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Sheffield Shield 1968/69 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1968/69; Tests are excluded.

C Milburn leads the displayed batting table with 811 runs. GAR Lock leads the bowling table with 46 wickets.

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

Selected season match starts: 1968-10-25 to 1969-03-01. 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 · 1968-69

League table for 1968/69. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1968-69 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	South Australia	8	5	1	1	52
2	Western Australia	8	4	3	0	44
3	Queensland	8	5	3	0	38
4	Victoria	8	1	3	1	28
5	New South Wales	8	1	6	0	14

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 1968/69

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 1968/69 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
C Milburn	8	811
SC Trimble	7	652
GS Chappell	8	642
D Chadwick	7	636
RJ Inverarity	7	617

Recorded innings through 1969-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1968/69 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
GAR Lock	8	46
PJ Allan	8	41
LC Mayne	8	33
DA Renneberg	8	31
AA Mallett	6	29

Recorded innings through 1969-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1968/69

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 1968/69 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
C Milburn	Western Australia	8	13	2	811	243	73.73	—	7	1
SC Trimble	Queensland	7	14	0	652	197	46.57	—	4	1
GS Chappell	South Australia	8	14	2	642	107	53.50	—	4	2
D Chadwick	Western Australia	7	11	1	636	110	63.60	—	3	2
RJ Inverarity	Western Australia	7	11	0	617	159	56.09	—	1	4
JP Causby	South Australia	8	14	1	604	113*	46.46	—	3	1
RF Surti	Queensland	8	16	0	590	79	36.88	—	6	0
GR Davies	New South Wales	8	16	1	576	127	38.40	—	2	1
JT Irvine	Western Australia	8	13	1	539	182	44.92	—	2	2
IR Redpath	Victoria	5	9	2	510	124	72.86	—	3	1
KR Stackpole	Victoria	5	9	4	448	123	89.60	—	2	1
R Edwards	Western Australia	8	13	4	448	117*	49.78	—	2	1
JW Wilson	New South Wales	5	10	0	441	114	44.10	—	2	1
JFC Loxton	Queensland	7	14	0	435	125	31.07	—	1	1
IM Chappell	South Australia	5	9	2	414	188*	59.14	—	2	1
PLA Bedford	Victoria	8	15	1	403	96	28.79	—	4	0
WM Lawry	Victoria	5	9	1	378	100*	47.25	—	3	1
PW Galloway	South Australia	7	12	0	364	78	30.33	—	4	0
LE Favell	South Australia	8	14	0	360	58	25.71	—	3	0
KG Cunningham	South Australia	7	13	1	358	72	29.83	—	4	0
MJ Lucas	Queensland	6	12	0	355	107	29.58	—	1	1
KH Eastwood	Victoria	4	8	0	352	163	44.00	—	2	1
OJ Morgan	Queensland	8	16	3	351	52	27.00	—	1	0
G Goffet	New South Wales	6	12	0	332	89	27.67	—	2	0
GC Becker	Western Australia	8	13	0	320	112	24.62	—	2	1

