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Sheffield Shield 1970/71 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1970/71; Tests are excluded.

BA Richards leads the displayed batting table with 1,145 runs. JRF Duncan leads the bowling table with 34 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 20
Recorded players: 83
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1970-10-23 to 1971-03-01. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-06-15.

Sheffield Shield standings · 1970-71

League table for 1970/71. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1970-71 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	South Australia	8	3	0	0	42
2	Victoria	8	2	0	2	32
3	Western Australia	8	2	2	0	24
4	New South Wales	8	1	2	1	20
5	Queensland	8	0	4	1	10

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 1970/71

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 1970/71 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
BA Richards	8	1,145
J Benaud	8	761
KH Eastwood	5	737
RJ Inverarity	8	700
IM Chappell	7	648

Recorded innings through 1971-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1970/71 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
JRF Duncan	7	34
GAR Lock	8	31
TJ Jenner	8	30
AL Thomson	6	30
KJ O'Keeffe	7	30

Recorded innings through 1971-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1970/71

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 · 83 players

Sheffield Shield 1970/71 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
BA Richards	South Australia	8	13	1	1,145	356	95.42	300.52	3	4	48	1
J Benaud	New South Wales	8	14	1	761	130	58.54	—	4	2	0	0
KH Eastwood	Victoria	5	7	1	737	221	122.83	—	1	3	0	0
RJ Inverarity	Western Australia	8	15	3	700	148	58.33	—	4	2	0	0
IM Chappell	South Australia	7	12	0	648	129	54.00	—	5	1	13	2
SC Trimble	Queensland	7	14	0	465	121	33.21	—	3	1	0	0
R Edwards	Western Australia	6	11	3	463	119	57.88	—	2	2	0	0
D Chadwick	Western Australia	8	15	1	448	137	32.00	—	0	1	0	0
RW Marsh	Western Australia	8	15	0	441	64	29.40	—	4	0	0	0
GS Chappell	South Australia	7	12	1	432	133	39.27	—	2	1	1	0
RF Surti	Queensland	7	14	0	371	100	26.50	—	1	1	0	0
A Turner	New South Wales	8	14	1	364	97	28.00	—	2	0	0	0
WM Lawry	Victoria	5	8	2	347	87	57.83	—	4	0	0	0
DJ Colley	New South Wales	7	13	2	337	101	30.64	—	1	1	0	0
AJ Woodcock	South Australia	6	10	0	328	95	32.80	—	4	0	0	0
PH Carlson	Queensland	7	14	1	326	85*	25.08	—	2	0	0	0
JT Irvine	Western Australia	7	13	0	326	58	25.08	—	2	0	0	0
KG Cunningham	South Australia	7	11	1	323	124	32.30	—	0	1	0	0
GR Davies	New South Wales	8	13	3	322	73*	32.20	—	2	0	0	0
K Mackay	New South Wales	5	9	1	322	117	40.25	—	2	1	0	0
BC Francis	New South Wales	7	12	0	317	75	26.42	—	3	0	0	0
JP Causby	South Australia	8	13	0	300	115	23.08	—	1	1	4	0
AJ Sieler	Victoria	6	9	1	300	97	37.50	—	2	0	0	0
KE Dudgeon	Queensland	5	10	0	276	85	27.60	—	3	0	0	0
JA Maclean	Queensland	7	14	2	275	63*	22.92	—	2	0	0	0

