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Sheffield Shield 1959/60 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1959/60; Tests are excluded.

RB Simpson leads the displayed batting table with 902 runs. JW Martin leads the bowling table with 45 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 20
Recorded players: 97
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1959-11-20 to 1960-03-01. 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 · 1959-60

League table for 1959/60. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1959-60 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points
1	New South Wales	8	5	2	50
2	Victoria	8	4	1	48
3	Western Australia	8	3	2	34
4	Queensland	8	2	3	24
5	South Australia	8	0	6	8

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 1959/60

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 1959/60 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RB Simpson	5	902
BC Booth	8	718
JJ McLaughlin	8	683
RG Flockton	7	627
GR Reynolds	8	604

Recorded innings through 1960-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1959/60 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
JW Martin	8	45
JF Power	8	35
DE Hoare	8	30
RB Strauss	7	28
IW Quick	7	27

Recorded innings through 1960-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1959/60

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 · 97 players

Sheffield Shield 1959/60 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
RB Simpson	Western Australia	5	6	3	902	236*	300.67	—	3	3
BC Booth	New South Wales	8	12	1	718	177	65.27	—	3	2
JJ McLaughlin	Queensland	8	15	1	683	117*	48.79	—	5	2
RG Flockton	New South Wales	7	11	2	627	264*	69.67	—	4	1
GR Reynolds	Queensland	8	15	0	604	151	40.27	—	1	3
WM Lawry	Victoria	8	16	3	595	127	45.77	—	5	1
TR Veivers	Queensland	8	15	3	586	115	48.83	—	3	1
JC Lill	South Australia	7	13	1	539	176	44.92	—	1	2
KD Meuleman	Western Australia	8	12	2	530	153*	53.00	—	0	3
JH Shaw	Victoria	7	14	3	507	107	46.09	—	3	1
JR Ducker	South Australia	8	15	1	489	76	34.93	—	5	0
J Potter	Victoria	7	14	3	434	102	39.45	—	3	1
HN Dansie	South Australia	8	15	0	432	139	28.80	—	2	1
RW Furlong	Victoria	5	10	1	391	81	43.44	—	3	0
CN Crompton	Victoria	8	16	1	380	61	25.33	—	2	0
MT Vernon	Western Australia	8	12	0	377	105	31.42	—	2	1
ID Craig	New South Wales	8	12	0	376	82	31.33	—	3	0
CJ Pinch	South Australia	7	12	1	361	93	32.82	—	2	0
LV Maddocks	Victoria	7	14	2	349	92*	29.08	—	4	0
LT Hill	South Australia	8	15	0	347	100	23.13	—	1	1
SC Trimble	Queensland	7	13	0	341	101	26.23	—	1	1
G Thomas	New South Wales	8	12	2	338	120*	33.80	—	2	1
LM Sawle	Western Australia	5	9	1	262	99	32.75	—	2	0
IR Huntington	Victoria	3	6	0	241	163	40.17	—	0	1
J Wildsmith	Victoria	6	12	1	226	53*	20.55	—	1	0

