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Sheffield Shield 1965/66 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1965/66; Tests are excluded.

G Thomas leads the displayed batting table with 837 runs. GAR Lock leads the bowling table with 41 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 20
Recorded players: 88
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1965-11-01 to 1966-03-01. 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 · 1965-66

League table for 1965/66. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1965-66 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points
1	New South Wales	8	4	3	40
2	Western Australia	8	2	0	36
3	South Australia	8	2	2	28
4	Victoria	8	2	1	24
5	Queensland	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 1965/66

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 1965/66 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
G Thomas	7	837
IM Chappell	7	810
SC Trimble	8	778
IR Redpath	8	761
KD Walters	6	651

Recorded innings through 1966-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1965/66 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
GAR Lock	8	41
JW Martin	8	39
PJ Allan	6	35
DJ Sincock	8	29
NJN Hawke	6	28

Recorded innings through 1966-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1965/66

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 · 88 players

Sheffield Shield 1965/66 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
G Thomas	New South Wales	7	13	0	837	229	64.38	—	1	3
IM Chappell	South Australia	7	14	1	810	134	62.31	—	4	3
SC Trimble	Queensland	8	15	0	778	152	51.87	—	5	3
IR Redpath	Victoria	8	15	1	761	180	54.36	—	2	3
KD Walters	New South Wales	6	11	1	651	168	65.10	—	3	3
PC Kelly	Western Australia	7	13	0	629	132	48.38	—	3	2
BN Jarman	South Australia	8	16	2	590	196	42.14	—	4	1
WR Playle	Western Australia	8	15	1	583	122	41.64	—	1	2
RJ Inverarity	Western Australia	8	15	2	531	177	40.85	—	2	2
KG Cunningham	South Australia	7	14	2	520	95	43.33	—	4	0
GD Watson	Victoria	8	15	2	514	109	39.54	—	3	1
RM Cowper	Victoria	5	9	0	508	113	56.44	—	4	1
LE Favell	South Australia	8	16	0	480	95	30.00	—	3	0
HN Dansie	South Australia	7	14	1	476	106	36.62	—	2	2
WM Lawry	Victoria	6	11	0	466	160	42.36	—	3	1
BK Shepherd	Western Australia	8	15	2	466	88*	35.85	—	5	0
BA Rothwell	New South Wales	8	15	1	464	125	33.14	—	2	1
LA Marks	South Australia	7	14	0	447	127	31.93	—	0	1
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	6	12	0	437	140	36.42	—	1	2
WH Buckle	Queensland	8	15	0	411	112	27.40	—	1	1
J Potter	Victoria	6	11	0	409	221	37.18	—	1	1
BC Booth	New South Wales	7	13	1	398	65	33.17	—	3	0
JW Martin	New South Wales	8	15	1	395	76*	28.21	—	3	0
GC Becker	Western Australia	8	15	0	377	56	25.13	—	2	0
KR Stackpole	Victoria	7	13	0	376	99	28.92	—	3	0

