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Sheffield Shield 1966/67 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1966/67; Tests are excluded.

LE Favell leads the displayed batting table with 785 runs. GAR Lock leads the bowling table with 51 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 20
Recorded players: 82
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 6

Selected season match starts: 1966-11-01 to 1967-01-27. 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 · 1966-67

League table for 1966/67. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1966-67 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points
1	Victoria	8	2	0	40
2	South Australia	8	3	2	34
3	New South Wales	8	3	4	30
4	Western Australia	8	1	1	22
5	Queensland	8	1	3	14

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 1966/67

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 1966/67 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
LE Favell	8	785
NCL O'Neill	6	741
KG Cunningham	8	730
PJP Burge	8	729
BC Booth	8	638

Recorded innings through 1967-01-27. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1966/67 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
GAR Lock	8	51
AN Connolly	8	46
EW Freeman	7	33
RC Bitmead	8	33
AR Frost	8	33

Recorded innings through 1967-01-27. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1966/67

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 · 82 players

Sheffield Shield 1966/67 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s
LE Favell	South Australia	8	16	0	785	130	49.06	—	3	3	0
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	6	12	1	741	160	67.36	—	3	3	0
KG Cunningham	South Australia	8	16	1	730	136	48.67	—	1	4	0
PJP Burge	Queensland	8	15	1	729	198	52.07	—	4	2	15
BC Booth	New South Wales	8	15	0	638	149	42.53	—	4	1	0
G Goffet	New South Wales	8	15	1	576	122	41.14	—	4	1	0
C Milburn	Western Australia	8	14	0	571	129	40.79	—	1	2	14
SC Trimble	Queensland	8	15	1	552	138*	39.43	—	1	1	5
MT Vernon	Western Australia	8	14	0	552	110	39.43	—	4	2	12
J Potter	Victoria	8	13	2	535	118	48.64	—	3	1	0
LR Joslin	Victoria	8	13	1	525	126	43.75	—	3	1	0
GS Chappell	South Australia	8	16	2	501	104	35.79	—	4	1	0
AP Sheahan	Victoria	5	7	0	462	202	66.00	—	1	2	0
GR Davies	New South Wales	8	15	2	446	123	34.31	—	2	2	0
JD Swanson	Victoria	8	13	2	445	156	40.45	—	2	1	0
PC Kelly	Western Australia	8	14	0	432	91	30.86	—	2	0	5
KB Thomas	Victoria	8	13	2	421	60	38.27	—	2	0	0
HN Dansie	South Australia	8	16	0	405	112	25.31	—	2	1	0
IJ Brayshaw	Western Australia	8	14	2	401	104	33.42	—	1	1	0
R Edwards	Western Australia	8	14	0	397	73	28.36	—	4	0	6
KP Ziebell	Queensland	6	11	1	368	212*	36.80	—	1	1	0
BN Jarman	South Australia	8	16	2	361	66	25.79	—	1	0	0
PI Philpott	New South Wales	6	11	1	333	119*	33.30	—	2	1	0
CEJ Guest	Western Australia	7	12	2	328	74	32.80	—	2	0	1
GS Farrell	South Australia	7	14	0	313	66	22.36	—	3	0	0

