	40	35.50	—	0	0
CV Grimmett	South Australia	5	6	1	69	35	13.80	—	0	0
LC Hynes	New South Wales	2	4	1	69	63*	23.00	—	1	0
CW Walker	South Australia	4	6	0	66	32	11.00	—	0	0
EL McCormick	Victoria	6	11	2	60	29	6.67	—	0	0
JHW Fingleton	New South Wales	2	4	0	58	45	14.50	—	0	0
LO Fleetwood-Smith	Victoria	6	11	3	56	43	7.00	—	0	0
CDP Hansen	Queensland	3	5	0	54	24	10.80	—	0	0
HH Oakley	Victoria	2	4	0	53	40	13.25	—	0	0
FA Easton	New South Wales	4	8	1	49	17	7.00	—	0	0
MS Guttormsen	Queensland	3	5	1	48	23*	12.00	—	0	0
EJR Moyle	South Australia	2	3	0	46	46	15.33	—	0	0
PL Ridings	South Australia	3	4	0	45	33	11.25	—	0	0
JJ Murphy	New South Wales	4	8	5	43	10	14.33	—	0	0
SJ McCabe	New South Wales	1	2	0	36	35	18.00	—	0	3
EJ Minter	New South Wales	1	2	0	33	33	16.50	—	0	0
RB Scott	Victoria	3	5	0	32	27	6.40	—	0	0
JAJ Horsell	South Australia	1	1	0	29	29	29.00	—	0	0
JL O'Brien	New South Wales	2	4	0	22	19	5.50	—	0	0
PL Dixon	Queensland	5	8	0	21	10	2.63	—	0	0
JA Ellis	Queensland	5	9	1	17	7*	2.13	—	0	0
JA Scott	South Australia	4	6	2	9	5*	2.25	—	0	0
SG Sismey	New South Wales	2	4	1	8	6	2.67	—	0	0
CP Christ	Queensland	6	10	2	7	4*	0.88	—	0	0
EH Bromley	Victoria	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0	0
FLO Thorn	Victoria	1	1	0	3	3	3.00	—	0	0
FPJ Gilmore	New South Wales	1	2	1	2	1*	2.00	—	0	0
HNJ Cotton	South Australia	5	6	0	2	2	0.33	—	0	0
GE Tamblyn	Victoria	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 43 players

Sheffield Shield 1938/39 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
CV Grimmett	South Australia	5	8	1,080	25	563	27	20.85	40.00	3.13	2	7/116
FA Ward	South Australia	6	11	1,290	26	845	24	35.21	53.75	3.93	1	5/126
LO Fleetwood-Smith	Victoria	6	10	1,197	15	828	23	36.00	52.04	4.15	2	7/144
JA Ellis	Queensland	5	7	931	7	591	21	28.14	44.33	3.81	2	5/67
CP Christ	Queensland	6	10	1,459	47	673	19	35.42	76.79	2.77	1	5/47
EL McCormick	Victoria	6	10	918	10	609	18	33.83	51.00	3.98	1	5/62
LWT Tallon	Queensland	6	9	841	12	593	18	32.94	46.72	4.23	1	5/77
HNJ Cotton	South Australia	5	9	815	17	442	17	26.00	47.94	3.25	1	5/49
PL Dixon	Queensland	5	9	795	9	580	16	36.25	49.69	4.38	0	4/61
RB Scott	Victoria	3	4	438	5	289	15	19.27	29.20	3.96	2	7/33
GG Cook	Queensland	6	10	864	13	523	13	40.23	66.46	3.63	0	3/67
WJ O'Reilly	New South Wales	2	3	554	16	311	12	25.92	46.17	3.37	1	6/152
SG Barnes	New South Wales	6	9	493	13	296	9	32.89	54.78	3.60	0	3/20
MG Waite	South Australia	6	10	924	24	484	8	60.50	115.50	3.14	0	3/123
AG Cheetham	New South Wales	5	8	759	8	505	8	63.13	94.88	3.99	0	3/52
MW Sievers	Victoria	5	9	912	28	426	7	60.86	130.29	2.80	1	6/95
DT Ring	Victoria	2	4	437	6	285	7	40.71	62.43	3.91	0	3/116
JJ Murphy	New South Wales	4	6	770	12	469	7	67.00	110.00	3.65	0	3/143
KL Ridings	South Australia	2	3	78	2	62	6	10.33	13.00	4.77	0	4/26
LC Hynes	New South Wales	2	2	177	2	143	5	28.60	35.40	4.85	0	3/57
PL Ridings	South Australia	3	5	313	5	221	5	44.20	62.60	4.24	0	1/19
JA Scott	South Australia	4	8	708	31	326	5	65.20	141.60	2.76	0	1/11
JH Fitzpatrick	New South Wales	3	5	240	5	132	4	33.00	60.00	3.30	0	2/47
FPJ Gilmore	New South Wales	1	2	120	0	63	4	15.75	30.00	3.15	0	3/50
GG Baker	Queensland	5	6	131	1	86	3	28.67	43.67	3.94	0	3/36