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Sheffield Shield 1965/66 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
TR Veivers	Queensland	5	9	0	371	76	41.22	—	4	0
DFE Bull	Queensland	7	13	1	370	167*	30.83	—	1	1
D Chadwick	Western Australia	6	11	1	333	110	33.30	—	2	1
TJ Jenner	Western Australia	8	15	3	329	69	27.42	—	1	0
DJ Anderson	Victoria	5	10	1	305	67	33.89	—	1	0
AB Shiell	South Australia	8	16	2	296	53	21.14	—	2	0
IJ Brayshaw	Western Australia	7	13	3	282	53*	28.20	—	1	0
RB Simpson	New South Wales	5	9	1	269	113	33.63	—	1	1
GE Griffiths	South Australia	6	12	1	267	67	24.27	—	1	0
MT Vernon	Western Australia	3	6	0	267	173	44.50	—	0	1
PI Philpott	New South Wales	6	11	1	261	60*	26.10	—	2	0
ATW Grout	Queensland	5	9	0	249	91	27.67	—	1	0
FR Crane	Queensland	6	11	0	248	98	22.55	—	2	0
GR Davies	New South Wales	3	5	0	246	79	49.20	—	3	0
PJP Burge	Queensland	4	8	0	228	111	28.50	—	0	1
HB Taber	New South Wales	8	15	4	223	54	20.27	—	1	0
AP Sheahan	Victoria	4	7	1	223	106*	37.17	—	1	1
OJ Morgan	Queensland	5	9	1	207	55	25.88	—	1	0
GAR Lock	Western Australia	8	15	3	203	44	16.92	—	0	0
DJ Sincock	South Australia	8	16	3	183	50	14.08	—	1	0
RC Jordon	Victoria	7	13	3	181	37	18.10	—	0	0
JW Grant	Victoria	8	15	2	164	36	12.62	—	0	0
D Robins	South Australia	8	16	2	158	44	11.29	—	0	0
DJ King	Queensland	2	3	1	149	65*	74.50	—	2	0
GE Corling	New South Wales	7	13	5	144	42*	18.00	—	0	0
NJN Hawke	South Australia	6	12	3	142	48*	15.78	—	0	0
KP Ziebell	Queensland	3	5	1	138	53	34.50	—	1	0
PD Williams	Victoria	3	6	2	104	63	26.00	—	1	0
DJ Lillie	Queensland	6	11	1	96	29	9.60	—	0	0
KM Hill	New South Wales	3	6	0	95	61	15.83	—	1	0
JRE Mackay	Queensland	4	8	0	95	42	11.88	—	0	0
JT Irvine	Western Australia	2	4	0	89	36	22.25	—	0	0
DG Hughson	Queensland	3	6	1	88	41	17.60	—	0	0
DA Sharpe	South Australia	1	2	0	87	72	43.50	—	1	0
JRF Duncan	Queensland	8	15	6	84	20*	9.33	—	0	0
DA Renneberg	New South Wales	8	15	3	74	20*	6.17	—	0	0
TH Lee	New South Wales	2	3	0	74	63	24.67	—	1	0
GD McKenzie	Western Australia	6	11	4	62	26	8.86	—	0	0
PJ Allan	Queensland	6	12	2	59	20	5.90	—	0	0
AN Connolly	Victoria	8	15	3	47	24	3.92	—	0	0
DE Hoare	Western Australia	1	2	0	41	32	20.50	—	0	0
KW Kirby	Victoria	2	4	2	38	18	19.00	—	0	0
DJ Hale	Queensland	2	4	0	36	17	9.00	—	0	0
GM Bizzell	Queensland	2	4	0	34	19	8.50	—	0	0
LD Cooper	Queensland	3	6	2	33	11	8.25	—	0	0
J Brown	Queensland	1	2	0	26	24	13.00	—	0	0
DR Cowper	Victoria	1	2	1	25	22*	25.00	—	0	0
GC Clarke	South Australia	1	2	0	23	14	11.50	—	0	0
KB Thomas	Victoria	1	2	0	22	14	11.00	—	0	0
G Goffet	New South Wales	1	2	0	19	15	9.50	—	0	0
KA Owen	New South Wales	1	2	0	14	8	7.00	—	0	0
RAL Massie	Western Australia	1	2	1	12	12*	12.00	—	0	0
JC Lill	South Australia	1	2	0	12	11	6.00	—	0	0
JD Swanson	Victoria	2	4	1	11	6	3.67	—	0	0
LC Mayne	Western Australia	3	6	2	10	5	2.50	—	0	0
RH Guy	New South Wales	1	2	0	9	9	4.50	—	0	0
JM Hubble	Western Australia	4	7	2	7	6	1.40	—	0	0
AR Frost	South Australia	3	6	4	6	5*	3.00	—	0	0
BM Hurn	South Australia	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	—	0	0
RW Rayson	Victoria	6	11	5	2	1*	0.33	—	0	0
EW Freeman	South Australia	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0
PG Leslie	New South Wales	1	2	1	0	0*	0.00	—	0	0
AW Doble	Victoria	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 63 players

