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Sheffield Shield 1961/62 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1961/62; Tests are excluded.

WM Lawry leads the displayed batting table with 790 runs. WW Hall leads the bowling table with 43 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 20
Recorded players: 80
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1961-11-03 to 1962-03-02. 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 · 1961-62

League table for 1961/62. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1961-62 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	New South Wales	8	6	1	0	64
2	Queensland	8	3	2	1	36
3	South Australia	8	3	5	0	30
4	Victoria	8	2	5	0	24
5	Western Australia	8	2	3	1	22

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 1961/62

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 1961/62 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
WM Lawry	8	790
BK Shepherd	8	777
LE Favell	8	649
RB Simpson	8	636
PJP Burge	7	631

Recorded innings through 1962-03-02. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1961/62 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
WW Hall	8	43
R Benaud	8	39
AK Davidson	8	38
GS Sobers	7	35
JW Martin	8	31

Recorded innings through 1962-03-02. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1961/62

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 · 80 players

Sheffield Shield 1961/62 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
WM Lawry	Victoria	8	15	1	790	150*	56.43	—	3	3
BK Shepherd	Western Australia	8	14	2	777	212*	64.75	—	5	2
LE Favell	South Australia	8	16	1	649	153	43.27	—	1	2
RB Simpson	New South Wales	8	16	3	636	110*	48.92	—	5	1
PJP Burge	Queensland	7	12	1	631	119	57.36	—	2	3
ID Craig	New South Wales	8	16	1	597	80	39.80	—	7	0
IM McLachlan	South Australia	8	16	0	576	139	36.00	—	1	3
GS Sobers	South Australia	7	14	0	573	251	40.93	—	2	1
JC Lill	South Australia	8	16	0	545	130	34.06	—	2	1
RB Kanhai	Western Australia	7	12	0	490	135	40.83	—	2	2
KD Mackay	Queensland	8	14	2	477	128*	39.75	—	3	1
BC Booth	New South Wales	8	16	1	438	112	29.20	—	0	2
AK Davidson	New South Wales	8	16	1	437	108	29.13	—	2	2
J Potter	Victoria	8	15	2	422	156	32.46	—	2	1
DFE Bull	Queensland	8	14	0	412	76	29.43	—	2	0
SC Trimble	Queensland	8	14	1	408	115*	31.38	—	3	1
R Benaud	New South Wales	8	16	1	385	140	25.67	—	2	1
RW Furlong	Victoria	7	13	0	363	82	27.92	—	3	0
TR Veivers	Queensland	8	14	2	357	94	29.75	—	3	0
RN Harvey	New South Wales	8	16	0	356	73	22.25	—	1	0
RM Cowper	Victoria	7	13	3	350	85	35.00	—	2	0
JF Parker	Western Australia	8	14	1	332	66	25.54	—	2	0
HN Dansie	South Australia	7	14	0	330	71	23.57	—	2	0
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	8	16	2	306	78	21.86	—	2	0
DJ Anderson	Victoria	5	9	0	300	69	33.33	—	2	0

