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Sheffield Shield 1957/58 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1957/58; Tests are excluded.

NCL O'Neill leads the displayed batting table with 1,005 runs. IW Quick leads the bowling table with 32 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 20
Recorded players: 82
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1957-10-25 to 1958-03-01. 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 · 1957-58

League table for 1957/58. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1957-58 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	New South Wales	8	4	1	0	48
2	Victoria	8	2	2	1	34
3	Queensland	8	1	1	1	24
4	Western Australia	8	2	3	0	24
5	South Australia	8	1	3	0	10

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 1957/58

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 1957/58 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
NCL O'Neill	8	1,005
JH Shaw	8	751
SJ Carroll	8	700
GR Reynolds	8	698
GB Stevens	8	666

Recorded innings through 1958-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1957/58 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
IW Quick	8	32
B Dooland	7	29
RR Lindwall	8	26
NCL O'Neill	8	26
JW Martin	8	25

Recorded innings through 1958-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1957/58

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 1957/58 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	8	16	2	1,005	233	71.79	—	3	4
JH Shaw	Victoria	8	13	1	751	167	62.58	—	6	1
SJ Carroll	New South Wales	8	16	0	700	111	43.75	—	5	1
GR Reynolds	Queensland	8	13	2	698	203*	63.45	—	0	3
GB Stevens	South Australia	8	15	0	666	164	44.40	—	0	3
JW Rutherford	Western Australia	8	14	1	655	160	50.38	—	4	1
KD Meuleman	Western Australia	8	14	2	645	117	53.75	—	4	2
CJ Pinch	South Australia	8	15	1	645	102	46.07	—	2	2
JJ McLaughlin	Queensland	8	13	0	615	146	47.31	—	2	2
CN Crompton	Victoria	8	13	0	529	124	40.69	—	1	2
D Harris	South Australia	8	15	0	529	74	35.27	—	6	0
WJ Saunders	New South Wales	7	14	2	505	89	42.08	—	4	0
HN Dansie	South Australia	7	13	0	505	148	38.85	—	2	2
BC Booth	New South Wales	7	14	2	503	123	41.92	—	2	1
IR Huntington	Victoria	8	13	0	491	127	37.77	—	3	1
LH Head	South Australia	8	15	1	422	78	30.14	—	4	0
JW Martin	New South Wales	8	16	3	414	79*	31.85	—	5	0
MT Vernon	Western Australia	8	14	1	403	89	31.00	—	4	0
LM Sawle	Western Australia	8	14	0	364	57	26.00	—	3	0
J Potter	Victoria	5	9	2	363	115	51.86	—	1	2
BK Shepherd	Western Australia	8	14	1	357	85	27.46	—	2	0
RB Lyons	Queensland	8	13	0	344	89	26.46	—	3	0
HWH Rigg	Western Australia	8	14	0	336	76	24.00	—	1	0
SJE Loxton	Victoria	8	13	2	331	107	30.09	—	0	2
JD Bratchford	Queensland	8	13	1	316	78	26.33	—	2	0

