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Sheffield Shield 1958/59 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1958/59; Tests are excluded.

GB Stevens leads the displayed batting table with 859 runs. R Benaud leads the bowling table with 39 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 20
Recorded players: 91
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1958-10-24 to 1959-03-02. 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 · 1958-59

League table for 1958/59. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1958-59 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	New South Wales	8	4	0	0	52
2	Queensland	8	2	0	1	30
3	Victoria	8	1	3	1	20
4	Western Australia	8	1	3	0	18
5	South Australia	8	1	3	0	14

Points are the recorded competition points, including any recorded bonuses or deductions. Source-table update: 2026-05-26.

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Season leaders · Sheffield Shield 1958/59

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 1958/59 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
GB Stevens	7	859
PJP Burge	8	719
HN Dansie	8	683
JC Lill	8	592
KD Meuleman	7	552

Recorded innings through 1959-03-02. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1958/59 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
R Benaud	6	39
PG Trethewey	8	37
LF Kline	7	29
DE Hoare	5	27
RR Lindwall	7	26

Recorded innings through 1959-03-02. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1958/59

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 · 91 players

Sheffield Shield 1958/59 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
GB Stevens	South Australia	7	14	2	859	259*	71.58	—	3	3
PJP Burge	Queensland	8	14	2	719	171	59.92	—	4	2
HN Dansie	South Australia	8	16	2	683	107*	48.79	—	4	3
JC Lill	South Australia	8	16	1	592	107	39.47	—	3	1
KD Meuleman	Western Australia	7	13	2	552	180*	50.18	—	3	1
LV Maddocks	Victoria	8	13	3	523	113*	52.30	—	3	2
JW Burke	New South Wales	6	10	1	503	113	55.89	—	4	2
NG Marks	New South Wales	6	9	2	502	180*	71.71	—	3	2
BK Shepherd	Western Australia	8	15	4	495	173*	45.00	—	2	1
LE Favell	South Australia	6	12	0	474	145	39.50	—	1	2
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	5	9	0	465	155	51.67	—	1	2
MT Vernon	Western Australia	8	15	0	465	139	31.00	—	0	2
GR Reynolds	Queensland	8	14	2	464	125*	38.67	—	3	1
G Thomas	New South Wales	6	9	1	453	189	56.63	—	2	1
CJ Pinch	South Australia	7	14	1	416	90	32.00	—	4	0
JH Shaw	Victoria	8	13	0	401	92	30.85	—	4	0
JW Rutherford	Western Australia	8	15	0	399	75	26.60	—	2	0
RN Harvey	New South Wales	6	10	0	379	160	37.90	—	1	1
RB Simpson	Western Australia	5	10	1	378	67	42.00	—	4	0
J Potter	Victoria	8	13	0	364	119	28.00	—	2	1
RG Archer	Queensland	7	12	1	358	80	32.55	—	2	0
IB Oxenford	Queensland	6	10	1	344	72	38.22	—	4	0
WM Lawry	Victoria	4	6	1	315	92	63.00	—	4	0
KD Mackay	Queensland	4	7	1	305	133*	50.83	—	0	2
RB Strauss	Western Australia	7	13	2	284	52	25.82	—	2	0

