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Sheffield Shield 1955/56 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1955/56; Tests are excluded.

JW Burke leads the displayed batting table with 701 runs. WPA Crawford leads the bowling table with 33 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 16
Recorded players: 82
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1955-11-01 to 1956-02-10. 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 · 1955-56

League table for 1955/56. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1955-56 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	New South Wales	7	2	0	1	22
2	Victoria	7	2	0	1	20
3	Queensland	7	1	1	0	14
4	Western Australia	4	0	1	0	5
5	South Australia	7	0	3	0	8

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 1955/56

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 1955/56 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
JW Burke	7	701
KD Mackay	7	649
RN Harvey	7	625
CJ Pinch	7	525
CC McDonald	7	505

Recorded innings through 1956-02-10. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1955/56 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
WPA Crawford	7	33
R Benaud	7	25
AK Davidson	7	24
RR Lindwall	6	23
RG Archer	7	23

Recorded innings through 1956-02-10. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1955/56

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 · 82 players

Sheffield Shield 1955/56 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
JW Burke	New South Wales	7	11	2	701	189	77.89	—	4	2
KD Mackay	Queensland	7	13	2	649	203	59.00	—	3	2
RN Harvey	Victoria	7	9	0	625	147	69.44	—	2	3
CJ Pinch	South Australia	7	12	1	525	131*	47.73	—	2	2
CC McDonald	Victoria	7	9	2	505	131*	72.14	—	3	2
LE Favell	South Australia	7	12	0	489	126	40.75	—	3	1
KR Miller	New South Wales	6	9	0	403	164	44.78	—	1	2
RB Simpson	New South Wales	7	11	1	371	79	37.10	—	2	0
PJP Burge	Queensland	7	13	1	363	64	30.25	—	4	0
GRA Langley	South Australia	6	10	1	336	139	37.33	—	1	1
RG Archer	Queensland	7	13	1	305	84	25.42	—	1	0
GB Hole	South Australia	7	12	1	297	77*	27.00	—	2	0
KA Archer	Queensland	7	13	2	293	74	26.64	—	2	0
LV Maddocks	Victoria	7	9	0	293	100	32.56	—	1	1
LM Sawle	Western Australia	4	8	2	291	109*	48.50	—	1	1
PL Ridings	South Australia	7	12	1	288	72	26.18	—	1	0
SJE Loxton	Victoria	7	9	2	286	119*	40.86	—	2	1
ID Craig	New South Wales	5	7	1	277	145	46.17	—	0	1
R Benaud	New South Wales	7	11	0	275	73	25.00	—	3	0
RR Lindwall	Queensland	7	13	3	269	64*	26.90	—	1	0
ATW Grout	Queensland	7	13	1	268	76	22.33	—	3	0
JC Lill	South Australia	4	6	0	239	102	39.83	—	1	1
RI Maddocks	Victoria	5	6	0	210	98	35.00	—	1	0
DK Carmody	Western Australia	4	8	0	207	78	25.88	—	2	0
JW Rutherford	Western Australia	3	6	0	198	125	33.00	—	0	1

