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Sheffield Shield 1963/64 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1963/64; Tests are excluded.

GS Sobers leads the displayed batting table with 973 runs. GS Sobers leads the bowling table with 47 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 20
Recorded players: 81
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1963-10-25 to 1964-03-02. 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 · 1963-64

League table for 1963/64. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1963-64 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points
1	South Australia	8	4	2	53
2	Victoria	8	3	2	46
3	New South Wales	8	3	1	30
4	Queensland	8	1	2	14
5	Western Australia	8	0	4	4

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 1963/64

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 1963/64 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
GS Sobers	8	973
SC Trimble	8	950
GR Reynolds	8	794
RB Simpson	5	784
PJP Burge	4	685

Recorded innings through 1964-03-02. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1963/64 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
GS Sobers	8	47
RHD Sellers	8	46
AN Connolly	8	37
PI Philpott	8	29
JW Martin	6	27

Recorded innings through 1964-03-02. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1963/64

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 · 81 players

Sheffield Shield 1963/64 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s
GS Sobers	South Australia	8	14	0	973	195	69.50	—	2	5	0
SC Trimble	Queensland	8	14	2	950	252*	79.17	620.92	1	5	15
GR Reynolds	Queensland	8	14	0	794	136	56.71	316.33	3	4	12
RB Simpson	New South Wales	5	9	1	784	359	98.00	124.84	0	3	33
PJP Burge	Queensland	4	6	1	685	283	137.00	252.77	3	2	31
LE Favell	South Australia	8	14	1	680	141	52.31	—	2	3	0
RM Cowper	Victoria	8	14	2	656	167	54.67	—	3	2	0
KN Slater	Western Australia	8	16	1	645	154	43.00	—	5	1	0
WM Lawry	Victoria	7	12	1	630	130*	57.27	—	4	2	0
IM Chappell	South Australia	8	14	2	596	205*	49.67	—	3	1	0
IR Huntington	Victoria	8	14	1	560	164	43.08	—	1	2	0
PI Philpott	New South Wales	8	14	3	528	156	48.00	—	2	1	0
BK Shepherd	Western Australia	5	10	1	525	149	58.33	—	2	2	0
BC Booth	New South Wales	4	7	2	508	169*	101.60	—	0	3	0
A Jones	Western Australia	8	16	0	480	66	30.00	—	3	0	0
GM Bizzell	Queensland	8	14	4	470	101*	47.00	200.00	3	1	10
J Potter	Victoria	7	13	0	469	122	36.08	—	5	1	0
G Thomas	New South Wales	8	14	0	461	127	32.93	—	3	1	0
D Chadwick	Western Australia	7	14	0	458	129	32.71	—	1	2	0
IR Redpath	Victoria	7	12	2	455	109	45.50	—	3	1	0
R Benaud	New South Wales	4	7	1	454	120*	75.67	—	3	2	0
KD Walters	New South Wales	6	11	2	445	120	49.44	—	2	2	0
JC Lill	South Australia	8	14	1	436	97	33.54	—	2	0	0
HN Dansie	South Australia	8	14	0	427	75	30.50	—	4	0	0
RJ Inverarity	Western Australia	8	16	0	413	63	25.81	—	3	0	0

