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Sheffield Shield 1972/73 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1972/73; Tests are excluded.

KD Walters leads the displayed batting table with 654 runs. AA Mallett leads the bowling table with 49 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 20
Recorded players: 96
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1972-10-20 to 1973-03-03. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-05-26.

Sheffield Shield standings · 1972-73

League table for 1972/73. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1972-73 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Western Australia	8	4	2	2	—
2	South Australia	8	3	1	4	—
3	New South Wales	8	3	4	1	—
4	Victoria	8	1	3	4	—
5	Queensland	8	2	3	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 1972/73

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 1972/73 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
KD Walters	7	654
AP Sheahan	5	585
AJ Sieler	8	563
WJ Scholes	8	517
KJ McAullay	8	508

Recorded innings through 1973-03-03. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1972/73 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
AA Mallett	8	49
DK Lillee	5	36
WD Albury	8	29
FM Francke	8	28
AL Thomson	6	26

Recorded innings through 1973-03-03. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1972/73

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 · 96 players

Sheffield Shield 1972/73 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
KD Walters	New South Wales	7	14	0	654	176	46.71	—	0	4
AP Sheahan	Victoria	5	10	2	585	196*	73.13	—	1	2
AJ Sieler	Victoria	8	16	0	563	148	35.19	—	1	2
WJ Scholes	Victoria	8	16	0	517	109	32.31	—	4	1
KJ McAullay	Western Australia	8	15	1	508	72*	36.29	—	4	0
AJ Woodcock	South Australia	7	13	0	474	104	36.46	—	3	1
GS Chappell	South Australia	5	9	1	471	129	58.88	—	4	1
RD Robinson	Victoria	8	16	4	437	76	36.42	—	3	0
A Turner	New South Wales	8	16	2	419	68	29.93	—	3	0
RW Marsh	Western Australia	5	10	2	407	132	50.88	—	1	2
IM Chappell	South Australia	5	9	1	406	90	50.75	—	4	0
R Edwards	Western Australia	5	10	1	387	158	43.00	—	1	1
RP Rose	Victoria	8	16	0	381	94	23.81	—	2	0
KE Dudgeon	Queensland	8	15	3	371	72	30.92	—	2	0
SC Trimble	Queensland	8	14	0	355	127	25.36	—	1	1
RJ Crippin	New South Wales	8	16	1	353	65	23.53	—	2	0
JA Maclean	Queensland	8	15	2	351	132	27.00	—	0	1
KG Cunningham	South Australia	7	14	2	346	88	28.83	—	1	0
KR Stackpole	Victoria	3	6	0	331	117	55.17	—	2	1
IJ Brayshaw	Western Australia	8	15	1	319	93	22.79	—	2	0
RJ Inverarity	Western Australia	7	13	2	315	104	28.64	—	1	1
AR Jones	Queensland	8	15	0	285	77	19.00	—	2	0
TM Chappell	South Australia	5	9	1	268	70	33.50	—	2	0
GJ Gilmour	New South Wales	6	12	2	267	73*	26.70	—	1	0
IR Redpath	Victoria	3	6	0	264	87	44.00	—	3	0

