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Sheffield Shield 1969/70 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1969/70; Tests are excluded.

GS Chappell leads the displayed batting table with 856 runs. AL Thomson leads the bowling table with 49 wickets.

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

Selected season match starts: 1969-11-01 to 1970-02-13. 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 · 1969-70

League table for 1969/70. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1969-70 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points
1	Victoria	8	4	1	48
2	Western Australia	8	3	0	38
3	New South Wales	8	2	4	24
4	Queensland	8	2	4	24
5	South Australia	8	2	4	24

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 1969/70

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 1969/70 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
GS Chappell	8	856
D Chadwick	8	755
SC Trimble	8	664
JA Steele	5	617
KH Eastwood	8	584

Recorded innings through 1970-02-13. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1969/70 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
AL Thomson	8	49
DA Renneberg	8	39
TJ Jenner	8	34
KJ O'Keeffe	8	32
DK Lillee	8	32

Recorded innings through 1970-02-13. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1969/70

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 1969/70 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
GS Chappell	South Australia	8	16	2	856	156*	61.14	—	3	4
D Chadwick	Western Australia	8	15	2	755	119	58.08	—	5	2
SC Trimble	Queensland	8	16	2	664	129	47.43	—	3	2
JA Steele	New South Wales	5	10	1	617	158	68.56	—	2	3
KH Eastwood	Victoria	8	15	1	584	146	41.71	—	1	2
A Turner	New South Wales	8	16	1	579	88	38.60	—	8	0
AJ Woodcock	South Australia	8	16	1	531	127	35.40	—	3	1
GD Watson	Victoria	8	15	1	496	150	35.43	—	3	1
JP Causby	South Australia	8	16	1	496	99	33.07	—	3	0
BC Francis	New South Wales	8	16	0	490	126	30.63	—	1	2
JA Maclean	Queensland	8	16	3	489	156	37.62	—	2	1
LE Favell	South Australia	8	16	0	483	109	30.19	—	3	2
TJ Prindiville	Western Australia	8	15	3	474	107	39.50	—	1	1
RW Marsh	Western Australia	8	15	1	473	99	33.79	—	4	0
GR Davies	New South Wales	8	16	1	406	95	27.07	—	2	0
RP Collins	New South Wales	8	16	1	391	59	26.07	—	2	0
WJ Scholes	Victoria	6	11	1	390	85	39.00	—	4	0
RF Surti	Queensland	7	14	0	388	69	27.71	—	3	0
KG Cunningham	South Australia	5	10	1	382	77	42.44	—	4	0
RJ Inverarity	Western Australia	8	15	1	377	89	26.93	—	2	0
OJ Morgan	Queensland	8	16	2	374	81	26.71	—	3	0
J Benaud	New South Wales	6	12	2	361	134	36.10	—	1	1
IJ Brayshaw	Western Australia	8	15	1	361	81	25.79	—	3	0
RM Cowper	Victoria	8	15	1	350	90	25.00	—	2	0
PLA Bedford	Victoria	8	15	2	342	134*	26.31	—	1	1