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Sheffield Shield 1968/69 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
EW Freeman	South Australia	7	12	0	314	69	26.17	—	3	0
KE Dudgeon	Queensland	7	14	1	309	59*	23.77	—	2	0
BC Francis	New South Wales	6	12	0	286	83	23.83	—	2	0
JA Maclean	Queensland	8	16	2	278	63	19.86	—	2	0
AP Sheahan	Victoria	3	6	0	267	130	44.50	—	1	1
HB Taber	New South Wales	8	16	0	260	61	16.25	—	1	0
RE Parker	Queensland	7	14	0	254	87	18.14	—	1	0
RC Jordon	Victoria	8	15	1	249	64	17.79	—	2	0
JW Grant	Victoria	7	13	0	249	70	19.15	—	1	0
RP Collins	New South Wales	4	8	2	232	88*	38.67	—	1	0
KD Walters	New South Wales	5	10	0	214	102	21.40	—	0	1
BA Rothwell	New South Wales	4	8	0	206	85	25.75	—	2	0
LR Joslin	Victoria	7	13	1	191	64*	15.92	—	2	0
GT Gray	Queensland	5	10	1	182	43	20.22	—	0	0
A Turner	New South Wales	3	6	0	179	89	29.83	—	1	0
KJ O'Keeffe	New South Wales	4	8	4	162	75	40.50	—	2	0
JD Swanson	Victoria	5	10	1	162	51	18.00	—	1	0
CR Baker	New South Wales	2	4	1	156	123	52.00	—	0	1
TJ Jenner	South Australia	8	14	4	148	33	14.80	—	0	0
BN Jarman	South Australia	6	10	2	145	43	18.13	—	0	0
AJ Woodcock	South Australia	3	6	0	145	59	24.17	—	1	0
RG Paulsen	Queensland	8	16	7	136	32	15.11	—	0	0
WJ Rogers	New South Wales	2	4	0	123	65	30.75	—	1	0
KJ McCarthy	South Australia	8	14	2	119	27*	9.92	—	0	0
PJ Allan	Queensland	8	16	3	113	15	8.69	—	0	0
RW Marsh	Western Australia	5	8	0	106	56	13.25	—	1	0
LC Mayne	Western Australia	8	13	1	103	50	8.58	—	1	0
JW Gleeson	New South Wales	6	12	3	98	25	10.89	—	0	0
GAR Lock	Western Australia	8	13	0	86	37	6.62	—	0	0
RP Blundell	South Australia	2	4	0	82	37	20.50	—	0	0
KB Thomas	Victoria	2	4	0	81	66	20.25	—	1	0
AA Mallett	South Australia	6	10	1	76	24	8.44	—	0	0
TMD MacGill	Western Australia	3	5	1	76	34	19.00	—	0	0
JW Grosser	New South Wales	2	4	0	68	48	17.00	—	0	0
DJ Anderson	Victoria	4	7	1	67	29*	11.17	—	0	0
RJ Sincock	Victoria	2	4	0	67	22	16.75	—	0	0
DA Renneberg	New South Wales	8	16	5	62	17	5.64	—	0	0
JRF Duncan	Queensland	7	14	2	59	18	4.92	—	0	0
GC Clarke	South Australia	3	5	2	52	19*	17.33	—	0	0
LA Marks	New South Wales	2	3	0	50	33	16.67	—	0	0
DG Hughson	Queensland	2	4	0	48	19	12.00	—	0	0
SNC Murch	Victoria	2	4	2	48	37	24.00	—	0	0
GD McKenzie	Western Australia	6	9	2	47	31	6.71	—	0	0
RH Guy	New South Wales	3	6	0	41	19	6.83	—	0	0
GE Corling	New South Wales	5	10	3	30	13	4.29	—	0	0
KW Kirby	Victoria	5	9	1	29	18	3.63	—	0	0
RD Meuleman	Western Australia	1	2	0	28	28	14.00	—	0	0
RM Cowper	Western Australia	3	5	0	27	15	5.40	—	0	0
RJ Gilbourne	South Australia	1	1	0	26	26	26.00	—	0	0
AN Connolly	Victoria	5	9	1	24	14	3.00	—	0	0
JA Steele	New South Wales	2	4	0	22	8	5.50	—	0	0
SV Wilson	Western Australia	3	6	4	18	14*	9.00	—	0	0
JB Gannon	Western Australia	4	6	1	17	15	3.40	—	0	0
PG Leslie	New South Wales	1	2	0	17	16	8.50	—	0	0
MHN Walker	Victoria	1	2	1	16	13*	16.00	—	0	0
OC Blackman	New South Wales	1	2	0	16	15	8.00	—	0	0
BC Booth	New South Wales	1	2	0	15	15	7.50	—	0	0
AL Thomson	Victoria	2	4	1	9	4	3.00	—	0	0
GD Blair	Victoria	1	2	0	8	7	4.00	—	0	0
GE Stanford	South Australia	1	2	1	6	4*	6.00	—	0	0
RF Cook	Victoria	6	11	3	5	3	0.63	—	0	0
RD Bowe	Western Australia	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0	0
WJ Scholes	Victoria	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0