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Sheffield Shield 1972/73 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
Younis Ahmed	South Australia	5	9	0	264	69	29.33	—	2	0
J Benaud	New South Wales	4	8	0	253	73	31.63	—	3	0
SE Webster	New South Wales	4	8	1	253	112*	36.14	—	0	1
RJ Baldry	Victoria	5	10	0	249	57	24.90	—	1	0
RJ Bright	Victoria	4	8	1	244	67	34.86	—	2	0
KJ O'Keeffe	New South Wales	5	10	4	227	56*	37.83	—	2	0
JP Causby	South Australia	6	11	0	224	88	20.36	—	1	0
M Hendricks	South Australia	8	15	4	218	66	19.82	—	2	0
IM Seib	Queensland	5	10	1	217	64	24.11	—	1	0
PLA Bedford	Victoria	5	10	1	211	50	23.44	—	1	0
BC Francis	New South Wales	5	10	0	200	47	20.00	—	0	0
HB Taber	New South Wales	8	16	3	197	46*	15.15	—	0	0
RE Joyce	Queensland	6	11	1	197	70	19.70	—	2	0
RI Charlesworth	Western Australia	6	11	1	178	57	17.80	—	1	0
PA Nicholls	Western Australia	7	14	4	176	38	17.60	—	0	0
GN Yallop	Victoria	3	6	0	173	58	28.83	—	2	0
AA Mallett	South Australia	8	15	2	168	43	12.92	—	0	0
RP Collins	New South Wales	4	8	0	163	61	20.38	—	1	0
FM Francke	Queensland	8	15	2	155	37*	11.92	—	0	0
PH Carlson	Queensland	8	15	0	154	33	10.27	—	0	0
GA Young	Western Australia	2	3	0	154	125	51.33	—	0	1
TV Hohns	Queensland	3	6	0	152	73	25.33	—	2	0
L Varis	Western Australia	4	8	1	138	46	19.71	—	0	0
GD Watson	Western Australia	4	7	0	135	81	19.29	—	1	0
BL Hanna	Western Australia	5	10	0	127	27	12.70	—	0	0
EW Freeman	South Australia	4	8	1	110	47	15.71	—	0	0
MHN Walker	Victoria	4	8	0	109	52	13.63	—	1	0
JM Hubble	Western Australia	3	5	3	105	46*	52.50	—	0	0
RF Simunsen	South Australia	4	7	2	103	58	20.60	—	1	0
BG Curtin	South Australia	2	4	0	97	50	24.25	—	1	0
GWC House	Western Australia	3	5	1	87	70*	21.75	—	1	0
GF Living	Victoria	4	8	1	82	23	11.71	—	0	0
WD Albury	Queensland	8	15	2	79	42	6.08	—	0	0
TJ Jenner	South Australia	5	9	1	69	18	8.63	—	0	0
K Mackay	New South Wales	4	8	0	67	35	8.38	—	0	0
AG Hurst	Victoria	6	12	4	64	17*	8.00	—	0	0
JR Thomson	New South Wales	6	12	3	63	30*	7.00	—	0	0
DJ Baker	Western Australia	3	5	1	58	41	14.50	—	0	0
AL Thomson	Victoria	6	12	4	55	9	6.88	—	0	0
BN Hiern	South Australia	4	8	5	46	24*	15.33	—	0	0
B Duperouzel	Western Australia	1	1	0	43	43	43.00	—	0	0
SN Ledger	Queensland	2	4	0	43	26	10.75	—	0	0
JR Hammond	South Australia	3	5	0	40	24	8.00	—	0	0
G Dymock	Queensland	6	11	3	40	16*	5.00	—	0	0
KM Hill	New South Wales	1	2	0	36	24	18.00	—	0	0
JRF Duncan	Victoria	2	4	0	35	19	8.75	—	0	0
AD Anderson	New South Wales	2	4	0	34	28	8.50	—	0	0
DK Lillee	Western Australia	5	10	1	33	14*	3.67	—	0	0
RAL Massie	Western Australia	5	10	1	32	12	3.56	—	0	0
DJ Allen	Queensland	2	3	0	31	15	10.33	—	0	0
PJ Clements	South Australia	2	4	1	31	22*	10.33	—	0	0
TMD MacGill	Western Australia	1	2	0	27	25	13.50	—	0	0
JR Barnes	South Australia	1	2	1	25	25*	25.00	—	0	0
JW Gleeson	New South Wales	5	10	0	23	12	2.30	—	0	0
BM Laird	Western Australia	1	2	0	19	16	9.50	—	0	0
KJ McCarthy	South Australia	3	6	1	19	11	3.80	—	0	0
SR Bernard	New South Wales	4	8	2	18	9	3.00	—	0	0
RK Rowan	Victoria	2	4	1	18	12	6.00	—	0	0
RF Surti	Queensland	3	5	0	17	11	3.40	—	0	0
AHR Dell	Queensland	5	10	5	17	6*	3.40	—	0	0
JS Donaldson	South Australia	1	2	0	14	8	7.00	—	0	0
JR Watkins	New South Wales	4	8	2	11	11*	1.83	—	0	0
JE Nash	South Australia	2	4	0	6	2	1.50	—	0	0
GR Attenborough	South Australia	1	2	0	6	5	3.00	—	0	0
RA Chapman	New South Wales	1	2	1	4	3*	4.00	—	0	0
DB Yagmich	Western Australia	3	5	2	3	2*	1.00	—	0	0
DJ Colley	New South Wales	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0	0
JB Gannon	Western Australia	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0	0
JD Higgs	Victoria	4	8	2	2	2	0.33	—	0	0
SV Wilson	Western Australia	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0	0
MB Pawley	New South Wales	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0

