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Sheffield Shield 1976/77 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1976/77; Tests are excluded.

DW Hookes leads the displayed batting table with 788 runs. MF Malone leads the bowling table with 40 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 20
Recorded players: 93
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1976-11-01 to 1977-02-25. 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 · 1976-77

League table for 1976/77. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1976-77 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Western Australia	8	6	0	2	—
2	South Australia	8	3	4	1	—
3	New South Wales	8	3	3	1	—
4	Victoria	8	3	2	3	—
5	Queensland	8	0	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 1976/77

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 1976/77 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
DW Hookes	5	788
RD Robinson	8	771
CS Serjeant	8	496
BM Laird	8	477
RS Langer	8	477

Recorded innings through 1977-02-25. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1976/77 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
MF Malone	8	40
DK Lillee	5	32
IW Callen	6	32
G Dymock	8	31
GR Attenborough	8	28

Recorded innings through 1977-02-25. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1976/77

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 · 93 players

Sheffield Shield 1976/77 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
DW Hookes	South Australia	5	10	0	788	185	78.80	216.48	0	5	28	3
RD Robinson	Victoria	8	13	2	771	185	70.09	—	2	4	0	0
CS Serjeant	Western Australia	8	13	2	496	140	45.09	—	2	1	0	0
BM Laird	Western Australia	8	13	1	477	171	39.75	—	3	1	0	0
RS Langer	Western Australia	8	13	3	477	77	47.70	—	5	0	0	0
PM Toohey	New South Wales	8	14	0	469	114	33.50	—	4	1	5	0
GS Chappell	Queensland	4	6	0	442	187	73.67	—	3	1	0	0
AD Ogilvie	Queensland	8	14	0	395	115	28.21	—	1	1	0	0
DF Whatmore	Victoria	8	13	0	385	92	29.62	—	3	0	0	0
PH Carlson	Queensland	8	14	1	382	89*	29.38	—	3	0	0	0
GN Yallop	Victoria	7	11	0	372	134	33.82	—	3	1	0	0
MF Kent	Queensland	8	14	1	366	82	28.15	—	3	0	0	0
RI Charlesworth	Western Australia	8	13	1	335	67	27.92	—	2	0	0	0
IJ Brayshaw	Western Australia	8	13	1	329	95	27.42	—	2	0	0	0
IC Davis	New South Wales	4	7	1	323	156	53.83	—	0	2	0	0
GK Whyte	Queensland	8	14	0	321	93	22.93	—	2	0	0	0
WM Darling	South Australia	7	14	1	318	107	24.46	3,180.00	1	1	1	0
SE Webster	New South Wales	4	7	1	314	98*	52.33	—	4	0	0	0
JA Maclean	Queensland	8	14	4	307	82	30.70	—	1	0	0	0
TJ Laughlin	Victoria	8	13	0	296	67	22.77	—	3	0	0	0
DJ Broad	Victoria	6	9	2	295	64	42.14	—	1	0	0	0
JK Moss	Victoria	5	9	0	277	149	30.78	—	1	1	0	0
PA Hibbert	Victoria	8	13	0	276	77	21.23	—	2	0	0	0
SJ Rixon	New South Wales	8	14	2	270	128	22.50	—	1	1	0	0
JE Nash	South Australia	6	12	0	269	74	22.42	—	2	0	0	0