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Sheffield Shield 1959/60 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
JD Bratchford	Queensland	7	13	0	222	100	17.08	—	1	1
PW Wishart	Western Australia	3	6	1	221	89	44.20	—	3	0
BK Shepherd	Western Australia	8	12	0	212	51	17.67	—	1	0
NJN Hawke	Western Australia	7	10	0	189	89	18.90	—	1	0
RH Madden	New South Wales	3	4	0	185	99	46.25	—	1	0
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	1	2	1	180	175	180.00	—	0	1
HJC Mutton	South Australia	5	9	0	179	62	19.89	—	1	0
RHD Sellers	South Australia	6	11	0	165	50	15.00	—	1	0
JW Martin	New South Wales	8	12	0	157	36	13.08	—	0	0
WJ Saunders	New South Wales	5	8	0	156	61	19.50	—	1	0
IW Quick	Victoria	7	14	0	152	38	10.86	—	0	0
B Fisher	Queensland	6	11	0	139	42	12.64	—	0	0
RV McCormick	South Australia	6	11	4	138	49*	19.71	—	0	0
IB Oxenford	Queensland	5	10	0	136	39	13.60	—	0	0
R Harvey	Victoria	4	8	0	133	36	16.63	—	0	0
RW Mihell	Queensland	4	8	0	126	32	15.75	—	0	0
DE Hoare	Western Australia	8	12	3	119	29	13.22	—	0	0
LE Favell	South Australia	1	2	0	114	98	57.00	—	1	0
BM Quigley	South Australia	8	15	2	112	30	8.62	—	0	0
BL Buggins	Western Australia	8	12	1	104	26	9.45	—	0	0
DG Hughson	Queensland	2	4	1	100	55	33.33	—	1	0
KN Slater	Western Australia	5	6	0	96	64	16.00	—	1	0
DG Muddle	Queensland	4	8	2	91	32*	15.17	—	0	0
FM Misson	New South Wales	8	12	3	78	25	8.67	—	0	0
GD McKenzie	Western Australia	2	4	1	73	41	24.33	—	0	0
RB Strauss	Western Australia	7	11	2	73	29	8.11	—	0	0
DA Ford	New South Wales	8	12	2	72	22	7.20	—	0	0
JW O'Reilly	New South Wales	3	3	0	69	40	23.00	—	0	0
JN Edwards	Victoria	7	14	1	68	25	5.23	—	0	0
KHD Kendall	Victoria	3	6	1	65	33	13.00	—	0	0
AK Davidson	New South Wales	1	2	0	64	64	32.00	—	1	0
WA Wellham	New South Wales	7	10	3	64	21	9.14	—	0	0
ATW Grout	Queensland	1	2	0	60	37	30.00	—	0	0
MT Clingly	South Australia	4	7	0	59	20	8.43	—	0	0
CE Westaway	Queensland	3	5	1	57	21	14.25	—	0	0
R Benaud	New South Wales	1	2	0	54	54	27.00	—	1	0
JRE Mackay	Queensland	3	5	0	54	21	10.80	—	0	0
DFE Bull	Queensland	3	6	0	53	23	8.83	—	0	0
JE Childe-Freeman	Queensland	3	6	1	53	23	10.60	—	0	0
HL Wood	South Australia	2	4	1	51	19	17.00	—	0	0
D Harris	South Australia	2	4	0	50	16	12.50	—	0	0
B Bates	New South Wales	6	8	2	39	16	6.50	—	0	0
JF Power	Victoria	8	16	5	38	11	3.45	—	0	0
KH Eastwood	Victoria	1	2	0	37	37	18.50	—	0	0
RA Gaunt	Western Australia	5	6	1	36	27*	7.20	—	0	0
PG Trethewey	South Australia	7	14	4	36	13*	3.60	—	0	0
RA Hitchcox	South Australia	3	5	0	28	18	5.60	—	0	0
BM Hurn	South Australia	1	2	1	28	21*	28.00	—	0	0
PJ Allan	Queensland	3	6	2	23	14	5.75	—	0	0
JW Beagley	South Australia	2	4	1	21	12*	7.00	—	0	0
NG Marks	New South Wales	3	5	0	20	14	4.00	—	0	0
BH Pittman	South Australia	1	2	0	20	16	10.00	—	0	0
T Mateljan	Western Australia	2	3	0	19	19	6.33	—	0	0
TE O'Dwyer	Western Australia	2	4	1	19	12	6.33	—	0	0
CC McDonald	Victoria	1	2	0	18	18	9.00	—	0	0
DJ Woodhead	Western Australia	3	3	0	16	9	5.33	—	0	0
RN Harvey	New South Wales	1	2	0	15	15	7.50	—	0	0
LD Cooper	Queensland	7	13	6	15	7	2.14	—	0	0
RP Easton	Queensland	1	1	0	12	12	12.00	—	0	0
J Lihou	Queensland	1	2	0	11	9	5.50	—	0	0
JT McMahon	Queensland	2	4	0	8	4	2.00	—	0	0
AN Connolly	Victoria	4	8	3	6	6*	1.20	—	0	0
BN Jarman	South Australia	1	2	0	5	3	2.50	—	0	0
RS Ayres	Queensland	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	—	0	0
HG Bevan	Western Australia	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	—	0	0
RW Lee	South Australia	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0	0
WJ Watson	New South Wales	1	1	0	3	3	3.00	—	0	0
KB Gartrell	Western Australia	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0	0
RR Lindwall	Queensland	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0
I Meckiff	Victoria	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0
RS Taylor	New South Wales	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0
RC Jordon	Victoria	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 67 players

