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Sheffield Shield 1952/53 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1952/53; Tests are excluded.

KD Mackay leads the displayed batting table with 443 runs. G Noblet leads the bowling table with 41 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 16
Recorded players: 85
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1952-10-24 to 1953-03-02. 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 · 1952-53

League table for 1952/53. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1952-53 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	South Australia	7	4	0	—	29
2	New South Wales	7	2	1	—	18
3	Victoria	7	3	2	—	17
4	Western Australia	4	1	2	—	8
5	Queensland	7	0	5	—	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 1952/53

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 1952/53 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
KD Mackay	7	443
LE Favell	6	427
SJE Loxton	7	397
AL Hassett	5	389
RN Harvey	6	378

Recorded innings through 1953-03-02. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1952/53 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
G Noblet	6	41
JW Wilson	7	32
AK Davidson	7	26
WA Johnston	5	25
JS Manning	7	25

Recorded innings through 1953-03-02. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1952/53

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 · 85 players

Sheffield Shield 1952/53 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
KD Mackay	Queensland	7	14	2	443	157*	36.92	—	0	1
LE Favell	South Australia	6	10	0	427	105	42.70	—	3	1
SJE Loxton	Victoria	7	13	1	397	169	33.08	—	1	1
AL Hassett	Victoria	5	10	1	389	123	43.22	—	2	1
RN Harvey	Victoria	6	11	1	378	95	37.80	—	3	0
PL Ridings	South Australia	6	11	1	377	90	37.70	—	4	0
D Tallon	Queensland	7	14	0	375	84	26.79	—	2	0
SJ Carroll	New South Wales	6	10	0	375	126	37.50	—	2	1
JH de Courcy	New South Wales	7	12	1	371	110*	33.73	—	2	1
CW Langdon	Western Australia	4	8	0	368	118	46.00	—	2	1
JL Chambers	Victoria	7	13	0	364	73	28.00	—	3	0
HN Dansie	South Australia	7	12	0	344	89	28.67	—	3	0
DF Trowse	South Australia	7	12	0	341	102	28.42	—	1	1
CL McCool	Queensland	5	10	1	340	100*	37.78	—	1	1
GB Hole	South Australia	4	7	3	339	117*	84.75	—	1	2
RE Briggs	New South Wales	3	5	0	311	121	62.20	—	2	1
CJ Pinch	South Australia	4	6	0	290	84	48.33	—	4	0
JD Bratchford	Queensland	5	10	4	284	143	47.33	—	0	1
GR Thoms	Victoria	6	12	0	279	59	23.25	—	2	0
AR Morris	New South Wales	4	7	0	247	95	35.29	—	3	0
KD Meuleman	Western Australia	4	8	0	246	83	30.75	—	2	0
JW Burke	New South Wales	7	12	2	246	78	24.60	—	1	0
KA Archer	Queensland	7	14	0	242	96	17.29	—	1	0
RG Archer	Queensland	6	12	1	240	86*	21.82	—	1	0
ID Craig	New South Wales	5	9	1	230	91	28.75	—	2	0

