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Sheffield Shield 1951/52 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1951/52; Tests are excluded.

PL Ridings leads the displayed batting table with 533 runs. G Noblet leads the bowling table with 39 wickets.

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

Selected season match starts: 1951-10-19 to 1952-02-22. 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 · 1951-52

League table for 1951/52. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1951-52 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	New South Wales	7	3	2	—	27
2	Queensland	7	2	2	—	15
3	Victoria	7	2	2	—	15
4	South Australia	7	2	2	—	13
5	Western Australia	4	0	3	—	3

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 1951/52

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 1951/52 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
PL Ridings	7	533
HN Dansie	7	528
GR Thoms	6	521
CC McDonald	6	512
AR Morris	3	508

Recorded innings through 1952-02-22. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1951/52 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
G Noblet	7	39
CL McCool	7	28
JW Wilson	7	28
AK Walker	7	28
LJ Johnson	6	26

Recorded innings through 1952-02-22. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1951/52

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 1951/52 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
PL Ridings	South Australia	7	13	2	533	160	48.45	—	0	2	28	0
HN Dansie	South Australia	7	13	0	528	110	40.62	—	1	2	12	0
GR Thoms	Victoria	6	9	0	521	150	57.89	—	2	2	22	0
CC McDonald	Victoria	6	9	1	512	207	64.00	—	3	1	17	0
AR Morris	New South Wales	3	4	0	508	253	127.00	—	0	2	48	0
MK Fitchett	Victoria	7	11	2	458	108	50.89	—	3	1	12	1
KA Archer	Queensland	7	13	0	451	104	34.69	—	3	1	7	0
LD Duldig	South Australia	7	13	0	450	94	34.62	—	4	0	0	0
EA Toovey	Queensland	7	13	1	450	87	37.50	—	5	0	0	0
JH de Courcy	New South Wales	7	10	0	417	114	41.70	—	2	1	11	0
SG Barnes	New South Wales	7	10	0	401	128	40.10	—	1	2	25	0
J Moroney	New South Wales	5	8	1	391	106	55.86	—	4	1	11	0
JL Chambers	Victoria	7	11	0	386	114	35.09	—	2	1	10	1
CL McCool	Queensland	7	13	2	383	77	34.82	—	2	0	0	0
KM Jack	Queensland	7	13	1	377	77	31.42	—	3	0	0	0
AL Hassett	Victoria	3	4	0	342	229	85.50	—	1	1	24	0
R Benaud	New South Wales	7	10	0	340	117	34.00	—	1	1	12	2
KD Mackay	Queensland	7	13	0	310	75	23.85	—	2	0	0	0
AH Carrigan	Queensland	7	13	1	305	72	25.42	—	3	0	0	0
LE Favell	South Australia	4	8	0	287	164	35.88	—	1	1	17	1
RG Flockton	New South Wales	7	10	2	278	64*	34.75	—	2	0	0	0
ATW Grout	Queensland	7	13	1	275	61	22.92	—	3	0	0	0
SJE Loxton	Victoria	7	11	1	272	71	27.20	—	1	0	0	0
JW Burke	New South Wales	6	8	0	252	87	31.50	—	2	0	0	0
GB Hole	South Australia	3	5	1	235	127*	58.75	—	1	1	14	1

