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Sheffield Shield 1948/49 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1948/49; Tests are excluded.

AR Morris leads the displayed batting table with 858 runs. G Noblet leads the bowling table with 38 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 16
Recorded players: 81
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1948-11-26 to 1949-03-04. 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 · 1948-49

League table for 1948/49. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1948-49 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	New South Wales	7	4	0	—	29
2	Victoria	7	3	1	—	22
3	Queensland	7	2	3	—	12
4	South Australia	7	2	3	—	12
5	Western Australia	4	0	4	—	0

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 1948/49

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 1948/49 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
AR Morris	7	858
J Moroney	7	655
WA Brown	7	578
RA Hamence	7	546
KA Archer	7	523

Recorded innings through 1949-03-04. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1948/49 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
G Noblet	7	38
AK Walker	7	38
IWG Johnson	7	35
RR Lindwall	7	35
LJ Johnson	7	31

Recorded innings through 1949-03-04. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1948/49

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 · 81 players

Sheffield Shield 1948/49 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
AR Morris	New South Wales	7	13	1	858	177	71.50	—	1	5	76	0
J Moroney	New South Wales	7	13	3	655	122	65.50	—	5	2	22	0
WA Brown	Queensland	7	13	0	578	104	44.46	—	3	1	13	0
RA Hamence	South Australia	7	13	0	546	173	42.00	—	1	2	34	0
KA Archer	Queensland	7	13	1	523	86	43.58	—	6	0	0	0
SJE Loxton	Victoria	7	14	1	500	135	38.46	—	4	1	15	0
AL Hassett	Victoria	6	12	1	486	205	44.18	—	1	2	25	1
GRA Langley	South Australia	7	13	3	474	141*	47.40	—	2	1	6	0
RN Harvey	Victoria	7	14	1	401	75	30.85	—	2	0	0	0
K Lewis	South Australia	7	13	0	376	73	28.92	—	3	0	0	0
KR Miller	New South Wales	6	11	1	363	109	36.30	—	3	1	10	3
PL Ridings	South Australia	7	13	1	359	109	29.92	—	1	1	6	0
WW Morris	Queensland	7	13	0	354	108	27.23	—	1	1	11	3
WPJ Donaldson	New South Wales	7	13	2	351	104	31.91	—	1	1	16	0
KD Mackay	Queensland	7	13	0	341	85	26.23	—	3	0	0	0
CL McCool	Queensland	7	13	1	334	75	27.83	—	2	0	0	0
IWG Johnson	Victoria	7	14	2	326	132*	27.17	—	1	1	16	0
JW Burke	New South Wales	6	11	2	306	76*	34.00	—	3	0	0	0
KW Stackpole	Victoria	7	14	1	303	95	23.31	—	2	0	0	0
D Tallon	Queensland	7	13	0	296	49	22.77	—	0	0	0	0
ADW Watt	Western Australia	4	8	0	259	58	32.38	—	4	0	0	0
RE Rogers	Queensland	5	9	0	258	75	28.67	—	2	0	0	0
CW Langdon	Western Australia	4	8	0	244	138	30.50	—	0	1	15	0
LD Duldig	South Australia	6	11	1	233	64	23.30	—	1	0	0	0
AH Carrigan	Queensland	6	11	2	227	52	25.22	—	1	0	0	0