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Sheffield Shield 1963/64 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s
RC Jordon	Victoria	8	14	5	386	134	42.89	—	2	1	0
BN Jarman	South Australia	8	14	1	377	118	29.00	—	2	1	0
KR Stackpole	Victoria	8	14	0	374	96	26.71	—	2	0	0
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	5	9	0	364	92	40.44	—	3	0	0
GC Becker	Western Australia	8	16	0	345	74	21.56	—	3	0	0
IM McLachlan	South Australia	8	14	1	342	55	26.31	—	2	0	0
RF Waugh	Western Australia	6	12	2	330	87	33.00	—	1	0	0
WJ Saunders	New South Wales	3	5	0	311	98	62.20	—	3	0	0
DFE Bull	Queensland	8	14	1	304	56	23.38	—	3	0	5
GD McKenzie	Western Australia	6	12	1	293	69	26.64	—	3	0	0
JF Parker	Western Australia	3	6	2	246	139*	61.50	—	0	1	0
TR Veivers	Queensland	6	11	1	234	59	23.40	—	1	0	0
KD Mackay	Queensland	8	14	2	232	59	19.33	—	1	0	0
JW Martin	New South Wales	6	11	2	227	101	25.22	—	1	1	0
DJ Anderson	Victoria	5	9	1	219	83	27.38	—	2	0	0
KG Cunningham	South Australia	5	7	0	218	68	31.14	—	2	0	0
TJ Jenner	Western Australia	7	14	5	194	37	21.56	—	0	0	0
WH Buckle	Queensland	5	9	0	190	67	21.11	—	1	0	0
TH Lee	New South Wales	6	10	2	182	64	22.75	—	2	0	0
FM Misson	New South Wales	8	14	1	149	27	11.46	—	0	0	0
ATW Grout	Queensland	6	10	0	134	60	13.40	—	1	0	0
BM Hurn	South Australia	6	11	2	117	30	13.00	—	0	0	0
NJN Hawke	South Australia	6	10	3	105	37*	15.00	—	0	0	0
DA Ford	New South Wales	8	14	2	101	36*	8.42	—	0	0	0
PJ Allan	Queensland	8	14	5	95	35	10.56	—	0	0	0
BA Rothwell	New South Wales	3	5	1	86	45	21.50	—	0	0	0
LA Marks	New South Wales	4	7	0	82	43	11.71	—	0	0	0
RHD Sellers	South Australia	8	14	5	80	31*	8.89	—	0	0	0
GAR Lock	Western Australia	3	6	1	76	34	15.20	—	0	0	0
KF Punch	Western Australia	2	4	0	69	36	17.25	—	0	0	0
G Goonesena	New South Wales	2	3	0	64	47	21.33	—	0	0	0
TG Stewart	Queensland	4	6	0	64	30	10.67	—	0	0	0
I Gallash	Western Australia	6	12	2	60	17	6.00	—	0	0	0
GM Egan	Queensland	3	6	0	59	24	9.83	—	0	0	0
CEJ Guest	Victoria	5	8	1	56	43*	8.00	—	0	0	0
HG Bevan	Western Australia	7	14	4	56	13	5.60	—	0	0	0
RG Lloyd	South Australia	2	4	0	47	26	11.75	—	0	0	0
DJ Hale	Queensland	4	8	3	46	20*	9.20	—	0	0	0
IK Law	Victoria	3	5	0	45	26	9.00	—	0	0	0
GC Brown	Victoria	1	2	0	43	29	21.50	—	0	0	0
LD Cooper	Queensland	2	4	1	37	24	12.33	—	0	0	0
JF Salvado	Victoria	4	8	0	36	18	4.50	—	0	0	0
HK Joynt	Western Australia	1	2	0	27	16	13.50	—	0	0	0
CE Westaway	Queensland	2	3	1	27	19*	13.50	—	0	0	0
RA Gaunt	Victoria	5	9	1	24	12	3.00	—	0	0	0
WM O'Halloran	Victoria	2	3	0	23	14	7.67	—	0	0	0
I Meckiff	Victoria	2	3	0	19	17	6.33	—	0	0	0
GE Corling	New South Wales	7	13	3	16	6*	1.60	—	0	0	0
DA Bichel	Queensland	1	2	0	9	9	4.50	—	0	0	0
GV Brooks	South Australia	5	9	3	8	3	1.33	—	0	0	0
AN Connolly	Victoria	8	14	5	7	3	0.78	—	0	0	0
GF Rorke	New South Wales	1	1	1	4	4*	—	—	0	0	0
JRE Mackay	Queensland	2	3	0	3	3	1.00	—	0	0	0
LC Mayne	Western Australia	2	4	1	2	2	0.67	—	0	0	0
PJ Loader	Western Australia	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0
J Lihou	Queensland	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0

