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Sheffield Shield 1974/75 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1974/75; Tests are excluded.

RB McCosker leads the displayed batting table with 898 runs. JD Higgs leads the bowling table with 39 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 20
Recorded players: 84
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1974-10-25 to 1975-03-07. 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 · 1974-75

League table for 1974/75. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1974-75 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Western Australia	8	3	2	3	—
2	Queensland	8	4	2	2	—
3	Victoria	8	4	3	1	—
4	New South Wales	8	3	2	3	—
5	South Australia	8	1	6	1	—

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 1974/75

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 1974/75 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RB McCosker	8	898
GS Chappell	7	703
BM Laird	8	703
IR Redpath	8	654
WJ Edwards	8	609

Recorded innings through 1975-03-07. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1974/75 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
JD Higgs	8	39
G Dymock	8	38
DK Lillee	7	37
AA Mallett	7	36
GJ Gilmour	8	31

Recorded innings through 1975-03-07. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1974/75

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 · 84 players

Sheffield Shield 1974/75 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
RB McCosker	New South Wales	8	15	1	898	164	64.14	—	3	4	35	0
GS Chappell	Queensland	7	14	1	703	159	54.08	—	5	2	0	0
BM Laird	Western Australia	8	16	1	703	127	46.87	—	4	2	20	1
IR Redpath	Victoria	8	16	1	654	163*	43.60	—	2	2	0	0
WJ Edwards	Western Australia	8	16	0	609	153	38.06	—	4	1	22	0
MF Rosen	New South Wales	8	15	0	582	91	38.80	—	5	0	5	0
RW Marsh	Western Australia	8	16	1	552	168*	36.80	—	1	1	32	0
AJ Woodcock	South Australia	7	13	0	521	99	40.08	—	5	0	0	0
GN Yallop	Victoria	8	16	3	472	100*	36.31	—	3	1	0	0
R Edwards	Western Australia	7	14	4	471	83*	47.10	—	5	0	2	0
WL Stillman	Victoria	8	16	0	451	77	28.19	—	3	0	0	0
IM Chappell	South Australia	7	13	0	440	100	33.85	—	2	1	0	0
JA Maclean	Queensland	8	16	1	422	67	28.13	—	2	0	0	0
GJ Cosier	South Australia	7	14	0	421	81	30.07	—	3	0	0	0
A Turner	New South Wales	8	15	1	414	88	29.57	—	3	0	8	0
JN Langley	Queensland	8	16	3	363	117	27.92	—	1	1	0	0
RS Langer	Western Australia	4	8	4	359	150*	89.75	—	2	1	0	0
MF Kent	Queensland	8	16	0	358	140	22.38	—	2	1	0	0
KD Walters	New South Wales	8	15	0	309	94	20.60	—	1	0	8	1
RJ Inverarity	Western Australia	8	16	1	309	61	20.60	—	2	0	5	0
RH Drewer	South Australia	6	11	0	298	90	27.09	—	2	0	0	0
GJ Gilmour	New South Wales	8	15	1	293	74	20.93	—	1	0	10	0
TJ Jenner	South Australia	7	13	0	287	55	22.08	—	2	0	0	0
RD Robinson	Victoria	8	16	3	287	58*	22.08	—	1	0	0	0
RJ Baldry	Victoria	5	10	1	263	59	29.22	—	2	0	0	0