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Sheffield Shield 1966/67 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s
JFC Loxton	Queensland	5	10	0	312	100	31.20	—	1	1	9
AB Shiell	South Australia	7	14	0	312	72	22.29	—	1	0	0
KH Eastwood	Victoria	5	7	0	300	121	42.86	—	1	1	0
FR Crane	Queensland	8	15	1	299	71	21.36	—	1	0	0
LA Marks	New South Wales	6	12	0	287	81	23.92	—	2	0	0
RC Jordon	Victoria	8	13	2	258	55	23.45	—	2	0	0
TH Lee	New South Wales	7	13	2	254	47	23.09	—	0	0	0
JW Grant	Victoria	8	13	3	252	62	25.20	—	1	0	0
WH Buckle	Queensland	4	7	1	206	67	34.33	—	1	0	0
OJ Morgan	Queensland	6	12	1	197	40	17.91	—	0	0	1
D Chadwick	Western Australia	5	9	0	189	46	21.00	—	0	0	0
RJ Inverarity	Western Australia	3	5	0	183	114	36.60	—	1	1	6
LD Cooper	Queensland	8	15	4	181	31	16.45	—	0	0	5
EW Freeman	South Australia	7	14	2	177	35	14.75	—	0	0	0
DJ Anderson	Victoria	3	6	0	168	70	28.00	—	2	0	0
DJ King	Queensland	5	9	1	160	66	20.00	—	1	0	2
RG Paulsen	Queensland	8	15	1	155	46	11.07	—	0	0	2
TJ Jenner	Western Australia	4	7	0	148	45	21.14	—	0	0	0
JRE Mackay	Queensland	4	7	2	143	46*	28.60	—	0	0	0
GAR Lock	Western Australia	8	14	2	136	66	11.33	—	1	0	0
DFE Bull	Queensland	3	6	0	133	58	22.17	—	2	0	0
AL Mann	Western Australia	4	7	2	127	44	25.40	—	0	0	3
D Robins	South Australia	6	12	0	122	34	10.17	—	0	0	0
BA Rothwell	New South Wales	4	8	1	116	72*	16.57	—	1	0	0
WR Playle	Western Australia	6	11	0	107	28	9.73	—	0	0	0
PG Anderson	New South Wales	8	15	2	98	24	7.54	—	0	0	0
RHD Sellers	South Australia	1	2	0	96	87	48.00	—	1	0	0
BM Hurn	South Australia	3	6	1	91	79*	18.20	—	1	0	0
PJ Allan	Queensland	8	15	3	89	23	7.42	—	0	0	1
OC Blackman	New South Wales	2	4	0	89	47	22.25	—	0	0	0
J Benaud	New South Wales	3	5	0	85	47	17.00	—	0	0	0
GE Corling	New South Wales	8	15	4	80	30*	7.27	—	0	0	0
JP Causby	South Australia	1	2	0	69	45	34.50	—	0	0	0
GE Griffiths	South Australia	2	4	0	65	31	16.25	—	0	0	0
RC Bitmead	Victoria	8	13	2	61	32	5.55	—	0	0	0
PG Leslie	New South Wales	4	7	2	58	30	11.60	—	0	0	0
JRF Duncan	Queensland	7	13	2	56	28	5.09	—	0	0	2
RG Lloyd	South Australia	1	2	0	48	30	24.00	—	0	0	0
DM McEvoy	Western Australia	2	3	0	40	28	13.33	—	0	0	1
AR Frost	South Australia	8	16	5	34	12	3.09	—	0	0	0
CW Harrison	South Australia	4	8	3	34	19*	6.80	—	0	0	0
JW Gleeson	New South Wales	5	9	3	29	15	4.83	—	0	0	0
JF Martin	New South Wales	4	8	1	25	14	3.57	—	0	0	0
AN Connolly	Victoria	8	13	2	23	16	2.09	—	0	0	0
LC Mayne	Western Australia	3	5	3	23	9	11.50	—	0	0	0
JB Gannon	Western Australia	4	8	5	20	7*	6.67	—	0	0	0
SNC Murch	Victoria	2	3	0	18	7	6.00	—	0	0	0
L Varis	Western Australia	1	2	0	17	17	8.50	—	0	0	0
PLA Bedford	Victoria	1	2	0	15	8	7.50	—	0	0	0
E Shade	Victoria	1	2	1	8	6*	8.00	—	0	0	0
NL Emerson	Victoria	2	3	0	6	6	2.00	—	0	0	0
EC a'Beckett	Victoria	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0	0	0
TJ Boyd	New South Wales	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	—	0	0	0
B Yardley	Western Australia	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0
KW Kirby	Victoria	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0
JP Kowalick	South Australia	1	2	1	0	0*	0.00	—	0	0	0
RW Rayson	Victoria	3	6	1	0	0*	0.00	—	0	0	0

