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Sheffield Shield 1971/72 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1971/72; Tests are excluded.

RJ Inverarity leads the displayed batting table with 641 runs. AA Mallett leads the bowling table with 45 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 20
Recorded players: 91
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1971-10-15 to 1972-03-03. 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 · 1971-72

League table for 1971/72. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1971-72 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Western Australia	8	4	1	3	—
2	South Australia	8	4	3	1	—
3	New South Wales	8	2	3	3	—
4	Victoria	8	3	3	2	—
5	Queensland	8	1	4	3	—

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 1971/72

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 1971/72 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RJ Inverarity	7	641
R Edwards	6	586
AJ Woodcock	7	540
KG Cunningham	7	533
KD Walters	6	523

Recorded innings through 1972-03-03. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1971/72 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
AA Mallett	7	45
JW Gleeson	7	39
DJ Colley	8	31
JR Hammond	8	27
TJ Jenner	6	26

Recorded innings through 1972-03-03. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1971/72

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 · 91 players

Sheffield Shield 1971/72 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
RJ Inverarity	Western Australia	7	13	0	641	161	49.31	—	4	2
R Edwards	Western Australia	6	11	0	586	152	53.27	—	0	3
AJ Woodcock	South Australia	7	13	0	540	100	41.54	—	2	1
KG Cunningham	South Australia	7	13	0	533	203	41.00	—	2	1
KD Walters	New South Wales	6	10	2	523	163*	65.38	—	2	2
K Mackay	New South Wales	8	14	1	506	91	38.92	—	4	0
PH Carlson	Queensland	7	14	1	502	101	38.62	—	2	1
A Turner	New South Wales	8	14	0	499	127	35.64	—	1	2
IJ Brayshaw	Western Australia	8	15	4	489	91*	44.45	—	4	0
WM Lawry	Victoria	7	12	2	456	116*	45.60	—	4	1
AP Sheahan	Victoria	5	8	1	440	91	62.86	—	5	0
GD Watson	Western Australia	7	13	0	436	145	33.54	—	0	2
IM Chappell	South Australia	5	9	0	394	106	43.78	—	3	1
RW Marsh	Western Australia	6	11	0	333	79	30.27	—	3	0
RD Robinson	Victoria	7	12	1	329	98	29.91	—	1	0
RF Surti	Queensland	7	14	0	319	61	22.79	—	2	0
DJ Colley	New South Wales	8	14	3	263	83*	23.91	—	1	0
GR Davies	New South Wales	7	13	1	257	67	21.42	—	1	0
GS Chappell	South Australia	5	9	0	255	98	28.33	—	1	0
BC Francis	New South Wales	4	6	0	255	132	42.50	—	0	1
JP Causby	South Australia	6	12	1	255	60	23.18	—	1	0
SC Trimble	Queensland	6	12	0	254	99	21.17	—	2	0
KJ McAullay	Western Australia	3	6	0	232	86	38.67	—	2	0
IR Redpath	Victoria	5	8	0	222	118	27.75	—	0	1
KH Eastwood	Victoria	5	9	0	219	107	24.33	—	0	1

