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Sheffield Shield 1960/61 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1960/61; Tests are excluded.

WM Lawry leads the displayed batting table with 813 runs. DE Hoare leads the bowling table with 30 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 20
Recorded players: 90
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1960-10-21 to 1961-02-10. 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 · 1960-61

League table for 1960/61. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1960-61 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points
1	New South Wales	8	4	1	44
2	Victoria	8	4	1	40
3	Western Australia	8	2	4	32
4	Queensland	8	2	2	24
5	South Australia	8	1	5	18

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 1960/61

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 1960/61 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
WM Lawry	8	813
SC Trimble	8	679
JC Lill	8	647
PJP Burge	7	628
ID Craig	8	627

Recorded innings through 1961-02-10. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1960/61 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
DE Hoare	7	30
KN Slater	8	25
JW Martin	4	25
GD McKenzie	8	25
RA Gaunt	6	24

Recorded innings through 1961-02-10. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1960/61

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 · 90 players

Sheffield Shield 1960/61 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
WM Lawry	Victoria	8	13	0	813	266	62.54	—	3	2
SC Trimble	Queensland	8	16	2	679	126	48.50	—	3	2
JC Lill	South Australia	8	15	0	647	128	43.13	—	3	2
PJP Burge	Queensland	7	14	1	628	240	48.31	—	2	2
ID Craig	New South Wales	8	12	0	627	197	52.25	—	0	3
MT Vernon	Western Australia	8	16	1	602	93	40.13	—	5	0
HN Dansie	South Australia	8	15	0	569	129	37.93	—	3	1
MAJ Sargent	South Australia	8	15	0	563	164	37.53	—	3	1
J Potter	Victoria	8	13	0	554	126	42.62	—	2	2
BC Booth	New South Wales	8	12	3	548	141*	60.89	—	4	1
GR Reynolds	Queensland	8	16	3	498	83	38.31	—	3	0
TR Veivers	Queensland	8	16	1	477	103*	31.80	—	2	1
G Thomas	New South Wales	8	12	1	458	113	41.64	—	2	2
JJ McLaughlin	Queensland	8	16	4	454	85	37.83	—	2	0
PW Wishart	Western Australia	7	14	1	440	114	33.85	—	2	1
AO Lodge	Western Australia	8	16	2	429	74	30.64	—	3	0
RW Furlong	Victoria	8	13	2	425	74	38.64	—	4	0
IM McLachlan	South Australia	5	9	1	387	188*	48.38	—	1	2
RN Harvey	New South Wales	3	5	0	380	229	76.00	—	0	2
LV Maddocks	Victoria	8	13	1	365	102	30.42	—	2	1
BK Shepherd	Western Australia	7	14	0	351	102	25.07	—	2	1
RM Cowper	Victoria	5	8	2	349	114*	58.17	—	2	1
CN Crompton	Victoria	7	12	3	348	71	38.67	—	2	0
RG Lloyd	South Australia	5	9	0	319	138	35.44	—	1	1
NJN Hawke	South Australia	7	13	1	303	59	25.25	—	2	0