Bowling · 62 players

Sheffield Shield 1963/64 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
GS Sobers	South Australia	8	16	2,278	49	1,297	47	27.60	48.47	3.42	2	6/71
RHD Sellers	South Australia	8	16	1,878	43	1,223	46	26.59	40.83	3.91	3	5/49
AN Connolly	Victoria	8	15	1,791	59	1,033	37	27.92	48.41	3.46	1	6/55
PI Philpott	New South Wales	8	14	1,186	20	721	29	24.86	40.90	3.65	1	7/71
JW Martin	New South Wales	6	11	1,104	14	867	27	32.11	40.89	4.71	3	6/127
RA Gaunt	Victoria	5	9	990	27	561	23	24.39	43.04	3.40	1	5/82
GE Corling	New South Wales	7	13	1,200	24	712	23	30.96	52.17	3.56	1	5/91
PJ Allan	Queensland	8	14	1,429	12	1,127	23	49.00	62.13	4.73	1	5/75
KD Mackay	Queensland	8	14	1,729	36	960	22	43.64	78.59	3.33	1	5/85
TR Veivers	Queensland	6	11	1,299	44	744	17	43.76	76.41	3.44	1	5/63
NJN Hawke	South Australia	6	12	1,098	18	690	15	46.00	73.20	3.77	0	3/62
RM Cowper	Victoria	8	14	1,283	63	541	15	36.07	85.53	2.53	0	3/15
KR Stackpole	Victoria	8	15	1,314	35	797	13	61.31	101.08	3.64	0	2/36
I Gallash	Western Australia	6	7	975	15	605	12	50.42	81.25	3.72	0	4/72
I Meckiff	Victoria	2	4	432	14	209	11	19.00	39.27	2.90	1	5/59
FM Misson	New South Wales	8	14	977	17	730	11	66.36	88.82	4.48	0	3/26
GD McKenzie	Western Australia	5	7	874	15	620	11	56.36	79.45	4.26	1	6/101
TH Lee	New South Wales	6	11	978	36	483	11	43.91	88.91	2.96	0	3/107
TG Stewart	Queensland	4	7	625	14	398	11	36.18	56.82	3.82	0	3/78
R Benaud	New South Wales	4	7	827	32	457	10	45.70	82.70	3.32	0	3/77
HG Bevan	Western Australia	7	10	990	16	725	9	80.56	110.00	4.39	0	4/104
GV Brooks	South Australia	5	10	462	12	283	9	31.44	51.33	3.68	0	3/18
LC Mayne	Western Australia	2	4	360	6	268	8	33.50	45.00	4.47	1	5/139
BM Hurn	South Australia	6	11	570	12	393	8	49.13	71.25	4.14	0	2/35
CE Westaway	Queensland	2	3	275	4	247	8	30.88	34.38	5.39	0	4/99

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Sheffield Shield 1963/64 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
GAR Lock	Western Australia	3	4	546	29	222	7	31.71	78.00	2.44	4/49
KN Slater	Western Australia	8	11	876	20	606	7	86.57	125.14	4.15	3/119
IM Chappell	South Australia	8	13	598	8	354	7	50.57	85.43	3.55	3/24
JF Salvado	Victoria	4	7	516	9	326	7	46.57	73.71	3.79	2/31
TJ Jenner	Western Australia	7	10	758	10	614	6	102.33	126.33	4.86	2/75
HN Dansie	South Australia	8	15	456	12	216	6	36.00	76.00	2.84	2/9
G Goonesena	New South Wales	2	4	330	8	176	4	44.00	82.50	3.20	3/108
GM Egan	Queensland	3	5	361	2	295	4	73.75	90.25	4.90	3/62
RB Simpson	New South Wales	5	7	558	10	339	3	113.00	186.00	3.65	1/39
CEJ Guest	Victoria	5	10	486	12	353	3	117.67	162.00	4.36	2/52
KF Punch	Western Australia	2	2	228	12	126	3	42.00	76.00	3.32	2/75
J Lihou	Queensland	1	2	228	4	172	3	57.33	76.00	4.53	2/80
JRE Mackay	Queensland	2	2	206	2	127	3	42.33	68.67	3.70	2/112
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	5	6	162	3	121	2	60.50	81.00	4.48	1/31
KD Walters	New South Wales	6	7	143	3	79	2	39.50	71.50	3.31	1/21
WM O'Halloran	Victoria	2	2	114	6	34	2	17.00	57.00	1.79	2/26
BC Booth	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	9	1	9.00	6.00	9.00	1/9
A Jones	Western Australia	2	2	66	3	32	1	32.00	66.00	2.91	1/24
J Potter	Victoria	2	2	24	1	22	1	22.00	24.00	5.50	1/10
DJ Anderson	Victoria	3	4	54	0	48	1	48.00	54.00	5.33	1/3
GM Bizzell	Queensland	2	2	54	1	36	1	36.00	54.00	4.00	1/5
DJ Hale	Queensland	4	5	210	1	206	1	206.00	210.00	5.89	1/101
PJ Loader	Western Australia	1	1	114	3	85	0	—	—	4.47	0/85
GF Rorke	New South Wales	1	1	96	1	71	0	—	—	4.44	0/71
BK Shepherd	Western Australia	2	2	15	0	16	0	—	—	6.40	0/4
IR Redpath	Victoria	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0/1
G Thomas	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0/3
RJ Inverarity	Western Australia	3	3	42	0	40	0	—	—	5.71	0/3
RF Waugh	Western Australia	1	2	30	0	33	0	—	—	6.60	0/8
IM McLachlan	South Australia	3	3	36	0	37	0	—	—	6.17	0/9
SC Trimble	Queensland	1	2	30	0	30	0	—	—	6.00	0/6
WH Buckle	Queensland	2	2	54	0	54	0	—	—	6.00	0/14
DA Bichel	Queensland	1	1	132	4	67	0	—	—	3.05	0/67
GC Brown	Victoria	1	1	18	0	16	0	—	—	5.33	0/16
DFE Bull	Queensland	2	2	36	0	26	0	—	—	4.33	0/9
IR Huntington	Victoria	2	3	66	1	39	0	—	—	3.55	0/4
GR Reynolds	Queensland	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0/4