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Sheffield Shield 1970/71 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s
AA Mallett	South Australia	7	12	1	266	92	24.18	—	2	0
PLA Bedford	Victoria	7	11	1	255	82	25.50	—	2	0
KR Stackpole	Victoria	4	6	1	240	85	48.00	—	3	0
IR Redpath	Victoria	6	9	0	233	70	25.89	—	2	0
JA Steele	New South Wales	6	11	1	231	54	23.10	—	1	0
KJ O'Keeffe	New South Wales	7	12	4	214	81*	26.75	—	1	0
RP Blundell	South Australia	7	11	0	196	66	17.82	—	1	0
RD Meuleman	Western Australia	5	8	0	196	64	24.50	—	1	0
RE Parker	Queensland	4	8	0	173	61	21.63	—	1	0
WD Albury	Queensland	6	12	6	169	38	28.17	—	0	0
TJ Jenner	South Australia	8	13	3	157	60*	15.70	—	1	0
L Varis	Western Australia	3	6	0	149	94	24.83	—	1	0
RG Paulsen	Queensland	6	12	3	147	36	16.33	—	0	0
HB Taber	New South Wales	8	14	3	145	39*	13.18	—	0	0
KD Walters	New South Wales	6	10	0	139	34	13.90	—	0	0
WJ Scholes	Victoria	4	7	0	132	66	18.86	—	1	0
KJ McAullay	Western Australia	3	6	0	131	53	21.83	—	1	0
TJ Prindiville	Western Australia	3	6	0	127	42	21.17	—	0	0
RC Jordon	Victoria	7	11	3	125	40*	15.63	—	0	0
AL Mann	Western Australia	6	11	1	123	52	12.30	—	1	0
DK Lillee	Western Australia	8	15	5	122	32	12.20	—	0	0
AP Sheahan	Victoria	5	8	0	117	37	14.63	—	0	0
JRF Duncan	Queensland	7	14	1	115	39	8.85	—	0	0
GD Watson	Victoria	5	8	0	108	53	13.50	—	1	0
IM Seib	Queensland	6	12	0	107	24	8.92	—	0	0
TW Graveney	Queensland	3	6	1	98	56	19.60	—	1	0
CS Scarff	Western Australia	3	5	0	98	41	19.60	—	0	0
GD McKenzie	Western Australia	5	9	3	92	44	15.33	—	0	0
GAR Lock	Western Australia	8	15	1	71	20	5.07	—	0	0
EW Freeman	South Australia	4	6	0	69	27	11.50	—	0	1
JR Stephens	Victoria	2	4	0	68	48	17.00	—	0	0
MHN Walker	Victoria	3	5	2	62	22*	20.67	—	0	0
DS Rathie	Queensland	2	4	0	58	33	14.50	—	0	0
AN Connolly	Victoria	5	8	0	50	22	6.25	—	0	0
IJ Brayshaw	Western Australia	2	4	0	49	22	12.25	—	0	0
DJ Sutherland	South Australia	1	1	0	48	48	48.00	—	0	0
RJ Crippin	New South Wales	1	2	0	45	44	22.50	—	0	0
DA Renneberg	New South Wales	8	14	3	42	10	3.82	—	0	0
AHR Dell	Queensland	7	14	3	37	12	3.36	—	0	0
JG Stevens	New South Wales	1	2	0	27	17	13.50	—	0	0
JN Langley	South Australia	3	5	0	27	13	5.40	—	0	1
MJ Lucas	Queensland	1	2	0	23	23	11.50	—	0	0
JW Gleeson	New South Wales	4	6	0	22	9	3.67	—	0	0
JE Nash	South Australia	1	1	0	22	22	22.00	—	0	0
RE Joyce	Queensland	1	2	0	20	14	10.00	—	0	0
JFC Loxton	Queensland	1	2	0	18	9	9.00	—	0	0
AL Thomson	Victoria	6	9	2	16	8*	2.29	—	0	0
M Hendricks	South Australia	1	2	1	14	7*	14.00	—	0	0
KJ McCarthy	South Australia	5	8	3	14	5*	2.80	—	0	0
WL Stillman	Victoria	1	2	0	13	9	6.50	—	0	0
JR Hammond	South Australia	7	12	6	8	3*	1.33	—	0	0
JD Higgs	Victoria	6	9	3	7	5	1.17	—	0	0
DW Hourn	New South Wales	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—	0	0
B Yardley	Western Australia	1	2	1	2	2*	2.00	—	0	0
RAL Massie	Western Australia	2	4	1	1	1*	0.33	—	0	0
JB Gannon	Western Australia	2	4	0	1	1	0.25	—	0	0
SR Bernard	New South Wales	3	5	0	1	1	0.20	—	0	0
GC Clarke	South Australia	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 57 players

