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Sheffield Shield 1947/48 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1947/48; Tests are excluded.

PL Ridings leads the displayed batting table with 649 runs. G Noblet leads the bowling table with 35 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 16
Recorded players: 86
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1947-10-24 to 1948-02-20. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-05-26.

Sheffield Shield standings · 1947-48

League table for 1947/48. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1947-48 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Western Australia	4	2	1	0	13
2	New South Wales	7	3	2	1	20
3	South Australia	7	3	3	0	16
4	Queensland	7	2	3	2	14
5	Victoria	7	2	3	1	13

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 1947/48

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 1947/48 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
PL Ridings	7	649
WW Morris	7	538
RV James	7	528
KD Meuleman	6	501
AL Hassett	5	493

Recorded innings through 1948-02-20. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1947/48 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
G Noblet	7	35
LJ Johnson	6	28
FB Johnston	7	24
CW Puckett	4	24
DT Ring	7	23

Recorded innings through 1948-02-20. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1947/48

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 · 86 players

Sheffield Shield 1947/48 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
PL Ridings	South Australia	7	14	2	649	186*	54.08	—	1	3	26	0
WW Morris	Queensland	7	12	0	538	120	44.83	—	4	1	14	1
RV James	South Australia	7	14	1	528	210	40.62	—	0	1	17	0
KD Meuleman	Victoria	6	11	0	501	135	45.55	—	2	2	20	0
AL Hassett	Victoria	5	10	0	493	204	49.30	—	1	2	25	1
RJ Craig	South Australia	7	14	0	459	116	32.79	—	2	1	3	0
J Moroney	New South Wales	7	13	3	437	95	43.70	—	3	0	0	0
DK Carmody	Western Australia	4	7	0	428	198	61.14	—	1	1	10	0
EW Lukeman	New South Wales	7	13	1	425	72	35.42	—	4	0	0	0
AR Morris	New South Wales	5	10	0	401	81	40.10	—	4	0	0	0
KR Miller	New South Wales	5	10	0	392	170	39.20	—	0	1	24	3
AH Carrigan	Queensland	7	12	1	385	166	35.00	—	2	1	19	0
DH Fothergill	Victoria	6	11	1	382	102	38.20	—	2	1	10	0
J Pettiford	New South Wales	7	13	1	371	87	30.92	—	4	0	0	0
RD Niehuus	South Australia	7	14	1	365	81	28.08	—	2	0	0	0
RA Hamence	South Australia	5	10	0	356	85	35.60	—	3	0	0	0
SG Barnes	New South Wales	4	8	1	344	158	49.14	—	2	1	6	0
GD Robinson	Western Australia	4	7	0	326	134	46.57	—	1	1	6	0
RN Harvey	Victoria	5	10	0	313	94	31.30	—	2	0	0	0
RE Rogers	Queensland	3	6	0	313	124	52.17	—	1	1	9	0
MR Harvey	Victoria	5	9	1	312	141	39.00	—	1	1	12	0
ADW Watt	Western Australia	4	7	0	308	129	44.00	—	1	1	18	0
WA Brown	Queensland	4	7	2	306	83*	61.20	—	2	0	0	0
AR Edwards	Western Australia	4	7	0	294	104	42.00	—	2	1	7	0
SJE Loxton	Victoria	6	11	0	283	55	25.73	—	2	0	0	0