Bowling · 50 players

Sheffield Shield 1968/69 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
GAR Lock	Western Australia	8	14	2,008	59	1,054	46	22.91	43.65	3.15	3	7/61
PJ Allan	Queensland	8	14	1,347	44	670	41	16.34	32.85	2.98	5	7/31
LC Mayne	Western Australia	8	16	1,682	30	1,203	33	36.45	50.97	4.29	0	4/83
DA Renneberg	New South Wales	8	14	1,275	21	925	31	29.84	41.13	4.35	3	6/56
AA Mallett	South Australia	6	10	1,100	40	567	29	19.55	37.93	3.09	2	7/57
EW Freeman	South Australia	7	13	1,039	28	587	27	21.74	38.48	3.39	0	4/32
KJ McCarthy	South Australia	8	15	1,032	20	644	24	26.83	43.00	3.74	0	4/88
GD McKenzie	Western Australia	6	11	1,172	34	642	23	27.91	50.96	3.29	0	4/48
RG Paulsen	Queensland	8	14	992	16	762	22	34.64	45.09	4.61	0	4/113
RF Surti	Queensland	8	13	809	14	581	19	30.58	42.58	4.31	0	4/49
AN Connolly	Victoria	5	9	1,020	29	486	19	25.58	53.68	2.86	1	6/91
JW Gleeson	New South Wales	6	10	1,354	40	887	19	46.68	71.26	3.93	1	5/87
TJ Jenner	South Australia	8	14	1,169	37	659	19	34.68	61.53	3.38	0	4/38
JW Grant	Victoria	7	13	1,002	20	532	19	28.00	52.74	3.19	1	5/25
JD Swanson	Victoria	5	10	931	36	480	18	26.67	51.72	3.09	1	6/71
JRF Duncan	Queensland	7	12	984	17	688	16	43.00	61.50	4.20	0	4/48
PLA Bedford	Victoria	7	12	667	20	425	16	26.56	41.69	3.82	0	4/29
OJ Morgan	Queensland	8	14	1,092	20	679	15	45.27	72.80	3.73	1	5/73
RF Cook	Victoria	6	11	795	15	466	14	33.29	56.79	3.52	1	5/57
GE Corling	New South Wales	5	8	654	8	470	13	36.15	50.31	4.31	0	4/91
AL Thomson	Victoria	2	4	444	13	254	11	23.09	40.36	3.43	1	6/114
RH Guy	New South Wales	3	6	423	13	286	11	26.00	38.45	4.06	0	4/64
KW Kirby	Victoria	5	9	726	16	508	10	50.80	72.60	4.20	0	4/61
SV Wilson	Western Australia	3	6	339	6	271	10	27.10	33.90	4.80	0	4/29
RP Collins	New South Wales	4	8	432	6	331	9	36.78	48.00	4.60	0	4/51

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Sheffield Shield 1968/69 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
GR Davies	New South Wales	8	11	647	14	480	9	53.33	71.89	4.45	2/32
KR Stackpole	Victoria	5	8	833	33	394	8	49.25	104.13	2.84	2/30
KJ O'Keeffe	New South Wales	4	6	582	23	317	8	39.63	72.75	3.27	2/51
TMD MacGill	Western Australia	3	5	426	17	233	8	29.13	53.25	3.28	3/40
KG Cunningham	South Australia	7	11	418	13	198	8	24.75	52.25	2.84	3/16
MHN Walker	Victoria	1	2	196	3	94	5	18.80	39.20	2.88	3/56
JB Gannon	Western Australia	4	8	402	5	298	5	59.60	80.40	4.45	2/25
KE Dudgeon	Queensland	3	4	174	4	102	5	20.40	34.80	3.52	2/42
GC Clarke	South Australia	3	5	305	4	193	5	38.60	61.00	3.80	3/117
C Milburn	Western Australia	7	11	330	7	217	4	54.25	82.50	3.95	2/16
GS Chappell	South Australia	5	6	144	4	96	4	24.00	36.00	4.00	3/32
SNC Murch	Victoria	2	4	252	6	196	4	49.00	63.00	4.67	1/31
RM Cowper	Western Australia	3	4	155	4	100	2	50.00	77.50	3.87	2/30
IM Chappell	South Australia	3	3	180	8	96	2	48.00	90.00	3.20	1/21
KD Walters	New South Wales	5	7	342	5	284	2	142.00	171.00	4.98	1/40
G Goffet	New South Wales	3	4	30	1	10	1	10.00	30.00	2.00	1/1
PG Leslie	New South Wales	1	2	60	1	31	1	31.00	60.00	3.10	1/9
LE Favell	South Australia	2	2	30	0	26	0	—	—	5.20	0/6
IR Redpath	Victoria	1	1	12	1	8	0	—	—	4.00	0/8
RJ Inverarity	Western Australia	1	1	42	0	40	0	—	—	5.71	0/40
KH Eastwood	Victoria	3	3	18	0	20	0	—	—	6.67	0/3
KB Thomas	Victoria	2	2	66	2	58	0	—	—	5.27	0/17
PW Galloway	South Australia	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0/2
DJ Anderson	Victoria	1	2	18	0	13	0	—	—	4.33	0/2
GE Stanford	South Australia	1	2	102	1	87	0	—	—	5.12	0/33