Sheffield Shield 1970/71 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
JRF Duncan	Queensland	7	11	1,426	44	664	34	19.53	41.94	2.79	3	8/55
GAR Lock	Western Australia	8	14	1,689	55	826	31	26.65	54.48	2.93	0	4/22
TJ Jenner	South Australia	8	14	1,444	39	896	30	29.87	48.13	3.72	0	4/22
AL Thomson	Victoria	6	11	1,202	29	700	30	23.33	40.07	3.49	2	7/115
KJ O'Keeffe	New South Wales	7	12	1,224	48	696	30	23.20	40.80	3.41	1	5/44
JR Hammond	South Australia	7	13	810	15	513	29	17.69	27.93	3.80	3	6/54
DA Renneberg	New South Wales	8	13	1,151	24	855	24	35.63	47.96	4.46	0	4/49
KJ McCarthy	South Australia	5	9	739	20	437	23	19.00	32.13	3.55	1	6/112
DK Lillee	Western Australia	8	15	1,341	34	789	21	37.57	63.86	3.53	1	5/65
AHR Dell	Queensland	7	11	1,238	39	615	20	30.75	61.90	2.98	2	6/76
EW Freeman	South Australia	4	8	580	10	390	19	20.53	30.53	4.03	2	8/64
AN Connolly	Victoria	5	9	931	29	386	17	22.71	54.76	2.49	1	5/53
DJ Colley	New South Wales	7	12	955	16	637	17	37.47	56.18	4.00	0	4/107
AA Mallett	South Australia	7	13	1,181	46	576	15	38.40	78.73	2.93	0	3/22
WD Albury	Queensland	6	9	726	9	438	12	36.50	60.50	3.62	0	4/54
JW Gleeson	New South Wales	4	6	687	35	291	11	26.45	62.45	2.54	1	5/30
MHN Walker	Victoria	3	6	600	14	318	11	28.91	54.55	3.18	0	4/55
AL Mann	Western Australia	6	10	1,090	23	674	11	61.27	99.09	3.71	0	3/120
JD Higgs	Victoria	5	9	736	24	437	11	39.73	66.91	3.56	0	3/111
GR Davies	New South Wales	8	9	480	8	364	11	33.09	43.64	4.55	1	5/110
RG Paulsen	Queensland	6	8	847	23	569	11	51.73	77.00	4.03	0	4/134
RF Surti	Queensland	7	9	462	7	341	10	34.10	46.20	4.43	1	5/78
GD McKenzie	Western Australia	5	9	764	24	386	10	38.60	76.40	3.03	0	4/24
RAL Massie	Western Australia	2	3	312	3	160	10	16.00	31.20	3.08	0	4/33
GD Watson	Victoria	5	9	443	12	165	9	18.33	49.22	2.23	1	5/23