Bowling · 62 players

Sheffield Shield 1972/73 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
AA Mallett	South Australia	8	15	1,917	89	893	49	18.22	39.12	2.80	3	5/41
DK Lillee	Western Australia	5	10	1,100	32	688	36	19.11	30.56	3.75	2	6/43
WD Albury	Queensland	8	15	1,226	22	783	29	27.00	42.28	3.83	1	5/90
FM Francke	Queensland	8	13	1,210	28	701	28	25.04	43.21	3.48	2	6/63
AL Thomson	Victoria	6	11	1,240	29	785	26	30.19	47.69	3.80	0	4/52
GJ Gilmour	New South Wales	6	12	927	18	700	25	28.00	37.08	4.53	1	5/65
AHR Dell	Queensland	5	10	721	24	405	23	17.61	31.35	3.37	2	6/17
G Dymock	Queensland	6	11	862	24	475	23	20.65	37.48	3.31	1	5/33
GD Watson	Western Australia	4	8	593	12	368	20	18.40	29.65	3.72	2	5/68
TJ Jenner	South Australia	5	10	682	15	468	19	24.63	35.89	4.12	1	5/67
SR Bernard	New South Wales	4	7	584	17	362	19	19.05	30.74	3.72	0	4/33
JR Thomson	New South Wales	6	11	846	20	539	18	29.94	47.00	3.82	0	4/65
AG Hurst	Victoria	6	12	1,086	20	731	18	40.61	60.33	4.04	0	4/94
KD Walters	New South Wales	7	12	561	13	346	17	20.35	33.00	3.70	1	6/51
KJ O'Keeffe	New South Wales	5	9	596	20	305	17	17.94	35.06	3.07	2	5/56
RAL Massie	Western Australia	5	9	877	27	485	17	28.53	51.59	3.32	0	4/38
MHN Walker	Victoria	4	8	736	20	405	17	23.82	43.29	3.30	2	5/36
IJ Brayshaw	Western Australia	5	10	629	27	280	17	16.47	37.00	2.67	0	3/14
JM Hubble	Western Australia	3	6	456	12	296	17	17.41	26.82	3.89	1	7/49
GF Living	Victoria	4	8	480	4	371	14	26.50	34.29	4.64	1	6/77
PA Nicholls	Western Australia	6	10	777	26	439	11	39.91	70.64	3.39	0	3/74
EW Freeman	South Australia	4	7	528	6	342	10	34.20	52.80	3.89	0	3/80
PH Carlson	Queensland	8	11	480	12	270	9	30.00	53.33	3.38	0	2/25
RK Rowan	Victoria	2	3	369	9	210	9	23.33	41.00	3.41	0	4/56
JW Gleeson	New South Wales	5	9	726	18	401	8	50.13	90.75	3.31	0	3/97

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Sheffield Shield 1972/73 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
GS Chappell	South Australia	5	10	504	19	255	8	31.88	63.00	3.04	0	3/33
BN Hiern	South Australia	4	7	489	11	313	8	39.13	61.13	3.84	0	3/36
RJ Bright	Victoria	4	8	683	25	409	7	58.43	97.57	3.59	0	3/73
JD Higgs	Victoria	4	8	474	11	369	7	52.71	67.71	4.67	0	4/60
KG Cunningham	South Australia	4	5	384	13	160	7	22.86	54.86	2.50	0	3/47
PJ Clements	South Australia	2	3	228	3	127	7	18.14	32.57	3.34	0	4/64
IM Chappell	South Australia	5	5	127	1	78	6	13.00	21.17	3.69	1	5/29
JRF Duncan	Victoria	2	4	408	15	168	6	28.00	68.00	2.47	0	2/19
JR Watkins	New South Wales	4	7	391	9	297	6	49.50	65.17	4.56	0	4/75
JR Hammond	South Australia	3	6	387	16	199	6	33.17	64.50	3.09	0	3/90
RE Joyce	Queensland	3	4	204	6	101	5	20.20	40.80	2.97	0	3/44
AJ Sieler	Victoria	8	13	618	24	314	5	62.80	123.60	3.05	0	1/10
L Varis	Western Australia	3	5	228	4	175	5	35.00	45.60	4.61	0	2/49
GWC House	Western Australia	3	5	276	5	173	5	34.60	55.20	3.76	0	2/5
RJ Inverarity	Western Australia	3	4	282	5	175	4	43.75	70.50	3.72	0	2/82
DJ Baker	Western Australia	3	5	290	6	164	4	41.00	72.50	3.39	0	2/18
RF Surti	Queensland	3	3	144	5	61	3	20.33	48.00	2.54	0	2/35
DJ Colley	New South Wales	1	2	90	1	55	3	18.33	30.00	3.67	0	3/31
RP Collins	New South Wales	3	5	162	3	112	3	37.33	54.00	4.15	0	2/28
KJ McCarthy	South Australia	3	6	203	3	188	3	62.67	67.67	5.56	0	2/43
KR Stackpole	Victoria	3	4	120	2	84	2	42.00	60.00	4.20	0	1/12
GR Attenborough	South Australia	1	1	72	1	64	2	32.00	36.00	5.33	0	2/64
PLA Bedford	Victoria	5	6	149	0	168	2	84.00	74.50	6.77	0	2/47
MB Pawley	New South Wales	1	1	12	0	4	1	4.00	12.00	2.00	0	1/4
WJ Scholes	Victoria	3	3	72	3	42	1	42.00	72.00	3.50	0	1/28
SV Wilson	Western Australia	1	2	96	1	60	1	60.00	96.00	3.75	0	1/48
IR Redpath	Victoria	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/2
AP Sheahan	Victoria	1	1	6	0	11	0	—	—	11.00	0	0/11
Younis Ahmed	South Australia	2	4	162	3	96	0	—	—	3.56	0	0/0
JB Gannon	Western Australia	1	2	72	3	46	0	—	—	3.83	0	0/14
K Mackay	New South Wales	2	2	12	0	7	0	—	—	3.50	0	0/3
TMD MacGill	Western Australia	1	1	30	0	22	0	—	—	4.40	0	0/22
RP Rose	Victoria	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/4
BL Hanna	Western Australia	2	2	12	0	14	0	—	—	7.00	0	0/4
AR Jones	Queensland	1	1	24	1	12	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/12
RF Simunsen	South Australia	1	1	6	0	15	0	—	—	15.00	0	0/15
JR Barnes	South Australia	1	2	78	0	97	0	—	—	7.46	0	0/25