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Sheffield Shield 1961/62 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
KF Punch	Western Australia	7	12	1	290	52	26.36	—	1	0
G Thomas	New South Wales	6	12	2	265	119*	26.50	—	1	1
B Fisher	Queensland	8	14	1	261	77	20.08	—	2	0
ATW Grout	Queensland	8	14	0	245	46	17.50	—	0	0
CN Crompton	Victoria	7	12	1	234	58	21.27	—	1	0
JW Martin	New South Wales	8	16	1	230	63	15.33	—	1	0
NJN Hawke	South Australia	8	16	3	227	58*	17.46	—	1	0
JRE Mackay	Queensland	8	14	5	227	77	25.22	—	1	0
RC Jordon	Victoria	7	13	1	216	68	18.00	—	1	0
FM Misson	New South Wales	8	16	2	201	51*	14.36	—	1	0
BN Jarman	South Australia	8	16	1	197	39	13.13	—	0	0
RHD Sellers	South Australia	8	16	3	178	34	13.69	—	0	0
WW Hall	Queensland	8	14	3	166	43	15.09	—	0	0
BL Buggins	Western Australia	8	14	2	161	60*	13.42	—	1	0
KN Slater	Western Australia	8	14	3	153	34*	13.91	—	0	0
CEJ Guest	Victoria	5	9	1	150	60	18.75	—	1	0
DA Sharpe	South Australia	5	10	2	146	50*	18.25	—	1	0
PW Wishart	Western Australia	5	8	1	137	56	19.57	—	1	0
GM Bizzell	Queensland	2	4	0	135	82	33.75	—	2	0
DJ Sincock	South Australia	7	14	3	132	52*	12.00	—	1	0
JJ McLaughlin	Queensland	6	10	1	108	48	12.00	—	0	0
IR Huntington	Victoria	3	6	0	104	45	17.33	—	0	0
WR Smith	Western Australia	2	4	0	99	44	24.75	—	0	0
RG Lloyd	South Australia	4	8	0	96	38	12.00	—	0	0
LF Kline	Victoria	6	12	3	95	37*	10.56	—	0	0
RG Flockton	New South Wales	2	4	1	82	49*	27.33	—	0	0
HG Bevan	Western Australia	8	14	4	78	26	7.80	—	0	0
HK Joynt	Western Australia	5	8	0	69	27	8.63	—	0	0
KB Gartrell	Western Australia	1	2	0	67	42	33.50	—	0	0
LV Maddocks	Victoria	1	2	0	64	45	32.00	—	0	0
KW Kirby	Victoria	4	8	0	63	19	7.88	—	0	0
GD McKenzie	Western Australia	7	12	1	61	19	5.55	—	0	0
IM Chappell	South Australia	1	2	0	61	59	30.50	—	1	0
DA Ford	New South Wales	8	16	6	58	27	5.80	—	0	0
I Meckiff	Victoria	8	15	2	56	13	4.31	—	0	0
J Wildsmith	Victoria	1	2	1	51	51*	51.00	—	1	0
AO Lodge	Western Australia	3	6	0	43	19	7.17	—	0	0
DE Hoare	Western Australia	4	6	1	36	18*	7.20	—	0	0
LC Mayne	Western Australia	2	4	1	33	27	11.00	—	0	0
KH Eastwood	Victoria	1	2	0	30	24	15.00	—	0	0
RA Gaunt	Victoria	4	8	2	23	8	3.83	—	0	0
LG Warden	Queensland	1	2	0	20	13	10.00	—	0	0
IW Quick	Victoria	1	2	0	18	14	9.00	—	0	0
HEJ Bovell	Western Australia	1	2	0	15	10	7.50	—	0	0
IR Redpath	Victoria	1	2	0	9	7	4.50	—	0	0
KI Ferries	Western Australia	1	2	0	9	9	4.50	—	0	0
J Lihou	Queensland	6	10	1	9	6	1.00	—	0	0
GV Brooks	South Australia	8	15	6	7	4*	0.78	—	0	0
AN Connolly	Victoria	3	5	1	6	4	1.50	—	0	0
JRM Stubbs	Western Australia	2	4	0	5	3	1.25	—	0	0
CM Harburn	Western Australia	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0
PG Trethewey	South Australia	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0
JE Childe-Freeman	Queensland	1	2	1	0	0*	0.00	—	0	0
CE Westaway	Queensland	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0
GS Whitford	Victoria	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 59 players