Sheffield Shield 1965/66 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
GAR Lock	Western Australia	8	16	2,066	76	912	41	22.24	50.39	2.65	3	5/61
JW Martin	New South Wales	8	16	1,534	36	1,028	39	26.36	39.33	4.02	2	6/44
PJ Allan	Queensland	6	12	1,055	26	654	35	18.69	30.14	3.72	1	10/61
DJ Sincock	South Australia	8	13	1,520	12	1,272	29	43.86	52.41	5.02	2	5/134
NJN Hawke	South Australia	6	10	1,249	27	722	28	25.79	44.61	3.47	2	6/62
DA Renneberg	New South Wales	8	16	1,340	25	870	28	31.07	47.86	3.90	0	4/37
IJ Brayshaw	Western Australia	7	14	1,008	18	641	27	23.74	37.33	3.82	2	5/66
JRF Duncan	Queensland	8	16	1,370	38	903	25	36.12	54.80	3.95	0	4/42
D Robins	South Australia	8	14	1,173	27	709	25	28.36	46.92	3.63	2	6/58
OJ Morgan	Queensland	5	10	649	16	480	25	19.20	25.96	4.44	3	5/55
GD McKenzie	Western Australia	6	12	1,433	17	907	21	43.19	68.24	3.80	1	6/100
AN Connolly	Victoria	8	14	1,324	28	776	21	36.95	63.05	3.52	0	3/48
RW Rayson	Victoria	6	10	856	17	698	21	33.24	40.76	4.89	1	6/97
KR Stackpole	Victoria	7	12	1,200	41	579	20	28.95	60.00	2.90	1	5/38
JW Grant	Victoria	8	14	1,260	22	787	18	43.72	70.00	3.75	1	5/79
JM Hubble	Western Australia	4	8	803	17	476	17	28.00	47.24	3.56	0	4/119
TR Veivers	Queensland	5	10	847	33	359	16	22.44	52.94	2.54	0	4/48
GE Corling	New South Wales	7	14	798	6	554	16	34.63	49.88	4.17	1	5/109
PI Philpott	New South Wales	6	10	923	19	619	14	44.21	65.93	4.02	0	3/40
GD Watson	Victoria	8	13	678	13	394	14	28.14	48.43	3.49	1	6/61
TJ Jenner	Western Australia	8	16	1,062	29	709	13	54.54	81.69	4.01	0	4/49
GE Griffiths	South Australia	6	11	787	26	388	11	35.27	71.55	2.96	0	2/28
RM Cowper	Victoria	5	8	792	35	383	10	38.30	79.20	2.90	0	3/31
LC Mayne	Western Australia	3	6	603	12	466	10	46.60	60.30	4.64	0	4/94
GR Davies	New South Wales	3	6	261	4	195	10	19.50	26.10	4.48	0	4/51

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Sheffield Shield 1965/66 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
JRE Mackay	Queensland	4	8	612	10	387	10	38.70	61.20	3.79	3/118
KD Walters	New South Wales	5	8	445	6	341	9	37.89	49.44	4.60	3/52
IM Chappell	South Australia	7	11	900	16	586	8	73.25	112.50	3.91	2/56
DJ Lillie	Queensland	6	10	702	9	593	8	74.13	87.75	5.07	4/69
KW Kirby	Victoria	2	4	384	10	280	7	40.00	54.86	4.38	3/39
AR Frost	South Australia	3	4	408	8	268	7	38.29	58.29	3.94	3/42
RB Simpson	New South Wales	4	6	362	7	257	4	64.25	90.50	4.26	2/76
RH Guy	New South Wales	1	2	90	6	43	4	10.75	22.50	2.87	3/16
FR Crane	Queensland	6	9	336	6	226	4	56.50	84.00	4.04	2/47
EW Freeman	South Australia	1	2	168	4	129	3	43.00	56.00	4.61	2/53
KG Cunningham	South Australia	6	9	222	7	148	3	49.33	74.00	4.00	2/12
DJ Hale	Queensland	2	3	191	1	176	3	58.67	63.67	5.53	3/85
RJ Inverarity	Western Australia	2	2	52	0	41	2	20.50	26.00	4.73	2/31
HN Dansie	South Australia	5	7	125	4	68	2	34.00	62.50	3.26	1/1
JD Swanson	Victoria	2	3	246	9	125	2	62.50	123.00	3.05	2/31
LE Favell	South Australia	2	2	13	0	4	1	4.00	13.00	1.85	1/0
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	5	6	138	1	150	1	150.00	138.00	6.52	1/32
BK Shepherd	Western Australia	3	3	30	1	17	1	17.00	30.00	3.40	1/1
TH Lee	New South Wales	2	3	156	6	67	1	67.00	156.00	2.58	1/28
PG Leslie	New South Wales	1	2	84	1	55	1	55.00	84.00	3.93	1/31
J Potter	Victoria	6	8	192	6	118	1	118.00	192.00	3.69	1/32
DJ Anderson	Victoria	4	6	66	2	24	1	24.00	66.00	2.18	1/7
GC Clarke	South Australia	1	2	144	4	77	1	77.00	144.00	3.21	1/46
AW Doble	Victoria	1	2	101	0	116	1	116.00	101.00	6.89	1/68
BM Hurn	South Australia	1	1	48	2	17	1	17.00	48.00	2.13	1/17
KP Ziebell	Queensland	3	4	144	1	93	1	93.00	144.00	3.88	1/25
DE Hoare	Western Australia	1	2	126	3	75	0	—	—	3.57	0/3
BC Booth	New South Wales	3	4	108	4	44	0	—	—	2.44	0/2
IR Redpath	Victoria	2	2	12	0	4	0	—	—	2.00	0/1
G Thomas	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	9	0	—	—	9.00	0/9
RAL Massie	Western Australia	1	2	96	0	71	0	—	—	4.44	0/17
KM Hill	New South Wales	2	2	36	1	23	0	—	—	3.83	0/3
PC Kelly	Western Australia	2	2	12	1	2	0	—	—	1.00	0/0
BA Rothwell	New South Wales	2	2	14	0	16	0	—	—	6.86	0/1
SC Trimble	Queensland	1	1	12	0	9	0	—	—	4.50	0/9
JT Irvine	Western Australia	2	2	30	0	33	0	—	—	6.60	0/16
D Chadwick	Western Australia	1	1	12	0	13	0	—	—	6.50	0/13
DFE Bull	Queensland	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0/3

