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Sheffield Shield 1956/57 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1956/57; Tests are excluded.

KD Meuleman leads the displayed batting table with 779 runs. LF Kline leads the bowling table with 37 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 20
Recorded players: 88
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1956-10-26 to 1957-03-01. 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 · 1956-57

League table for 1956/57. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1956-57 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	New South Wales	8	3	0	—	25
2	Queensland	8	2	0	—	24
3	Victoria	8	3	2	—	21
4	Western Australia	8	1	3	—	11
5	South Australia	8	0	4	—	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 1956/57

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 1956/57 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
KD Meuleman	8	779
RN Harvey	5	744
CJ Pinch	8	739
KD Mackay	7	676
PJP Burge	7	675

Recorded innings through 1957-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1956/57 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
LF Kline	7	37
R Benaud	7	33
RB Strauss	7	33
WT Walmsley	8	28
JC Treanor	8	27

Recorded innings through 1957-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1956/57

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 1956/57 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
KD Meuleman	Western Australia	8	15	2	779	234*	59.92	—	2	3
RN Harvey	Victoria	5	9	1	744	209	93.00	—	2	4
CJ Pinch	South Australia	8	15	0	739	116	49.27	—	4	3
KD Mackay	Queensland	7	10	0	676	169	67.60	—	4	2
PJP Burge	Queensland	7	10	0	675	210	67.50	—	1	3
LE Favell	South Australia	8	15	0	593	114	39.53	—	2	2
GB Stevens	South Australia	8	15	1	558	125*	39.86	—	4	1
WJ Watson	New South Wales	8	14	1	557	206	42.85	—	1	2
RB Simpson	Western Australia	7	13	2	527	112*	47.91	—	3	1
SJ Carroll	New South Wales	8	14	1	527	113	40.54	—	2	2
ID Craig	New South Wales	7	12	0	521	155	43.42	—	2	2
GB Hole	South Australia	8	15	2	508	104	39.08	—	3	1
JH Shaw	Victoria	8	14	0	508	114	36.29	—	4	1
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	8	14	1	501	127	38.54	—	5	1
BK Shepherd	Western Australia	8	15	0	464	173	30.93	—	1	2
JJ McLaughlin	Queensland	8	12	2	450	93	45.00	—	4	0
JW Burke	New South Wales	6	10	1	444	220	49.33	—	1	2
PL Ridings	South Australia	8	15	1	412	86*	29.43	—	3	0
LM Sawle	Western Australia	8	15	1	387	85	27.64	—	2	0
GR Reynolds	Queensland	6	8	1	371	110*	53.00	—	3	1
ATW Grout	Queensland	8	12	2	353	118*	35.30	—	1	1
AK Davidson	New South Wales	7	12	1	333	84	30.27	—	3	0
RB Lyons	Queensland	8	12	0	331	66	27.58	—	2	0
JW Martin	New South Wales	8	14	0	289	71	20.64	—	1	0
CC McDonald	Victoria	6	11	2	287	101	31.89	—	1	1

