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Sheffield Shield 1953/54 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1953/54; Tests are excluded.

CC McDonald leads the displayed batting table with 733 runs. IWG Johnson leads the bowling table with 37 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 16
Recorded players: 71
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1953-11-13 to 1954-03-01. 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 · 1953-54

League table for 1953/54. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1953-54 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	New South Wales	7	4	1	—	26
2	Victoria	7	4	1	—	24
3	Queensland	7	1	2	—	13
4	South Australia	7	1	3	—	8
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 1953/54

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 1953/54 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
CC McDonald	7	733
KD Mackay	7	723
GB Hole	7	670
R Benaud	7	665
R Harvey	7	613

Recorded innings through 1954-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1953/54 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
IWG Johnson	7	37
R Benaud	7	30
VN Raymer	7	28
BJ Flynn	6	27
JW Wilson	7	26

Recorded innings through 1954-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1953/54

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 · 71 players

Sheffield Shield 1953/54 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
CC McDonald	Victoria	7	14	1	733	229	56.38	—	1	3
KD Mackay	Queensland	7	11	1	723	223	72.30	—	1	2
GB Hole	South Australia	7	14	0	670	226	47.86	—	2	2
R Benaud	New South Wales	7	14	1	665	158	51.15	—	2	3
R Harvey	Victoria	7	14	1	613	110	47.15	—	4	2
J Hallebone	Victoria	7	14	2	563	143*	46.92	—	3	2
RN Harvey	Victoria	7	14	0	530	101	37.86	—	3	1
KR Miller	New South Wales	7	14	2	510	143	42.50	—	4	1
RE Briggs	New South Wales	6	12	1	487	136	44.27	—	3	1
LE Favell	South Australia	7	14	0	483	88	34.50	—	4	0
HN Dansie	South Australia	7	14	1	460	130	35.38	—	0	2
AR Morris	New South Wales	5	10	1	428	171	47.56	—	1	2
CE Harvey	Queensland	7	11	0	421	111	38.27	—	2	2
PJP Burge	Queensland	7	11	0	418	103	38.00	—	3	1
JH de Courcy	New South Wales	7	14	3	405	88*	36.82	—	4	0
GB Stevens	South Australia	7	14	1	356	90	27.38	—	3	0
RI Maddocks	Victoria	7	14	1	345	115	26.54	—	1	1
RG Archer	Queensland	7	11	0	342	114	31.09	—	2	1
LV Maddocks	Victoria	7	14	5	330	58	36.67	—	1	0
PL Ridings	South Australia	7	14	0	317	52	22.64	—	2	0
KA Archer	Queensland	7	11	0	316	118	28.73	—	2	1
JW Rutherford	Western Australia	4	8	0	293	121	36.63	—	1	1
ID Craig	New South Wales	7	14	1	261	93	20.08	—	1	0
VN Raymer	Queensland	7	11	4	254	84	36.29	—	3	0
DF Trowse	South Australia	6	12	0	231	57	19.25	—	1	0

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Sheffield Shield 1953/54 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
HF Lambert	Victoria	6	12	0	214	43	17.83	—	0	0
PCD McCarthy	Western Australia	3	6	0	209	98	34.83	—	1	0
DK Carmody	Western Australia	4	8	0	205	56	25.63	—	1	0
CJ Pinch	South Australia	2	4	0	200	125	50.00	—	0	1
EA Toovey	Queensland	7	11	1	188	73	18.80	—	1	0
GRA Langley	South Australia	7	14	2	176	44*	14.67	—	0	0
CA Watts	South Australia	4	8	2	175	76	29.17	—	1	0
JW Burke	New South Wales	5	10	2	171	58*	21.38	—	1	0
JD Bratchford	Queensland	7	11	1	166	54	16.60	—	1	0
AS Byfield	Western Australia	4	8	0	158	39	19.75	—	0	0
BJ Flynn	Queensland	6	9	2	155	51	22.14	—	1	0
RB Simpson	New South Wales	4	8	2	147	58*	24.50	—	1	0
JKE Munro	Western Australia	4	8	2	126	46*	21.00	—	0	0
ATW Grout	Queensland	6	9	1	119	37	14.88	—	0	0
JC Hill	Victoria	7	14	2	110	24	9.17	—	0	0
RB Strauss	Western Australia	4	8	0	104	27	13.00	—	0	0
IWG Johnson	Victoria	7	14	1	98	33	7.54	—	0	0
J Drennan	South Australia	6	12	0	98	17	8.17	—	0	0
EJ England	Western Australia	1	2	0	94	71	47.00	—	1	0
BA Rigg	Western Australia	3	6	0	94	23	15.67	—	0	0
JS Manning	South Australia	2	4	1	92	50*	30.67	—	1	0
RH Price	Western Australia	4	8	1	89	25	12.71	—	0	0
MH Foley	Western Australia	2	4	0	87	43	21.75	—	0	0
WJ Watson	New South Wales	1	2	0	82	82	41.00	—	1	0
WA Johnston	Victoria	7	14	1	78	26	6.00	—	0	0
HR Gorringe	Western Australia	4	8	1	78	22	11.14	—	0	0
JW O'Reilly	New South Wales	2	4	3	77	41*	77.00	—	0	0
CR Smith	Queensland	7	11	2	77	27	8.56	—	0	0
D Tallon	Queensland	1	2	1	75	54*	75.00	—	1	0
RC Roxby	New South Wales	4	8	0	72	38	9.00	—	0	0
EK Cotton	New South Wales	2	4	1	61	49*	20.33	—	0	0
RB Sarre	Western Australia	2	4	0	59	31	14.75	—	0	0
GS Trueman	New South Wales	7	14	2	45	15	3.75	—	0	0
EL Carter	Victoria	2	4	1	38	16	12.67	—	0	0
JW Wilson	South Australia	7	14	6	37	12*	4.63	—	0	0
KG Horsnell	South Australia	6	12	2	37	13	3.70	—	0	0
AK Davidson	New South Wales	3	6	1	35	15	7.00	—	0	0
JF Power	Victoria	6	12	4	35	11*	4.38	—	0	0
AT Preen	Western Australia	4	8	5	31	14	10.33	—	0	0
AM Fagan	New South Wales	3	6	1	26	14*	5.20	—	0	0
JL Clark	New South Wales	1	2	0	23	23	11.50	—	0	0
RN Hiern	South Australia	1	2	1	15	15*	15.00	—	0	0
JJ McLaughlin	Queensland	1	2	0	15	12	7.50	—	0	0
RR Lindwall	New South Wales	6	12	0	14	6	1.17	—	0	0
AJTS Bailey	South Australia	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0	0
L Pavy	Western Australia	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 56 players