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 1963/64. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1963/64 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
South Australia	8	4	2	2	4,584	118	38.85	497	4,642	148	31.36
New South Wales	8	3	1	4	4,959	98	50.60	661	4,982	131	38.03
Victoria	8	3	2	3	4,127	104	39.68	519	4,181	122	34.27
Queensland	8	1	2	5	4,523	106	42.67	613	4,647	101	46.01
Western Australia	8	0	4	4	4,407	143	30.82	429	4,148	67	61.91

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 · 1963/64

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

1964-03-02 to 1964-03-29 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 142 & 245
Victoria: 307 & 81/0

Victoria won by 10 wickets

1964-02-21 to 1964-02-24 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 480/9d
Victoria: 101 & 333

South Australia won by an innings and 46 runs

1964-02-07 to 1964-02-11 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 429 & 240/8d
New South Wales: 326 & 201/5

Match drawn

1964-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 376 & 314
New South Wales: 306 & 390/5d

New South Wales won by 6 runs

1964-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 345 & 239/3d
Victoria: 350/3d & 237/6

Victoria won by 4 wickets

1964-01-24 to 1964-01-28 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 337 & 213/4
Victoria: 341 & 207

New South Wales won by 6 wickets

1964-01-17 to 1964-01-21 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 358 & 303/9d
South Australia: 398 & 264/8

South Australia won by 2 wickets

1964-01-10 to 1964-01-14 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 368 & 310/9d
South Australia: 416/7d & 251/9

Match drawn

1964-01-01 to 1964-01-04 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 200 & 342
South Australia: 497 & 49/1

South Australia won by 9 wickets

1964-01-01 to 1964-01-04 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 498/8d
Queensland: 170 & 429/7

Match drawn

1963-12-26 to 1963-12-30 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 488/7d
New South Wales: 350 & 329/5

Match drawn

1963-12-25 to 1963-12-28 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 324 & 242
Queensland: 254 & 361/7d

Queensland won by 49 runs

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1963/64 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 1963/64, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1963/64 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
RB Simpson	359	Queensland	1963-10-25
PJP Burge	283	New South Wales	1963-10-25
SC Trimble	252*	New South Wales	1964-01-01
RB Simpson	247*	Western Australia	1963-11-08
PJP Burge	205*	Western Australia	1963-11-15

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1963/64 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
PI Philpott	7/71	Victoria	1964-01-24
AN Connolly	6/55	Western Australia	1964-03-02
GS Sobers	6/71	Victoria	1964-02-21
GS Sobers	6/81	New South Wales	1964-02-01
GD McKenzie	6/101	Victoria	1964-03-02

* 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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