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 1972/73. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1972/73 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Western Australia	8	4	2	2	3,475	120	28.96	395	3,532	139	25.41
New South Wales	8	3	4	1	3,383	133	25.44	344	3,294	124	26.56
South Australia	8	3	1	4	3,579	123	29.10	368	3,511	131	26.80
Queensland	8	2	3	3	2,595	132	19.66	327	2,954	126	23.44
Victoria	8	1	3	4	4,489	140	32.06	419	4,230	128	33.05

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 · 1972/73

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

1973-03-03 to 1973-03-05 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 395
South Australia: 116 & 232

Western Australia won by an innings and 47 runs

1973-02-17 to 1973-02-19 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 250/9d & 99/3
Queensland: 240 & 108

Western Australia won by 7 wickets

1973-02-09 to 1973-02-12 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 272 & 223
Queensland: 327/9d & 270/9d

Queensland won by 102 runs

1973-02-03 to 1973-02-06 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 226/8d & 291/7
Victoria: 290/8d & 226

Western Australia won by 3 wickets

1973-02-02 to 1973-02-05 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 271 & 196
Queensland: 236 & 43/4

Match drawn

1973-01-27 to 1973-01-30 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 368/9d & 155/3
Victoria: 163 & 419

Match drawn

1973-01-26 to 1973-01-29 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 160 & 120/4
Queensland: 153 & 126

New South Wales won by 6 wickets

1973-01-01 to 1973-01-30 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 240 & 339
Victoria: 192 & 364

New South Wales won by 23 runs

1972-12-23 to 1972-12-27 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 305/7d & 355/8
New South Wales: 315 & 344/6d

Victoria won by 2 wickets

1972-12-15 to 1972-12-18 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 296 & 211/8
Western Australia: 354/7d & 193

Match drawn

1972-12-08 to 1972-12-11 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 276/7d & 355/7d
Western Australia: 354 & 135/3

Match drawn

1972-12-01 to 1972-12-04 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 415/3d & 269
South Australia: 331 & 215/7

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1972/73 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 1972/73, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1972/73 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
AP Sheahan	196*	South Australia	1972-12-01
KD Walters	176	Victoria	1973-01-01
KD Walters	159	Western Australia	1972-12-01
R Edwards	158	Victoria	1972-12-08
AP Sheahan	154	South Australia	1973-01-27

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1972/73 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
JM Hubble	7/49	Queensland	1973-02-17
AHR Dell	6/17	Western Australia	1972-11-24
AHR Dell	6/32	New South Wales	1973-01-26
DK Lillee	6/43	New South Wales	1972-12-01
KD Walters	6/51	Victoria	1973-01-01

* 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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