Sheffield Shield 1953/54 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
IWG Johnson	Victoria	7	11	1,090	30	606	37	16.38	29.46	3.34	4	6/46
R Benaud	New South Wales	7	14	1,268	27	831	30	27.70	42.27	3.93	2	5/33
VN Raymer	Queensland	7	14	1,301	53	738	28	26.36	46.46	3.40	1	7/100
BJ Flynn	Queensland	6	11	1,062	17	816	27	30.22	39.33	4.61	2	8/148
JW Wilson	South Australia	7	13	1,890	91	887	26	34.12	72.69	2.82	2	5/82
WA Johnston	Victoria	7	12	1,443	31	916	25	36.64	57.72	3.81	1	5/61
JC Hill	Victoria	7	11	1,160	39	612	25	24.48	46.40	3.17	2	5/43
KG Horsnell	South Australia	6	10	864	17	560	25	22.40	34.56	3.89	2	6/80
RR Lindwall	New South Wales	6	12	942	12	561	19	29.53	49.58	3.57	1	5/38
RG Archer	Queensland	7	14	1,164	33	568	19	29.89	61.26	2.93	0	4/87
J Drennan	South Australia	6	11	900	12	559	17	32.88	52.94	3.73	0	4/92
CR Smith	Queensland	7	14	942	22	566	16	35.38	58.88	3.61	1	5/82
RC Roxby	New South Wales	4	8	678	11	462	15	30.80	45.20	4.09	1	5/84
KR Miller	New South Wales	7	12	695	18	405	14	28.93	49.64	3.50	0	3/50
RB Simpson	New South Wales	4	8	498	5	390	14	27.86	35.57	4.70	1	5/37
HF Lambert	Victoria	6	11	606	14	360	13	27.69	46.62	3.56	1	6/55
HR Gorringe	Western Australia	4	7	569	10	416	13	32.00	43.77	4.39	0	4/65
JF Power	Victoria	6	11	761	13	497	12	41.42	63.42	3.92	0	3/46
RH Price	Western Australia	4	6	519	10	368	12	30.67	43.25	4.25	1	5/83
JW Burke	New South Wales	5	8	459	14	293	10	29.30	45.90	3.83	1	6/60
JD Bratchford	Queensland	6	10	480	12	274	10	27.40	48.00	3.43	0	3/35
HN Dansie	South Australia	7	12	498	13	278	10	27.80	49.80	3.35	0	4/53
AM Fagan	New South Wales	3	6	420	11	234	9	26.00	46.67	3.34	0	3/49
KD Mackay	Queensland	7	10	570	15	243	7	34.71	81.43	2.56	1	5/43
AT Preen	Western Australia	4	6	436	7	288	7	41.14	62.29	3.96	0	3/72