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Sheffield Shield 1971/72 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
EW Freeman	South Australia	6	11	0	214	60	19.45	—	1	0
DJ Allen	Queensland	6	12	0	208	38	17.33	—	0	0
KR Stackpole	Victoria	5	8	0	203	95	25.38	—	1	0
H Martin	New South Wales	4	7	0	202	64	28.86	—	1	0
JA Maclean	Queensland	7	14	0	196	45	14.00	—	0	0
D Chadwick	Western Australia	6	11	1	184	49	18.40	—	0	0
DJ Sutherland	South Australia	5	9	0	182	46	20.22	—	0	0
J Benaud	New South Wales	5	9	0	181	87	20.11	—	1	0
GJ Gilmour	New South Wales	3	5	0	176	122	35.20	—	0	1
AJ Sieler	Victoria	5	8	2	172	65*	28.67	—	2	0
AR Jones	Queensland	5	10	0	159	36	15.90	—	0	0
WJ Scholes	Victoria	4	7	0	153	92	21.86	—	1	0
PJ Herbert	South Australia	4	8	0	152	37	19.00	—	0	0
JR Hammond	South Australia	8	15	6	151	53	16.78	—	1	0
PD Rebbeck	South Australia	4	8	0	145	55	18.13	—	1	0
MHN Walker	Victoria	7	12	1	128	28*	11.64	—	0	0
L Varis	Western Australia	6	11	1	124	44	12.40	—	0	0
TJ Jenner	South Australia	6	11	1	122	48	12.20	—	0	0
JW Wilson	New South Wales	3	5	0	119	59	23.80	—	1	0
BJD Grace	Queensland	4	8	1	112	36	16.00	—	0	0
KJ McCarthy	South Australia	5	10	3	110	32*	15.71	—	0	0
KE Dudgeon	Queensland	4	8	0	110	29	13.75	—	0	0
HB Taber	New South Wales	8	14	1	101	36	7.77	—	0	0
B Duperouzel	Western Australia	4	8	2	100	36	16.67	—	0	0
AA Mallett	South Australia	7	13	2	96	29	8.73	—	0	0
GJ Cosier	Victoria	2	4	0	93	34	23.25	—	0	0
RD Meuleman	Western Australia	3	6	1	89	51	17.80	—	1	0
RE Parker	Queensland	2	4	0	86	66	21.50	—	1	0
MF Rosen	New South Wales	3	6	0	75	28	12.50	—	0	0
RK Rowan	Victoria	2	3	2	70	51	70.00	—	1	0
M Hendricks	South Australia	8	15	7	69	24*	8.63	—	0	0
JRF Duncan	Victoria	7	12	1	67	27	6.09	—	0	0
KJ O'Keeffe	New South Wales	4	7	2	63	24	12.60	—	0	0
RP Rose	Victoria	1	2	0	57	49	28.50	—	0	0
AL Thomson	Victoria	5	9	2	56	22	8.00	—	0	0
JR Stephens	Victoria	2	4	0	55	21	13.75	—	0	0
GD McKenzie	Western Australia	7	13	3	49	22*	4.90	—	0	0
PLA Bedford	Victoria	4	7	0	47	16	6.71	—	0	0
JW Gleeson	New South Wales	7	12	4	45	16*	5.63	—	0	0
MJ Lucas	Queensland	3	6	0	45	28	7.50	—	0	0
RG Paulsen	Queensland	3	6	3	44	16*	14.67	—	0	0
AHR Dell	Queensland	7	13	5	43	11	5.38	—	0	0
WD Albury	Queensland	5	10	2	43	11	5.38	—	0	0
PA Ryan	Queensland	2	4	0	40	18	10.00	—	0	0
WJ Neville	Queensland	2	4	0	38	26	9.50	—	0	0
TMD MacGill	Western Australia	4	8	1	37	10	5.29	—	0	0
FM Francke	Queensland	3	6	1	32	17*	6.40	—	0	0
BC Robran	South Australia	2	4	0	28	18	7.00	—	0	0
AL Mann	Western Australia	2	3	1	27	9*	13.50	—	0	0
RAL Massie	Western Australia	7	13	2	25	14	2.27	—	0	0
PA Nicholls	Western Australia	3	6	3	22	11*	7.33	—	0	0
TW Graveney	Queensland	1	2	1	21	21*	21.00	—	0	0
JD Higgs	Victoria	4	7	2	20	11	4.00	—	0	0
AD Anderson	New South Wales	1	2	0	15	10	7.50	—	0	0
G Dymock	Queensland	2	4	2	10	7*	5.00	—	0	0
TJ Prindiville	Western Australia	1	2	0	9	8	4.50	—	0	0
RJ Gilbourne	South Australia	1	2	0	8	6	4.00	—	0	0
DK Lillee	Western Australia	5	9	1	7	4	0.88	—	0	0
JB Gannon	Western Australia	3	6	2	5	5*	1.25	—	0	0
SR Bernard	New South Wales	6	10	2	3	3	0.38	—	0	0
BL Rhodes	New South Wales	1	2	1	2	2	2.00	—	0	0
RC Levingston	Queensland	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0	0
JR Watkins	New South Wales	1	2	1	1	1*	1.00	—	0	0
DW Hourn	New South Wales	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0
JE Nash	South Australia	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0
PD Curtin	South Australia	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 55 players

