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Sheffield Shield 1949/50 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1949/50; Tests are excluded.

ARC McLean leads the displayed batting table with 660 runs. JB Iverson leads the bowling table with 46 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 16
Recorded players: 88
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1949-11-01 to 1950-02-03. 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 · 1949-50

League table for 1949/50. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1949-50 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	New South Wales	7	5	1	—	28
2	Victoria	7	3	2	—	21
3	Western Australia	4	2	2	—	10
4	Queensland	7	2	3	—	12
5	South Australia	7	0	4	—	5

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 1949/50

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 1949/50 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
ARC McLean	7	660
KD Meuleman	7	612
WA Brown	6	507
R Howard	7	474
LD Duldig	6	458

Recorded innings through 1950-02-03. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1949/50 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
JB Iverson	7	46
LJ Johnson	6	39
VN Raymer	7	34
CW Puckett	4	32
JG Baird	7	30

Recorded innings through 1950-02-03. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1949/50

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 · 88 players

Sheffield Shield 1949/50 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
ARC McLean	South Australia	7	14	0	660	213	47.14	—	2	2	34	0
KD Meuleman	Victoria	7	13	0	612	150	47.08	—	5	1	10	1
WA Brown	Queensland	6	11	0	507	190	46.09	—	3	1	16	1
R Howard	Victoria	7	13	0	474	131	36.46	—	4	1	8	0
LD Duldig	South Australia	6	12	2	458	121*	45.80	—	2	1	11	0
AH Carrigan	Queensland	7	13	0	450	100	34.62	—	4	1	0	0
PL Ridings	South Australia	6	12	1	432	131	39.27	—	4	1	12	1
RA Hamence	South Australia	7	14	1	418	78	32.15	—	4	0	0	0
JH de Courcy	New South Wales	7	13	1	408	72	34.00	—	3	0	0	0
EAD Kerr	Victoria	7	13	2	407	97	37.00	—	3	0	0	0
KW Stackpole	Victoria	7	13	0	407	159	31.31	—	1	1	22	0
KD Mackay	Queensland	6	11	1	387	97	38.70	—	4	0	0	0
CC McDonald	Victoria	6	11	1	380	186	38.00	—	2	1	26	1
SJ Carroll	New South Wales	5	9	1	372	92	46.50	—	3	0	0	0
WG Driver	Western Australia	4	8	0	359	109	44.88	—	1	1	13	0
D Tallon	Queensland	6	11	2	349	98	38.78	—	4	0	0	0
RV James	New South Wales	5	9	1	343	81	42.88	—	4	0	0	0
L Charlesworth	Western Australia	4	8	0	316	122	39.50	—	0	1	12	0
TE Klose	South Australia	7	13	1	314	76	26.17	—	1	0	0	0
GWC Yeates	New South Wales	6	11	1	299	93	29.90	—	3	0	0	0
RR Frankish	Western Australia	4	8	1	293	104	41.86	—	1	1	10	0
JW Burke	New South Wales	5	10	2	292	162*	36.50	—	1	1	8	0
DT Ring	Victoria	7	13	0	266	93	20.46	—	1	0	0	0
AR Edwards	Western Australia	4	8	0	260	67	32.50	—	2	0	0	0
R Benaud	New South Wales	5	9	0	250	93	27.78	—	2	0	0	0