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Sheffield Shield 1951/52 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s
BL Bowley	South Australia	7	13	0	229	50	17.62	—	1	0	0
JS Manning	South Australia	7	13	1	226	36	18.83	—	0	0	0
AR Edwards	Western Australia	4	8	0	226	98	28.25	—	1	0	0
EJ England	South Australia	3	5	0	196	102	39.20	—	0	1	7
KR Miller	New South Wales	4	6	0	192	57	32.00	—	2	0	0
VN Raymer	Queensland	7	13	1	191	52	15.92	—	1	0	0
DK Carmody	Western Australia	4	8	1	183	83	26.14	—	1	0	0
R Harvey	Victoria	4	7	0	174	47	24.86	—	0	0	0
GRA Langley	South Australia	6	11	1	173	51	17.30	—	1	0	0
SJ Carroll	New South Wales	2	3	0	172	102	57.33	—	1	1	10
TM Outridge	Western Australia	3	6	0	148	93	24.67	—	1	0	0
CW Puckett	Western Australia	4	8	0	140	75	17.50	—	1	0	0
AK Davidson	New South Wales	4	7	1	137	76	22.83	—	1	0	0
IH McDonald	Victoria	7	11	0	127	47	11.55	—	0	0	0
DT Ring	Victoria	3	4	0	123	84	30.75	—	1	0	0
G Noblet	South Australia	7	13	2	112	30*	10.18	—	0	0	0
RR Frankish	Western Australia	4	8	0	110	45	13.75	—	0	0	0
CE Harvey	Queensland	4	8	0	106	46	13.25	—	0	0	0
RH Price	Western Australia	4	8	3	100	33	20.00	—	0	0	0
CW Langdon	Western Australia	4	8	0	99	43	12.38	—	0	0	0
RN Harvey	Victoria	2	3	0	97	50	32.33	—	1	0	0
DF Trowse	South Australia	2	4	0	97	44	24.25	—	0	0	0
LJ Johnson	Queensland	6	11	4	95	25	13.57	—	0	0	0
ID Craig	New South Wales	1	1	0	91	91	91.00	—	1	0	0
LA Sanders	Queensland	3	5	0	85	49	17.00	—	0	0	0
RB Sarre	Western Australia	3	6	0	82	30	13.67	—	0	0	0
HL Numa	Victoria	1	2	0	81	44	40.50	—	0	0	0
AK Walker	New South Wales	7	10	1	68	16*	7.56	—	0	0	0
WA Dick	Victoria	3	5	0	68	27	13.60	—	0	0	0
CJ Pinch	South Australia	2	4	0	64	34	16.00	—	0	0	0
RK Kissell	New South Wales	3	4	0	61	35	15.25	—	0	0	0
WA Johnston	Victoria	3	4	1	57	32	19.00	—	0	0	0
RN Haddrick	South Australia	2	4	0	53	27	13.25	—	0	0	0
CV Holten	Victoria	2	4	0	53	29	13.25	—	0	0	0
DST Williams	Western Australia	3	6	0	51	24	8.50	—	0	0	0
PCD McCarthy	Western Australia	1	2	0	49	35	24.50	—	0	0	0
RR Lindwall	New South Wales	4	5	0	42	21	8.40	—	0	0	0
CR Smith	Queensland	6	11	2	41	13	4.56	—	0	0	0
LG Giles	South Australia	3	5	0	40	32	8.00	—	0	0	0
TF Brooks	New South Wales	3	4	3	36	23*	36.00	—	0	0	0
RG Archer	Queensland	1	2	1	29	16	29.00	—	0	0	0
L Michael	South Australia	1	2	0	28	19	14.00	—	0	0	0
FC Bennett	Western Australia	1	2	0	26	20	13.00	—	0	0	0
JKE Munro	Western Australia	4	8	1	25	15	3.57	—	0	0	0
IWG Johnson	Victoria	3	4	0	24	11	6.00	—	0	0	0
DR Allen	Victoria	3	5	2	24	10	8.00	—	0	0	0
NC Blundell	Victoria	2	3	0	22	14	7.33	—	0	0	0
A Eneberg	South Australia	1	2	0	22	22	11.00	—	0	0	0
GS Trueman	New South Wales	7	10	3	21	10	3.00	—	0	0	0
JC Hill	Victoria	1	2	0	18	17	9.00	—	0	0	0
JW Wilson	South Australia	7	13	7	18	6*	3.00	—	0	0	0
M Dillon	Victoria	1	2	0	15	15	7.50	—	0	0	0
JP Cordner	Victoria	2	3	2	13	8*	13.00	—	0	0	0
WP Dunn	Western Australia	3	6	4	13	9	6.50	—	0	0	0
BT Considine	Victoria	2	3	1	10	6	5.00	—	0	0	0
GF Cormack	Victoria	1	2	0	10	10	5.00	—	0	0	0
JR Burton	South Australia	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0	0	0
HWH Rigg	Western Australia	1	2	0	8	5	4.00	—	0	0	0
LG Chapman	Queensland	1	2	2	6	6*	—	—	0	0	0
JB Iverson	Victoria	1	2	2	2	1*	—	—	0	0	0
HR Gorringe	Western Australia	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0