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Sheffield Shield 1957/58 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
PI Philpott	New South Wales	8	16	3	294	97	22.62	—	1	0
RR Lindwall	Queensland	8	13	2	274	77	24.91	—	2	0
B Fisher	Queensland	7	11	1	274	103	27.40	—	1	1
GB Hole	South Australia	4	8	1	251	123	35.86	—	1	1
B Dooland	South Australia	7	13	1	234	56	19.50	—	1	0
JR Ducker	South Australia	8	15	4	225	39*	20.45	—	0	0
RW Furlong	Victoria	3	6	1	225	88*	45.00	—	1	0
KN Slater	Western Australia	8	14	1	223	40*	17.15	—	0	0
DC Mengel	Queensland	6	11	2	217	74	24.11	—	1	0
LV Maddocks	Victoria	4	6	2	212	68	53.00	—	1	0
DFE Bull	Queensland	5	8	1	209	102*	29.86	—	1	1
WT Walmsley	Queensland	6	10	2	193	106*	24.13	—	1	1
AA Bedford	South Australia	8	15	3	162	32*	13.50	—	0	0
AJ Aylett	Victoria	5	7	1	133	37	22.17	—	0	0
RW Mihell	Queensland	5	8	1	120	45	17.14	—	0	0
BM Hurn	South Australia	3	6	1	115	39*	23.00	—	0	0
JE Childe-Freeman	Queensland	7	11	3	112	55*	14.00	—	1	0
DE Hoare	Western Australia	7	12	2	107	25*	10.70	—	0	0
RA Cameron	South Australia	3	5	1	107	88*	26.75	—	1	0
LM Smart	South Australia	3	5	1	97	61	24.25	—	1	0
WJ Watson	New South Wales	4	8	1	95	44	13.57	—	0	0
JN Edwards	Victoria	6	9	2	94	48*	13.43	—	0	0
CW Johnston	New South Wales	3	6	0	86	25	14.33	—	0	0
AE Wyatt	New South Wales	8	16	2	85	32	6.07	—	0	0
GF Rorke	New South Wales	7	14	2	84	22	7.00	—	0	0
DA Ford	New South Wales	8	16	4	82	20*	6.83	—	0	0
RCW Watson	Western Australia	4	6	2	82	28*	20.50	—	0	0
IW Quick	Victoria	8	13	0	78	23	6.00	—	0	0
RB Strauss	Western Australia	2	4	1	75	35	25.00	—	0	0
DG Muddle	Queensland	2	3	1	74	32*	37.00	—	0	0
RA Gaunt	Western Australia	6	10	3	53	25*	7.57	—	0	0
JW Beagley	South Australia	8	15	1	53	19	3.79	—	0	0
WWB Murray	Victoria	4	7	1	53	18	8.83	—	0	0
LJ Thorpe	Queensland	6	10	3	52	25	7.43	—	0	0
RB Stevens	Victoria	3	4	0	47	46	11.75	—	0	0
JH de Courcy	New South Wales	1	2	0	46	29	23.00	—	0	0
JB O'Regan	New South Wales	6	12	2	42	29*	4.20	—	0	0
BL Buggins	Western Australia	4	8	1	39	12	5.57	—	0	0
LJ Botham	Victoria	4	7	0	36	16	5.14	—	0	0
JL Salmon	Victoria	8	13	4	36	9*	4.00	—	0	0
G Thomas	New South Wales	2	4	0	34	19	8.50	—	0	0
RG Archer	Queensland	1	1	0	25	25	25.00	—	0	0
HR Gorringe	Western Australia	6	10	2	25	22	3.13	—	0	0
L Germaine	Victoria	4	6	1	21	7	4.20	—	0	0
PM Hosking	Victoria	1	2	0	21	20	10.50	—	0	0
MT Clingly	South Australia	1	2	0	20	12	10.00	—	0	0
ER Tovey	Queensland	1	1	0	18	18	18.00	—	0	0
KR Francis	New South Wales	2	4	1	17	6*	5.67	—	0	0
HG Bevan	Western Australia	2	4	0	15	9	3.75	—	0	0
JW Wilson	South Australia	1	2	2	8	4*	—	—	0	0
WPA Crawford	New South Wales	1	2	0	7	4	3.50	—	0	0
TA Bidstrup	Western Australia	1	2	1	7	6	7.00	—	0	0
AW Reid	Queensland	1	2	0	7	7	3.50	—	0	0
PG Trethewey	South Australia	2	4	2	4	4*	2.00	—	0	0
NC Shaw	Victoria	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0	0
DC Strudwick	South Australia	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0
CE Westaway	Queensland	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 61 players