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Sheffield Shield 1958/59 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
R Benaud	New South Wales	6	10	1	259	76	28.78	—	1	0
ATW Grout	Queensland	5	9	0	254	83	28.22	—	2	0
DJ Woodhead	Western Australia	4	7	1	253	101*	42.17	—	0	1
AK Davidson	New South Wales	5	8	0	243	110	30.38	—	1	1
R Harvey	Victoria	4	6	1	233	97	46.60	—	2	0
CN Crompton	Victoria	8	13	0	221	75	17.00	—	1	0
WJ Watson	New South Wales	5	8	0	216	104	27.00	—	0	1
D Harris	South Australia	6	12	0	216	77	18.00	—	1	0
JW Martin	South Australia	6	12	4	204	60	25.50	—	1	0
BL Buggins	Western Australia	7	13	0	202	48	15.54	—	0	0
JJ McLaughlin	Queensland	7	13	3	197	81*	19.70	—	1	0
BC Booth	New South Wales	5	6	0	190	85	31.67	—	2	0
SJ Carroll	New South Wales	4	5	1	184	117	46.00	—	0	1
BN Jarman	South Australia	7	14	0	181	74	12.93	—	1	0
CC McDonald	Victoria	2	3	0	170	78	56.67	—	2	0
KHD Kendall	Victoria	2	3	0	137	82	45.67	—	1	0
RR Lindwall	Queensland	7	13	3	131	56*	13.10	—	1	0
IR Huntington	Victoria	6	10	1	128	29	14.22	—	0	0
LT Hill	South Australia	4	8	0	127	45	15.88	—	0	0
CEJ Guest	Victoria	4	6	0	114	36	19.00	—	0	0
AJ Aylett	Victoria	4	7	0	112	48	16.00	—	0	0
B Fisher	Queensland	7	13	1	112	35*	9.33	—	0	0
RA Hitchcox	South Australia	7	14	2	112	63	9.33	—	1	0
KN Slater	Western Australia	6	12	1	109	71*	9.91	—	1	0
JN Edwards	Victoria	7	12	3	104	36*	11.56	—	0	0
L Germaine	Western Australia	6	11	1	93	46*	9.30	—	0	0
DA Ford	New South Wales	8	12	1	88	28	8.00	—	0	0
LF Kline	Victoria	7	11	4	84	25*	12.00	—	0	0
GF Rorke	New South Wales	7	11	2	82	35	9.11	—	0	0
IW Quick	Victoria	8	13	0	77	20	5.92	—	0	0
WT Walmsley	Queensland	7	13	3	74	20	7.40	—	0	0
JD Bratchford	Queensland	6	11	1	69	36	6.90	—	0	0
DE Hoare	Western Australia	5	9	1	68	35	8.50	—	0	0
RA Gaunt	Western Australia	6	11	2	59	22*	6.56	—	0	0
AO Lodge	Western Australia	2	3	1	49	34*	24.50	—	0	0
RB Lyons	Queensland	2	4	0	49	23	12.25	—	0	0
HWH Rigg	Western Australia	2	4	1	47	31*	15.67	—	0	0
AE Wyatt	New South Wales	5	7	5	44	32*	22.00	—	0	0
JE Childe-Freeman	Queensland	6	10	2	41	25	5.13	—	0	0
WJ Saunders	New South Wales	3	3	0	40	32	13.33	—	0	0
GO Connor	Western Australia	3	6	0	38	19	6.33	—	0	0
BM Hurn	South Australia	3	6	0	34	23	5.67	—	0	0
JR Ducker	South Australia	1	2	0	30	30	15.00	—	0	0
PI Philpott	New South Wales	4	5	1	29	23*	7.25	—	0	0
HL Marjoribanks	New South Wales	4	6	0	28	11	4.67	—	0	0
JW O'Reilly	New South Wales	1	1	0	25	25	25.00	—	0	0
HR Gorringe	Western Australia	3	6	2	23	9*	5.75	—	0	0
RW Furlong	Victoria	2	4	0	23	16	5.75	—	0	0
BM Quigley	South Australia	2	4	1	23	12*	7.67	—	0	0
PG Trethewey	South Australia	8	16	6	22	11	2.20	—	0	0
FM Misson	New South Wales	1	1	0	19	19	19.00	—	0	0
AA Bedford	South Australia	2	4	0	17	12	4.25	—	0	0
J Drennan	South Australia	1	2	0	15	15	7.50	—	0	0
JL Salmon	Victoria	1	1	0	15	15	15.00	—	0	0
GB Tozer	Victoria	1	2	0	14	14	7.00	—	0	0
I Meckiff	Victoria	3	5	0	10	6	2.00	—	0	0
RCW Watson	Western Australia	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0	0
TR Veivers	Queensland	2	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0	0
RC Roxby	South Australia	3	6	0	3	2	0.50	—	0	0
LH Head	South Australia	1	2	1	3	3*	3.00	—	0	0
RW Mihell	Queensland	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0	0
TH Hart	Victoria	1	2	2	1	1*	—	—	0	0
ID Craig	New South Wales	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0
LD Cooper	Queensland	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0
DG Muddle	Queensland	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0
LJ Thorpe	Queensland	2	4	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 71 players