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Sheffield Shield 1947/48 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s
RA Saggers	New South Wales	7	13	3	281	90	28.10	—	2	0	0
VN Raymer	Queensland	6	10	3	269	85	38.43	—	2	0	0
DT Ring	Victoria	7	13	2	257	71	23.36	—	1	0	0
CW Langdon	Western Australia	4	7	1	243	70	40.50	—	2	0	0
FAW Freer	Victoria	6	11	0	229	64	20.82	—	1	0	0
WPJ Donaldson	New South Wales	4	7	0	221	105	31.57	—	1	1	11
D Tallon	Queensland	5	9	1	220	41	27.50	—	0	0	0
R Harvey	Victoria	5	9	1	188	48	23.50	—	0	0	0
KA Archer	Queensland	6	10	0	177	70	17.70	—	1	0	0
GRA Langley	South Australia	5	10	4	173	55	28.83	—	1	0	0
RK Kissell	New South Wales	5	9	3	151	36*	25.17	—	0	0	0
LV Maddocks	Victoria	4	7	1	145	59	24.17	—	1	0	0
IWG Johnson	Victoria	3	6	1	138	69*	27.60	—	1	0	0
GG Cook	Queensland	4	7	0	137	74	19.57	—	1	0	0
LH Bandy	Western Australia	3	5	1	130	53*	32.50	—	1	0	0
L Michael	South Australia	4	8	1	127	50	18.14	—	1	0	0
CL McCool	Queensland	5	9	0	119	47	13.22	—	0	0	0
KD Mackay	Queensland	6	10	3	117	41	16.71	—	0	0	0
LJ Johnson	Queensland	6	10	1	116	31	12.89	—	0	0	0
AS Young	Queensland	6	10	2	110	32	13.75	—	0	0	0
GT Kessey	Western Australia	4	7	0	104	60	14.86	—	1	0	0
G Noblet	South Australia	7	14	2	103	32	8.58	—	0	0	0
RM Stanford	South Australia	2	4	0	101	71	25.25	—	1	0	0
DG Bradman	South Australia	1	2	0	100	100	50.00	—	0	1	8
B Dooland	South Australia	5	10	0	91	62	9.10	—	1	0	0
TE O'Dwyer	Western Australia	4	7	3	86	46	21.50	—	0	0	0
DMJ Fitzmaurice	Victoria	2	4	0	85	45	21.25	—	0	0	0
FJ Buttsworth	Western Australia	2	3	0	80	60	26.67	—	1	0	0
CW Puckett	Western Australia	4	7	1	79	33	13.17	—	0	0	0
CC McDonald	Victoria	1	2	0	67	56	33.50	—	1	0	0
JH de Courcy	New South Wales	2	3	1	67	40*	33.50	—	0	0	0
TE Klose	South Australia	2	4	1	65	28	21.67	—	0	0	0
HF Lambert	Victoria	3	5	1	61	41*	15.25	—	0	0	0
FB Johnston	New South Wales	7	13	2	58	16*	5.27	—	0	0	0
WE Alley	New South Wales	2	4	0	56	36	14.00	—	0	0	0
NT Rogers	Queensland	3	5	0	50	18	10.00	—	0	0	0
A Jinks	Victoria	4	7	3	47	22	11.75	—	0	0	0
EA Baker	Victoria	3	6	1	42	18	8.40	—	0	0	0
RR Lindwall	New South Wales	3	6	0	37	21	6.17	—	0	0	0
CA Watts	South Australia	3	6	1	37	12*	7.40	—	0	0	0
BA Rigg	Western Australia	2	4	0	34	14	8.50	—	0	0	0
NH Oswald	South Australia	3	6	2	29	15	7.25	—	0	0	0
VA Collins	New South Wales	1	1	0	27	27	27.00	—	0	0	0
TF Brooks	New South Wales	4	7	2	21	17	4.20	—	0	0	0
AD Jose	South Australia	3	6	1	19	8	3.80	—	0	0	0
KI O'Neill	South Australia	4	8	2	19	6	3.17	—	0	0	0
D Siggs	Queensland	2	3	1	19	10*	9.50	—	0	0	0
RW Vaughton	South Australia	2	4	0	19	14	4.75	—	0	0	0
WA Johnston	Victoria	4	8	3	18	8	3.60	—	0	0	0
J Tregoning	South Australia	1	2	0	18	17	9.00	—	0	0	0
KJ Bagshaw	South Australia	1	2	0	17	17	8.50	—	0	0	0
KR Cumming	Western Australia	4	7	2	17	6	3.40	—	0	0	0
R Howard	Victoria	2	3	1	17	10*	8.50	—	0	0	0
ERH Toshack	New South Wales	5	10	2	16	11*	2.00	—	0	0	0
MU Herbert	Western Australia	1	2	0	11	6	5.50	—	0	0	0
BL Bowley	South Australia	1	2	0	10	9	5.00	—	0	0	0
JA Ellis	Queensland	1	2	0	5	4	2.50	—	0	0	0
KR Dollery	Queensland	2	4	1	3	2	1.00	—	0	0	0
NRJ Beath	New South Wales	2	3	0	3	2	1.00	—	0	0	0
TE Ball	Queensland	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0	0	0
AH McGinn	Queensland	3	4	1	1	1*	0.33	—	0	0	0