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Sheffield Shield 1974/75 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
TJ Laughlin	Victoria	4	8	1	257	71	36.71	—	3	0	0	0
JE Nash	South Australia	7	13	0	253	82	19.46	—	1	0	0	0
WJ Scholes	Victoria	6	12	0	242	56	20.17	—	2	0	0	0
IC Davis	New South Wales	8	15	1	241	59	17.21	—	1	0	0	0
IM Seib	Queensland	6	12	2	237	48	23.70	—	0	0	0	0
PH Carlson	Queensland	7	14	2	229	74*	19.08	—	1	0	0	0
SJ Rixon	New South Wales	8	15	3	221	115	18.42	—	0	1	2	0
DJ Colley	New South Wales	8	15	4	215	73	19.55	—	1	0	8	2
RJ Bright	Victoria	8	16	3	196	30*	15.08	—	0	0	0	0
PA Hibbert	Victoria	3	6	1	193	70	38.60	—	2	0	0	0
IJ Brayshaw	Western Australia	8	16	1	187	71*	12.47	—	1	0	0	0
KJ O'Keeffe	New South Wales	8	15	4	186	46*	16.91	—	0	0	5	0
SC Trimble	Queensland	3	6	1	162	77	32.40	—	1	0	0	0
DK Lillee	Western Australia	7	14	3	159	46	14.45	—	0	0	0	0
FM Francke	Queensland	8	16	5	132	34*	12.00	—	0	0	0	0
DJ Allen	Queensland	2	4	0	132	61	33.00	—	1	0	0	0
KM Hill	New South Wales	6	11	2	127	37	14.11	—	0	0	0	0
RG Paulsen	Western Australia	8	16	5	116	29	10.55	—	0	0	2	0
AA Mallett	South Australia	7	13	3	114	25	11.40	—	0	0	0	0
AJ Sieler	Victoria	4	8	2	113	40	18.83	—	0	0	0	0
PD Sincock	South Australia	3	6	0	109	48	18.17	—	0	0	0	0
B Yardley	Western Australia	4	8	0	108	35	13.50	—	0	0	2	0
SE Webster	New South Wales	2	3	0	106	60	35.33	—	1	0	0	0
RA Fraser	South Australia	4	7	0	97	30	13.86	—	0	0	0	0
DB Yagmich	South Australia	4	7	1	96	45	16.00	—	0	0	0	0
M Hendricks	South Australia	4	8	1	91	35	13.00	—	0	0	0	0
JR Thomson	Queensland	6	12	1	86	61	7.82	—	1	0	0	0
AT Sincock	South Australia	5	9	4	86	26	17.20	—	0	0	0	0
PJ Clements	South Australia	3	5	1	82	48*	20.50	—	0	0	0	0
GD Watson	Western Australia	3	6	3	78	24	26.00	—	0	0	0	0
AL Mann	Western Australia	3	6	1	72	44*	14.40	—	0	0	2	0
RC Nicholls	Victoria	2	4	1	65	25*	21.67	—	0	0	0	0
MHN Walker	Victoria	8	16	3	62	14*	4.77	—	0	0	0	0
DS Rathie	Queensland	4	8	0	61	46	7.63	—	0	0	0	0
DJ Baker	Western Australia	4	8	0	58	50	7.25	—	1	0	0	0
JD Higgs	Victoria	8	16	4	56	21	4.67	—	0	0	0	0
JR Barnes	South Australia	3	6	0	56	19	9.33	—	0	0	0	0
W Prior	South Australia	7	13	6	51	27	7.29	—	0	0	0	0
G Dymock	Queensland	8	16	3	49	11*	3.77	—	0	0	0	0
RJ Parker	South Australia	2	4	0	47	34	11.75	—	0	0	0	0
AG Hurst	Victoria	7	14	1	36	19	2.77	—	0	0	0	0
KE Dudgeon	Queensland	1	2	0	32	31	16.00	—	0	0	0	0
PM Toohey	New South Wales	2	4	0	27	13	6.75	—	0	0	2	0
MF Malone	Western Australia	2	4	0	24	24	6.00	—	0	0	0	0
GR Attenborough	South Australia	1	2	1	23	12*	23.00	—	0	0	0	0
AHR Dell	Queensland	8	16	3	22	9	1.69	—	0	0	0	0
JM Hubble	Western Australia	1	2	0	22	22	11.00	—	0	0	0	0
LS Pascoe	New South Wales	4	8	1	11	11*	1.57	—	0	0	0	0
RJ Lawrence	Queensland	1	2	0	11	10	5.50	—	0	0	0	0
SR Bernard	New South Wales	2	4	1	10	6	3.33	—	0	0	1	0
P Curtin	South Australia	1	2	1	10	8	10.00	—	0	0	0	0
GWC House	South Australia	1	2	0	10	9	5.00	—	0	0	0	0
GK Whyte	Queensland	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0	0	0	0
TM Chappell	South Australia	1	2	0	7	7	3.50	—	0	0	0	0
AD Ogilvie	Queensland	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0	0	0	0
MJ Lucas	Queensland	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0	0	0	0
AL Thomson	Victoria	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
RAL Massie	Western Australia	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
TM Alderman	Western Australia	4	8	2	0	0*	0.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 55 players