Sheffield Shield 1959/60 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
JW Martin	New South Wales	8	15	1,803	37	1,064	45	23.64	40.07	3.54	3	5/57
JF Power	Victoria	8	15	1,254	29	864	35	24.69	35.83	4.13	1	5/66
DE Hoare	Western Australia	8	15	1,276	31	769	30	25.63	42.53	3.62	2	6/18
RB Strauss	Western Australia	7	12	1,238	53	609	28	21.75	44.21	2.95	1	5/100
IW Quick	Victoria	7	13	1,404	55	654	27	24.22	52.00	2.79	1	7/64
BM Quigley	South Australia	8	11	1,438	35	836	27	30.96	53.26	3.49	1	7/39
J Wildsmith	Victoria	6	12	972	9	654	27	24.22	36.00	4.04	3	5/42
RA Gaunt	Western Australia	5	9	754	23	402	24	16.75	31.42	3.20	1	5/52
FM Misson	New South Wales	8	15	1,250	27	702	24	29.25	52.08	3.37	0	4/58
JD Bratchford	Queensland	7	10	1,146	26	476	22	21.64	52.09	2.49	1	5/48
JN Edwards	Victoria	7	13	1,390	64	568	21	27.05	66.19	2.45	0	3/33
B Bates	New South Wales	6	11	893	30	459	19	24.16	47.00	3.08	0	4/50
WA Wellham	New South Wales	7	13	1,196	58	442	19	23.26	62.95	2.22	1	6/43
B Fisher	Queensland	6	8	876	15	435	17	25.59	51.53	2.98	0	4/64
PG Trethewey	South Australia	7	8	1,005	22	522	17	30.71	59.12	3.12	2	6/67
PJ Allan	Queensland	3	5	482	11	257	13	19.77	37.08	3.20	0	4/33
R Benaud	New South Wales	1	2	412	16	148	12	12.33	34.33	2.16	2	6/74
AN Connolly	Victoria	4	7	609	20	377	12	31.42	50.75	3.71	0	3/106
CE Westaway	Queensland	3	6	451	8	257	12	21.42	37.58	3.42	0	4/43
I Meckiff	Victoria	1	2	246	7	125	10	12.50	24.60	3.05	2	5/41
JRE Mackay	Queensland	3	6	450	17	248	10	24.80	45.00	3.31	1	5/83
RB Simpson	Western Australia	5	9	612	14	348	9	38.67	68.00	3.41	1	5/45
KN Slater	Western Australia	5	8	684	35	292	9	32.44	76.00	2.56	0	3/38
RA Hitchcox	South Australia	3	5	336	5	205	9	22.78	37.33	3.66	0	4/37
JE Childe-Freeman	Queensland	3	4	382	1	353	8	44.13	47.75	5.54	0	4/124

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Sheffield Shield 1959/60 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
NJN Hawke	Western Australia	7	11	582	11	344	6	57.33	97.00	3.55	2/22
JW O'Reilly	New South Wales	3	4	276	6	159	6	26.50	46.00	3.46	3/62
MT Clingly	South Australia	4	6	528	9	327	6	54.50	88.00	3.72	3/15
RHD Sellers	South Australia	6	7	576	7	402	5	80.40	115.20	4.19	2/49
JW Beagley	South Australia	2	3	264	4	167	5	33.40	52.80	3.80	4/76
RV McCormick	South Australia	6	8	798	17	496	5	99.20	159.60	3.73	2/37
DG Muddle	Queensland	4	5	498	17	255	4	63.75	124.50	3.07	2/27
AK Davidson	New South Wales	1	2	204	7	88	3	29.33	68.00	2.59	2/50
GD McKenzie	Western Australia	2	3	190	2	143	3	47.67	63.33	4.52	3/69
TR Veivers	Queensland	8	12	450	10	283	3	94.33	150.00	3.77	1/14
R Harvey	Victoria	3	4	114	2	79	3	26.33	38.00	4.16	3/26
J Lihou	Queensland	1	1	139	2	105	3	35.00	46.33	4.53	3/105
RG Flockton	New South Wales	7	11	372	10	179	2	89.50	186.00	2.89	1/16
T Mateljan	Western Australia	2	4	234	6	169	2	84.50	117.00	4.33	1/40
RR Lindwall	Queensland	1	2	174	7	67	1	67.00	174.00	2.31	1/60
WM Lawry	Victoria	1	1	18	1	17	1	17.00	18.00	5.67	1/17
RS Taylor	New South Wales	1	2	192	3	91	1	91.00	192.00	2.84	1/59
HN Dansie	South Australia	8	9	217	1	210	1	210.00	217.00	5.81	1/62
HG Bevan	Western Australia	1	2	138	3	73	1	73.00	138.00	3.17	1/72
CN Crompton	Victoria	5	6	102	0	103	1	103.00	102.00	6.06	1/16
JT McMahon	Queensland	2	2	228	1	185	1	185.00	228.00	4.87	1/92
HJC Mutton	South Australia	5	5	90	1	61	1	61.00	90.00	4.07	1/11
TE O'Dwyer	Western Australia	2	3	102	0	103	1	103.00	102.00	6.06	1/55
MT Vernon	Western Australia	1	1	42	0	29	1	29.00	42.00	4.14	1/29
KD Meuleman	Western Australia	2	2	30	0	36	0	—	—	7.20	0/11
LE Favell	South Australia	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0/4
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	1	1	48	0	42	0	—	—	5.25	0/42
BC Booth	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	13	0	—	—	13.00	0/13
BK Shepherd	Western Australia	5	5	96	0	92	0	—	—	5.75	0/3
RH Madden	New South Wales	2	2	24	0	16	0	—	—	4.00	0/1
CJ Pinch	South Australia	5	6	46	1	44	0	—	—	5.74	0/0
SC Trimble	Queensland	1	1	6	0	6	0	—	—	6.00	0/6
RS Ayres	Queensland	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0/3
DFE Bull	Queensland	2	2	24	0	8	0	—	—	2.00	0/4
JR Ducker	South Australia	1	1	5	0	8	0	—	—	9.60	0/8
KB Gartrell	Western Australia	1	1	42	0	49	0	—	—	7.00	0/49
D Harris	South Australia	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0/2
LT Hill	South Australia	3	3	138	4	77	0	—	—	3.35	0/15
IR Huntington	Victoria	1	1	12	0	8	0	—	—	4.00	0/8
BM Hurn	South Australia	1	1	54	0	39	0	—	—	4.33	0/39
JJ McLaughlin	Queensland	2	2	12	0	10	0	—	—	5.00	0/2
GR Reynolds	Queensland	1	1	6	0	10	0	—	—	10.00	0/10