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 1965/66. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1965/66 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
New South Wales	8	4	3	1	4,711	134	35.16	592	4,350	135	32.22
South Australia	8	2	2	4	4,594	139	33.05	528	4,515	123	36.71
Victoria	8	2	1	5	4,253	118	36.04	548	4,401	126	34.93
Western Australia	8	2	0	6	4,313	120	35.94	459	4,496	142	31.66
Queensland	8	1	5	2	3,839	146	26.29	384	3,948	131	30.14

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 · 1965/66

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

1966-03-01 to 1966-03-28 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 459/8d & 96/1
New South Wales: 458 & 222

Match drawn

1966-03-01 to 1966-03-28 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 548/6d
South Australia: 306 & 441/8

Match drawn

1966-02-18 to 1966-02-22 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 339
South Australia: 144 & 175

New South Wales won by an innings and 20 runs

1966-02-11 to 1966-02-15 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 252 & 384
South Australia: 371 & 66

Queensland won by 199 runs

1966-02-04 to 1966-02-07 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 274/8d
Victoria: 271 & 215/5

Match drawn

1966-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 296 & 254
Victoria: 233/9d & 318/5

Victoria won by 5 wickets

1966-01-22 to 1966-01-25 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 366/8d & 131/6
Queensland: 266 & 229

Western Australia won by 4 wickets

1966-01-15 to 1966-01-19 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 298 & 147/4
Queensland: 273 & 170

South Australia won by 6 wickets

1966-01-07 to 1966-01-11 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 130 & 387/7
Queensland: 180 & 336

Victoria won by 3 wickets

1966-01-01 to 1966-01-31 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 215 & 419
South Australia: 412 & 70/3

Match drawn

1966-01-01 to 1966-01-31 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 294 & 237/6d
Queensland: 161 & 178

New South Wales won by 192 runs

1965-12-23 to 1965-12-28 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 266 & 415
New South Wales: 592 & 90/1

New South Wales won by 9 wickets

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1965/66 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 1965/66, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1965/66 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
G Thomas	229	Victoria	1965-12-23
J Potter	221	New South Wales	1965-12-23
BN Jarman	196	New South Wales	1965-12-17
G Thomas	182	Queensland	1965-11-01
IR Redpath	180	Queensland	1966-01-07

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1965/66 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
PJ Allan	10/61	Victoria	1966-01-07
JW Martin	6/44	Queensland	1966-01-01
D Robins	6/58	New South Wales	1966-02-18
GD Watson	6/61	South Australia	1966-03-01
D Robins	6/62	New South Wales	1965-12-17

* 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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