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Sheffield Shield 1953/54 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
RB Strauss	Western Australia	4	7	492	12	305	7	43.57	70.29	3.72	4/56
AK Davidson	New South Wales	3	5	287	7	166	6	27.67	47.83	3.47	4/50
JS Manning	South Australia	2	4	463	19	261	6	43.50	77.17	3.38	2/38
CA Watts	South Australia	4	8	600	6	431	5	86.20	120.00	4.31	3/91
KA Archer	Queensland	7	9	189	4	132	3	44.00	63.00	4.19	1/10
BA Rigg	Western Australia	3	4	114	0	161	3	53.67	38.00	8.47	2/46
GB Hole	South Australia	7	10	324	4	220	2	110.00	162.00	4.07	2/60
JW O'Reilly	New South Wales	2	3	102	2	49	2	24.50	51.00	2.88	2/29
PL Ridings	South Australia	4	5	138	1	91	2	45.50	69.00	3.96	1/12
RN Hiern	South Australia	1	2	228	2	133	2	66.50	114.00	3.50	2/53
AJTS Bailey	South Australia	1	2	192	6	113	2	56.50	96.00	3.53	2/84
AS Byfield	Western Australia	3	3	36	0	29	2	14.50	18.00	4.83	2/8
EL Carter	Victoria	2	3	216	4	182	2	91.00	108.00	5.06	1/53
AR Morris	New South Wales	4	4	54	1	50	1	50.00	54.00	5.56	1/5
EK Cotton	New South Wales	2	2	114	4	43	1	43.00	114.00	2.26	1/26
RI Maddocks	Victoria	1	1	6	1	0	1	0.00	6.00	0.00	1/0
RB Sarre	Western Australia	2	2	61	2	49	1	49.00	61.00	4.82	1/36
D Tallon	Queensland	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0/4
RN Harvey	Victoria	1	1	18	0	24	0	—	—	8.00	0/24
ID Craig	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	7	0	—	—	7.00	0/7
JH de Courcy	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	6	0	—	—	6.00	0/6
JW Rutherford	Western Australia	4	6	168	4	115	0	—	—	4.11	0/3
RE Briggs	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	6	0	—	—	6.00	0/6
DK Carmody	Western Australia	3	3	31	1	31	0	—	—	6.00	0/8
JL Clark	New South Wales	1	2	132	3	56	0	—	—	2.55	0/19
CJ Pinch	South Australia	1	1	6	0	6	0	—	—	6.00	0/6
EJ England	Western Australia	1	1	6	0	11	0	—	—	11.00	0/11
CE Harvey	Queensland	3	3	18	1	20	0	—	—	6.67	0/0
R Harvey	Victoria	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0/3
L Pavy	Western Australia	1	1	6	0	10	0	—	—	10.00	0/10
EA Toovey	Queensland	2	2	18	3	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0

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 1953/54. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1953/54 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
New South Wales	7	4	1	2	3,615	90	40.17	482	3,704	127	29.17
Victoria	7	4	1	2	3,765	108	34.86	403	3,310	120	27.58
Queensland	7	1	2	4	3,364	101	33.31	589	3,442	112	30.73
South Australia	7	1	3	3	3,510	130	27.00	414	3,617	100	36.17
Western Australia	4	0	3	1	1,663	77	21.60	402	1,844	47	39.23

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 · 1953/54

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

1954-03-01 to 1954-03-27 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 315 & 305/9d
Victoria: 401/7d & 148/6

Match drawn

1954-02-19 to 1954-02-22 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 168 & 165
Victoria: 287 & 50/0

Victoria won by 10 wickets

1954-02-19 to 1954-02-23 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 321/4d & 109/5
South Australia: 255 & 173

New South Wales won by 5 wickets

1954-02-12 to 1954-02-16 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 174
South Australia: 75 & 240/8

Match drawn

1954-02-06 to 1954-02-09 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 297/9d & 168/4
Western Australia: 283 & 181

New South Wales won by 6 wickets

1954-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 589/9d
Western Australia: 102 & 202

Queensland won by an innings and 285 runs

1954-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 182 & 319
Victoria: 234 & 268/5

Victoria won by 5 wickets

1954-01-22 to 1954-01-26 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 561
Victoria: 287 & 255/5

Match drawn

1954-01-01 to 1954-01-05 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 403 & 300/9d
South Australia: 286 & 127

Victoria won by 290 runs

1954-01-01 to 1954-01-05 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 323 & 132/0d
Queensland: 206 & 203/4

Match drawn

1953-12-26 to 1953-12-30 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 306 & 222
New South Wales: 461 & 71/1

New South Wales won by 9 wickets

1953-12-25 to 1953-12-29 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 414 & 222/8d
Queensland: 308 & 245

South Australia won by 83 runs

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1953/54 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 1953/54, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1953/54 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
CC McDonald	229	South Australia	1954-03-01
GB Hole	226	Queensland	1953-12-25
KD Mackay	223	Victoria	1954-01-22
KD Mackay	198	Western Australia	1954-02-01
AR Morris	171	Queensland	1953-11-13

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1953/54 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
BJ Flynn	8/148	New South Wales	1953-11-13
VN Raymer	7/100	South Australia	1953-12-25
IWG Johnson	6/46	Western Australia	1954-02-19
HF Lambert	6/55	New South Wales	1954-02-01
JW Burke	6/60	South Australia	1953-12-01

* 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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