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Sheffield Shield 1952/53 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
DT Ring	Victoria	5	10	0	225	76	22.50	—	2	0
AK Davidson	New South Wales	7	12	3	221	66	24.56	—	1	0
KR Miller	New South Wales	4	7	0	218	108	31.14	—	1	1
CC McDonald	Victoria	4	7	0	207	55	29.57	—	1	0
EA Toovey	Queensland	7	14	0	204	38	14.57	—	0	0
R Harvey	Victoria	2	3	0	199	121	66.33	—	0	1
AR Edwards	Western Australia	4	8	0	194	75	24.25	—	1	0
LD Duldig	South Australia	6	11	1	188	61	18.80	—	1	0
SG Barnes	New South Wales	3	5	0	185	152	37.00	—	0	1
RB Sarre	Western Australia	4	8	1	173	50	24.71	—	1	0
GRA Langley	South Australia	4	7	1	164	82*	27.33	—	1	0
VN Raymer	Queensland	7	14	1	163	44	12.54	—	0	0
IH McDonald	Victoria	5	9	0	163	54	18.11	—	1	0
R Benaud	New South Wales	4	7	0	161	69	23.00	—	2	0
JS Manning	South Australia	7	12	1	157	47	14.27	—	0	0
J Hallebone	Victoria	3	5	1	153	67	38.25	—	1	0
JR Ducker	South Australia	3	5	1	133	54	33.25	—	1	0
IWG Johnson	Victoria	7	13	1	131	32	10.92	—	0	0
RB Simpson	New South Wales	2	3	2	121	69	121.00	—	1	0
BJ Flynn	Queensland	2	4	0	115	54	28.75	—	1	0
JC Hill	Victoria	6	11	3	114	36	14.25	—	0	0
LA Sanders	Queensland	4	8	0	114	34	14.25	—	0	0
TM Outridge	Western Australia	4	8	0	111	50	13.88	—	1	0
RR Lindwall	New South Wales	4	7	0	110	70	15.71	—	1	0
JW Rutherford	Western Australia	4	8	1	107	29	15.29	—	0	0
CV Holten	Victoria	2	4	1	101	59*	33.67	—	1	0
PJP Burge	Queensland	1	2	0	100	54	50.00	—	1	0
BP Grove	South Australia	3	6	0	93	43	15.50	—	0	0
RG Flockton	New South Wales	4	8	0	91	33	11.38	—	0	0
RR Frankish	Western Australia	3	6	1	88	27*	17.60	—	0	0
LJ Johnson	Queensland	4	8	1	83	37	11.86	—	0	0
JKE Munro	Western Australia	4	8	1	79	24*	11.29	—	0	0
G Noblet	South Australia	6	11	2	76	15	8.44	—	0	0
WA Johnston	Victoria	5	10	5	70	15*	14.00	—	0	0
EJ England	Western Australia	2	4	0	68	56	17.00	—	1	0
CW Johnston	New South Wales	1	1	0	65	65	65.00	—	1	0
GS Trueman	New South Wales	7	12	2	61	16	6.10	—	0	0
CW Puckett	Western Australia	3	6	1	50	19*	10.00	—	0	0
RS Ayres	Queensland	2	4	0	46	26	11.50	—	0	0
EK Cotton	New South Wales	2	3	0	45	23	15.00	—	0	0
KM Jack	Queensland	2	4	0	43	26	10.75	—	0	0
TF Brooks	New South Wales	2	4	0	42	26	10.50	—	0	0
RC Thomas	South Australia	4	7	1	42	31	7.00	—	0	0
MK Fitchett	Victoria	1	2	0	36	18	18.00	—	0	0
RH Price	Western Australia	3	6	1	35	23*	7.00	—	0	0
ATW Grout	Queensland	2	4	0	33	26	8.25	—	0	0
CR Smith	Queensland	6	12	4	31	7*	3.88	—	0	0
GB Stevens	South Australia	1	1	0	25	25	25.00	—	0	0
HR Gorringe	Western Australia	4	8	3	22	9*	4.40	—	0	0
JW Wilson	South Australia	7	12	5	18	9*	2.57	—	0	0
JB Iverson	Victoria	1	2	0	15	12	7.50	—	0	0
JL Clark	Queensland	1	2	1	13	8*	13.00	—	0	0
AK Walker	New South Wales	2	3	1	11	9*	5.50	—	0	0
RN Hiern	South Australia	2	2	0	9	6	4.50	—	0	0
RM Pearce	New South Wales	3	5	2	7	7*	2.33	—	0	0
WP Dunn	Western Australia	1	2	0	7	7	3.50	—	0	0
LV Maddocks	Victoria	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—	0	0
WM Brown	Queensland	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0	0
BT Considine	Victoria	2	3	0	2	1	0.67	—	0	0
AE Dean	Victoria	1	1	1	1	1*	—	—	0	0