Bowling · 63 players

Sheffield Shield 1966/67 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
GAR Lock	Western Australia	8	16	2,393	104	1,086	51	21.29	46.92	2.72	3	6/85
AN Connolly	Victoria	8	15	1,901	41	1,164	46	25.30	41.33	3.67	2	6/50
EW Freeman	South Australia	7	13	1,267	28	744	33	22.55	38.39	3.52	2	7/52
RC Bitmead	Victoria	8	15	1,736	84	649	33	19.67	52.61	2.24	2	5/37
AR Frost	South Australia	8	15	1,362	25	782	33	23.70	41.27	3.44	2	5/51
RG Paulsen	Queensland	8	13	1,277	22	980	31	31.61	41.19	4.60	2	7/73
JW Grant	Victoria	8	15	1,212	34	713	29	24.59	41.79	3.53	2	6/37
HN Dansie	South Australia	8	15	797	6	536	26	20.62	30.65	4.04	0	4/91
GE Corling	New South Wales	8	14	1,182	20	707	24	29.46	49.25	3.59	1	5/44
PI Philpott	New South Wales	5	7	927	17	528	24	22.00	38.63	3.42	2	7/83
JW Gleeson	New South Wales	5	9	948	38	419	23	18.22	41.22	2.65	2	5/44
JRF Duncan	Queensland	7	11	1,056	25	635	21	30.24	50.29	3.61	1	6/61
OJ Morgan	Queensland	6	10	864	12	580	20	29.00	43.20	4.03	1	5/57
FR Crane	Queensland	8	13	1,225	36	679	19	35.74	64.47	3.33	0	4/114
PJ Allan	Queensland	8	13	1,074	21	658	17	38.71	63.18	3.68	0	3/33
GR Davies	New South Wales	7	12	762	12	532	17	31.29	44.82	4.19	0	4/50
CEJ Guest	Western Australia	7	13	1,011	25	611	16	38.19	63.19	3.63	0	3/34
TH Lee	New South Wales	7	12	810	33	354	15	23.60	54.00	2.62	0	4/19
AL Mann	Western Australia	4	8	792	23	460	14	32.86	56.57	3.48	0	4/39
JB Gannon	Western Australia	4	8	646	16	397	14	28.36	46.14	3.69	1	6/107
IJ Brayshaw	Western Australia	8	16	774	17	440	10	44.00	77.40	3.41	0	4/58
D Robins	South Australia	6	9	828	18	540	10	54.00	82.80	3.91	0	2/56
KG Cunningham	South Australia	6	9	438	17	230	10	23.00	43.80	3.15	0	3/62
LC Mayne	Western Australia	3	5	510	10	297	9	33.00	56.67	3.49	0	3/61
CW Harrison	South Australia	4	8	463	7	335	9	37.22	51.44	4.34	0	4/82

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Sheffield Shield 1966/67 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
RW Rayson	Victoria	3	6	450	5	346	9	38.44	50.00	4.61	3/76
JRE Mackay	Queensland	4	6	239	3	145	8	18.13	29.88	3.64	4/38
PG Leslie	New South Wales	4	7	360	8	216	7	30.86	51.43	3.60	2/17
KB Thomas	Victoria	4	6	375	8	239	7	34.14	53.57	3.82	3/88
TJ Jenner	Western Australia	4	8	624	17	373	6	62.17	104.00	3.59	2/91
JF Martin	New South Wales	4	7	456	8	299	6	49.83	76.00	3.93	4/63
NCL O'Neill	New South Wales	3	5	133	0	139	4	34.75	33.25	6.27	2/35
GS Chappell	South Australia	6	9	235	4	203	4	50.75	58.75	5.18	3/19
SNC Murch	Victoria	2	4	234	4	148	4	37.00	58.50	3.79	3/49
JD Swanson	Victoria	6	9	318	3	235	3	78.33	106.00	4.43	2/24
KH Eastwood	Victoria	4	6	210	0	162	2	81.00	105.00	4.63	1/24
GE Griffiths	South Australia	2	3	198	3	150	2	75.00	99.00	4.55	1/9
SC Trimble	Queensland	1	1	41	2	15	2	7.50	20.50	2.20	2/15
NL Emerson	Victoria	2	4	282	4	189	2	94.50	141.00	4.02	2/39
BM Hurn	South Australia	3	3	197	4	108	2	54.00	98.50	3.29	2/37
C Milburn	Western Australia	4	6	144	5	85	1	85.00	144.00	3.54	1/11
B Yardley	Western Australia	1	2	114	2	57	1	57.00	114.00	3.00	1/25
G Goffet	New South Wales	3	3	30	1	16	1	16.00	30.00	3.20	1/8
J Potter	Victoria	3	3	48	1	48	1	48.00	48.00	6.00	1/18
JP Kowalick	South Australia	1	2	84	1	88	1	88.00	84.00	6.29	1/58
KP Ziebell	Queensland	2	2	42	1	26	1	26.00	42.00	3.71	1/15
LE Favell	South Australia	3	3	18	0	14	0	—	—	4.67	0/2
PJP Burge	Queensland	1	1	18	0	24	0	—	—	8.00	0/24
WR Playle	Western Australia	1	1	66	0	65	0	—	—	5.91	0/65
BC Booth	New South Wales	4	4	36	2	21	0	—	—	3.50	0/0
RHD Sellers	South Australia	1	2	30	0	23	0	—	—	4.60	0/6
AP Sheahan	Victoria	1	1	12	1	4	0	—	—	2.00	0/4
LR Joslin	Victoria	3	4	78	1	59	0	—	—	4.54	0/3
RJ Inverarity	Western Australia	1	1	30	0	12	0	—	—	2.40	0/12
PC Kelly	Western Australia	3	3	24	0	25	0	—	—	6.25	0/7
BA Rothwell	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	12	0	—	—	12.00	0/12
PLA Bedford	Victoria	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0/5
L Varis	Western Australia	1	2	66	3	52	0	—	—	4.73	0/17
WH Buckle	Queensland	1	1	12	0	20	0	—	—	10.00	0/20
EC a'Beckett	Victoria	1	2	42	0	39	0	—	—	5.57	0/17
DJ Anderson	Victoria	1	1	18	0	9	0	—	—	3.00	0/9
GS Farrell	South Australia	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0/3
MT Vernon	Western Australia	2	2	30	1	20	0	—	—	4.00	0/7