Sheffield Shield 1957/58 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
IW Quick	Victoria	8	14	1,897	87	891	32	27.84	59.28	2.82	3	7/47
B Dooland	South Australia	7	13	1,718	43	962	29	33.17	59.24	3.36	1	6/97
RR Lindwall	Queensland	8	12	1,368	34	670	26	25.77	52.62	2.94	1	5/105
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	8	14	713	3	531	26	20.42	27.42	4.47	0	4/40
JW Martin	New South Wales	8	14	1,060	17	691	25	27.64	42.40	3.91	1	7/59
JL Salmon	Victoria	8	14	1,366	42	694	24	28.92	56.92	3.05	0	4/34
RA Gaunt	Western Australia	6	10	930	27	521	23	22.65	40.43	3.36	2	5/77
KN Slater	Western Australia	8	15	1,631	71	757	23	32.91	70.91	2.78	0	4/91
PI Philpott	New South Wales	8	13	1,272	35	804	23	34.96	55.30	3.79	1	5/81
WT Walmsley	Queensland	6	9	1,333	36	822	22	37.36	60.59	3.70	0	4/60
DE Hoare	Western Australia	7	12	1,008	25	658	20	32.90	50.40	3.92	0	4/74
JW Beagley	South Australia	8	15	1,435	23	878	20	43.90	71.75	3.67	0	4/82
JN Edwards	Victoria	6	10	1,369	71	522	20	26.10	68.45	2.29	1	6/18
GF Rorke	New South Wales	7	13	984	34	511	19	26.89	51.79	3.12	0	3/9
HR Gorringe	Western Australia	6	12	1,001	37	592	19	31.16	52.68	3.55	0	3/59
AA Bedford	South Australia	8	14	1,368	49	689	18	38.28	76.00	3.02	0	4/113
B Fisher	Queensland	7	10	972	32	419	18	23.28	54.00	2.59	0	4/29
AE Wyatt	New South Wales	8	14	926	23	515	15	34.33	61.73	3.34	1	5/36
JD Bratchford	Queensland	8	12	1,312	30	654	12	54.50	109.33	2.99	0	3/36
JB O'Regan	New South Wales	6	10	882	25	432	10	43.20	88.20	2.94	0	2/32
L Germaine	Victoria	4	7	714	18	421	10	42.10	71.40	3.54	0	4/117
RB Strauss	Western Australia	2	4	450	16	204	10	20.40	45.00	2.72	1	5/51
SJE Loxton	Victoria	6	9	420	11	237	9	26.33	46.67	3.39	0	3/44
JE Childe-Freeman	Queensland	7	10	786	29	525	9	58.33	87.33	4.01	0	3/44
WWB Murray	Victoria	4	6	726	44	332	9	36.89	80.67	2.74	0	3/72

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Sheffield Shield 1957/58 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
BM Hurn	South Australia	3	6	432	11	261	8	32.63	54.00	3.63	3/65
JW Rutherford	Western Australia	8	13	704	31	333	7	47.57	100.57	2.84	2/57
DC Mengel	Queensland	6	7	288	10	157	6	26.17	48.00	3.27	3/26
J Potter	Victoria	4	6	210	4	190	5	38.00	42.00	5.43	3/64
DG Muddle	Queensland	2	3	288	6	198	5	39.60	57.60	4.13	3/71
KR Francis	New South Wales	2	3	318	13	99	4	24.75	79.50	1.87	2/11
RA Cameron	South Australia	3	6	510	10	316	4	79.00	127.50	3.72	1/26
HG Bevan	Western Australia	2	2	174	2	164	3	54.67	58.00	5.66	2/75
MT Clingly	South Australia	1	2	288	7	162	3	54.00	96.00	3.38	2/96
IR Huntington	Victoria	4	5	114	0	92	3	30.67	38.00	4.84	1/6
NC Shaw	Victoria	1	2	108	4	61	3	20.33	36.00	3.39	3/23
LM Smart	South Australia	3	6	180	3	111	3	37.00	60.00	3.70	2/58
PG Trethewey	South Australia	2	3	366	10	181	3	60.33	122.00	2.97	2/90
KD Meuleman	Western Australia	5	6	120	3	89	2	44.50	60.00	4.45	1/6
HN Dansie	South Australia	6	9	320	12	169	2	84.50	160.00	3.17	1/27
TA Bidstrup	Western Australia	1	2	108	0	77	2	38.50	54.00	4.28	2/35
GB Hole	South Australia	3	3	78	0	66	1	66.00	78.00	5.08	1/40
LH Head	South Australia	7	10	126	1	85	1	85.00	126.00	4.05	1/0
PM Hosking	Victoria	1	2	96	2	82	1	82.00	96.00	5.13	1/55
JJ McLaughlin	Queensland	2	2	66	0	51	1	51.00	66.00	4.64	1/31
HWH Rigg	Western Australia	4	5	144	2	93	1	93.00	144.00	3.88	1/20
RG Archer	Queensland	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0/4
WPA Crawford	New South Wales	1	1	168	3	83	0	—	—	2.96	0/83
JW Wilson	South Australia	1	2	168	11	70	0	—	—	2.50	0/16
GB Stevens	South Australia	2	2	60	1	37	0	—	—	3.70	0/12
BK Shepherd	Western Australia	2	2	30	0	23	0	—	—	4.60	0/4
SJ Carroll	New South Wales	1	1	1	0	2	0	—	—	12.00	0/2
CJ Pinch	South Australia	4	4	36	0	21	0	—	—	3.50	0/1
AJ Aylett	Victoria	2	2	30	0	20	0	—	—	4.00	0/8
D Harris	South Australia	2	2	30	1	20	0	—	—	4.00	0/4
RB Lyons	Queensland	2	2	24	0	22	0	—	—	5.50	0/3
RW Mihell	Queensland	2	2	12	0	14	0	—	—	7.00	0/7
LM Sawle	Western Australia	2	2	15	0	13	0	—	—	5.20	0/4
RB Stevens	Victoria	2	2	48	3	12	0	—	—	1.50	0/4
MT Vernon	Western Australia	2	2	24	2	14	0	—	—	3.50	0/0
CE Westaway	Queensland	1	1	78	1	77	0	—	—	5.92	0/77