Sheffield Shield 1971/72 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
AA Mallett	South Australia	7	14	1,708	71	849	45	18.87	37.96	2.98	3	7/58
JW Gleeson	New South Wales	7	12	1,248	55	633	39	16.23	32.00	3.04	2	7/52
DJ Colley	New South Wales	8	14	1,153	18	846	31	27.29	37.19	4.40	0	4/44
JR Hammond	South Australia	8	16	1,056	29	672	27	24.89	39.11	3.82	0	4/39
TJ Jenner	South Australia	6	12	880	24	513	26	19.73	33.85	3.50	1	5/88
RAL Massie	Western Australia	7	13	1,092	35	607	25	24.28	43.68	3.34	0	4/18
MHN Walker	Victoria	7	13	1,086	27	617	25	24.68	43.44	3.41	1	5/17
DK Lillee	Western Australia	5	9	689	15	450	24	18.75	28.71	3.92	2	6/24
GD McKenzie	Western Australia	7	13	1,034	45	493	22	22.41	47.00	2.86	0	4/38
JRF Duncan	Victoria	7	13	1,176	50	533	21	25.38	56.00	2.72	2	5/16
KJ O'Keeffe	New South Wales	4	7	704	22	388	18	21.56	39.11	3.31	1	5/75
JD Higgs	Victoria	4	7	795	22	474	18	26.33	44.17	3.58	2	6/96
KJ McCarthy	South Australia	5	10	635	10	403	18	22.39	35.28	3.81	0	4/36
WD Albury	Queensland	5	6	678	16	441	17	25.94	39.88	3.90	1	5/108
RK Rowan	Victoria	2	4	392	14	179	16	11.19	24.50	2.74	2	7/36
JB Gannon	Western Australia	3	6	437	9	283	14	20.21	31.21	3.89	1	5/97
AL Thomson	Victoria	5	9	816	20	483	12	40.25	68.00	3.55	0	4/84
AHR Dell	Queensland	7	11	988	20	544	12	45.33	82.33	3.30	0	4/85
GD Watson	Western Australia	7	13	510	17	233	11	21.18	46.36	2.74	0	3/18
EW Freeman	South Australia	6	12	738	23	334	11	30.36	67.09	2.72	0	3/45
G Dymock	Queensland	2	4	334	6	182	11	16.55	30.36	3.27	0	4/31
PH Carlson	Queensland	5	8	279	5	175	11	15.91	25.36	3.76	1	6/32
PA Nicholls	Western Australia	3	5	462	8	284	11	25.82	42.00	3.69	1	5/68
GJ Gilmour	New South Wales	3	6	517	15	294	10	29.40	51.70	3.41	0	4/69
SR Bernard	New South Wales	6	11	759	12	558	10	55.80	75.90	4.41	0	2/35

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Sheffield Shield 1971/72 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
FM Francke	Queensland	3	5	706	25	357	10	35.70	70.60	3.03	1	5/62
RF Surti	Queensland	7	9	388	6	281	9	31.22	43.11	4.35	1	5/103
TMD MacGill	Western Australia	4	7	419	12	207	7	29.57	59.86	2.96	0	3/10
PLA Bedford	Victoria	4	5	274	3	254	7	36.29	39.14	5.56	0	3/78
KD Walters	New South Wales	6	9	432	13	276	6	46.00	72.00	3.83	0	4/43
RJ Inverarity	Western Australia	7	12	553	19	253	6	42.17	92.17	2.75	0	1/0
AJ Sieler	Victoria	5	7	381	15	189	6	31.50	63.50	2.98	0	4/48
AR Jones	Queensland	4	6	204	3	139	6	23.17	34.00	4.09	0	3/45
KR Stackpole	Victoria	5	5	204	8	121	5	24.20	40.80	3.56	0	3/15
GS Chappell	South Australia	5	7	228	5	120	5	24.00	45.60	3.16	0	3/19
GR Davies	New South Wales	7	8	360	7	253	5	50.60	72.00	4.22	0	2/63
DJ Sutherland	South Australia	3	4	174	8	78	5	15.60	34.80	2.69	0	4/45
JR Watkins	New South Wales	1	1	97	3	72	4	18.00	24.25	4.45	0	4/72
AL Mann	Western Australia	2	3	132	10	43	4	10.75	33.00	1.95	0	2/8
L Varis	Western Australia	4	5	106	4	39	4	9.75	26.50	2.21	0	2/8
KE Dudgeon	Queensland	2	2	54	1	31	3	10.33	18.00	3.44	0	2/16
BL Rhodes	New South Wales	1	2	144	3	100	2	50.00	72.00	4.17	0	1/40
KG Cunningham	South Australia	3	4	72	2	56	2	28.00	36.00	4.67	0	2/10
RG Paulsen	Queensland	3	4	300	3	208	2	104.00	150.00	4.16	0	2/82
WJ Neville	Queensland	2	2	168	2	127	2	63.50	84.00	4.54	0	1/54
IM Chappell	South Australia	4	4	42	4	4	1	4.00	42.00	0.57	0	1/2
A Turner	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	6	1	6.00	6.00	6.00	0	1/6
DW Hourn	New South Wales	1	2	79	0	66	1	66.00	79.00	5.01	0	1/0
K Mackay	New South Wales	2	3	126	4	65	1	65.00	126.00	3.10	0	1/14
PD Curtin	South Australia	1	2	72	2	29	1	29.00	72.00	2.42	0	1/26
KH Eastwood	Victoria	3	4	42	0	43	0	—	—	6.14	0	0/1
J Benaud	New South Wales	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0	0/1
GJ Cosier	Victoria	2	2	12	0	6	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/2
H Martin	New South Wales	2	3	96	1	81	0	—	—	5.06	0	0/6
RE Parker	Queensland	1	1	12	0	14	0	—	—	7.00	0	0/14