Bowling · 61 players

Sheffield Shield 1952/53 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
G Noblet	South Australia	6	12	1,489	43	587	41	14.32	36.32	2.37	3	6/39
JW Wilson	South Australia	7	12	1,607	70	711	32	22.22	50.22	2.65	2	6/55
AK Davidson	New South Wales	7	12	1,242	26	645	26	24.81	47.77	3.12	1	5/29
WA Johnston	Victoria	5	9	989	27	566	25	22.64	39.56	3.43	2	8/52
JS Manning	South Australia	7	13	1,241	37	766	25	30.64	49.64	3.70	0	4/39
IWG Johnson	Victoria	7	11	825	20	481	22	21.86	37.50	3.50	1	5/127
RG Archer	Queensland	6	11	1,003	28	529	22	24.05	45.59	3.16	2	7/62
JC Hill	Victoria	6	9	809	34	385	21	18.33	38.52	2.86	1	7/51
CR Smith	Queensland	6	11	943	20	600	19	31.58	49.63	3.82	1	5/85
RR Lindwall	New South Wales	4	8	552	14	323	18	17.94	30.67	3.51	0	4/31
HR Gorringe	Western Australia	4	6	604	8	507	18	28.17	33.56	5.04	1	8/56
KR Miller	New South Wales	4	8	516	12	334	16	20.88	32.25	3.88	1	5/53
SJE Loxton	Victoria	7	13	795	15	477	16	29.81	49.69	3.60	0	3/42
CL McCool	Queensland	5	7	661	16	378	15	25.20	44.07	3.43	0	4/62
RM Pearce	New South Wales	3	4	555	9	379	15	25.27	37.00	4.10	2	5/57
BJ Flynn	Queensland	2	4	559	12	333	14	23.79	39.93	3.57	1	7/127
TM Outridge	Western Australia	4	6	444	4	363	14	25.93	31.71	4.91	1	5/78
VN Raymer	Queensland	7	10	1,002	47	422	12	35.17	83.50	2.53	0	4/46
JW Burke	New South Wales	7	11	428	19	202	11	18.36	38.91	2.83	0	4/11
BT Considine	Victoria	2	4	249	5	195	10	19.50	24.90	4.70	1	6/85
RH Price	Western Australia	3	4	655	20	387	9	43.00	72.78	3.55	0	4/51
CW Puckett	Western Australia	3	4	576	10	360	9	40.00	64.00	3.75	0	3/76
DT Ring	Victoria	5	7	645	11	439	8	54.88	80.63	4.08	0	2/72
R Benaud	New South Wales	4	6	588	9	381	8	47.63	73.50	3.89	0	3/90
RC Thomas	South Australia	4	7	732	22	417	8	52.13	91.50	3.42	0	2/71

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Sheffield Shield 1952/53 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
LJ Johnson	Queensland	5	9	711	28	334	6	55.67	118.50	2.82	0	3/74
GB Hole	South Australia	4	6	221	4	177	6	29.50	36.83	4.81	0	3/39
TF Brooks	New South Wales	2	4	270	5	176	5	35.20	54.00	3.91	0	4/111
JL Clark	Queensland	1	2	125	0	91	5	18.20	25.00	4.37	1	5/61
SG Barnes	New South Wales	3	6	288	9	149	4	37.25	72.00	3.10	0	2/51
JB Iverson	Victoria	1	2	162	4	82	4	20.50	40.50	3.04	0	4/65
KD Mackay	Queensland	5	9	390	14	171	4	42.75	97.50	2.63	0	2/64
AK Walker	New South Wales	2	3	264	4	160	4	40.00	66.00	3.64	0	2/31
JD Bratchford	Queensland	4	6	216	4	142	3	47.33	72.00	3.94	0	3/70
RN Hiern	South Australia	2	3	330	10	144	3	48.00	110.00	2.62	0	1/27
WP Dunn	Western Australia	1	2	267	11	128	3	42.67	89.00	2.88	0	3/55
BP Grove	South Australia	3	6	222	5	140	3	46.67	74.00	3.78	0	2/10
RB Simpson	New South Wales	2	3	78	3	59	2	29.50	39.00	4.54	0	1/24
RG Flockton	New South Wales	4	6	228	6	162	2	81.00	114.00	4.26	0	2/53
CW Langdon	Western Australia	4	5	180	5	86	2	43.00	90.00	2.87	0	1/18
EK Cotton	New South Wales	2	2	192	6	70	1	70.00	192.00	2.19	0	1/40
CJ Pinch	South Australia	1	1	12	0	4	1	4.00	12.00	2.00	0	1/4
AE Dean	Victoria	1	2	132	3	55	1	55.00	132.00	2.50	0	1/30
RR Frankish	Western Australia	2	3	66	0	41	1	41.00	66.00	3.73	0	1/14
KM Jack	Queensland	2	2	9	0	11	1	11.00	9.00	7.33	0	1/5
KD Meuleman	Western Australia	2	2	12	0	13	0	—	—	6.50	0	0/4
AR Morris	New South Wales	2	2	30	1	17	0	—	—	3.40	0	0/5
KA Archer	Queensland	2	3	66	0	47	0	—	—	4.27	0	0/11
GR Thoms	Victoria	1	1	6	0	6	0	—	—	6.00	0	0/6
ID Craig	New South Wales	2	2	30	1	27	0	—	—	5.40	0	0/13
JH de Courcy	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/3
JW Rutherford	Western Australia	1	1	12	0	11	0	—	—	5.50	0	0/11
SJ Carroll	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	8	0	—	—	8.00	0	0/8
PL Ridings	South Australia	3	3	24	1	17	0	—	—	4.25	0	0/0
HN Dansie	South Australia	2	2	66	0	28	0	—	—	2.55	0	0/7
LD Duldig	South Australia	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/3
RS Ayres	Queensland	1	1	18	0	16	0	—	—	5.33	0	0/16
MK Fitchett	Victoria	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/2
R Harvey	Victoria	1	1	18	0	15	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/15
CV Holten	Victoria	1	1	24	0	26	0	—	—	6.50	0	0/26
EA Toovey	Queensland	1	1	1	0	4	0	—	—	24.00	0	0/4