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 1957/58. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1957/58 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
New South Wales	8	4	1	3	4,190	111	37.75	531	3,895	128	30.43
Victoria	8	2	2	4	3,601	103	34.96	464	3,673	122	30.11
Western Australia	8	2	3	3	3,557	119	29.89	532	3,731	115	32.44
Queensland	8	1	1	6	3,697	104	35.55	478	3,798	104	36.52
South Australia	8	1	3	4	4,235	131	32.33	472	4,183	99	42.25

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 · 1957/58

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

1958-03-01 to 1958-03-28 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 157 & 252
Victoria: 191 & 359/3d

Victoria won by 141 runs

1958-02-21 to 1958-02-25 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 364 & 212/7
Victoria: 417 & 204/5d

Match drawn

1958-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 277
Victoria: 203/5

Match drawn

1958-01-25 to 1958-01-29 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 268 & 260/7d
South Australia: 184 & 255

Western Australia won by 89 runs

1958-01-25 to 1958-01-29 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 531 & 37/0
Victoria: 117 & 450

New South Wales won by 10 wickets

1958-01-17 to 1958-01-21 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 231 & 420/5
South Australia: 472

Match drawn

1958-01-10 to 1958-01-14 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 411 & 222/2d
South Australia: 397 & 237/4

South Australia won by 6 wickets

1958-01-01 to 1958-01-04 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 434 & 84/1
South Australia: 356 & 246/6d

Match drawn

1958-01-01 to 1958-01-04 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 391 & 301/7d
Queensland: 337 & 177/7

Match drawn

1957-12-26 to 1957-12-30 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 106 & 197
New South Wales: 143 & 330/6d

New South Wales won by 170 runs

1957-12-26 to 1957-12-30 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 406 & 332/4
Queensland: 452/8d

Match drawn

1957-12-20 to 1957-12-24 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 391
Queensland: 396 & 110/3

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1957/58 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	4
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane	4
Melbourne 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 1957/58, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1957/58 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
NCL O'Neill	233	Victoria	1958-01-25
GR Reynolds	203*	South Australia	1957-12-26
NCL O'Neill	175	Victoria	1957-12-26
GR Reynolds	174	New South Wales	1957-10-25
GR Reynolds	168	Western Australia	1957-11-15

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1957/58 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
IW Quick	7/47	Western Australia	1958-03-01
JW Martin	7/59	South Australia	1957-12-19
JN Edwards	6/18	Queensland	1957-12-13
IW Quick	6/65	Western Australia	1957-11-08
B Dooland	6/97	Queensland	1958-01-17

* 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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