Bowling · 59 players

Sheffield Shield 1951/52 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
G Noblet	South Australia	7	12	1,954	61	754	39	19.33	50.10	2.32	2	7/29
CL McCool	Queensland	7	11	1,345	26	732	28	26.14	48.04	3.27	3	6/60
JW Wilson	South Australia	7	12	1,511	67	746	28	26.64	53.96	2.96	1	6/57
AK Walker	New South Wales	7	13	1,309	29	730	28	26.07	46.75	3.35	1	5/37
LJ Johnson	Queensland	6	10	1,302	51	552	26	21.23	50.08	2.54	2	7/43
WA Johnston	Victoria	3	5	716	15	392	23	17.04	31.13	3.28	3	7/114
AK Davidson	New South Wales	4	8	741	18	396	22	18.00	33.68	3.21	1	6/13
SJE Loxton	Victoria	7	12	932	20	555	21	26.43	44.38	3.57	0	4/56
JS Manning	South Australia	7	11	1,218	41	680	21	32.38	58.00	3.35	0	4/84
VN Raymer	Queensland	7	12	1,743	85	705	20	35.25	87.15	2.43	0	3/19
CR Smith	Queensland	6	10	959	15	573	20	28.65	47.95	3.59	1	7/58
RR Lindwall	New South Wales	4	6	499	15	201	19	10.58	26.26	2.42	1	7/45
CW Puckett	Western Australia	4	6	816	22	469	18	26.06	45.33	3.45	1	6/35
TF Brooks	New South Wales	3	6	537	9	354	16	22.13	33.56	3.96	1	5/54
BL Bowley	South Australia	7	12	1,031	28	541	16	33.81	64.44	3.15	0	3/17
RH Price	Western Australia	4	6	714	16	439	15	29.27	47.60	3.69	1	5/70
R Benaud	New South Wales	6	10	796	12	557	12	46.42	66.33	4.20	0	3/111
DT Ring	Victoria	3	5	481	14	327	10	32.70	48.10	4.08	1	6/41
RG Archer	Queensland	1	2	270	9	132	8	16.50	33.75	2.93	1	5/45
WA Dick	Victoria	3	4	504	16	198	8	24.75	63.00	2.36	0	3/38
JC Hill	Victoria	1	2	350	14	148	7	21.14	50.00	2.54	0	4/95
SG Barnes	New South Wales	5	6	223	7	131	6	21.83	37.17	3.52	0	3/68
BT Considine	Victoria	2	3	306	6	203	6	33.83	51.00	3.98	0	3/32
DR Allen	Victoria	3	5	312	6	184	6	30.67	52.00	3.54	0	2/18
JB Iverson	Victoria	1	2	384	13	214	5	42.80	76.80	3.34	0	3/90