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 1952/53. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1952/53 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
South Australia	7	4	0	3	3,131	102	30.70	466	3,106	124	25.05
Victoria	7	3	2	2	3,297	114	28.92	447	2,843	109	26.08
New South Wales	7	2	1	4	3,210	94	34.15	567	3,189	117	27.26
Western Australia	4	1	2	1	1,656	70	23.66	405	1,937	60	32.28
Queensland	7	0	5	2	2,952	135	21.87	383	3,171	105	30.20

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 · 1952/53

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

1953-03-02 to 1953-03-28 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 447
Western Australia: 131 & 188

Victoria won by an innings and 128 runs

1953-02-20 to 1953-02-24 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 466
Western Australia: 214 & 232

South Australia won by an innings and 20 runs

1953-02-06 to 1953-02-10 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 367/9d
South Australia: 416

Match drawn

1953-02-02 to 0001-01-01 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 322 & 110/5
South Australia: 355 & 180

Match drawn

1953-01-23 to 1953-01-27 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 269 & 113/3
Victoria: 169 & 290

Match drawn

1953-01-16 to 1953-01-19 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 301 & 149
Victoria: 365 & 88/3

Victoria won by 7 wickets

1953-01-01 to 1953-01-05 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 250 & 362
South Australia: 302 & 28/3

Match drawn

1952-12-25 to 1952-12-29 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 221 & 295/9d
Queensland: 249 & 136

South Australia won by 131 runs

1952-12-19 to 1952-12-23 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 217 & 267
Queensland: 241 & 142

Western Australia won by 101 runs

1952-12-12 to 1952-12-16 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 208 & 142/1
Queensland: 116 & 233

Victoria won by 9 wickets

1952-12-05 to 1952-12-09 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 405 & 2/0
New South Wales: 259 & 382

Match drawn

1952-12-01 to 1952-12-29 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 164 & 258/7
New South Wales: 148 & 272

South Australia won by 3 wickets

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1952/53 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 1952/53, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1952/53 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
SJE Loxton	169	New South Wales	1952-11-21
KD Mackay	157*	New South Wales	1952-10-24
SG Barnes	152	Victoria	1952-11-21
JD Bratchford	143	South Australia	1953-02-02
SJ Carroll	126	Queensland	1952-11-07

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1952/53 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
WA Johnston	8/52	Queensland	1952-12-12
HR Gorringe	8/56	Queensland	1952-12-19
JC Hill	7/51	South Australia	1953-01-01
RG Archer	7/62	Western Australia	1952-12-19
BJ Flynn	7/127	South Australia	1953-02-02

* 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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