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Sheffield Shield 1969/70 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
R Edwards	Western Australia	7	13	0	325	127	25.00	—	1	1
JD Swanson	Victoria	8	15	2	276	68	21.23	—	1	0
DJ Colley	New South Wales	8	16	2	269	50	19.21	—	1	0
RE Joyce	Queensland	8	16	1	260	86*	17.33	—	2	0
IM Seib	Queensland	5	10	1	256	50	28.44	—	1	0
RD Meuleman	Western Australia	5	10	1	232	101*	25.78	—	1	1
TJ Jenner	South Australia	8	16	1	230	43	15.33	—	0	0
MJ Lucas	Queensland	6	12	0	227	62	18.92	—	1	0
KJ O'Keeffe	New South Wales	8	16	3	204	58*	15.69	—	1	0
DJ Sutherland	South Australia	5	10	0	198	64	19.80	—	1	0
RP Blundell	South Australia	8	16	1	159	42	10.60	—	0	0
AL Mann	Western Australia	6	11	1	152	67	15.20	—	1	0
LR Joslin	Victoria	5	9	1	150	33	18.75	—	0	0
KE Dudgeon	Queensland	4	8	0	139	60	17.38	—	1	0
JFC Loxton	Queensland	4	8	0	132	58	16.50	—	1	0
NM Carlyon	Victoria	8	15	2	128	26	9.85	—	0	0
MB Pawley	New South Wales	7	14	1	124	50	9.54	—	1	0
GAR Lock	Western Australia	7	13	2	116	39	10.55	—	0	0
M Hendricks	New South Wales	8	16	3	116	32	8.92	—	0	0
KJ McCarthy	South Australia	7	14	0	112	39	8.00	—	0	0
JRF Duncan	Queensland	8	16	4	103	52	8.58	—	1	0
E Shade	Victoria	2	4	1	101	49*	33.67	—	0	0
RK Rowan	Victoria	6	11	2	92	28*	10.22	—	0	0
LR Gibbs	South Australia	8	16	6	88	21*	8.80	—	0	0
AJ Sieler	Victoria	2	4	0	70	40	17.50	—	0	0
CS Scarff	Western Australia	1	1	0	67	67	67.00	—	1	0
BM Campbell	Victoria	6	11	2	66	37*	7.33	—	0	0
IH King	Queensland	8	16	4	65	13*	5.42	—	0	0
DK Lillee	Western Australia	8	15	3	64	26	5.33	—	0	0
JR Hammond	South Australia	5	10	2	59	13	7.38	—	0	0
WJ Rogers	New South Wales	1	2	0	57	39	28.50	—	0	0
TMD MacGill	Western Australia	3	6	2	55	27	13.75	—	0	0
SNC Murch	Victoria	2	4	0	55	28	13.75	—	0	0
DL Mundy	South Australia	2	4	1	52	35*	17.33	—	0	0
DA Renneberg	New South Wales	8	16	5	50	26	4.55	—	0	0
JW Wilson	New South Wales	3	6	0	49	34	8.17	—	0	0
TJ Boyd	New South Wales	1	2	0	46	46	23.00	—	0	0
RG Paulsen	Queensland	8	16	3	46	12	3.54	—	0	0
PH Carlson	Queensland	1	2	0	40	38	20.00	—	0	0
RE Parker	Queensland	1	2	0	40	39	20.00	—	0	0
RJ Gilbourne	South Australia	2	4	0	35	18	8.75	—	0	0
AL Thomson	Victoria	8	15	6	33	18	3.67	—	0	0
PW Galloway	South Australia	2	4	0	33	17	8.25	—	0	0
RAL Massie	Western Australia	4	7	3	27	13*	6.75	—	0	0
JB Gannon	Western Australia	4	8	1	21	18*	3.00	—	0	0
JF Martin	New South Wales	1	2	0	20	11	10.00	—	0	0
MB Muggleton	Western Australia	2	4	0	17	14	4.25	—	0	0
TW Graveney	Queensland	2	3	0	15	15	5.00	—	0	0
L Varis	Western Australia	1	2	0	14	14	7.00	—	0	0
GT Gray	Queensland	1	2	0	13	13	6.50	—	0	0
JC Ward	Victoria	1	2	0	12	12	6.00	—	0	0
TJ Pearson	South Australia	3	6	3	10	5*	3.33	—	0	0
JN Langley	South Australia	1	2	0	9	9	4.50	—	0	0
WH Buckle	Queensland	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—	0	0
KB Thomas	Victoria	1	2	0	3	2	1.50	—	0	0
KW Kirby	Victoria	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 52 players