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Sheffield Shield 1949/50 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
BL Bowley	South Australia	6	12	2	243	60	24.30	—	1
KM Jack	Queensland	6	11	1	219	66	21.90	—	2
HW Turner	Victoria	4	8	0	216	78	27.00	—	2
L Michael	South Australia	6	12	1	194	85	17.64	—	1
JJ McLaughlin	Queensland	5	9	0	192	58	21.33	—	1
CW Johnston	New South Wales	5	10	2	175	42	21.88	—	0
IH McDonald	Victoria	7	13	3	168	49	16.80	—	0
HL Numa	Victoria	5	9	0	161	77	17.89	—	1
DK Carmody	Western Australia	4	8	0	158	54	19.75	—	1
RJ Craig	South Australia	4	8	0	154	38	19.25	—	0
SG Sismey	New South Wales	7	13	1	147	30	12.25	—	0
MU Herbert	Western Australia	4	8	0	147	46	18.38	—	0
WW Morris	Queensland	5	9	0	135	46	15.00	—	0
VN Raymer	Queensland	7	13	1	123	57	10.25	—	1
CJ Pinch	New South Wales	2	3	0	116	54	38.67	—	1
AK Davidson	New South Wales	5	9	1	110	34	13.75	—	0
KR Miller	New South Wales	2	4	0	107	80	26.75	—	1
GT Kessey	Western Australia	4	8	1	104	28	14.86	—	0
BA Rigg	Western Australia	3	6	0	99	34	16.50	—	0
AS Young	Queensland	4	7	1	96	36	16.00	—	0
LJ Johnson	Queensland	6	11	4	93	33*	13.29	—	0
GA Black	South Australia	4	8	0	92	33	11.50	—	0
JB Iverson	Victoria	7	13	5	90	31*	11.25	—	0
JG Baird	Victoria	7	13	4	87	25*	9.67	—	0
FB Johnston	New South Wales	7	13	0	85	28	6.54	—	0
NR King	South Australia	3	6	2	76	27	19.00	—	0
TF Brooks	New South Wales	5	9	3	68	26*	11.33	—	0
WPJ Donaldson	New South Wales	2	4	0	68	35	17.00	—	0
EA Toovey	Queensland	2	4	1	65	27	21.67	—	0
EW Lukeman	New South Wales	2	4	0	64	29	16.00	—	0
CW Puckett	Western Australia	4	8	2	62	13*	10.33	—	0
FJ Buttsworth	Western Australia	2	4	0	60	28	15.00	—	0
BR Goode	South Australia	2	4	0	59	31	14.75	—	0
JWS Wilkin	South Australia	1	2	0	54	29	27.00	—	0
HN Dansie	South Australia	1	2	0	52	39	26.00	—	0
TM Outridge	Western Australia	1	2	0	51	49	25.50	—	0
ATW Grout	Queensland	1	2	0	49	28	24.50	—	0
K Lewis	South Australia	1	2	0	48	41	24.00	—	0
LG Chapman	Queensland	2	4	2	46	30	23.00	—	0
WP Dunn	Western Australia	4	8	3	44	33*	8.80	—	0
JC Hill	Victoria	4	7	1	41	25	6.83	—	0
RN Hiern	South Australia	4	8	1	41	14	5.86	—	0
NH Oswald	South Australia	2	4	3	41	19*	41.00	—	0
DW Hanlin	New South Wales	2	4	1	39	19	13.00	—	0
JDR Draney	Queensland	2	3	0	37	29	12.33	—	0
KI O'Neill	South Australia	5	10	1	37	13*	4.11	—	0
EI Pynor	South Australia	1	2	1	37	37*	37.00	—	0
TE O'Dwyer	Western Australia	1	2	0	34	34	17.00	—	0
J Daniel	Victoria	2	4	0	33	24	8.25	—	0
JT Harten	Queensland	2	4	0	30	16	7.50	—	0
GB Hole	New South Wales	1	2	0	29	23	14.50	—	0
RK Kissell	New South Wales	1	2	0	27	26	13.50	—	0
CJ Kenneally	South Australia	2	4	0	20	9	5.00	—	0
CR Smith	Queensland	4	8	2	20	19	3.33	—	0
FE Nolan	Queensland	1	2	1	17	11	17.00	—	0
CE Harvey	Queensland	1	2	0	14	13	7.00	—	0
WL Druery	Queensland	2	4	0	11	6	2.75	—	0
PD Hill	South Australia	1	2	0	11	11	5.50	—	0
BW Taylor	Queensland	1	2	0	11	11	5.50	—	0
ERH Toshack	New South Wales	2	4	1	9	5	3.00	—	0
RH Price	Western Australia	1	2	2	6	4*	—	—	0
RH Madden	New South Wales	1	1	0	3	3	3.00	—	0
AJ Weir	South Australia	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0