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Sheffield Shield 1955/56 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
WJ Saunders	New South Wales	5	7	0	193	66	27.57	—	1	0
MT Vernon	Western Australia	4	8	2	191	69*	31.83	—	1	0
CE Harvey	Queensland	6	12	1	190	70*	17.27	—	1	0
AK Davidson	New South Wales	7	11	4	183	38*	26.14	—	0	0
BK Shepherd	Western Australia	3	6	2	181	103*	45.25	—	0	1
KD Meuleman	Western Australia	4	8	0	180	68	22.50	—	1	0
J Drennan	South Australia	7	12	4	174	63*	21.75	—	1	0
JD Bratchford	Queensland	7	13	2	167	57*	15.18	—	1	0
KHD Kendall	Victoria	5	6	0	164	70	27.33	—	1	0
BC Booth	New South Wales	6	9	2	157	53*	22.43	—	1	0
IWG Johnson	Victoria	7	9	1	147	30	18.38	—	0	0
WPA Crawford	New South Wales	7	11	3	137	86	17.13	—	1	0
WJ Watson	New South Wales	3	6	0	133	109	22.17	—	0	1
BL Buggins	Western Australia	4	8	0	130	47	16.25	—	0	0
RC Roxby	South Australia	6	10	1	128	41	14.22	—	0	0
JH Shaw	Victoria	5	7	0	127	82	18.14	—	1	0
GB Stevens	South Australia	3	6	0	125	45	20.83	—	0	0
J Hallebone	Victoria	2	3	0	105	67	35.00	—	1	0
SJ Carroll	New South Wales	2	4	0	103	41	25.75	—	0	0
RB Lyons	Queensland	1	1	0	102	102	102.00	—	0	1
JC Hill	Victoria	7	9	2	98	26	14.00	—	0	0
AR Edwards	Western Australia	2	4	0	96	42	24.00	—	0	0
GR Reynolds	Queensland	4	7	1	89	41*	14.83	—	0	0
TPM Colley	South Australia	3	4	0	63	57	15.75	—	1	0
CW Langdon	Western Australia	2	4	0	57	46	14.25	—	0	0
JN Edwards	Victoria	7	9	4	50	21	10.00	—	0	0
D Harris	South Australia	2	4	0	50	48	12.50	—	0	0
DM Gregg	South Australia	7	12	0	49	24	4.08	—	0	0
HR Gorringe	Western Australia	4	8	1	41	15	5.86	—	0	0
BJ Flynn	Queensland	2	4	0	36	36	9.00	—	0	0
EA Toovey	Queensland	4	8	1	34	18	4.86	—	0	0
JF Power	Victoria	5	7	0	28	10	4.00	—	0	0
KN Slater	Western Australia	2	4	1	24	16	8.00	—	0	0
BN Jarman	South Australia	1	2	0	23	14	11.50	—	0	0
DF Trowse	South Australia	2	4	0	22	21	5.50	—	0	0
J Lihou	Queensland	4	8	2	21	16	3.50	—	0	0
JW Wilson	South Australia	6	10	3	19	5	2.71	—	0	0
IR Huntington	Victoria	3	4	0	19	14	4.75	—	0	0
AT Preen	Western Australia	2	4	2	19	11*	9.50	—	0	0
WT Walmsley	Queensland	2	4	0	17	7	4.25	—	0	0
RA Gaunt	Western Australia	3	6	1	14	8	2.80	—	0	0
PI Philpott	New South Wales	4	6	1	14	7	2.80	—	0	0
AJTS Bailey	South Australia	1	2	2	11	10*	—	—	0	0
KG Horsnell	South Australia	1	2	0	11	10	5.50	—	0	0
JH de Courcy	New South Wales	1	2	0	10	9	5.00	—	0	0
O Lambert	New South Wales	7	11	2	6	4*	0.67	—	0	0
L Pavy	Western Australia	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0	0
LN Quelch	Queensland	2	4	2	4	4*	2.00	—	0	0
WM Lawry	Victoria	1	1	0	3	3	3.00	—	0	0
LF Kline	Victoria	2	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0	0
RB Strauss	Western Australia	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0
JC Treanor	New South Wales	2	4	2	0	0*	0.00	—	0	0
VN Raymer	Queensland	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0
JE Childe-Freeman	Queensland	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0
B Fisher	Queensland	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0
RH Price	Western Australia	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 57 players