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Sheffield Shield 1948/49 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
FJ Buttsworth	Western Australia	4	8	0	203	55	25.38	—	1
DT Ring	Victoria	7	14	3	200	36	18.18	—	0
BL Bowley	South Australia	7	13	0	189	39	14.54	—	0
RA Saggers	New South Wales	7	13	1	178	46	14.83	—	0
HW Turner	Victoria	2	4	0	177	96	44.25	—	1
DK Carmody	Western Australia	4	8	0	166	55	20.75	—	1
DST Williams	Western Australia	4	8	0	161	50	20.13	—	1
KM Jack	Queensland	2	4	1	156	81*	52.00	—	1
ARC McLean	South Australia	7	13	3	155	42	15.50	—	0
B Dooland	South Australia	3	6	0	150	74	25.00	—	1
RJ Craig	South Australia	3	6	0	148	54	24.67	—	1
KD Meuleman	Victoria	4	8	1	146	67	20.86	—	2
AR Edwards	Western Australia	4	8	0	137	42	17.13	—	0
R Howard	Victoria	3	6	1	118	36	23.60	—	0
KG Gogler	South Australia	4	7	0	116	41	16.57	—	0
LJ Johnson	Queensland	7	13	3	112	33*	11.20	—	0
CA Watts	South Australia	2	3	1	105	70*	52.50	—	1
FB Johnston	New South Wales	7	13	2	103	31	9.36	—	0
RR Frankish	Western Australia	2	4	1	100	49*	33.33	—	0
VN Raymer	Queensland	7	13	4	98	32	10.89	—	0
DH Fothergill	Victoria	2	4	1	96	43	32.00	—	0
CW Puckett	Western Australia	4	7	4	95	42	31.67	—	0
CE Harvey	Victoria	3	6	0	91	33	15.17	—	0
RR Lindwall	New South Wales	7	13	1	87	38	7.25	—	0
WA Johnston	Victoria	7	14	2	82	38	6.83	—	0
TE O'Dwyer	Western Australia	3	6	0	82	51	13.67	—	1
JH de Courcy	New South Wales	2	4	0	81	46	20.25	—	0
RV James	New South Wales	3	6	1	79	63*	15.80	—	1
RB Moss	New South Wales	3	5	0	78	52	15.60	—	1
KI O'Neill	South Australia	3	6	0	78	31	13.00	—	0
JKE Munro	Western Australia	2	4	0	75	40	18.75	—	0
G Noblet	South Australia	7	13	6	68	17	9.71	—	0
HF Lambert	Victoria	5	10	0	67	21	6.70	—	0
AK Walker	New South Wales	7	13	2	67	30	6.09	—	0
IH McDonald	Victoria	4	8	2	65	32*	10.83	—	0
EK Edwards	Western Australia	2	4	0	47	21	11.75	—	0
VR Emery	New South Wales	5	9	2	42	17	6.00	—	0
L Michael	South Australia	2	3	0	40	38	13.33	—	0
WP Dunn	Western Australia	4	8	3	38	19	7.60	—	0
PM Bednall	South Australia	2	4	0	32	19	8.00	—	0
DG Bradman	South Australia	1	1	0	30	30	30.00	—	0
EA Baker	Victoria	3	6	0	19	16	3.17	—	0
RC Swendsen	Queensland	2	3	0	19	11	6.33	—	0
MU Herbert	Western Australia	1	2	0	18	11	9.00	—	0
G Powell	New South Wales	1	2	0	15	8	7.50	—	0
EI Pynor	South Australia	2	4	0	15	15	3.75	—	0
JG Baird	Victoria	1	2	1	14	13*	14.00	—	0
AS Young	Queensland	2	4	2	14	14*	7.00	—	0
CC McDonald	Victoria	1	2	0	10	9	5.00	—	0
AW Dick	Western Australia	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0
DW Hanlin	New South Wales	1	2	0	7	7	3.50	—	0
WD Gumley	Queensland	2	4	0	4	4	1.00	—	0
BA Rigg	Western Australia	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0
R Benaud	New South Wales	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0
CL Fairbairn	Victoria	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0
FE Nolan	Queensland	2	4	1	2	2*	0.67	—	0