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Sheffield Shield 1938/39 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
EH Bromley	Victoria	1	2	192	6	143	2	71.50	96.00	4.47	1/29
RG Gregory	Victoria	4	5	186	3	174	2	87.00	93.00	5.61	2/96
CG Pepper	New South Wales	4	6	234	0	216	2	108.00	117.00	5.54	1/13
ECS White	New South Wales	4	6	588	19	284	2	142.00	294.00	2.90	1/21
FLO Thorn	Victoria	1	1	96	2	51	2	25.50	48.00	3.19	2/51
SJ McCabe	New South Wales	1	1	72	1	26	1	26.00	72.00	2.17	1/26
KC Gulliver	New South Wales	1	2	60	2	41	1	41.00	60.00	4.10	1/27
RV James	New South Wales	4	4	120	3	94	1	94.00	120.00	4.70	1/65
JL O'Brien	New South Wales	2	2	234	1	157	1	157.00	234.00	4.03	1/81
JHW Fingleton	New South Wales	1	1	5	0	3	0	—	—	3.60	0/3
AG Chipperfield	New South Wales	3	3	78	0	87	0	—	—	6.69	0/3
AL Hassett	Victoria	2	2	48	0	33	0	—	—	4.13	0/10
CM Solomon	New South Wales	1	1	20	0	9	0	—	—	2.70	0/9
RE Rogers	Queensland	4	4	97	1	80	0	—	—	4.95	0/5
VW McCaffery	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	9	0	—	—	9.00	0/9
T Allen	Queensland	2	2	18	0	15	0	—	—	5.00	0/4
JA Ledward	Victoria	2	2	66	1	53	0	—	—	4.82	0/4
CGR Stibe	Queensland	1	1	6	0	9	0	—	—	9.00	0/9

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 1938/39. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1938/39 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
South Australia	6	3	0	3	2,727	49	55.65	600	3,061	102	30.01
Victoria	6	3	1	2	3,386	92	36.80	504	3,033	79	38.39
Queensland	6	2	3	1	3,260	84	38.81	575	3,247	96	33.82
New South Wales	6	0	4	2	2,918	114	25.60	390	2,950	62	47.58

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 · 1938/39

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

1939-02-24 to 1939-02-28 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 207/7
Victoria: 321

Match drawn

1939-02-04 to 1939-02-08 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 575/7d
Victoria: 348 & 216

Queensland won by an innings and 11 runs

1939-01-28 to 1939-01-31 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 120 & 217
Victoria: 259 & 79/2

Victoria won by 8 wickets

1939-01-14 to 1939-01-18 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 246 & 156/5
South Australia: 349/4d

Match drawn

1939-01-07 to 1939-01-11 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 336 & 233
South Australia: 557 & 14/0

South Australia won by 10 wickets

1939-01-02 to 1939-01-31 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 214 & 264
Queensland: 200 & 279/2

Queensland won by 8 wickets

1939-01-02 to 1939-01-31 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 499 & 283/7d
South Australia: 488 & 50/0

Match drawn

1938-12-24 to 1938-12-28 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 462
Queensland: 131 & 311

South Australia won by an innings and 20 runs

1938-12-23 to 1938-12-27 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 504 & 179/6
New South Wales: 294 & 388

Victoria won by 4 wickets

1938-12-16 to 1938-12-20 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 376 & 322/7
Queensland: 184 & 510/5d

Victoria won by 3 wickets

1938-12-16 to 1938-12-20 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 600/8d
New South Wales: 390 & 155

South Australia won by an innings and 55 runs

1938-11-25 to 1938-11-29 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 501
New South Wales: 171 & 303/9

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1938/39 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 1938/39, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1938/39 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
CL Badcock	271*	New South Wales	1938-12-16
DG Bradman	225	Queensland	1938-12-24
WA Brown	215	Victoria	1939-02-04
AL Hassett	211*	South Australia	1939-01-02
DG Bradman	186	Queensland	1939-01-07

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1938/39 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
RB Scott	7/33	New South Wales	1939-01-28
CV Grimmett	7/116	New South Wales	1938-12-16
LO Fleetwood-Smith	7/144	New South Wales	1938-12-23
CV Grimmett	6/33	Queensland	1938-12-24
LO Fleetwood-Smith	6/58	Queensland	1938-12-16

* 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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Batting · 64 players

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