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Sheffield Shield 1960/61 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
B Fisher	Queensland	8	16	2	291	81	20.79	—	2	0
LE Favell	South Australia	6	11	0	268	99	24.36	—	2	0
RG Flockton	New South Wales	6	8	0	268	110	33.50	—	1	1
RB Simpson	Western Australia	4	8	0	265	106	33.13	—	1	1
ATW Grout	Queensland	6	12	0	249	119	20.75	—	0	1
BN Jarman	South Australia	7	13	3	226	55	22.60	—	2	0
PI Philpott	New South Wales	3	3	0	225	103	75.00	—	2	1
GD McKenzie	Western Australia	8	16	2	220	51	15.71	—	1	0
JH Shaw	Victoria	4	7	1	218	82	36.33	—	2	0
KN Slater	Western Australia	8	16	2	215	50	15.36	—	1	0
KD Mackay	Queensland	5	10	0	213	156	21.30	—	0	1
WJ Saunders	New South Wales	5	7	0	210	78	30.00	—	1	0
R Benaud	New South Wales	3	6	1	198	119	39.60	—	1	1
LM Sawle	Western Australia	5	10	0	190	72	19.00	—	1	0
JF Parker	Western Australia	2	4	0	177	79	44.25	—	2	0
AK Davidson	New South Wales	3	5	2	170	122*	56.67	—	0	1
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	4	7	1	159	49	26.50	—	0	0
IW Quick	Victoria	6	9	1	155	61*	19.38	—	1	0
JW Martin	New South Wales	4	7	1	149	73	24.83	—	1	0
DE Hoare	Western Australia	7	14	2	149	22	12.42	—	0	0
BL Buggins	Western Australia	8	16	5	136	42*	12.36	—	0	0
RHD Sellers	South Australia	7	12	2	126	45*	12.60	—	0	0
DG Hughson	Queensland	3	6	0	118	59	19.67	—	1	0
HK Joynt	Western Australia	5	10	0	116	48	11.60	—	0	0
FM Misson	New South Wales	4	7	0	115	50	16.43	—	1	0
WJ Watson	New South Wales	3	3	1	114	41*	57.00	—	0	0
KG Cunningham	South Australia	3	6	1	110	43	22.00	—	0	0
JRE Mackay	Queensland	7	14	2	95	26	7.92	—	0	0
IR Huntington	Victoria	3	5	0	87	66	17.40	—	1	0
G Goonesena	New South Wales	4	5	1	82	21	20.50	—	0	0
RA Gaunt	Victoria	6	10	3	77	24*	11.00	—	0	0
JP Causby	South Australia	2	4	0	75	32	18.75	—	0	0
KH Eastwood	Victoria	3	5	0	70	60	14.00	—	1	0
CC McDonald	Victoria	2	2	0	65	37	32.50	—	0	0
HG Bevan	Western Australia	8	16	6	64	26	6.40	—	0	0
I Meckiff	Victoria	4	6	1	62	18	12.40	—	0	0
DA Ford	New South Wales	8	12	2	55	21	5.50	—	0	0
LT Hill	South Australia	2	4	0	48	19	12.00	—	0	0
KD Meuleman	Western Australia	1	2	0	43	33	21.50	—	0	0
CE Westaway	Queensland	3	6	1	42	33	8.40	—	0	0
J Lihou	Queensland	6	12	3	41	25	4.56	—	0	0
GF Rorke	New South Wales	8	12	2	40	13*	4.00	—	0	0
KR Perrins	Queensland	4	8	2	40	21	6.67	—	0	0
TG Stewart	Queensland	1	2	0	36	36	18.00	—	0	0
LF Kline	Victoria	5	8	0	33	17	4.13	—	0	0
MGF Hodge	South Australia	4	7	1	32	10	5.33	—	0	0
RW Mihell	Queensland	1	2	0	32	32	16.00	—	0	0
TA Bidstrup	Western Australia	1	2	0	25	20	12.50	—	0	0
BM Quigley	South Australia	1	2	1	23	22*	23.00	—	0	0
AN Connolly	Victoria	7	12	4	22	18	2.75	—	0	0
JR Ducker	South Australia	1	2	0	20	17	10.00	—	0	0
BM Hurn	South Australia	1	2	1	19	10*	19.00	—	0	0
BK Illman	South Australia	4	8	1	17	7	2.43	—	0	0
GG Warr	Queensland	2	4	0	16	8	4.00	—	0	0
KW Kirby	Victoria	2	4	0	15	10	3.75	—	0	0
J Wildsmith	Victoria	2	3	0	15	15	5.00	—	0	0
PG Trethewey	South Australia	7	13	6	14	6	2.00	—	0	0
B Bates	New South Wales	4	5	1	13	9	3.25	—	0	0
RH Guy	New South Wales	1	2	1	11	6	11.00	—	0	0
RF Waugh	New South Wales	1	2	0	10	10	5.00	—	0	0
DJ Sincock	South Australia	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0	0
DG Muddle	Queensland	1	2	0	6	3	3.00	—	0	0
LD Cooper	Queensland	2	4	1	5	5*	1.67	—	0	0
KG Horsnell	South Australia	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	—	0	0
IJ Brayshaw	Western Australia	1	2	0	3	2	1.50	—	0	0