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Sheffield Shield 1951/52 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
RG Flockton	New South Wales	6	9	378	3	279	5	55.80	75.60	4.43	3/38
HR Gorringe	Western Australia	1	2	240	4	153	5	30.60	48.00	3.83	3/92
IWG Johnson	Victoria	3	5	420	13	318	4	79.50	105.00	4.54	2/48
KR Miller	New South Wales	4	6	363	6	219	4	54.75	90.75	3.62	3/62
KD Mackay	Queensland	6	9	420	10	177	4	44.25	105.00	2.53	2/15
NC Blundell	Victoria	2	3	162	0	162	4	40.50	40.50	6.00	3/89
GF Cormack	Victoria	1	2	162	3	105	4	26.25	40.50	3.89	2/49
M Dillon	Victoria	1	2	294	5	149	4	37.25	73.50	3.04	3/79
CW Langdon	Western Australia	4	5	92	3	47	4	11.75	23.00	3.07	2/4
TM Outridge	Western Australia	3	4	264	5	181	4	45.25	66.00	4.11	2/55
KA Archer	Queensland	7	10	192	5	114	3	38.00	64.00	3.56	2/16
JW Burke	New South Wales	6	8	378	15	174	3	58.00	126.00	2.76	1/22
JP Cordner	Victoria	2	4	331	4	171	3	57.00	110.33	3.10	2/37
WP Dunn	Western Australia	3	4	373	12	247	3	82.33	124.33	3.97	2/96
MK Fitchett	Victoria	5	7	288	6	206	3	68.67	96.00	4.29	2/52
RB Sarre	Western Australia	3	3	108	1	57	3	19.00	36.00	3.17	3/39
R Harvey	Victoria	2	3	89	0	80	2	40.00	44.50	5.39	2/29
PL Ridings	South Australia	4	5	144	1	110	1	110.00	144.00	4.58	1/27
HN Dansie	South Australia	3	3	54	1	44	1	44.00	54.00	4.89	1/22
JR Burton	South Australia	1	1	144	1	118	1	118.00	144.00	4.92	1/118
LG Chapman	Queensland	1	2	144	1	80	1	80.00	144.00	3.33	1/44
RR Frankish	Western Australia	3	4	174	3	129	1	129.00	174.00	4.45	1/55
CV Holten	Victoria	2	3	60	0	53	1	53.00	60.00	5.30	1/12
AL Hassett	Victoria	2	3	18	0	24	0	—	—	8.00	0/4
AR Morris	New South Wales	2	2	12	0	5	0	—	—	2.50	0/2
RN Harvey	Victoria	1	1	30	0	24	0	—	—	4.80	0/24
GB Hole	South Australia	3	5	210	15	68	0	—	—	1.94	0/2
JH de Courcy	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0/1
AH Carrigan	Queensland	2	2	30	0	12	0	—	—	2.40	0/5
AR Edwards	Western Australia	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0/5
A Eneberg	South Australia	1	1	36	0	30	0	—	—	5.00	0/30
HWH Rigg	Western Australia	1	1	6	0	7	0	—	—	7.00	0/7
EA Toovey	Queensland	1	1	6	0	10	0	—	—	10.00	0/10
DST Williams	Western Australia	1	1	12	0	7	0	—	—	3.50	0/7

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 1951/52. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1951/52 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
New South Wales	7	3	0	4	3,494	88	39.70	533	3,167	124	25.54
Queensland	7	2	2	3	3,191	122	26.16	361	3,183	113	28.17
South Australia	7	2	2	3	3,429	123	27.88	521	3,191	112	28.49
Victoria	7	2	2	3	3,506	109	32.17	537	3,605	115	31.35
Western Australia	4	0	3	1	1,301	78	16.68	337	1,775	56	31.70

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 · 1951/52

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

1952-02-22 to 1952-02-26 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 537
South Australia: 222 & 166

Victoria won by an innings and 149 runs

1952-02-16 to 1952-02-19 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 428
South Australia: 159 & 259

New South Wales won by an innings and 10 runs

1952-02-08 to 1952-02-12 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 255 & 232/9
South Australia: 155 & 336

Match drawn

1952-01-25 to 1952-01-29 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 220 & 260
Victoria: 285 & 177

Queensland won by 18 runs

1952-01-18 to 1952-01-21 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 228 & 266/6d
Western Australia: 50 & 194

New South Wales won by 250 runs

1952-01-12 to 1952-01-15 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 350
Western Australia: 83 & 165

Queensland won by an innings and 102 runs

1952-01-05 to 1952-01-09 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 325 & 293/4d
Queensland: 262 & 151

South Australia won by 205 runs

1952-01-01 to 1952-01-31 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 477
Queensland: 102 & 176

New South Wales won by an innings and 199 runs

1951-12-22 to 1951-12-27 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 340 & 147/9
Queensland: 295 & 361/8d

Match drawn

1951-12-14 to 1951-12-18 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 449 & 166/7
Victoria: 290 & 416

Match drawn

1951-12-07 to 1951-12-11 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 434
New South Wales: 533

Match drawn

1951-12-01 to 1951-12-30 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 217 & 343/9d
New South Wales: 280 & 267/5

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1951/52 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 1951/52, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1951/52 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
AR Morris	253	Queensland	1951-10-19
AL Hassett	229	South Australia	1952-02-22
AR Morris	210	Victoria	1951-12-07
CC McDonald	207	New South Wales	1951-12-14
LE Favell	164	New South Wales	1951-12-01

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1951/52 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
G Noblet	7/29	Victoria	1951-11-16
LJ Johnson	7/43	Western Australia	1952-01-12
RR Lindwall	7/45	Queensland	1951-10-19
CR Smith	7/58	Victoria	1951-12-22
WA Johnston	7/114	New South Wales	1951-12-14

* 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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