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Sheffield Shield 1970/71 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
RJ Inverarity	Western Australia	8	11	463	12	281	8	35.13	57.88	3.64	2/24
GS Chappell	South Australia	7	12	678	17	342	8	42.75	84.75	3.03	3/53
AJ Sieler	Victoria	5	9	768	30	348	8	43.50	96.00	2.72	3/90
KR Stackpole	Victoria	3	6	347	11	187	7	26.71	49.57	3.23	3/50
JB Gannon	Western Australia	2	4	324	3	176	7	25.14	46.29	3.26	3/43
SR Bernard	New South Wales	3	4	318	5	245	6	40.83	53.00	4.62	2/68
BA Richards	South Australia	5	5	148	4	80	4	20.00	37.00	3.24	3/29
L Varis	Western Australia	3	6	252	8	146	4	36.50	63.00	3.48	2/40
B Yardley	Western Australia	1	2	174	2	114	3	38.00	58.00	3.93	2/63
PH Carlson	Queensland	3	3	96	0	66	3	22.00	32.00	4.13	2/17
TJ Prindiville	Western Australia	2	3	126	8	59	3	19.67	42.00	2.81	3/26
KE Dudgeon	Queensland	3	4	138	2	112	3	37.33	46.00	4.87	2/14
IM Chappell	South Australia	2	2	60	4	26	2	13.00	30.00	2.60	1/2
KD Walters	New South Wales	5	7	350	11	242	2	121.00	175.00	4.15	1/42
KH Eastwood	Victoria	3	5	66	0	44	2	22.00	33.00	4.00	1/10
K Mackay	New South Wales	5	7	150	4	107	2	53.50	75.00	4.28	2/20
PLA Bedford	Victoria	5	6	164	2	144	2	72.00	82.00	5.27	1/10
GC Clarke	South Australia	1	2	150	5	97	2	48.50	75.00	3.88	2/10
IR Redpath	Victoria	2	3	24	0	14	1	14.00	24.00	3.50	1/5
R Edwards	Western Australia	1	1	24	0	24	1	24.00	24.00	6.00	1/24
J Benaud	New South Wales	1	1	12	1	5	1	5.00	12.00	2.50	1/5
KG Cunningham	South Australia	4	6	168	3	96	1	96.00	168.00	3.43	1/12
RJ Crippin	New South Wales	1	1	12	1	3	0	—	—	1.50	0/3
DW Hourn	New South Wales	1	1	102	2	69	0	—	—	4.06	0/69
JA Steele	New South Wales	1	1	12	0	11	0	—	—	5.50	0/11
IJ Brayshaw	Western Australia	2	2	96	2	85	0	—	—	5.31	0/16
RD Meuleman	Western Australia	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
D Chadwick	Western Australia	1	1	12	0	13	0	—	—	6.50	0/13
RE Joyce	Queensland	1	1	36	1	32	0	—	—	5.33	0/32
RE Parker	Queensland	2	2	24	0	17	0	—	—	4.25	0/6
DS Rathie	Queensland	1	1	4	0	4	0	—	—	6.00	0/4
DJ Sutherland	South Australia	1	1	12	0	8	0	—	—	4.00	0/8

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 1970/71. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1970/71 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
South Australia	8	3	0	5	0	4,134	110	37.58	575	3,674	142	25.87
Victoria	8	2	0	5	1	2,951	94	31.39	448	2,912	105	27.73
Western Australia	8	2	2	4	0	3,714	124	29.95	414	3,889	118	32.96
New South Wales	8	1	2	5	0	3,463	112	30.92	441	3,664	109	33.61
Queensland	8	0	4	3	1	2,845	129	22.05	385	2,968	95	31.24

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 · 1970/71

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

1971-03-01 to 1971-03-28 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 251 & 201/7
Victoria: 296/9d & 234/9d

Match drawn

1971-03-01 to 1971-03-28 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 395 & 273/8d
New South Wales: 348 & 193

South Australia won by 127 runs

1971-02-20 to 1971-02-23 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 414/7d & 180/2
New South Wales: 401 & 192/9d

Western Australia won by 8 wickets

1971-02-20 to 1971-02-23 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 324 & 334/8
Victoria: 448

Match drawn

1971-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: Score unavailable
Victoria: Score unavailable

Result unavailable

1971-01-22 to 1971-01-25 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 441/7d & 133
South Australia: 316

Match drawn

1971-01-16 to 1971-01-19 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 289 & 129/7
South Australia: 392 & 123

Match drawn

1971-01-01 to 1971-01-04 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 227 & 238/3
Queensland: 268 & 196

New South Wales won by 7 wickets

1970-12-26 to 1970-12-29 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 402
New South Wales: 58/1

Match drawn

1970-12-26 to 1970-12-28 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 411
Queensland: 151 & 186

South Australia won by an innings and 74 runs

1970-12-18 to 1970-12-21 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 386 & 58/2
Queensland: 197 & 243

Western Australia won by 8 wickets

1970-12-11 to 1970-12-14 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 120 & 322
Queensland: 239 & 65

Victoria won by 138 runs

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1970/71 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 1970/71, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1970/71 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
BA Richards	356	Western Australia	1970-11-20
KH Eastwood	221	South Australia	1971-02-20
KH Eastwood	201*	New South Wales	1970-11-20
BA Richards	178	New South Wales	1971-01-22
KH Eastwood	177	New South Wales	1970-12-26

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1970/71 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
JRF Duncan	8/55	Victoria	1970-12-11
EW Freeman	8/64	New South Wales	1971-03-01
AL Thomson	7/115	South Australia	1970-11-13
JR Hammond	6/54	Western Australia	1970-11-20
AHR Dell	6/76	South Australia	1971-01-16

* 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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