Sheffield Shield 1969/70 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
AL Thomson	Victoria	8	15	1,581	42	876	49	17.88	32.27	3.32	5	8/87
DA Renneberg	New South Wales	8	16	1,594	39	977	39	25.05	40.87	3.68	2	6/49
TJ Jenner	South Australia	8	15	1,733	52	929	34	27.32	50.97	3.22	2	5/49
KJ O'Keeffe	New South Wales	8	15	1,749	60	1,007	32	31.47	54.66	3.45	1	6/49
DK Lillee	Western Australia	8	16	1,185	17	705	32	22.03	37.03	3.57	1	7/36
OJ Morgan	Queensland	8	14	1,068	22	640	30	21.33	35.60	3.60	1	6/42
IH King	Queensland	8	14	1,229	21	851	30	28.37	40.97	4.15	2	6/70
GAR Lock	Western Australia	7	14	1,537	43	723	27	26.78	56.93	2.82	1	5/53
AL Mann	Western Australia	6	10	1,109	22	672	25	26.88	44.36	3.64	3	5/34
JRF Duncan	Queensland	8	14	1,451	34	761	24	31.71	60.46	3.15	0	4/54
RG Paulsen	Queensland	8	14	1,082	19	735	24	30.63	45.08	4.08	1	5/125
DJ Colley	New South Wales	8	16	1,090	21	740	21	35.24	51.90	4.07	1	5/57
LR Gibbs	South Australia	8	14	1,527	74	632	18	35.11	84.83	2.48	0	4/84
MB Pawley	New South Wales	7	14	1,072	50	513	16	32.06	67.00	2.87	0	4/67
JR Hammond	South Australia	5	10	680	9	508	15	33.87	45.33	4.48	1	5/96
RK Rowan	Victoria	6	11	865	16	528	15	35.20	57.67	3.66	1	5/57
GS Chappell	South Australia	7	12	744	26	316	14	22.57	53.14	2.55	0	3/40
BM Campbell	Victoria	6	9	610	18	345	14	24.64	43.57	3.39	1	5/53
KJ McCarthy	South Australia	7	14	912	24	490	14	35.00	65.14	3.22	0	4/51
RAL Massie	Western Australia	4	7	540	19	251	12	20.92	45.00	2.79	0	4/73
JB Gannon	Western Australia	4	8	600	9	389	11	35.36	54.55	3.89	0	4/63
RP Collins	New South Wales	7	10	498	26	241	11	21.91	45.27	2.90	0	3/19
PLA Bedford	Victoria	7	8	395	12	214	11	19.45	35.91	3.25	1	5/40
RM Cowper	Victoria	7	9	708	31	306	10	30.60	70.80	2.59	0	3/26
RF Surti	Queensland	7	8	516	11	344	9	38.22	57.33	4.00	0	3/94