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Sheffield Shield 1956/57 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
AR Edwards	Western Australia	8	15	1	287	55	20.50	—	2	0
SJE Loxton	Victoria	8	14	2	283	134	23.58	—	0	1
WM Lawry	Victoria	7	12	0	248	74	20.67	—	2	0
JW Rutherford	Western Australia	4	8	1	245	71*	35.00	—	2	0
LV Maddocks	Victoria	6	11	1	241	109	24.10	—	0	1
RR Lindwall	Queensland	7	10	0	210	93	21.00	—	2	0
KHD Kendall	Victoria	5	9	0	205	119	22.78	—	0	1
WT Walmsley	Queensland	8	12	3	200	58	22.22	—	1	0
WA Dick	Victoria	7	12	1	200	45	18.18	—	0	0
R Benaud	New South Wales	7	12	0	195	63	16.25	—	1	0
IR Huntington	Victoria	3	5	1	182	83	45.50	—	2	0
JD Bratchford	Queensland	8	12	0	180	43	15.00	—	0	0
JR Ducker	South Australia	6	11	1	164	44*	16.40	—	0	0
BN Jarman	South Australia	6	11	0	160	53	14.55	—	2	0
BL Buggins	Western Australia	8	15	1	140	38*	10.00	—	0	0
RB Strauss	Western Australia	7	13	0	136	43	10.46	—	0	0
DFE Bull	Queensland	5	8	1	115	53*	16.43	—	1	0
I Meckiff	Victoria	7	12	2	107	55	10.70	—	1	0
GRA Langley	South Australia	1	2	0	104	100	52.00	—	0	1
JC Treanor	New South Wales	8	14	4	104	20	10.40	—	0	0
AT Preen	Western Australia	6	11	2	98	27*	10.89	—	0	0
RB Stevens	Victoria	2	4	0	95	76	23.75	—	1	0
AA Bedford	South Australia	3	5	0	87	28	17.40	—	0	0
J Drennan	South Australia	7	13	0	87	35	6.69	—	0	0
RA Gaunt	Western Australia	7	13	3	85	25	8.50	—	0	0
CS Grant	South Australia	2	4	0	73	42	18.25	—	0	0
CE Harvey	Queensland	2	4	1	72	40	24.00	—	0	0
KA Archer	Queensland	1	2	0	70	65	35.00	—	1	0
JH de Courcy	New South Wales	1	2	0	69	52	34.50	—	1	0
CW Johnston	New South Wales	1	2	0	68	68	34.00	—	1	0
BA Rigg	Western Australia	3	5	1	68	42*	17.00	—	0	0
DG Muddle	Queensland	3	4	1	65	37*	21.67	—	0	0
LF Kline	Victoria	7	12	3	60	15*	6.67	—	0	0
DE Hoare	Western Australia	4	7	3	54	32*	13.50	—	0	0
JW Beagley	South Australia	7	13	2	54	12	4.91	—	0	0
RI Maddocks	Victoria	2	3	0	52	31	17.33	—	0	0
AE Wyatt	New South Wales	6	10	2	50	40	6.25	—	0	0
LR Weekley	South Australia	4	8	0	47	40	5.88	—	0	0
KN Slater	Western Australia	3	6	0	45	23	7.50	—	0	0
O Lambert	New South Wales	8	14	5	43	15	4.78	—	0	0
VN Raymer	Queensland	1	2	0	40	20	20.00	—	0	0
DM Gregg	South Australia	4	8	1	39	27*	5.57	—	0	0
HG Bevan	Western Australia	3	6	1	38	22	7.60	—	0	0
JL Salmon	Victoria	4	7	2	38	26	7.60	—	0	0
JE Childe-Freeman	Queensland	8	12	5	34	17*	4.86	—	0	0
JR Cooper	Queensland	1	2	0	30	23	15.00	—	0	0
RW Lee	South Australia	1	2	1	30	19*	30.00	—	0	0
JN Edwards	Victoria	4	7	0	28	16	4.00	—	0	0
RM Harvey	New South Wales	1	2	0	27	24	13.50	—	0	0
LJ Botham	Victoria	1	2	1	25	21	25.00	—	0	0
J Potter	Victoria	1	2	0	21	21	10.50	—	0	0
AC Day	Victoria	1	2	0	16	16	8.00	—	0	0
JW Wilson	South Australia	7	13	8	15	12	3.00	—	0	0
MT Vernon	Western Australia	2	4	0	15	11	3.75	—	0	0
WPA Crawford	New South Wales	1	2	0	14	14	7.00	—	0	0
AM Fagan	New South Wales	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0	0
BAL Livingston	New South Wales	1	2	0	8	4	4.00	—	0	0
J Cosgrave	Victoria	2	3	0	7	4	2.33	—	0	0
PI Philpott	New South Wales	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—	0	0
JRM Stubbs	Western Australia	1	2	1	4	4	4.00	—	0	0
L Germaine	Victoria	1	2	1	2	2*	2.00	—	0	0
HR Gorringe	Western Australia	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0
GW Longney	Victoria	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 67 players