Bowling · 67 players

Sheffield Shield 1960/61 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
DE Hoare	Western Australia	7	12	1,019	21	668	30	22.27	33.97	3.93	2	6/76
KN Slater	Western Australia	8	15	1,505	55	761	25	30.44	60.20	3.03	0	3/10
JW Martin	New South Wales	4	7	1,055	28	570	25	22.80	42.20	3.24	2	5/62
GD McKenzie	Western Australia	8	15	1,301	26	771	25	30.84	52.04	3.56	0	4/49
RA Gaunt	Victoria	6	10	948	22	564	24	23.50	39.50	3.57	2	5/57
PG Trethewey	South Australia	7	13	1,326	24	778	23	33.83	57.65	3.52	0	4/52
RB Simpson	Western Australia	4	8	869	32	425	22	19.32	39.50	2.93	0	4/31
JRE Mackay	Queensland	7	10	1,017	27	606	22	27.55	46.23	3.58	0	4/27
LF Kline	Victoria	5	8	1,134	46	455	21	21.67	54.00	2.41	1	5/44
HG Bevan	Western Australia	8	15	966	13	716	21	34.10	46.00	4.45	0	3/54
AN Connolly	Victoria	7	12	1,032	20	726	20	36.30	51.60	4.22	0	4/57
J Lihou	Queensland	6	10	957	14	729	20	36.45	47.85	4.57	0	3/28
B Fisher	Queensland	8	13	1,256	25	816	17	48.00	73.88	3.90	0	3/64
IW Quick	Victoria	6	11	1,159	31	657	16	41.06	72.44	3.40	0	4/124
I Meckiff	Victoria	4	7	660	14	412	15	27.47	44.00	3.75	0	4/39
RG Flockton	New South Wales	6	9	560	20	276	15	18.40	37.33	2.96	0	4/33
GF Rorke	New South Wales	8	14	981	33	473	14	33.79	70.07	2.89	0	3/19
G Goonesena	New South Wales	4	7	744	22	424	14	30.29	53.14	3.42	0	3/21
NJN Hawke	South Australia	7	11	1,249	24	771	13	59.31	96.08	3.70	0	4/60
RHD Sellers	South Australia	6	9	1,074	19	679	13	52.23	82.62	3.79	0	4/69
PI Philpott	New South Wales	3	5	488	6	301	13	23.15	37.54	3.70	1	7/53
HN Dansie	South Australia	7	8	392	4	320	13	24.62	30.15	4.90	1	5/61
KD Mackay	Queensland	5	7	780	33	317	11	28.82	70.91	2.44	0	3/56
R Benaud	New South Wales	2	4	726	37	283	10	28.30	72.60	2.34	0	4/105
CE Westaway	Queensland	3	4	384	7	281	10	28.10	38.40	4.39	1	6/88

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Sheffield Shield 1960/61 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
DJ Sincock	South Australia	1	2	264	3	195	9	21.67	29.33	4.43	1	6/52
AK Davidson	New South Wales	3	5	456	14	236	8	29.50	57.00	3.11	0	4/73
FM Misson	New South Wales	4	7	438	12	273	8	34.13	54.75	3.74	0	3/67
TR Veivers	Queensland	8	11	720	24	389	8	48.63	90.00	3.24	0	4/38
MGF Hodge	South Australia	4	8	674	19	408	8	51.00	84.25	3.63	0	2/24
B Bates	New South Wales	4	7	492	16	291	7	41.57	70.29	3.55	0	2/19
BK Illman	South Australia	4	7	630	13	452	7	64.57	90.00	4.30	0	3/120
KR Perrins	Queensland	4	6	450	10	300	7	42.86	64.29	4.00	0	3/42
J Potter	Victoria	8	11	324	13	198	5	39.60	64.80	3.67	0	2/51
J Wildsmith	Victoria	2	3	198	2	171	5	34.20	39.60	5.18	0	3/24
CN Crompton	Victoria	7	11	168	1	107	3	35.67	56.00	3.82	0	1/3
BM Hurn	South Australia	1	2	126	3	81	3	27.00	42.00	3.86	0	3/72
MAJ Sargent	South Australia	6	9	264	4	204	3	68.00	88.00	4.64	0	2/18
WM Lawry	Victoria	4	5	42	0	31	2	15.50	21.00	4.43	0	1/3
TA Bidstrup	Western Australia	1	2	138	3	101	2	50.50	69.00	4.39	0	2/35
LT Hill	South Australia	2	2	156	1	78	2	39.00	78.00	3.00	0	2/47
TG Stewart	Queensland	1	2	174	4	124	2	62.00	87.00	4.28	0	2/40
GG Warr	Queensland	2	3	297	4	201	2	100.50	148.50	4.06	0	1/0
RM Cowper	Victoria	3	4	132	2	86	1	86.00	132.00	3.91	0	1/12
KH Eastwood	Victoria	2	2	30	0	26	1	26.00	30.00	5.20	0	1/16
RH Guy	New South Wales	1	2	90	3	40	1	40.00	90.00	2.67	0	1/14
KW Kirby	Victoria	2	4	306	8	187	1	187.00	306.00	3.67	0	1/47
KG Horsnell	South Australia	1	2	132	1	98	1	98.00	132.00	4.45	0	1/52
HK Joynt	Western Australia	3	4	24	0	24	1	24.00	24.00	6.00	0	1/9
BM Quigley	South Australia	1	1	168	3	86	1	86.00	168.00	3.07	0	1/86
RN Harvey	New South Wales	3	3	24	0	15	0	—	—	3.75	0	0/4
CC McDonald	Victoria	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/3
LE Favell	South Australia	3	3	14	0	19	0	—	—	8.14	0	0/1
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	4	6	126	2	75	0	—	—	3.57	0	0/6
BC Booth	New South Wales	3	3	42	1	32	0	—	—	4.57	0	0/10
BK Shepherd	Western Australia	1	1	12	0	4	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/4
IJ Brayshaw	Western Australia	1	1	42	0	29	0	—	—	4.14	0	0/29
IM McLachlan	South Australia	3	3	36	0	47	0	—	—	7.83	0	0/9
SC Trimble	Queensland	1	1	6	0	11	0	—	—	11.00	0	0/11
RW Furlong	Victoria	1	1	3	0	4	0	—	—	8.00	0	0/4
IR Huntington	Victoria	1	1	18	0	11	0	—	—	3.67	0	0/11
JC Lill	South Australia	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0	0/1
RG Lloyd	South Australia	1	1	12	0	11	0	—	—	5.50	0	0/11
JJ McLaughlin	Queensland	1	1	12	0	19	0	—	—	9.50	0	0/19
DG Muddle	Queensland	1	1	108	1	129	0	—	—	7.17	0	0/129
JH Shaw	Victoria	1	1	6	0	14	0	—	—	14.00	0	0/14
MT Vernon	Western Australia	1	1	24	0	39	0	—	—	9.75	0	0/39