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Sheffield Shield 1976/77 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s
RB McCosker	New South Wales	4	7	1	259	114*	43.17	—	2	1	0
DJ Colley	New South Wales	8	14	2	232	52	19.33	—	2	0	6
KJ Hughes	Western Australia	4	7	0	229	68	32.71	—	3	0	0
RW Marsh	Western Australia	5	8	1	216	104	30.86	—	0	1	0
GC Hughes	New South Wales	8	14	2	205	48	17.08	—	0	0	1
BG Curtin	South Australia	4	8	0	187	60	23.38	—	1	0	0
GJ Gilmour	New South Wales	4	7	0	183	115	26.14	—	0	1	0
A Turner	New South Wales	4	7	0	182	67	26.00	—	2	0	0
IVA Richards	Queensland	4	6	0	181	73	30.17	—	2	0	0
LM Richardson	Queensland	6	10	0	172	79	17.20	—	1	0	0
B Yardley	Western Australia	6	10	1	171	97*	19.00	—	1	0	0
RK Blewett	South Australia	4	8	0	164	32	20.50	328.00	0	0	4
TM Chappell	Western Australia	4	6	0	160	57	26.67	—	2	0	0
BJ McArdle	Victoria	3	4	0	154	78	38.50	—	2	0	0
RG Vincent	South Australia	3	6	0	143	59	23.83	—	1	0	6
KD Walters	New South Wales	4	7	1	139	60	23.17	—	1	0	0
AJ Handrickan	South Australia	2	3	0	136	113	45.33	71.20	0	1	12
AJ Woodcock	South Australia	4	8	0	133	80	16.63	4,433.33	1	0	1
MF Malone	Western Australia	8	13	3	128	37*	12.80	—	0	0	0
J Dyson	New South Wales	4	7	1	126	27*	21.00	—	0	0	2
RM O'Shannassy	South Australia	4	8	2	125	48	20.83	6,250.00	0	0	3
ML Clews	New South Wales	4	7	0	124	62	17.71	—	1	0	11
GD Watson	New South Wales	4	7	0	122	70	17.43	—	1	0	2
AR Border	New South Wales	4	7	0	120	68	17.14	—	1	0	0
GJ Cosier	South Australia	5	10	0	112	42	11.20	—	0	0	0
JR Hammond	South Australia	3	6	0	101	29	16.83	—	0	0	0
G Dymock	Queensland	8	14	5	100	22	11.11	—	0	0	0
AM Eaton	South Australia	3	6	1	96	42*	19.20	—	0	0	0
GR Attenborough	South Australia	8	16	1	93	26	6.20	1,550.00	0	0	0
PR Sleep	South Australia	3	6	0	89	57	14.83	684.62	1	0	0
TV Hohns	Queensland	3	6	0	87	25	14.50	—	0	0	0
JG Anderson	Victoria	3	5	1	86	38	21.50	—	0	0	0
AA Mallett	South Australia	3	6	1	82	46*	16.40	—	0	0	0
RJ Lawrence	Queensland	3	6	0	78	25	13.00	—	0	0	0
DB Yagmich	South Australia	5	10	3	73	19*	10.43	—	0	0	0
DJ Lambert	South Australia	3	6	2	70	41	17.50	636.36	0	0	5
RJ Baldry	Victoria	2	4	0	69	38	17.25	—	0	0	0
JR Thomson	Queensland	4	6	0	65	32	10.83	—	0	0	0
JN Langley	Queensland	3	6	0	64	27	10.67	—	0	0	0
RJ Bright	Victoria	4	7	1	63	24*	10.50	—	0	0	0
IR McLean	South Australia	3	6	0	62	25	10.33	—	0	0	0
J Frick	South Australia	4	8	0	58	18	7.25	—	0	0	0
DK Lillee	Western Australia	5	8	2	56	22*	9.33	—	0	0	0
LS Pascoe	New South Wales	6	11	4	54	36*	7.71	—	0	0	0
AL Mann	Western Australia	2	3	1	53	27*	26.50	—	0	0	0
CG Thwaites	Victoria	5	7	0	52	29	7.43	—	0	0	0
IW Callen	Victoria	6	9	4	49	17*	9.80	—	0	0	0
KJ Wright	Western Australia	3	5	1	48	33*	12.00	—	0	0	0
KJ O'Keeffe	New South Wales	4	7	1	45	13	7.50	—	0	0	0
FM Francke	Queensland	8	14	3	43	20	3.91	—	0	0	0
WM Clark	Western Australia	4	6	0	33	31	5.50	—	0	0	0
W Prior	South Australia	8	16	5	31	14	2.82	1,033.33	0	0	1
MHN Walker	Victoria	4	7	1	27	16	4.50	—	0	0	0
JR Douglas	Victoria	1	2	1	27	17*	27.00	—	0	0	0
DS Rathie	Queensland	1	2	0	16	16	8.00	—	0	0	0
AJ Sieler	Victoria	1	2	0	14	11	7.00	—	0	0	0
TJ Jenner	South Australia	1	2	0	13	12	6.50	—	0	0	0
AME Roberts	New South Wales	2	3	1	12	8*	6.00	—	0	0	0
JD Higgs	Victoria	5	8	1	10	4	1.43	—	0	0	0
TM Alderman	Western Australia	2	3	0	8	8	2.67	—	0	0	0
RG Paulsen	Western Australia	4	8	3	5	4*	1.00	—	0	0	0
TC Mullooly	Western Australia	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	—	0	0	0
DW Hourn	New South Wales	3	5	1	2	1	0.50	—	0	0	0
CJ Cooke	Queensland	4	8	3	2	1*	0.40	—	0	0	0
AG Hurst	Victoria	2	4	1	1	1*	0.33	—	0	0	0
CJ Corstorphin	Victoria	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0	0
PI Maloney	New South Wales	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0
P Melville	Victoria	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0