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 1971/72. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1971/72 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
South Australia	8	4	3	1	0	3,365	139	24.21	426	3,215	147	21.87
Western Australia	8	4	1	3	0	3,555	110	32.32	388	3,011	137	21.98
Victoria	8	3	3	1	1	2,919	115	25.38	422	3,014	119	25.33
New South Wales	8	2	3	3	0	3,431	118	29.08	524	3,802	129	29.47
Queensland	8	1	4	2	1	2,369	137	17.29	279	2,597	87	29.85

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 · 1971/72

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

1972-03-03 to 1972-03-06 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 175 & 301/7
South Australia: 103 & 370

Victoria won by 3 wickets

1972-02-26 to 1972-02-29 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 252/7d & 221/5
South Australia: 255 & 217

Western Australia won by 5 wickets

1972-02-18 to 1972-02-21 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 252/5d & 181/8
New South Wales: 199 & 232

South Australia won by 2 wickets

1972-02-12 to 1972-02-15 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 364 & 298/3
New South Wales: 524/7d

Match drawn

1972-02-11 to 1972-02-14 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: Score unavailable
Victoria: Score unavailable

Result unavailable

1972-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 258 & 220
South Australia: 216 & 265/9

South Australia won by 1 wicket

1972-01-21 to 1972-01-23 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 189 & 177
South Australia: 215 & 134

Queensland won by 17 runs

1972-01-01 to 1972-01-31 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 136/9d & 158
Western Australia: 129 & 140

South Australia won by 25 runs

1972-01-01 to 1972-01-31 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 218 & 300/5d
Queensland: 128 & 257

New South Wales won by 133 runs

1971-12-26 to 1971-12-29 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 422
New South Wales: 67/9d & 105

Victoria won by an innings and 250 runs

1971-12-24 to 1971-12-28 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 103 & 203
Western Australia: 278 & 29/0

Western Australia won by 10 wickets

1971-12-17 to 1971-12-21 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 207/7d & 94/6
Western Australia: 201/7d & 265/8d

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1971/72 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 1971/72, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1971/72 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
KG Cunningham	203	Victoria	1971-11-26
KD Walters	163*	Western Australia	1972-02-12
RJ Inverarity	161	New South Wales	1972-02-12
KD Walters	158	Victoria	1971-11-01
R Edwards	152	Victoria	1971-11-20

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1971/72 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
RK Rowan	7/36	South Australia	1972-03-03
JW Gleeson	7/52	Queensland	1972-01-01
AA Mallett	7/58	Western Australia	1972-01-01
DK Lillee	6/24	Queensland	1971-12-24
PH Carlson	6/32	South Australia	1972-01-21

* 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 · 1971-72

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Season leaders · Sheffield Shield 1971/72

Leading run scorers

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Player statistics · 1971/72

Batting · 91 players

Bowling · 55 players

Team comparison

Recent recorded matches · 1971/72

Victoria v South Australia

Western Australia v South Australia

South Australia v New South Wales

Western Australia v New South Wales

Queensland v Victoria

New South Wales v South Australia

Queensland v South Australia

South Australia v Western Australia

New South Wales v Queensland

Victoria v New South Wales

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