Sheffield Shield 1955/56 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
WPA Crawford	New South Wales	7	13	1,100	22	644	33	19.52	33.33	3.51	1	5/75
R Benaud	New South Wales	7	12	1,258	46	670	25	26.80	50.32	3.20	1	6/76
AK Davidson	New South Wales	7	12	1,136	31	650	24	27.08	47.33	3.43	2	6/74
RR Lindwall	Queensland	6	10	1,223	29	645	23	28.04	53.17	3.16	1	5/80
RG Archer	Queensland	7	12	1,280	44	558	23	24.26	55.65	2.62	1	5/67
JC Hill	Victoria	7	10	1,104	47	491	23	21.35	48.00	2.67	1	5/49
JD Bratchford	Queensland	7	12	1,140	23	562	23	24.43	49.57	2.96	0	4/54
IWG Johnson	Victoria	7	11	1,140	57	455	22	20.68	51.82	2.39	1	5/91
J Drennan	South Australia	7	11	1,164	16	671	22	30.50	52.91	3.46	1	6/82
KR Miller	New South Wales	6	9	566	20	272	19	14.32	29.79	2.88	1	7/12
DM Gregg	South Australia	7	11	1,080	33	561	17	33.00	63.53	3.12	0	4/52
SJE Loxton	Victoria	7	11	576	12	295	14	21.07	41.14	3.07	0	4/35
JW Wilson	South Australia	6	8	1,195	63	507	14	36.21	85.36	2.55	0	4/63
HR Gorringe	Western Australia	4	6	678	17	431	13	33.15	52.15	3.81	0	3/47
RA Gaunt	Western Australia	3	5	499	9	431	11	39.18	45.36	5.18	0	4/154
JN Edwards	Victoria	7	11	870	25	423	10	42.30	87.00	2.92	0	2/47
WT Walmsley	Queensland	2	4	304	5	209	9	23.22	33.78	4.13	0	3/31
AT Preen	Western Australia	2	3	318	7	168	9	18.67	35.33	3.17	1	6/97
KD Mackay	Queensland	7	10	646	16	296	7	42.29	92.29	2.75	0	2/54
JC Treanor	New South Wales	2	4	357	8	213	7	30.43	51.00	3.58	0	4/77
GB Hole	South Australia	7	8	414	15	231	5	46.20	82.80	3.35	0	3/68
J Lihou	Queensland	4	7	438	7	334	5	66.80	87.60	4.58	0	2/52
JF Power	Victoria	5	8	504	7	370	5	74.00	100.80	4.40	0	2/39
LF Kline	Victoria	2	3	372	18	156	4	39.00	93.00	2.52	0	3/65
CJ Pinch	South Australia	6	7	81	3	47	4	11.75	20.25	3.48	0	2/1

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Sheffield Shield 1955/56 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
IR Huntington	Victoria	3	4	140	4	97	4	24.25	35.00	4.16	3/50
LN Quelch	Queensland	2	4	372	8	286	4	71.50	93.00	4.61	2/66
RC Roxby	South Australia	6	8	750	20	363	3	121.00	250.00	2.90	1/21
AR Edwards	Western Australia	2	3	71	0	61	3	20.33	23.67	5.15	2/26
RH Price	Western Australia	1	1	123	4	75	3	25.00	41.00	3.66	3/75
KD Meuleman	Western Australia	4	5	216	1	185	2	92.50	108.00	5.14	1/23
KA Archer	Queensland	3	3	180	4	127	2	63.50	90.00	4.23	1/37
JW Burke	New South Wales	6	9	252	14	95	2	47.50	126.00	2.26	1/21
PI Philpott	New South Wales	3	4	150	4	107	2	53.50	75.00	4.28	1/1
CW Langdon	Western Australia	2	3	312	12	142	2	71.00	156.00	2.73	1/36
RB Strauss	Western Australia	1	1	168	6	80	2	40.00	84.00	2.86	2/80
JW Rutherford	Western Australia	3	3	144	2	90	1	90.00	144.00	3.75	1/35
DK Carmody	Western Australia	2	2	13	0	11	1	11.00	13.00	5.08	1/8
PL Ridings	South Australia	3	5	36	0	18	1	18.00	36.00	3.00	1/1
VN Raymer	Queensland	1	1	63	3	22	1	22.00	63.00	2.10	1/22
AJTS Bailey	South Australia	1	2	114	4	41	1	41.00	114.00	2.16	1/31
JE Childe-Freeman	Queensland	1	1	102	4	80	1	80.00	102.00	4.71	1/80
KG Horsnell	South Australia	1	2	228	7	134	1	134.00	228.00	3.53	1/32
CC McDonald	Victoria	1	1	12	0	7	0	—	—	3.50	0/7
LE Favell	South Australia	2	2	24	0	10	0	—	—	2.50	0/1
RB Simpson	New South Wales	7	8	132	4	126	0	—	—	5.73	0/3
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	1	1	18	0	18	0	—	—	6.00	0/18
KN Slater	Western Australia	2	3	228	2	164	0	—	—	4.32	0/13
GB Stevens	South Australia	1	1	18	0	7	0	—	—	2.33	0/7
BC Booth	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0/5
BK Shepherd	Western Australia	3	3	48	0	55	0	—	—	6.88	0/13
B Fisher	Queensland	1	2	108	3	50	0	—	—	2.78	0/15
BJ Flynn	Queensland	2	4	108	0	116	0	—	—	6.44	0/11
CE Harvey	Queensland	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0/2
JH Shaw	Victoria	1	1	6	0	13	0	—	—	13.00	0/13
EA Toovey	Queensland	1	1	12	0	18	0	—	—	9.00	0/18
MT Vernon	Western Australia	1	1	24	0	20	0	—	—	5.00	0/20