Bowling · 55 players

Sheffield Shield 1948/49 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
G Noblet	South Australia	7	14	1,591	55	585	38	15.39	41.87	2.21	2	6/36
AK Walker	New South Wales	7	13	1,201	31	507	38	13.34	31.61	2.53	3	6/20
IWG Johnson	Victoria	7	14	1,557	60	741	35	21.17	44.49	2.86	2	6/59
RR Lindwall	New South Wales	7	13	1,263	16	674	35	19.26	36.09	3.20	1	6/44
LJ Johnson	Queensland	7	14	1,665	36	802	31	25.87	53.71	2.89	2	6/51
WA Johnston	Victoria	7	14	1,765	56	774	28	27.64	63.04	2.63	2	5/62
FB Johnston	New South Wales	7	13	1,085	9	745	24	31.04	45.21	4.12	0	4/105
ARC McLean	South Australia	7	14	1,018	11	895	24	37.29	42.42	5.28	0	4/36
DT Ring	Victoria	7	14	1,371	43	668	22	30.36	62.32	2.92	0	3/63
VN Raymer	Queensland	7	12	1,270	49	597	21	28.43	60.48	2.82	2	6/83
CL McCool	Queensland	7	11	1,448	24	902	20	45.10	72.40	3.74	1	7/128
CW Puckett	Western Australia	4	6	1,223	44	598	18	33.22	67.94	2.93	2	5/71
HF Lambert	Victoria	5	10	893	31	389	17	22.88	52.53	2.61	1	5/64
AH Carrigan	Queensland	6	11	723	16	433	14	30.93	51.64	3.59	0	4/95
BL Bowley	South Australia	7	14	810	18	467	13	35.92	62.31	3.46	0	3/39
WP Dunn	Western Australia	4	6	719	18	346	13	26.62	55.31	2.89	1	5/71
SJE Loxton	Victoria	7	12	578	14	269	12	22.42	48.17	2.79	0	4/13
KI O'Neill	South Australia	3	6	396	6	236	12	19.67	33.00	3.58	1	5/45
B Dooland	South Australia	3	6	538	13	318	11	28.91	48.91	3.55	0	3/21
KR Miller	New South Wales	5	9	378	7	202	9	22.44	42.00	3.21	0	2/19
TE O'Dwyer	Western Australia	3	4	480	13	351	9	39.00	53.33	4.39	1	6/164
FE Nolan	Queensland	2	4	330	11	159	8	19.88	41.25	2.89	0	4/87
KG Gogler	South Australia	4	7	300	4	241	7	34.43	42.86	4.82	0	3/16
VR Emery	New South Wales	5	8	714	28	327	6	54.50	119.00	2.75	0	4/77
JG Baird	Victoria	1	2	132	3	97	5	19.40	26.40	4.41	0	4/69

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Sheffield Shield 1948/49 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
PL Ridings	South Australia	6	11	426	7	238	4	59.50	106.50	3.35	2/26
RR Frankish	Western Australia	2	2	126	2	94	4	23.50	31.50	4.48	3/63
CW Langdon	Western Australia	4	6	468	18	271	4	67.75	117.00	3.47	1/20
RC Swendsen	Queensland	2	4	258	6	126	4	31.50	64.50	2.93	3/25
JW Burke	New South Wales	5	7	144	3	97	3	32.33	48.00	4.04	2/38
DST Williams	Western Australia	3	4	132	1	107	3	35.67	44.00	4.86	1/24
RN Harvey	Victoria	2	2	43	0	26	2	13.00	21.50	3.63	2/11
DW Hanlin	New South Wales	1	2	120	2	82	2	41.00	60.00	4.10	2/27
EI Pynor	South Australia	2	4	264	8	160	2	80.00	132.00	3.64	2/31
ADW Watt	Western Australia	4	5	84	1	72	2	36.00	42.00	5.14	2/16
KD Meuleman	Victoria	1	1	24	1	15	1	15.00	24.00	3.75	1/15
KA Archer	Queensland	5	7	156	5	71	1	71.00	156.00	2.73	1/16
KD Mackay	Queensland	3	4	157	2	95	1	95.00	157.00	3.63	1/56
AR Edwards	Western Australia	3	4	72	2	32	1	32.00	72.00	2.67	1/9
WA Brown	Queensland	1	1	24	1	10	0	—	—	2.50	0/10
AL Hassett	Victoria	4	5	54	2	20	0	—	—	2.22	0/0
AR Morris	New South Wales	1	1	18	0	22	0	—	—	7.33	0/22
RE Rogers	Queensland	1	1	36	2	11	0	—	—	1.83	0/11
DH Fothergill	Victoria	2	3	54	0	33	0	—	—	3.67	0/4
RV James	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0/2
G Powell	New South Wales	1	1	30	0	24	0	—	—	4.80	0/24
MU Herbert	Western Australia	1	2	162	4	98	0	—	—	3.63	0/45
WW Morris	Queensland	1	1	18	3	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
AW Dick	Western Australia	1	1	24	0	11	0	—	—	2.75	0/11
CL Fairbairn	Victoria	1	1	54	0	37	0	—	—	4.11	0/37
WD Gumley	Queensland	2	4	246	4	141	0	—	—	3.44	0/6
BA Rigg	Western Australia	1	1	48	1	42	0	—	—	5.25	0/42
KW Stackpole	Victoria	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0/1
CA Watts	South Australia	2	3	90	1	66	0	—	—	4.40	0/1
AS Young	Queensland	2	4	192	3	115	0	—	—	3.59	0/13