Sheffield Shield 1961/62 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
WW Hall	Queensland	8	15	1,222	30	871	43	20.26	28.42	4.28	4	7/76
R Benaud	New South Wales	8	15	1,805	88	763	39	19.56	46.28	2.54	2	5/63
AK Davidson	New South Wales	8	15	1,240	45	545	38	14.34	32.63	2.64	2	7/31
GS Sobers	South Australia	7	13	1,263	19	769	35	21.97	36.09	3.65	2	6/72
JW Martin	New South Wales	8	15	1,636	38	1,067	31	34.42	52.77	3.91	0	4/76
DJ Sincock	South Australia	7	11	1,177	9	970	30	32.33	39.23	4.94	2	6/137
I Meckiff	Victoria	8	16	1,419	43	760	28	27.14	50.68	3.21	1	5/43
NJN Hawke	South Australia	8	15	1,147	34	619	28	22.11	40.96	3.24	2	7/38
HG Bevan	Western Australia	8	13	998	15	719	28	25.68	35.64	4.32	2	6/65
DE Hoare	Western Australia	4	6	564	12	359	20	17.95	28.20	3.82	0	4/46
CEJ Guest	Victoria	5	10	788	13	492	19	25.89	41.47	3.75	1	5/43
B Fisher	Queensland	8	13	772	15	483	19	25.42	40.63	3.75	1	5/55
KN Slater	Western Australia	8	14	1,218	41	720	18	40.00	67.67	3.55	0	3/63
GD McKenzie	Western Australia	7	12	982	18	623	18	34.61	54.56	3.81	1	5/50
TR Veivers	Queensland	8	11	798	21	550	17	32.35	46.94	4.14	0	4/62
GV Brooks	South Australia	8	15	1,131	16	677	16	42.31	70.69	3.59	0	3/53
FM Misson	New South Wales	8	15	960	21	519	15	34.60	64.00	3.24	0	3/38
AN Connolly	Victoria	3	5	390	9	244	14	17.43	27.86	3.75	1	5/35
RB Simpson	New South Wales	8	13	1,022	30	550	13	42.31	78.62	3.23	0	4/67
RA Gaunt	Victoria	4	8	594	15	390	13	30.00	45.69	3.94	0	3/75
LC Mayne	Western Australia	2	4	268	1	253	12	21.08	22.33	5.66	1	7/75
KD Mackay	Queensland	8	15	976	34	430	11	39.09	88.73	2.64	1	5/42
J Lihou	Queensland	5	9	515	5	515	11	46.82	46.82	6.00	0	3/70
KW Kirby	Victoria	4	8	612	9	514	10	51.40	61.20	5.04	0	2/26
JRE Mackay	Queensland	7	13	660	16	386	10	38.60	66.00	3.51	0	3/30

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Sheffield Shield 1961/62 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
RHD Sellers	South Australia	8	12	702	10	546	9	60.67	78.00	4.67	3/62
LF Kline	Victoria	6	11	824	18	561	8	70.13	103.00	4.09	3/97
KF Punch	Western Australia	6	9	390	3	247	7	35.29	55.71	3.80	3/48
IR Huntington	Victoria	3	5	192	5	116	6	19.33	32.00	3.63	4/33
J Potter	Victoria	1	1	24	0	20	4	5.00	6.00	5.00	4/20
JE Childe-Freeman	Queensland	1	1	78	1	72	4	18.00	19.50	5.54	4/72
JRM Stubbs	Western Australia	2	4	192	3	122	4	30.50	48.00	3.81	2/29
CE Westaway	Queensland	1	2	138	3	69	3	23.00	46.00	3.00	2/40
J Wildsmith	Victoria	1	1	90	2	58	3	19.33	30.00	3.87	3/58
RM Cowper	Victoria	2	3	79	0	96	2	48.00	39.50	7.29	2/24
IW Quick	Victoria	1	2	150	8	55	2	27.50	75.00	2.20	2/45
BC Booth	New South Wales	3	3	102	3	46	1	46.00	102.00	2.71	1/12
BK Shepherd	Western Australia	1	1	6	0	4	1	4.00	6.00	4.00	1/4
IM Chappell	South Australia	1	1	54	1	38	1	38.00	54.00	4.22	1/38
RG Flockton	New South Wales	2	3	66	1	26	1	26.00	66.00	2.36	1/12
HN Dansie	South Australia	5	7	114	2	82	1	82.00	114.00	4.32	1/24
KI Ferries	Western Australia	1	1	114	2	61	1	61.00	114.00	3.21	1/61
JC Lill	South Australia	1	1	6	0	3	1	3.00	6.00	3.00	1/3
GS Whitford	Victoria	1	1	54	0	38	1	38.00	54.00	4.22	1/38
RN Harvey	New South Wales	1	1	18	1	6	0	—	—	2.00	0/6
LE Favell	South Australia	1	1	4	0	5	0	—	—	7.50	0/5
PJP Burge	Queensland	1	1	12	0	8	0	—	—	4.00	0/8
RB Kanhai	Western Australia	3	3	30	0	15	0	—	—	3.00	0/4
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	4	4	96	3	62	0	—	—	3.88	0/2
IM McLachlan	South Australia	1	1	12	0	6	0	—	—	3.00	0/6
SC Trimble	Queensland	1	1	18	0	18	0	—	—	6.00	0/18
DJ Anderson	Victoria	1	1	1	0	4	0	—	—	24.00	0/4
DFE Bull	Queensland	1	1	24	0	24	0	—	—	6.00	0/24
CN Crompton	Victoria	4	4	49	1	41	0	—	—	5.02	0/4
HK Joynt	Western Australia	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0/4
JJ McLaughlin	Queensland	1	1	12	0	15	0	—	—	7.50	0/15
JF Parker	Western Australia	1	1	12	0	5	0	—	—	2.50	0/5
PG Trethewey	South Australia	1	2	120	4	85	0	—	—	4.25	0/38
PW Wishart	Western Australia	1	1	12	0	19	0	—	—	9.50	0/19