Sheffield Shield 1956/57 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
LF Kline	Victoria	7	12	1,653	50	921	37	24.89	44.68	3.34	3	6/57
R Benaud	New South Wales	7	12	1,832	71	800	33	24.24	55.52	2.62	2	5/59
RB Strauss	Western Australia	7	12	1,494	59	742	33	22.48	45.27	2.98	3	7/59
WT Walmsley	Queensland	8	12	1,314	29	795	28	28.39	46.93	3.63	1	5/124
JC Treanor	New South Wales	8	14	1,329	37	734	27	27.19	49.22	3.31	2	5/36
RR Lindwall	Queensland	7	10	1,136	40	534	24	22.25	47.33	2.82	2	5/50
RA Gaunt	Western Australia	7	12	1,159	29	749	24	31.21	48.29	3.88	1	7/104
AK Davidson	New South Wales	7	12	1,134	27	657	23	28.57	49.30	3.48	0	4/69
JW Beagley	South Australia	7	11	1,148	25	745	23	32.39	49.91	3.89	1	6/121
JE Childe-Freeman	Queensland	8	13	1,415	40	783	23	34.04	61.52	3.32	2	6/134
J Drennan	South Australia	7	11	1,188	19	629	23	27.35	51.65	3.18	1	6/69
I Meckiff	Victoria	7	11	1,243	40	546	21	26.00	59.19	2.64	0	4/56
SJE Loxton	Victoria	8	13	763	20	381	19	20.05	40.16	3.00	1	6/49
JD Bratchford	Queensland	8	13	1,266	32	653	19	34.37	66.63	3.09	1	5/28
JW Martin	New South Wales	8	13	864	11	608	18	33.78	48.00	4.22	0	3/68
JN Edwards	Victoria	4	7	990	51	349	17	20.53	58.24	2.12	1	5/51
AE Wyatt	New South Wales	6	10	739	17	473	16	29.56	46.19	3.84	1	5/100
JW Wilson	South Australia	7	9	1,665	78	715	14	51.07	118.93	2.58	0	4/78
WA Dick	Victoria	7	11	1,233	48	505	14	36.07	88.07	2.46	0	4/46
KD Mackay	Queensland	7	11	738	18	318	12	26.50	61.50	2.59	1	5/15
KN Slater	Western Australia	3	6	633	24	332	9	36.89	70.33	3.15	0	3/73
DE Hoare	Western Australia	4	6	447	9	299	9	33.22	49.67	4.01	0	4/43
HG Bevan	Western Australia	3	6	510	10	382	9	42.44	56.67	4.49	1	6/106
AT Preen	Western Australia	6	11	1,083	50	460	9	51.11	120.33	2.55	0	4/69
JL Salmon	Victoria	4	6	534	26	243	9	27.00	59.33	2.73	0	4/31

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Sheffield Shield 1956/57 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
AA Bedford	South Australia	3	5	618	30	301	8	37.63	77.25	2.92	0	4/80
DM Gregg	South Australia	4	6	723	14	374	8	46.75	90.38	3.10	1	5/115
KD Meuleman	Western Australia	7	9	234	1	214	6	35.67	39.00	5.49	0	2/58
BAL Livingston	New South Wales	1	2	174	8	85	5	17.00	34.80	2.93	0	4/43
AC Day	Victoria	1	2	246	9	102	5	20.40	49.20	2.49	0	3/39
L Germaine	Victoria	1	2	139	1	107	5	21.40	27.80	4.62	1	5/69
LR Weekley	South Australia	4	6	503	5	438	4	109.50	125.75	5.22	0	4/141
WPA Crawford	New South Wales	1	2	120	4	53	3	17.67	40.00	2.65	0	3/31
JW Rutherford	Western Australia	4	6	396	19	149	3	49.67	132.00	2.26	0	3/20
VN Raymer	Queensland	1	2	156	9	46	3	15.33	52.00	1.77	0	2/29
JW Burke	New South Wales	4	5	222	3	117	2	58.50	111.00	3.16	0	1/30
GB Hole	South Australia	8	11	600	10	359	2	179.50	300.00	3.59	0	1/19
RB Simpson	Western Australia	6	9	278	2	233	2	116.50	139.00	5.03	0	1/32
PI Philpott	New South Wales	1	2	246	6	107	2	53.50	123.00	2.61	0	2/63
CJ Pinch	South Australia	7	7	156	4	83	2	41.50	78.00	3.19	0	2/34
DG Muddle	Queensland	3	5	276	6	148	2	74.00	138.00	3.22	0	1/36
RN Harvey	Victoria	2	2	42	4	15	1	15.00	42.00	2.14	0	1/10
KA Archer	Queensland	1	1	18	1	12	1	12.00	18.00	4.00	0	1/12
BK Shepherd	Western Australia	3	3	36	0	27	1	27.00	36.00	4.50	0	1/3
AM Fagan	New South Wales	1	2	186	10	87	1	87.00	186.00	2.81	0	1/35
PL Ridings	South Australia	5	5	72	0	61	1	61.00	72.00	5.08	0	1/8
BL Buggins	Western Australia	1	1	3	0	1	1	1.00	3.00	2.00	0	1/1
AR Edwards	Western Australia	3	4	48	0	27	1	27.00	48.00	3.38	0	1/11
IR Huntington	Victoria	3	3	150	3	90	1	90.00	150.00	3.60	0	1/41
MT Vernon	Western Australia	1	1	18	0	27	1	27.00	18.00	9.00	0	1/27
CC McDonald	Victoria	1	1	12	1	2	0	—	—	1.00	0	0/2
LE Favell	South Australia	3	3	18	1	13	0	—	—	4.33	0	0/0
PJP Burge	Queensland	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0	0/1
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	2	2	12	0	20	0	—	—	10.00	0	0/6
GB Stevens	South Australia	3	3	30	0	23	0	—	—	4.60	0	0/4
O Lambert	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/5
HR Gorringe	Western Australia	1	2	222	3	156	0	—	—	4.22	0	0/61
DFE Bull	Queensland	3	3	54	2	21	0	—	—	2.33	0	0/1
JR Cooper	Queensland	1	1	18	0	18	0	—	—	6.00	0	0/18
JR Ducker	South Australia	1	1	6	0	8	0	—	—	8.00	0	0/8
RB Lyons	Queensland	1	1	18	1	10	0	—	—	3.33	0	0/10
JJ McLaughlin	Queensland	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/2
GR Reynolds	Queensland	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/4
BA Rigg	Western Australia	1	2	18	0	18	0	—	—	6.00	0	0/8
JH Shaw	Victoria	1	1	18	0	26	0	—	—	8.67	0	0/26
RB Stevens	Victoria	1	1	12	0	5	0	—	—	2.50	0	0/5
JRM Stubbs	Western Australia	1	2	73	0	79	0	—	—	6.49	0	0/16