Sheffield Shield 1974/75 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
JD Higgs	Victoria	8	13	1,303	25	814	39	20.87	33.41	3.75	3	8/66
G Dymock	Queensland	8	16	1,469	35	867	38	22.82	38.66	3.54	0	4/48
DK Lillee	Western Australia	7	14	1,571	32	963	37	26.03	42.46	3.68	0	4/43
AA Mallett	South Australia	7	12	1,360	49	696	36	19.33	37.78	3.07	3	6/58
GJ Gilmour	New South Wales	8	15	1,319	29	950	31	30.65	42.55	4.32	1	5/59
AHR Dell	Queensland	8	16	1,083	23	787	29	27.14	37.34	4.36	0	4/66
AG Hurst	Victoria	7	12	873	20	584	29	20.14	30.10	4.01	1	5/22
JR Thomson	Queensland	6	12	857	21	558	27	20.67	31.74	3.91	1	6/17
FM Francke	Queensland	7	14	1,165	41	684	25	27.36	46.60	3.52	0	4/42
DJ Colley	New South Wales	8	15	980	15	711	24	29.63	40.83	4.35	1	5/71
MHN Walker	Victoria	8	15	1,351	35	791	23	34.39	58.74	3.51	0	3/27
W Prior	South Australia	7	14	1,050	20	729	23	31.70	45.65	4.17	1	6/58
IJ Brayshaw	Western Australia	8	16	1,048	51	426	18	23.67	58.22	2.44	0	3/34
RG Paulsen	Western Australia	8	14	1,028	29	558	18	31.00	57.11	3.26	1	6/106
KD Walters	New South Wales	7	11	564	25	288	17	16.94	33.18	3.06	0	4/23
TM Alderman	Western Australia	4	8	593	12	435	16	27.19	37.06	4.40	1	5/65
GJ Cosier	South Australia	7	10	622	20	298	15	19.87	41.47	2.87	0	3/40
TJ Jenner	South Australia	7	11	836	14	560	13	43.08	64.31	4.02	0	4/83
LS Pascoe	New South Wales	4	7	583	9	428	13	32.92	44.85	4.40	1	5/75
KJ O'Keeffe	New South Wales	8	11	787	28	461	12	38.42	65.58	3.51	0	4/41
MF Malone	Western Australia	2	4	468	12	252	12	21.00	39.00	3.23	0	4/87
AL Mann	Western Australia	3	6	423	10	299	12	24.92	35.25	4.24	1	6/94
DJ Baker	Western Australia	4	8	492	14	297	11	27.00	44.73	3.62	0	4/63
JR Barnes	South Australia	3	6	492	12	337	11	30.64	44.73	4.11	1	6/90
RJ Bright	Victoria	8	13	1,103	36	609	9	67.67	122.56	3.31	0	3/67