Sheffield Shield 1958/59 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
R Benaud	New South Wales	6	12	1,422	51	780	39	20.00	36.46	3.29	2	7/32
PG Trethewey	South Australia	8	13	1,518	30	863	37	23.32	41.03	3.41	3	7/69
LF Kline	Victoria	7	13	1,427	45	796	29	27.45	49.21	3.35	1	5/46
DE Hoare	Western Australia	5	9	865	14	626	27	23.19	32.04	4.34	3	6/85
RR Lindwall	Queensland	7	11	1,064	34	540	26	20.77	40.92	3.05	1	7/92
RA Hitchcox	South Australia	7	11	1,384	28	802	25	32.08	55.36	3.48	2	6/71
RB Strauss	Western Australia	7	12	1,205	28	664	24	27.67	50.21	3.31	2	5/39
RA Gaunt	Western Australia	6	11	913	24	554	22	25.18	41.50	3.64	1	6/81
WT Walmsley	Queensland	7	12	1,030	15	685	22	31.14	46.82	3.99	1	6/56
AK Davidson	New South Wales	5	10	801	26	355	21	16.90	38.14	2.66	0	4/24
GF Rorke	New South Wales	7	14	912	23	476	21	22.67	43.43	3.13	2	6/52
CEJ Guest	Victoria	4	7	614	7	424	18	23.56	34.11	4.14	1	5/37
IW Quick	Victoria	8	14	1,186	30	685	17	40.29	69.76	3.47	0	4/76
B Fisher	Queensland	8	11	1,051	18	569	17	33.47	61.82	3.25	0	4/33
JN Edwards	Victoria	7	12	1,145	46	550	15	36.67	76.33	2.88	0	4/89
I Meckiff	Victoria	3	6	630	15	391	14	27.93	45.00	3.72	0	4/92
PI Philpott	New South Wales	4	8	744	12	521	14	37.21	53.14	4.20	1	5/90
JD Bratchford	Queensland	6	8	871	27	446	13	34.31	67.00	3.07	1	6/57
KD Mackay	Queensland	4	7	720	31	292	12	24.33	60.00	2.43	1	5/51
HN Dansie	South Australia	8	11	526	1	374	11	34.00	47.82	4.27	0	3/58
JW Martin	South Australia	7	11	858	3	754	10	75.40	85.80	5.27	0	2/36
L Germaine	Western Australia	6	8	542	5	434	10	43.40	54.20	4.80	0	4/118
JW Burke	New South Wales	6	11	600	21	261	9	29.00	66.67	2.61	0	4/52
AE Wyatt	New South Wales	5	9	690	24	330	9	36.67	76.67	2.87	0	2/18
KN Slater	Western Australia	6	10	1,055	34	596	8	74.50	131.88	3.39	0	3/103

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Sheffield Shield 1958/59 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
HL Marjoribanks	New South Wales	4	8	426	6	374	8	46.75	53.25	5.27	3/38
FM Misson	New South Wales	1	2	180	9	95	6	15.83	30.00	3.17	3/31
JE Childe-Freeman	Queensland	6	9	438	4	359	6	59.83	73.00	4.92	2/68
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	5	7	172	3	109	4	27.25	43.00	3.80	2/16
HR Gorringe	Western Australia	3	5	354	2	287	4	71.75	88.50	4.86	3/89
BM Hurn	South Australia	3	6	246	2	177	4	44.25	61.50	4.32	2/51
BM Quigley	South Australia	2	3	396	11	220	4	55.00	99.00	3.33	2/78
JL Salmon	Victoria	1	2	132	4	77	4	19.25	33.00	3.50	2/31
MT Vernon	Western Australia	4	4	89	3	47	4	11.75	22.25	3.17	3/15
RG Archer	Queensland	3	4	78	1	56	3	18.67	26.00	4.31	3/32
TR Veivers	Queensland	2	3	162	7	66	2	33.00	81.00	2.44	2/30
JW O'Reilly	New South Wales	1	2	66	1	36	2	18.00	33.00	3.27	2/32
RC Roxby	South Australia	3	4	504	18	229	2	114.50	252.00	2.73	1/20
AA Bedford	South Australia	2	3	342	3	197	2	98.50	171.00	3.46	2/86
TH Hart	Victoria	1	1	108	2	72	2	36.00	54.00	4.00	2/72
IR Huntington	Victoria	6	7	222	3	147	2	73.50	111.00	3.97	1/10
RN Harvey	New South Wales	2	2	30	1	22	1	22.00	30.00	4.40	1/22
CC McDonald	Victoria	1	1	18	1	10	1	10.00	18.00	3.33	1/10
JW Rutherford	Western Australia	7	9	288	6	180	1	180.00	288.00	3.75	1/16
RB Simpson	Western Australia	4	4	60	1	48	1	48.00	60.00	4.80	1/20
BC Booth	New South Wales	3	4	216	3	155	1	155.00	216.00	4.31	1/19
AJ Aylett	Victoria	1	1	36	0	31	1	31.00	36.00	5.17	1/31
CN Crompton	Victoria	4	5	55	0	54	1	54.00	55.00	5.89	1/7
LH Head	South Australia	1	1	54	0	60	1	60.00	54.00	6.67	1/60
LT Hill	South Australia	3	5	108	3	59	1	59.00	108.00	3.28	1/1
HWH Rigg	Western Australia	1	1	12	0	13	1	13.00	12.00	6.50	1/13
GB Tozer	Victoria	1	1	144	2	86	1	86.00	144.00	3.58	1/86
KD Meuleman	Western Australia	2	2	30	1	21	0	—	—	4.20	0/6
LE Favell	South Australia	3	3	30	3	6	0	—	—	1.20	0/0
PJP Burge	Queensland	1	1	12	0	6	0	—	—	3.00	0/6
WJ Watson	New South Wales	1	1	12	0	18	0	—	—	9.00	0/18
ATW Grout	Queensland	1	1	12	0	10	0	—	—	5.00	0/10
BN Jarman	South Australia	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0/5
BK Shepherd	Western Australia	1	1	4	0	1	0	—	—	1.50	0/1
SJ Carroll	New South Wales	1	1	12	0	12	0	—	—	6.00	0/12
CJ Pinch	South Australia	3	3	30	0	16	0	—	—	3.20	0/1
WJ Saunders	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	8	0	—	—	8.00	0/8
J Potter	Victoria	3	3	36	0	41	0	—	—	6.83	0/8
J Drennan	South Australia	1	2	96	3	47	0	—	—	2.94	0/13
D Harris	South Australia	3	3	48	2	39	0	—	—	4.88	0/6
R Harvey	Victoria	2	3	54	0	42	0	—	—	4.67	0/7
KHD Kendall	Victoria	1	1	6	0	9	0	—	—	9.00	0/9
JC Lill	South Australia	2	2	30	1	27	0	—	—	5.40	0/12
JJ McLaughlin	Queensland	3	3	30	1	25	0	—	—	5.00	0/0
DG Muddle	Queensland	1	1	114	2	73	0	—	—	3.84	0/73
IB Oxenford	Queensland	1	1	12	0	12	0	—	—	6.00	0/12