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 1960/61. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1960/61 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	3,932	88	44.68	549	3,452	123	28.07
Victoria	8	4	1	3	3,765	95	39.63	457	3,792	122	31.08
Queensland	8	2	2	4	4,030	121	33.31	547	4,013	107	37.50
Western Australia	8	2	4	2	3,590	138	26.01	384	3,676	129	28.50
South Australia	8	1	5	2	3,912	142	27.55	508	4,296	103	41.71

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 · 1960/61

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

1961-02-10 to 1961-02-14 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 331 & 158
New South Wales: 549/6d

New South Wales won by an innings and 60 runs

1961-02-10 to 1961-02-14 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 490 & 116/3
Victoria: 198 & 452/5d

Match drawn

1961-02-03 to 1961-02-07 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 397 & 177/7
New South Wales: 158 & 415

South Australia won by 3 wickets

1961-01-27 to 1961-01-31 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 246 & 266
Victoria: 227 & 289/5

Victoria won by 5 wickets

1961-01-27 to 1961-01-30 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 530/6d
South Australia: 255/9d & 108

New South Wales won by an innings and 167 runs

1961-01-20 to 1961-01-24 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 469 & 205/3
South Australia: 508

Match drawn

1961-01-13 to 1961-01-17 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 345 & 195/1
South Australia: 203 & 335

Victoria won by 9 wickets

1961-01-07 to 1961-01-11 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 440
Queensland: 169 & 222

Victoria won by an innings and 49 runs

1961-01-02 to 1961-01-31 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 242 & 161
Queensland: 222 & 182/8

Queensland won by 2 wickets

1961-01-02 to 1961-01-31 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 410
Victoria: 457/4

Match drawn

1960-12-24 to 1960-12-28 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 108 & 474
Queensland: 547 & 36/0

Queensland won by 10 wickets

1960-12-23 to 1960-12-26 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 149 & 236
Western Australia: 384 & 4/0

Western Australia won by 10 wickets

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1960/61 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 1960/61, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1960/61 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
WM Lawry	266	New South Wales	1961-01-02
PJP Burge	240	South Australia	1960-12-24
RN Harvey	229	Queensland	1960-11-11
ID Craig	197	Western Australia	1961-02-10
IM McLachlan	188*	Queensland	1960-12-24

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1960/61 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
PI Philpott	7/53	Western Australia	1961-02-10
DJ Sincock	6/52	New South Wales	1961-02-03
DE Hoare	6/76	South Australia	1960-11-18
CE Westaway	6/88	New South Wales	1960-10-21
LF Kline	5/44	Queensland	1961-01-07

* 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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