Bowling · 53 players

Sheffield Shield 1949/50 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
JB Iverson	Victoria	7	14	1,767	58	764	46	16.61	38.41	2.59	5	7/77
LJ Johnson	Queensland	6	11	1,439	47	660	39	16.92	36.90	2.75	3	7/43
VN Raymer	Queensland	7	13	2,084	104	923	34	27.15	61.29	2.66	1	5/35
CW Puckett	Western Australia	4	8	1,242	34	604	32	18.88	38.81	2.92	4	6/68
JG Baird	Victoria	7	14	1,393	24	813	30	27.10	46.43	3.50	1	7/108
TF Brooks	New South Wales	5	10	945	16	490	28	17.50	33.75	3.11	2	6/54
AK Davidson	New South Wales	5	10	994	23	487	26	18.73	38.23	2.94	1	5/28
DT Ring	Victoria	7	14	1,368	41	771	25	30.84	54.72	3.38	0	4/86
FB Johnston	New South Wales	7	13	1,099	28	567	22	25.77	49.95	3.10	1	5/64
ARC McLean	South Australia	7	11	1,426	22	951	21	45.29	67.90	4.00	1	5/102
MU Herbert	Western Australia	4	8	775	17	530	19	27.89	40.79	4.10	1	5/82
RN Hiern	South Australia	4	7	678	13	319	14	22.79	48.43	2.82	1	5/49
WP Dunn	Western Australia	4	8	655	15	282	14	20.14	46.79	2.58	1	6/26
ERH Toshack	New South Wales	2	3	389	16	168	13	12.92	29.92	2.59	1	5/59
EAD Kerr	Victoria	7	14	1,128	25	527	13	40.54	86.77	2.80	0	3/75
JC Hill	Victoria	4	7	587	17	286	12	23.83	48.92	2.92	0	4/66
KI O'Neill	South Australia	5	8	805	13	446	12	37.17	67.08	3.32	0	3/68
BL Bowley	South Australia	6	10	783	24	388	10	38.80	78.30	2.97	0	2/34
CR Smith	Queensland	4	7	600	8	331	9	36.78	66.67	3.31	0	3/35
KR Miller	New South Wales	2	4	310	10	121	8	15.13	38.75	2.34	0	3/25
LG Chapman	Queensland	2	4	264	7	169	8	21.13	33.00	3.84	0	3/76
JW Burke	New South Wales	5	10	648	28	234	7	33.43	92.57	2.17	0	3/54
TE Klose	South Australia	7	10	791	40	398	7	56.86	113.00	3.02	0	2/47
GB Hole	New South Wales	1	2	111	2	61	6	10.17	18.50	3.30	0	3/26
DW Hanlin	New South Wales	2	4	198	5	108	6	18.00	33.00	3.27	0	3/26