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 1956/57. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1956/57 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
New South Wales	8	3	0	4	1	3,911	121	32.32	530	3,884	138	28.14
Victoria	8	3	2	2	1	3,469	115	30.17	441	3,416	136	25.12
Queensland	8	2	0	6	0	4,021	95	42.33	574	3,477	115	30.23
Western Australia	8	1	3	4	0	3,495	120	29.13	412	4,073	111	36.69
South Australia	8	0	4	4	0	3,807	136	27.99	447	3,853	87	44.29

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 · 1956/57

Latest 12 of 20 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1957-03-01 to 1957-03-05 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 166 & 270
Victoria: 343 & 97/1

Victoria won by 9 wickets

1957-01-26 to 1957-01-30 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 412 & 105/1
South Australia: 447 & 239/3d

Match drawn

1957-01-26 to 1957-01-30 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 149 & 400
Victoria: 441 & 5/0

Match drawn

1957-01-18 to 1957-01-22 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 411
Victoria: 366

Match drawn

1957-01-18 to 1957-01-22 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 386 & 6/0
South Australia: 248 & 333

Match drawn

1957-01-11 to 1957-01-15 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 460/9d
South Australia: 280 & 105

Queensland won by an innings and 75 runs

1957-01-01 to 1957-01-31 · St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 272 & 276/4d
South Australia: 149 & 247

Victoria won by 152 runs

1957-01-01 to 1957-01-31 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 271 & 335/8
Queensland: 574/8d

Match drawn

1956-12-22 to 1956-12-27 · St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 244 & 197
New South Wales: 281 & 160

Result unavailable

1956-12-22 to 1956-12-26 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 433
Queensland: 258 & 294/3

Match drawn

1956-12-15 to 1956-12-19 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 175 & 255/3
Queensland: 290 & 301/4d

Match drawn

1956-12-14 to 1956-12-17 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 189 & 203
New South Wales: 454

New South Wales won by an innings and 62 runs

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1956/57 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	4
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane	4
St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne	4
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	4
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth	4

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Sheffield Shield 1956/57, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1956/57 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
KD Meuleman	234*	South Australia	1957-01-26
JW Burke	220	South Australia	1956-12-14
PJP Burge	210	Victoria	1957-01-18
RN Harvey	209	New South Wales	1957-01-26
WJ Watson	206	Western Australia	1956-12-08

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1956/57 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
RB Strauss	7/59	South Australia	1956-11-02
RA Gaunt	7/104	New South Wales	1956-11-23
SJE Loxton	6/49	Western Australia	1957-03-01
LF Kline	6/57	New South Wales	1956-12-22
RB Strauss	6/66	New South Wales	1956-11-23

* 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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