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 1955/56. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1955/56 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
New South Wales	7	2	0	5	3,044	78	39.03	452	2,901	116	25.01
Victoria	7	2	0	5	2,736	82	33.37	525	2,399	89	26.96
Queensland	7	1	1	5	2,942	93	31.63	419	3,393	102	33.26
South Australia	7	0	3	4	2,962	112	26.45	476	2,693	76	35.43
Western Australia	4	0	1	3	1,692	65	26.03	340	1,990	47	42.34

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 · 1955/56

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

1956-02-10 to 1956-02-14 · St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 525
Western Australia: 152 & 181

Victoria won by an innings and 192 runs

1956-02-03 to 1956-02-07 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 409 & 203
Western Australia: 340 & 63/2

Match drawn

1956-02-03 to 1956-02-07 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 271/4
Victoria: 203

Match drawn

1956-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 415 & 121/7
Victoria: 340 & 300

Match drawn

1956-01-20 to 1956-01-24 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 278 & 220/6
Victoria: 400/9d

Match drawn

1956-01-02 to 1956-01-31 · St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 249/9
South Australia: 196/9d

Match drawn

1956-01-02 to 1956-01-31 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 220 & 410/7d
Queensland: 419 & 84/4

Match drawn

1955-12-24 to 1955-12-28 · St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 277
New South Wales: 124/3

Match drawn

1955-12-24 to 1955-12-28 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 476/7d
Queensland: 311 & 113/3

Match drawn

1955-12-16 to 1955-12-20 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 287 & 268/8d
Queensland: 263 & 138/0

Match drawn

1955-12-16 to 1955-12-19 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 216 & 185
New South Wales: 433/9d

New South Wales won by an innings and 32 runs

1955-12-09 to 1955-12-13 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 174 & 227/5
New South Wales: 452/7d

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1955/56 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	4
St Kilda 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 1955/56, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1955/56 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
KD Mackay	203	New South Wales	1956-01-02
JW Burke	189	Western Australia	1955-12-09
KR Miller	164	Queensland	1955-11-01
JW Burke	150	South Australia	1955-12-16
RN Harvey	147	South Australia	1956-01-20

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1955/56 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
KR Miller	7/12	South Australia	1955-11-18
AK Davidson	6/74	Queensland	1955-11-01
R Benaud	6/76	South Australia	1955-11-18
J Drennan	6/82	Queensland	1955-12-24
AT Preen	6/97	Victoria	1956-02-10

* 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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