Bowling · 57 players

Sheffield Shield 1947/48 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
G Noblet	South Australia	7	13	1,478	52	664	35	18.97	42.23	2.70	1	5/61
LJ Johnson	Queensland	6	9	1,504	34	672	28	24.00	53.71	2.68	2	7/114
FB Johnston	New South Wales	7	11	838	8	594	24	24.75	34.92	4.25	1	5/92
CW Puckett	Western Australia	4	8	1,128	39	595	24	24.79	47.00	3.16	1	6/48
DT Ring	Victoria	7	12	1,360	27	765	23	33.26	59.13	3.38	0	4/66
B Dooland	South Australia	5	9	1,196	26	792	21	37.71	56.95	3.97	1	6/115
ERH Toshack	New South Wales	5	10	990	24	470	20	23.50	49.50	2.85	1	6/38
VN Raymer	Queensland	6	8	931	28	471	20	23.55	46.55	3.04	1	6/90
TE O'Dwyer	Western Australia	4	7	857	28	432	20	21.60	42.85	3.02	2	7/79
FAW Freer	Victoria	6	11	1,239	29	635	18	35.28	68.83	3.08	0	4/46
KR Miller	New South Wales	5	10	859	15	533	15	35.53	57.27	3.72	0	3/33
J Pettiford	New South Wales	7	11	882	6	651	15	43.40	58.80	4.43	0	3/75
A Jinks	Victoria	4	7	702	26	318	14	22.71	50.14	2.72	1	5/61
CL McCool	Queensland	5	8	1,164	23	631	13	48.54	89.54	3.25	1	6/97
KR Cumming	Western Australia	4	8	574	18	307	13	23.62	44.15	3.21	1	6/62
WA Johnston	Victoria	4	8	834	21	424	12	35.33	69.50	3.05	1	5/37
PL Ridings	South Australia	7	12	774	22	410	10	41.00	77.40	3.18	0	4/66
AH Carrigan	Queensland	7	11	579	10	316	9	35.11	64.33	3.27	0	3/36
NH Oswald	South Australia	3	5	612	11	438	9	48.67	68.00	4.29	0	3/191
IWG Johnson	Victoria	3	5	768	27	334	8	41.75	96.00	2.61	0	3/91
RR Lindwall	New South Wales	3	5	414	9	219	8	27.38	51.75	3.17	0	3/42
TF Brooks	New South Wales	4	7	432	9	292	8	36.50	54.00	4.06	0	3/62
SG Barnes	New South Wales	3	6	341	9	154	7	22.00	48.71	2.71	0	3/37
SJE Loxton	Victoria	6	10	702	13	342	7	48.86	100.29	2.92	0	2/17
GG Cook	Queensland	4	6	359	10	199	7	28.43	51.29	3.33	0	4/42