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Sheffield Shield 1949/50 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
GWC Yeates	New South Wales	6	8	374	4	233	6	38.83	62.33	3.74	2/52
WL Druery	Queensland	2	3	287	1	218	6	36.33	47.83	4.56	3/85
R Benaud	New South Wales	4	7	414	3	270	5	54.00	82.80	3.91	2/71
KD Mackay	Queensland	5	9	522	17	226	5	45.20	104.40	2.60	2/42
PL Ridings	South Australia	6	7	294	5	211	5	42.20	58.80	4.31	3/38
AR Edwards	Western Australia	4	6	175	4	92	5	18.40	35.00	3.15	2/5
NR King	South Australia	3	5	529	15	265	5	53.00	105.80	3.01	3/90
AS Young	Queensland	5	8	569	5	420	5	84.00	113.80	4.43	2/88
NH Oswald	South Australia	2	4	216	2	173	4	43.25	54.00	4.81	2/28
RR Frankish	Western Australia	4	7	276	7	149	2	74.50	138.00	3.24	1/24
EI Pynor	South Australia	1	2	192	2	163	2	81.50	96.00	5.09	2/93
AJ Weir	South Australia	1	2	138	5	74	2	37.00	69.00	3.22	1/34
WPJ Donaldson	New South Wales	1	1	9	0	10	1	10.00	9.00	6.67	1/10
AH Carrigan	Queensland	6	9	252	8	129	1	129.00	252.00	3.07	1/10
BA Rigg	Western Australia	3	3	66	0	42	1	42.00	66.00	3.82	1/5
D Tallon	Queensland	1	2	144	1	97	0	—	—	4.04	0/39
RA Hamence	South Australia	1	1	12	1	3	0	—	—	1.50	0/3
L Charlesworth	Western Australia	1	1	12	0	14	0	—	—	7.00	0/14
RJ Craig	South Australia	2	2	60	0	59	0	—	—	5.90	0/29
J Daniel	Victoria	2	3	150	4	92	0	—	—	3.68	0/24
JDR Draney	Queensland	2	4	120	3	71	0	—	—	3.55	0/9
WG Driver	Western Australia	2	2	30	0	24	0	—	—	4.80	0/8
CJ Kenneally	South Australia	1	1	7	0	8	0	—	—	6.86	0/8
FE Nolan	Queensland	1	2	126	3	44	0	—	—	2.10	0/6
TE O'Dwyer	Western Australia	1	2	84	1	65	0	—	—	4.64	0/24
TM Outridge	Western Australia	1	2	72	2	37	0	—	—	3.08	0/3
RH Price	Western Australia	1	2	78	4	31	0	—	—	2.38	0/5
BW Taylor	Queensland	1	1	48	0	22	0	—	—	2.75	0/22

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 1949/50. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1949/50 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
New South Wales	7	5	1	1	3,133	121	25.89	463	2,896	134	21.61
Victoria	7	3	2	2	3,416	111	30.77	442	3,377	131	25.78
Queensland	7	2	3	2	3,009	117	25.72	431	3,442	117	29.42
Western Australia	4	2	2	0	2,085	77	27.08	389	1,946	80	24.33
South Australia	7	0	4	3	3,607	125	28.86	460	3,589	89	40.33

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 · 1949/50

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

1950-02-03 to 1950-02-06 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 254 & 135/8
Victoria: 300 & 88

Queensland won by 2 wickets

1950-01-27 to 1950-01-31 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 277 & 239
South Australia: 208 & 192

Western Australia won by 116 runs

1950-01-27 to 1950-01-30 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 312 & 142
Victoria: 123 & 135

New South Wales won by 196 runs

1950-01-13 to 1950-01-16 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 346
South Australia: 94 & 211

New South Wales won by an innings and 41 runs

1950-01-06 to 1950-01-10 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 431 & 86/1
South Australia: 240 & 274

Queensland won by 9 wickets

1950-01-02 to 1950-01-31 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 424 & 85/1
South Australia: 258 & 247

Victoria won by 9 wickets

1950-01-02 to 1950-01-31 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 251 & 208/9
Queensland: 231 & 227

New South Wales won by 1 wicket

1949-12-24 to 1949-12-28 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 353 & 132/5
New South Wales: 360 & 123

Victoria won by 5 wickets

1949-12-24 to 1949-12-28 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 460 & 194/1
Queensland: 372

Match drawn

1949-12-16 to 1949-12-20 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 405
Queensland: 240 & 165/8

Match drawn

1949-12-16 to 1949-12-20 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 181 & 450/9d
New South Wales: 463 & 60/2

Match drawn

1949-12-02 to 1949-12-06 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 284 & 314/5
Victoria: 364 & 442/5d

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1949/50 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 1949/50, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1949/50 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
ARC McLean	213	Queensland	1949-12-24
WA Brown	190	South Australia	1950-01-06
CC McDonald	186	South Australia	1949-12-02
JW Burke	162*	Victoria	1949-12-24
KW Stackpole	159	South Australia	1949-12-02

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1949/50 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
LJ Johnson	7/43	New South Wales	1949-11-01
JB Iverson	7/77	South Australia	1949-12-02
JG Baird	7/108	South Australia	1950-01-02
WP Dunn	6/26	South Australia	1950-01-27
JB Iverson	6/30	New South Wales	1950-01-27

* 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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