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 1948/49. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1948/49 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
New South Wales	7	4	0	3	3,395	95	35.74	507	2,787	119	23.42
Victoria	7	3	1	3	3,209	116	27.66	456	3,230	129	25.04
Queensland	7	2	3	2	3,449	118	29.23	431	3,572	105	34.02
South Australia	7	2	3	2	3,242	118	27.47	419	3,324	119	27.93
Western Australia	4	0	4	0	1,717	80	21.46	292	2,099	55	38.16

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 · 1948/49

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

1949-03-04 to 1949-03-08 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 154 & 132
Victoria: 229 & 328

Victoria won by 271 runs

1949-02-18 to 1949-02-22 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 335 & 230/3
South Australia: 177 & 386

Queensland won by 7 wickets

1949-02-11 to 1949-02-15 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 261 & 132/2
South Australia: 186 & 206

New South Wales won by 8 wickets

1949-02-04 to 1949-02-08 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 364 & 227
Western Australia: 277 & 179

Victoria won by 135 runs

1949-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 229 & 221
Victoria: 165 & 197

New South Wales won by 88 runs

1949-01-28 to 1949-01-31 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 419
Western Australia: 202 & 131

South Australia won by an innings and 86 runs

1949-01-21 to 1949-01-25 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 203 & 431
Victoria: 456 & 13/0

Match drawn

1949-01-01 to 1949-01-31 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 281 & 149
South Australia: 241 & 117/3

Match drawn

1949-01-01 to 1949-01-31 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 180 & 143/0
Queensland: 202 & 120

New South Wales won by 10 wickets

1948-12-24 to 1948-12-29 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 187 & 98/4
New South Wales: 334 & 200/6d

Match drawn

1948-12-24 to 1948-12-28 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 346 & 324
Queensland: 288 & 162

South Australia won by 220 runs

1948-12-17 to 1948-12-21 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 148 & 292
Queensland: 276 & 306/5d

Queensland won by 142 runs

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1948/49 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	4
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	4
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane	3
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	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 1948/49, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1948/49 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
AL Hassett	205	Queensland	1949-01-21
AR Morris	177	Victoria	1948-12-24
RA Hamence	173	New South Wales	1948-12-17
AR Morris	163	Western Australia	1948-12-10
GRA Langley	141*	Queensland	1949-02-18

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1948/49 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
CL McCool	7/128	Western Australia	1948-12-17
AK Walker	6/20	Queensland	1949-01-01
AK Walker	6/22	South Australia	1949-02-11
G Noblet	6/36	Queensland	1948-12-24
RR Lindwall	6/44	Victoria	1948-12-24

* 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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