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Sheffield Shield 1947/48 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
CA Watts	South Australia	3	4	412	10	238	7	34.00	58.86	3.47	3/89
HF Lambert	Victoria	3	5	363	11	187	6	31.17	60.50	3.09	4/67
RJ Craig	South Australia	5	6	300	7	184	6	30.67	50.00	3.68	3/37
AD Jose	South Australia	3	6	426	4	271	6	45.17	71.00	3.82	2/33
CW Langdon	Western Australia	4	6	330	15	196	6	32.67	55.00	3.56	4/28
KI O'Neill	South Australia	4	7	618	5	377	6	62.83	103.00	3.66	2/76
AH McGinn	Queensland	3	4	330	5	203	5	40.60	66.00	3.69	3/42
AS Young	Queensland	6	7	510	6	314	5	62.80	102.00	3.69	2/31
NRJ Beath	New South Wales	2	3	258	5	123	4	30.75	64.50	2.86	2/20
KD Mackay	Queensland	2	3	156	2	128	3	42.67	52.00	4.92	2/74
WE Alley	New South Wales	1	2	54	2	38	3	12.67	18.00	4.22	2/21
TE Ball	Queensland	1	2	216	4	115	3	38.33	72.00	3.19	3/57
LH Bandy	Western Australia	3	5	192	9	97	3	32.33	64.00	3.03	2/16
DMJ Fitzmaurice	Victoria	2	4	312	4	167	3	55.67	104.00	3.21	2/39
MU Herbert	Western Australia	1	2	228	3	174	2	87.00	114.00	4.58	2/136
TE Klose	South Australia	2	4	150	5	98	2	49.00	75.00	3.92	1/6
ADW Watt	Western Australia	3	5	39	1	21	2	10.50	19.50	3.23	2/2
WA Brown	Queensland	1	1	6	0	2	1	2.00	6.00	2.00	1/2
AL Hassett	Victoria	2	2	25	0	24	1	24.00	25.00	5.76	1/23
DH Fothergill	Victoria	4	4	60	0	51	1	51.00	60.00	5.10	1/22
JA Ellis	Queensland	1	2	174	4	100	1	100.00	174.00	3.45	1/86
D Tallon	Queensland	1	1	9	1	1	0	—	—	0.67	0/1
KA Archer	Queensland	1	1	12	0	7	0	—	—	3.50	0/7
KR Dollery	Queensland	2	2	180	4	125	0	—	—	4.17	0/38
VA Collins	New South Wales	1	1	144	8	67	0	—	—	2.79	0/67
WPJ Donaldson	New South Wales	1	1	18	0	17	0	—	—	5.67	0/17
RV James	South Australia	1	1	3	0	4	0	—	—	8.00	0/4
WW Morris	Queensland	1	1	5	0	3	0	—	—	3.60	0/3
BL Bowley	South Australia	1	1	18	0	15	0	—	—	5.00	0/15
R Harvey	Victoria	3	3	42	2	21	0	—	—	3.00	0/4
BA Rigg	Western Australia	2	3	210	2	171	0	—	—	4.89	0/11
NT Rogers	Queensland	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0/1

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 1947/48. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1947/48 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
New South Wales	7	3	2	2	3,432	100	34.32	509	3,318	113	29.36
South Australia	7	3	3	1	3,426	114	30.05	536	3,640	112	32.50
Queensland	7	2	3	2	3,018	107	28.21	331	3,394	100	33.94
Victoria	7	2	3	2	3,698	113	32.73	474	3,391	101	33.57
Western Australia	4	2	1	1	2,214	65	34.06	446	2,045	73	28.01

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 · 1947/48

Latest 12 of 16 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1948-02-20 to 1948-02-24 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 218 & 280
South Australia: 407 & 92/6

South Australia won by 4 wickets

1948-02-06 to 1948-02-10 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 325 & 130
Western Australia: 446 & 192

Western Australia won by 183 runs

1948-02-02 to 0001-01-01 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 396 & 200/4d
Western Australia: 293 & 205

New South Wales won by 98 runs

1948-01-16 to 1948-01-20 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 331 & 209/6
South Australia: 262 & 277

Queensland won by 4 wickets

1948-01-09 to 1948-01-13 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 374 & 108/5d
South Australia: 263 & 129/6

Match drawn

1948-01-01 to 1948-01-05 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 246/9
Queensland: 321/8d

Match drawn

1947-12-26 to 1947-12-30 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 130 & 474
New South Wales: 420 & 185/4

New South Wales won by 6 wickets

1947-12-25 to 1947-12-29 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 490 & 3/1
Queensland: 248 & 244

South Australia won by 9 wickets

1947-12-20 to 1947-12-24 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 352 & 208
New South Wales: 509 & 53/1

New South Wales won by 9 wickets

1947-12-19 to 1947-12-23 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 412
Queensland: 144/5

Match drawn

1947-12-05 to 1947-12-09 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 429 & 205/5
Victoria: 370 & 304/9d

Match drawn

1947-11-21 to 1947-11-25 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 135 & 246
Victoria: 331 & 51/1

Victoria won by 9 wickets

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1947/48 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane	4
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	4
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	3
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	3
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth	2

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

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Sheffield Shield 1947/48, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1947/48 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
RV James	210	Queensland	1947-12-25
AL Hassett	204	Queensland	1947-11-14
DK Carmody	198	South Australia	1947-11-14
PL Ridings	186*	Victoria	1948-02-20
KR Miller	170	Western Australia	1948-02-02

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1947/48 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
TE O'Dwyer	7/79	Queensland	1948-02-06
LJ Johnson	7/114	South Australia	1947-12-25
ERH Toshack	6/38	Victoria	1947-12-26
CW Puckett	6/48	Queensland	1948-02-06
KR Cumming	6/62	Victoria	1947-12-05

* 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 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.

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