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 1961/62. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1961/62 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
New South Wales	8	6	1	1	4,122	119	34.64	443	3,761	148	25.41
Queensland	8	3	2	3	3,606	119	30.30	382	3,588	125	28.70
South Australia	8	3	5	0	3,839	142	27.04	459	3,940	128	30.78
Victoria	8	2	5	1	3,508	132	26.58	487	3,526	119	29.63
Western Australia	8	2	3	3	2,994	123	24.34	390	3,254	115	28.30

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 · 1961/62

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

1962-03-02 to 1962-03-05 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 119 & 263
Victoria: 278 & 105/3

Victoria won by 7 wickets

1962-02-23 to 1962-02-26 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 78 & 153
Victoria: 487/6d

Victoria won by an innings and 256 runs

1962-02-09 to 1962-02-13 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 190 & 459/8d
New South Wales: 249 & 270

South Australia won by 130 runs

1962-02-02 to 1962-02-06 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 272 & 106
New South Wales: 218 & 228

New South Wales won by 68 runs

1962-02-02 to 1962-02-06 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 267 & 118/2d
Victoria: 211 & 110/3

Match drawn

1962-01-26 to 1962-01-30 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 159 & 132
South Australia: 202 & 363/7d

South Australia won by 274 runs

1962-01-26 to 1962-01-30 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 384 & 139/0
Victoria: 321 & 198

New South Wales won by 10 wickets

1962-01-12 to 1962-01-16 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 225 & 247/2d
South Australia: 103 & 239

Queensland won by 130 runs

1962-01-05 to 1962-01-09 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 443 & 40/4
South Australia: 250 & 229

New South Wales won by 6 wickets

1962-01-01 to 1962-01-30 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 131 & 309
South Australia: 366 & 75/2

South Australia won by 8 wickets

1962-01-01 to 1962-01-30 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 390 & 234/4d
Queensland: 351 & 243

New South Wales won by 30 runs

1961-12-23 to 1961-12-28 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 236 & 242
New South Wales: 398/8d & 254/5d

New South Wales won by 174 runs

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1961/62 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 1961/62, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1961/62 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
GS Sobers	251	New South Wales	1962-02-09
BK Shepherd	212*	Queensland	1961-12-16
J Potter	156	South Australia	1962-02-23
LE Favell	153	Western Australia	1961-11-03
WM Lawry	150*	South Australia	1962-01-01

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1961/62 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AK Davidson	7/31	Western Australia	1962-02-02
NJN Hawke	7/38	Western Australia	1962-01-26
LC Mayne	7/75	New South Wales	1962-02-02
WW Hall	7/76	Victoria	1962-02-02
WW Hall	6/29	South Australia	1962-01-12

* 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.

Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.

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Sheffield Shield standings · 1961-62

Single Division

Season leaders · Sheffield Shield 1961/62

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1961/62

Batting · 80 players

Bowling · 59 players

Team comparison

Recent recorded matches · 1961/62

Western Australia v Victoria

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Western Australia v New South Wales

Queensland v Victoria

Western Australia v South Australia

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Queensland v South Australia

New South Wales v South Australia

Victoria v South Australia

New South Wales v Queensland

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