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 1968/69. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1968/69 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Queensland	8	5	3	0	3,936	152	25.89	366	3,638	121	30.07
South Australia	8	5	1	2	4,030	115	35.04	359	3,365	123	27.36
Western Australia	8	4	3	1	4,048	98	41.31	615	4,249	145	29.30
New South Wales	8	1	6	1	3,791	152	24.94	437	4,116	109	37.76
Victoria	8	1	3	4	3,692	108	34.19	429	4,129	127	32.51

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 · 1968/69

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

1969-03-01 to 1969-03-28 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 110 & 335
South Australia: 307 & 140/2

South Australia won by 8 wickets

1969-02-22 to 1969-02-24 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 421/7d
New South Wales: 123 & 255

Western Australia won by an innings and 43 runs

1969-02-22 to 1969-02-25 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 141 & 348
South Australia: 246 & 247/2

South Australia won by 8 wickets

1969-02-14 to 1969-02-17 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 210 & 260
Victoria: 143 & 178

Queensland won by 149 runs

1969-01-25 to 1969-01-28 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 437 & 292/6d
Victoria: 365 & 185

New South Wales won by 179 runs

1969-01-17 to 1969-01-20 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 292 & 285/9d
Queensland: 289 & 289/9

Queensland won by 1 wicket

1969-01-17 to 1969-01-20 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 382 & 113/1
South Australia: 325 & 353/4d

Match drawn

1969-01-10 to 1969-01-13 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 349
Queensland: 171 & 138

South Australia won by an innings and 40 runs

1969-01-03 to 1969-01-06 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 252 & 295/6d
Queensland: 240 & 308/9

Queensland won by 1 wicket

1968-12-27 to 1968-12-30 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 488 & 146/0
South Australia: 301 & 329

Western Australia won by 10 wickets

1968-12-27 to 1968-12-29 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 146 & 192
Queensland: 118 & 231

Queensland won by 11 runs

1968-12-20 to 1968-12-23 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 429 & 191/3d
New South Wales: 344 & 173/7

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1968/69 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 1968/69, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1968/69 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
C Milburn	243	Queensland	1968-11-22
SC Trimble	197	Victoria	1969-01-03
IM Chappell	188*	Victoria	1969-01-17
JT Irvine	182	South Australia	1968-12-27
KH Eastwood	163	New South Wales	1969-01-25

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1968/69 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
PJ Allan	7/31	Victoria	1969-02-14
PJ Allan	7/45	New South Wales	1968-12-27
AA Mallett	7/57	Queensland	1969-01-10
GAR Lock	7/61	Queensland	1968-11-22
PJ Allan	6/35	New South Wales	1968-10-25

* 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.

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

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Sheffield Shield standings · 1968-69

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Season leaders · Sheffield Shield 1968/69

Leading run scorers

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Player statistics · 1968/69

Batting · 88 players

Bowling · 50 players

Team comparison

Recent recorded matches · 1968/69

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