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 1958/59. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1958/59 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
New South Wales	8	4	0	4	3,892	103	37.79	554	3,702	141	26.26
Queensland	8	2	0	6	3,243	105	30.89	462	3,300	105	31.43
South Australia	8	1	3	4	4,162	129	32.26	486	3,995	106	37.69
Victoria	8	1	3	4	3,163	115	27.50	511	3,515	119	29.54
Western Australia	8	1	3	4	3,684	124	29.71	415	3,632	105	34.59

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 · 1958/59

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

1959-03-02 to 1959-03-28 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 107 & 207
New South Wales: 417

New South Wales won by an innings and 103 runs

1959-02-20 to 1959-02-24 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 136 & 232
New South Wales: 365 & 177

New South Wales won by 174 runs

1959-02-13 to 1959-02-17 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 126/5
Victoria: 316

Match drawn

1959-02-07 to 1959-02-11 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 226 & 305
Victoria: 383 & 112/5

Match drawn

1959-02-02 to 0001-01-01 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 511
South Australia: 288 & 222

Victoria won by an innings and 1 run

1959-01-23 to 1959-01-27 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 330 & 223/6
South Australia: 283 & 309/4d

Match drawn

1959-01-23 to 1959-01-27 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 327 & 45/0
Queensland: 370 & 152

Match drawn

1959-01-16 to 1959-01-20 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 306 & 173/5d
Queensland: 293 & 99/1

Match drawn

1959-01-09 to 1959-01-13 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 205 & 257/2d
Queensland: 281 & 182/4

Queensland won by 6 wickets

1959-01-09 to 1959-01-13 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 317 & 135/2
Victoria: 248 & 203

South Australia won by 8 wickets

1959-01-01 to 1959-01-03 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 392
Victoria: 100 & 151

Western Australia won by an innings and 141 runs

1959-01-01 to 1959-01-05 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 287
Queensland: 153 & 209/5

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1958/59 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 1958/59, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1958/59 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
GB Stevens	259*	New South Wales	1958-12-05
G Thomas	189	South Australia	1958-12-05
KD Meuleman	180*	South Australia	1958-11-21
NG Marks	180*	South Australia	1958-12-05
BK Shepherd	173*	Victoria	1959-01-01

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1958/59 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
R Benaud	7/32	Victoria	1958-12-24
R Benaud	7/65	Western Australia	1958-11-07
PG Trethewey	7/69	Victoria	1959-01-09
RR Lindwall	7/92	South Australia	1959-01-16
GF Rorke	6/52	Victoria	1958-12-24

* 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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