Bowling · 57 players

Sheffield Shield 1976/77 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
MF Malone	Western Australia	8	15	1,301	52	645	40	16.13	32.53	2.97	4	6/33
DK Lillee	Western Australia	5	9	884	27	555	32	17.34	27.63	3.77	4	6/78
IW Callen	Victoria	6	12	901	18	569	32	17.78	28.16	3.79	3	8/42
G Dymock	Queensland	8	13	1,379	32	741	31	23.90	44.48	3.22	2	5/24
GR Attenborough	South Australia	8	12	1,068	20	747	28	26.68	38.14	4.20	1	5/92
LS Pascoe	New South Wales	6	11	919	21	622	27	23.04	34.04	4.06	0	4/28
JR Thomson	Queensland	4	7	651	23	344	25	13.76	26.04	3.17	3	7/33
DJ Colley	New South Wales	8	15	908	23	578	20	28.90	45.40	3.82	1	6/30
KJ O'Keeffe	New South Wales	4	8	831	26	433	19	22.79	43.74	3.13	2	6/54
WM Clark	Western Australia	4	8	726	19	399	19	21.00	38.21	3.30	0	4/32
B Yardley	Western Australia	6	9	780	23	489	19	25.74	41.05	3.76	1	6/62
W Prior	South Australia	8	12	1,007	20	731	17	43.00	59.24	4.36	0	3/55
PH Carlson	Queensland	8	12	516	13	376	16	23.50	32.25	4.37	0	4/10
MHN Walker	Victoria	4	7	759	21	489	14	34.93	54.21	3.87	1	5/124
RJ Bright	Victoria	4	7	810	27	415	14	29.64	57.86	3.07	1	5/36
CJ Cooke	Queensland	4	6	522	12	387	14	27.64	37.29	4.45	0	4/59
DW Hourn	New South Wales	3	6	546	12	394	13	30.31	42.00	4.33	1	5/67
GK Whyte	Queensland	7	8	738	22	415	13	31.92	56.77	3.37	1	6/65
GJ Gilmour	New South Wales	4	8	552	9	353	12	29.42	46.00	3.84	0	4/32
ML Clews	New South Wales	4	7	437	10	297	12	24.75	36.42	4.08	0	3/35
FM Francke	Queensland	7	9	828	18	630	12	52.50	69.00	4.57	0	3/22
JD Higgs	Victoria	5	9	561	13	396	11	36.00	51.00	4.24	0	4/90
TJ Laughlin	Victoria	8	12	576	15	363	10	36.30	57.60	3.78	0	3/13
GD Watson	New South Wales	4	6	258	4	180	8	22.50	32.25	4.19	0	3/42
TM Alderman	Western Australia	2	3	210	5	142	8	17.75	26.25	4.06	1	5/65