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Sheffield Shield 1969/70 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
IJ Brayshaw	Western Australia	8	13	744	21	337	9	37.44	82.67	2.72	0	3/30
TJ Pearson	South Australia	3	6	418	5	268	9	29.78	46.44	3.85	1	5/80
GD Watson	Victoria	8	14	577	16	301	8	37.63	72.13	3.13	0	2/23
GR Davies	New South Wales	8	9	321	9	191	5	38.20	64.20	3.57	0	4/36
TMD MacGill	Western Australia	3	5	544	9	339	5	67.80	108.80	3.74	0	4/94
JD Swanson	Victoria	8	10	486	13	228	5	45.60	97.20	2.81	0	2/45
KG Cunningham	South Australia	4	6	210	7	96	5	19.20	42.00	2.74	0	3/29
RE Joyce	Queensland	5	7	360	9	229	4	57.25	90.00	3.82	0	2/39
AJ Sieler	Victoria	2	3	150	2	69	4	17.25	37.50	2.76	0	3/15
SNC Murch	Victoria	2	4	252	3	146	3	48.67	84.00	3.48	0	2/63
JF Martin	New South Wales	1	2	90	0	79	2	39.50	45.00	5.27	0	1/26
DJ Sutherland	South Australia	4	4	39	2	12	1	12.00	39.00	1.85	0	1/6
DL Mundy	South Australia	2	3	222	4	166	1	166.00	222.00	4.49	0	1/56
LE Favell	South Australia	4	4	17	0	12	0	—	—	4.24	0	0/1
LR Joslin	Victoria	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
RJ Inverarity	Western Australia	3	3	66	1	39	0	—	—	3.55	0	0/10
KH Eastwood	Victoria	2	2	30	0	25	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/5
J Benaud	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/4
KW Kirby	Victoria	1	1	168	4	112	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/112
PW Galloway	South Australia	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/4
TJ Prindiville	Western Australia	1	1	12	0	9	0	—	—	4.50	0	0/9
JP Causby	South Australia	1	1	3	0	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
JFC Loxton	Queensland	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/5
MJ Lucas	Queensland	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
IM Seib	Queensland	1	1	3	0	4	0	—	—	8.00	0	0/4
L Varis	Western Australia	1	1	18	0	14	0	—	—	4.67	0	0/14
JC Ward	Victoria	1	1	102	1	65	0	—	—	3.82	0	0/65

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 1969/70. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1969/70 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Victoria	8	4	1	3	3,300	110	30.00	568	3,374	130	25.95
Western Australia	8	3	0	5	3,671	110	33.37	484	3,558	132	26.95
New South Wales	8	2	4	2	3,923	140	28.02	432	3,880	135	28.74
Queensland	8	2	4	2	3,427	138	24.83	402	3,756	123	30.54
South Australia	8	2	4	2	3,858	140	27.56	500	3,611	118	30.60

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 · 1969/70

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

1970-02-13 to 1970-02-16 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 484/8d
Victoria: 297 & 40/0

Match drawn

1970-02-13 to 1970-02-16 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 428 & 199/2d
New South Wales: 263 & 169

South Australia won by 195 runs

1970-02-07 to 1970-02-10 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 229 & 180/7
New South Wales: 103 & 304

Western Australia won by 3 wickets

1970-02-06 to 1970-02-09 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 248 & 185
Victoria: 254/8d & 180/4

Victoria won by 6 wickets

1970-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 73/7d & 299
Victoria: 139 & 176

Queensland won by 57 runs

1970-01-24 to 1970-01-27 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 278 & 214/3d
Victoria: 183 & 261/7

Match drawn

1970-01-16 to 1970-01-19 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 402/8d & 21/0
South Australia: 388 & 306

Match drawn

1970-01-10 to 1970-01-13 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 399 & 193/4d
South Australia: 229 & 192

New South Wales won by 171 runs

1970-01-03 to 1970-01-05 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 215 & 127/4
South Australia: 141 & 200

Victoria won by 6 wickets

1970-01-03 to 1970-01-06 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 432 & 139/5
Queensland: 263 & 305

New South Wales won by 5 wickets

1969-12-26 to 1969-12-29 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 278 & 182/9
New South Wales: 131 & 327

Victoria won by 1 wicket

1969-12-25 to 1969-12-28 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 500 & 5/0
Queensland: 250 & 251

South Australia won by 10 wickets

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1969/70 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 1969/70, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1969/70 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JA Steele	158	Queensland	1970-01-03
JA Maclean	156	South Australia	1970-01-16
GS Chappell	156*	Queensland	1970-01-16
JA Steele	152	South Australia	1970-01-10
GD Watson	150	Western Australia	1969-11-14

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1969/70 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AL Thomson	8/87	New South Wales	1969-12-26
DK Lillee	7/36	South Australia	1969-12-05
OJ Morgan	6/42	Victoria	1970-02-01
KJ O'Keeffe	6/49	Victoria	1970-01-24
DA Renneberg	6/49	Western Australia	1970-02-07

* 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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