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 1966/67. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1966/67 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
New South Wales	8	3	0	5	3,987	129	30.91	432	3,380	127	26.61
South Australia	8	3	2	3	4,260	154	27.66	377	3,899	134	29.10
Victoria	8	2	1	5	3,606	99	36.42	573	4,175	142	29.40
Queensland	8	1	3	4	3,759	136	27.64	525	3,861	121	31.91
Western Australia	8	1	4	3	3,812	135	28.24	554	4,109	129	31.85

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 · 1966/67

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

1967-01-27 to 1967-01-31 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 172 & 182
South Australia: 250 & 349

South Australia won by 245 runs

1967-01-27 to 1967-01-31 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 93
Victoria: 95/4

Match drawn

1967-01-21 to 1967-01-24 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 319 & 297/7d
Victoria: 202 & 188

Queensland won by 226 runs

1967-01-13 to 1967-01-16 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 174 & 122
South Australia: 252 & 233

South Australia won by 189 runs

1967-01-06 to 1967-01-10 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 285 & 283
South Australia: 221 & 87

New South Wales won by 260 runs

1967-01-02 to 1967-01-31 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 506
South Australia: 272 & 161

Victoria won by an innings and 73 runs

1967-01-02 to 1967-01-31 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 190 & 126/5
Queensland: 171 & 141

New South Wales won by 5 wickets

1966-12-23 to 1966-12-27 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 368 & 197/6
New South Wales: 332 & 263/8d

Match drawn

1966-12-23 to 1966-12-27 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 167 & 373/9d
Queensland: 164 & 343/8

Match drawn

1966-12-17 to 1966-12-20 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 554/7d
Queensland: 306 & 130

Western Australia won by an innings and 118 runs

1966-12-16 to 1966-12-20 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 377 & 236
New South Wales: 381/6d & 205/8

Match drawn

1966-12-09 to 1966-12-13 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 262 & 204
New South Wales: 233 & 246

New South Wales won by 13 runs

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1966/67 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	4
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane	4
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	4
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth	4
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	3
Sydney Cricket Ground No 2, Sydney	1

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Sheffield Shield 1966/67, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1966/67 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
KP Ziebell	212*	Victoria	1966-12-09
AP Sheahan	202	South Australia	1967-01-02
PJP Burge	198	New South Wales	1966-11-18
NCL O'Neill	160	South Australia	1967-01-06
JD Swanson	156	South Australia	1966-11-04

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1966/67 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
EW Freeman	7/52	Queensland	1966-12-23
RG Paulsen	7/73	South Australia	1967-01-13
PI Philpott	7/83	Western Australia	1966-12-09
JW Grant	6/37	New South Wales	1967-01-27
AN Connolly	6/50	Queensland	1966-12-09

* 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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