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 1959/60. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1959/60 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
New South Wales	8	5	2	1	3,309	96	34.47	534	3,513	137	25.64
Victoria	8	4	1	3	3,745	114	32.85	465	3,544	141	25.13
Western Australia	8	3	2	3	3,359	93	36.12	487	3,600	120	30.00
Queensland	8	2	3	3	3,483	133	26.19	476	3,041	98	31.03
South Australia	8	0	6	2	3,291	142	23.18	368	3,489	82	42.55

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 · 1959/60

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

1960-03-01 to 1960-03-29 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 402 & 23/0
South Australia: 56 & 368

Western Australia won by 10 wickets

1960-02-19 to 1960-02-23 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 431 & 46/0
Western Australia: 141 & 335

Victoria won by 10 wickets

1960-02-12 to 1960-02-16 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 417 & 136/4d
Western Australia: 295 & 107/0

Match drawn

1960-02-05 to 1960-02-09 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 177 & 292
Victoria: 143 & 248

Queensland won by 78 runs

1960-02-05 to 1960-02-09 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 470/9d & 31/1
Western Australia: 203 & 294

New South Wales won by 9 wickets

1960-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 338 & 74/2
Western Australia: 295

Match drawn

1960-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 212 & 218/7
Victoria: 345 & 177/4d

Match drawn

1960-01-15 to 1960-01-19 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 476
South Australia: 253 & 135

Queensland won by an innings and 88 runs

1960-01-08 to 1960-01-12 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 534/3d
South Australia: 345 & 188

New South Wales won by an innings and 1 run

1960-01-01 to 1960-01-05 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 465 & 144/4
South Australia: 350 & 257

Victoria won by 6 wickets

1960-01-01 to 1960-01-05 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 395/6d
Queensland: 143 & 187

New South Wales won by an innings and 65 runs

1959-12-26 to 1959-12-30 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 251 & 307/9d
New South Wales: 125 & 219

Victoria won by 214 runs

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1959/60 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 1959/60, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1959/60 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
RG Flockton	264*	South Australia	1960-01-08
RB Simpson	236*	New South Wales	1959-12-11
RB Simpson	230*	Queensland	1959-12-18
BC Booth	177	South Australia	1959-12-18
JC Lill	176	Victoria	1960-01-01

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1959/60 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
BM Quigley	7/39	Queensland	1959-12-25
IW Quick	7/64	South Australia	1959-11-27
DE Hoare	6/18	South Australia	1960-03-01
WA Wellham	6/43	Queensland	1959-11-20
PG Trethewey	6/67	Western Australia	1960-03-01

* 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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Recorded coverage

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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