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Sheffield Shield 1974/75 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
TJ Laughlin	Victoria	4	8	360	8	248	9	27.56	40.00	4.13	4/44
KM Hill	New South Wales	6	7	339	12	194	8	24.25	42.38	3.43	3/34
AT Sincock	South Australia	5	10	402	3	355	7	50.71	57.43	5.30	4/38
AJ Sieler	Victoria	4	6	312	9	147	7	21.00	44.57	2.83	4/32
GS Chappell	Queensland	7	10	300	5	187	6	31.17	50.00	3.74	2/23
GD Watson	Western Australia	3	6	349	6	209	5	41.80	69.80	3.59	2/37
SR Bernard	New South Wales	2	4	239	2	203	5	40.60	47.80	5.10	4/39
RJ Inverarity	Western Australia	3	5	210	11	82	4	20.50	52.50	2.34	2/51
IR Redpath	Victoria	4	5	120	3	69	3	23.00	40.00	3.45	2/42
RAL Massie	Western Australia	1	2	156	6	83	3	27.67	52.00	3.19	2/56
PH Carlson	Queensland	4	7	233	8	140	3	46.67	77.67	3.61	2/25
IM Chappell	South Australia	3	3	126	3	73	2	36.50	63.00	3.48	2/59
WJ Edwards	Western Australia	2	2	30	0	21	1	21.00	30.00	4.20	1/11
GR Attenborough	South Australia	1	2	150	0	115	1	115.00	150.00	4.60	1/53
P Curtin	South Australia	1	1	72	0	55	1	55.00	72.00	4.58	1/55
GWC House	South Australia	1	2	63	2	45	1	45.00	63.00	4.29	1/26
AL Thomson	Victoria	1	2	120	2	70	0	—	—	3.50	0/33
R Edwards	Western Australia	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0/5
GN Yallop	Victoria	3	3	78	0	57	0	—	—	4.38	0/9
B Yardley	Western Australia	2	2	90	5	50	0	—	—	3.33	0/18
BM Laird	Western Australia	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0/5
MF Rosen	New South Wales	1	1	18	1	4	0	—	—	1.33	0/4
SE Webster	New South Wales	1	1	12	0	12	0	—	—	6.00	0/12
RS Langer	Western Australia	1	1	24	0	12	0	—	—	3.00	0/12
GK Whyte	Queensland	1	1	12	0	9	0	—	—	4.50	0/9
WJ Scholes	Victoria	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0/5
JM Hubble	Western Australia	1	2	72	2	43	0	—	—	3.58	0/11
PJ Clements	South Australia	1	1	48	1	27	0	—	—	3.38	0/27
RJ Parker	South Australia	1	1	6	0	11	0	—	—	11.00	0/11
PD Sincock	South Australia	1	1	6	0	7	0	—	—	7.00	0/7

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 1974/75. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1974/75 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Queensland	8	4	2	2	3,151	118	26.70	358	3,463	136	25.46
Victoria	8	4	3	1	3,526	120	29.38	417	3,485	125	27.88
New South Wales	8	3	2	3	3,819	133	28.71	450	3,437	119	28.88
Western Australia	8	3	2	3	3,995	117	34.15	491	3,878	140	27.70
South Australia	8	1	6	1	3,215	146	22.02	306	3,443	114	30.20

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 · 1974/75

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

1975-03-07 to 1975-03-10 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 205 & 217
New South Wales: 303/9d & 151

New South Wales won by 32 runs

1975-03-07 to 1975-03-10 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 357 & 45/0
Victoria: 325/6d & 76

Queensland won by 10 wickets

1975-03-01 to 1975-03-04 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 272 & 186/1
New South Wales: 178 & 279

Western Australia won by 9 wickets

1975-03-01 to 1975-03-28 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 305/3d & 44/2
South Australia: 89 & 258

Victoria won by 8 wickets

1975-02-21 to 1975-02-24 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 300/5d & 278/5
Victoria: 314/5d & 263

Western Australia won by 5 wickets

1975-02-21 to 1975-02-25 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 211 & 138/3
South Australia: 200/9d

Match drawn

1975-02-15 to 1975-02-18 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 306 & 163
Victoria: 214 & 295

Victoria won by 40 runs

1975-02-15 to 1975-02-19 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 232/9d & 392/7d
Queensland: 266/9d & 179

New South Wales won by 179 runs

1975-01-17 to 1975-01-20 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 139 & 321/6
South Australia: 220 & 239

Queensland won by 4 wickets

1974-12-20 to 1974-12-23 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 256 & 269/5d
Queensland: 107 & 358/7

Match drawn

1974-12-20 to 1974-12-23 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 172 & 417/8d
New South Wales: 377/7d & 90/9

Match drawn

1974-12-13 to 1974-12-16 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 202/9d & 182
Queensland: 328 & 60/1

Queensland won by 9 wickets

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1974/75 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 1974/75, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1974/75 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
RW Marsh	168*	New South Wales	1974-11-08
RB McCosker	164	Victoria	1974-11-22
IR Redpath	163*	Western Australia	1975-02-21
GS Chappell	159	Western Australia	1974-12-20
WJ Edwards	153	New South Wales	1974-11-08

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1974/75 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
JD Higgs	8/66	Western Australia	1974-11-01
JR Thomson	6/17	Victoria	1975-03-07
AA Mallett	6/58	New South Wales	1975-02-21
W Prior	6/58	New South Wales	1975-03-07
JR Barnes	6/90	Western Australia	1974-11-22

* 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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