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Sheffield Shield 1976/77 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
IJ Brayshaw	Western Australia	7	10	495	20	248	8	31.00	61.88	3.01	3/26
CG Thwaites	Victoria	5	9	480	15	271	8	33.88	60.00	3.39	2/1
BJ McArdle	Victoria	3	6	348	8	212	8	26.50	43.50	3.66	3/40
AG Hurst	Victoria	2	3	258	4	171	7	24.43	36.86	3.98	4/64
PR Sleep	South Australia	3	5	276	5	255	6	42.50	46.00	5.54	3/73
RG Paulsen	Western Australia	4	6	324	4	225	6	37.50	54.00	4.17	3/57
DJ Lambert	South Australia	3	5	444	8	308	6	51.33	74.00	4.16	3/115
KD Walters	New South Wales	4	5	264	12	120	5	24.00	52.80	2.73	2/23
RM O'Shannassy	South Australia	4	6	396	7	284	5	56.80	79.20	4.30	2/54
J Frick	South Australia	4	5	338	11	240	5	48.00	67.60	4.26	2/52
AA Mallett	South Australia	3	5	492	16	313	4	78.25	123.00	3.82	1/23
TJ Jenner	South Australia	1	2	138	0	93	4	23.25	34.50	4.04	4/73
GJ Cosier	South Australia	5	7	287	3	175	4	43.75	71.75	3.66	2/16
AL Mann	Western Australia	2	3	142	3	111	4	27.75	35.50	4.69	2/10
CJ Corstorphin	Victoria	1	2	162	3	106	4	26.50	40.50	3.93	4/98
JR Hammond	South Australia	3	3	177	2	125	3	41.67	59.00	4.24	3/114
AME Roberts	New South Wales	2	3	189	5	87	3	29.00	63.00	2.76	2/56
RK Blewett	South Australia	3	4	191	5	125	3	41.67	63.67	3.93	2/36
PA Hibbert	Victoria	7	7	108	0	82	2	41.00	54.00	4.56	1/10
AR Border	New South Wales	3	4	109	1	69	2	34.50	54.50	3.80	1/17
TV Hohns	Queensland	2	2	84	1	53	1	53.00	84.00	3.79	1/12
RS Langer	Western Australia	3	3	96	5	43	1	43.00	96.00	2.69	1/15
AJ Sieler	Victoria	1	2	102	0	69	1	69.00	102.00	4.06	1/20
JR Douglas	Victoria	1	2	72	1	80	1	80.00	72.00	6.67	1/56
TC Mullooly	Western Australia	1	2	102	1	77	1	77.00	102.00	4.53	1/39
GS Chappell	Queensland	4	4	60	2	39	0	—	—	3.90	0/0
DW Hookes	South Australia	2	3	90	1	62	0	—	—	4.13	0/1
JK Moss	Victoria	1	1	3	0	4	0	—	—	8.00	0/4
BM Laird	Western Australia	1	1	6	0	7	0	—	—	7.00	0/7
TM Chappell	Western Australia	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0/5
SE Webster	New South Wales	1	1	12	0	17	0	—	—	8.50	0/17
DJ Broad	Victoria	2	2	36	0	30	0	—	—	5.00	0/13

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 1976/77. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1976/77 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Western Australia	8	6	0	2	0	3,417	90	37.97	417	3,087	147	21.00
New South Wales	8	3	2	3	0	3,273	113	28.96	399	3,337	127	26.28
Queensland	8	3	3	1	1	3,175	130	24.42	423	3,089	117	26.40
Victoria	8	3	4	1	0	3,366	115	29.27	512	3,397	122	27.84
South Australia	8	0	6	1	1	3,269	157	20.82	431	3,590	92	39.02

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 · 1976/77

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

1977-02-25 to 1977-02-28 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 184/9d
New South Wales: 147/9d & 237/6

Match drawn

1977-02-18 to 1977-02-21 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 337 & 34/0
Queensland: 219 & 151

Victoria won by 10 wickets

1977-02-18 to 1977-02-21 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 333 & 334
New South Wales: 399 & 126/0

Match drawn

1977-02-12 to 1977-02-14 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 387 & 69/1
New South Wales: 220 & 235

Western Australia won by 9 wickets

1977-02-11 to 1977-02-14 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 431 & 171/7d
Queensland: 340/8d & 262

Result unavailable

1977-02-05 to 1977-02-07 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 417
Queensland: 186 & 105

Western Australia won by an innings and 126 runs

1977-02-04 to 1977-02-06 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 290 & 86
Victoria: 499

Victoria won by an innings and 123 runs

1977-01-29 to 1977-01-31 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 337
Queensland: 131/9d & 199

New South Wales won by an innings and 7 runs

1977-01-28 to 1977-01-31 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 83/9d & 392
Western Australia: 371/8d & 105/2

Western Australia won by 8 wickets

1977-01-08 to 1977-01-10 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 340
South Australia: 125 & 136

Western Australia won by an innings and 79 runs

1976-11-26 to 1976-11-29 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 512
South Australia: 285 & 144

Victoria won by an innings and 83 runs

1976-11-26 to 1976-11-29 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 233 & 144/5
New South Wales: 71 & 302

Queensland won by 5 wickets

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1976/77 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 1976/77, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1976/77 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
GS Chappell	187	Victoria	1976-11-01
RD Robinson	185	South Australia	1977-02-04
DW Hookes	185	Queensland	1977-02-11
BM Laird	171	Queensland	1976-11-05
DW Hookes	163	Victoria	1977-02-04

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1976/77 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
IW Callen	8/42	Queensland	1977-02-18
JR Thomson	7/33	New South Wales	1976-11-26
DJ Colley	6/30	South Australia	1976-11-20
MF Malone	6/33	Victoria	1977-01-28
KJ O'Keeffe	6/54	Victoria	1976-11-06

* 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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Player statistics · 1976/77

Batting · 93 players

Bowling · 57 players

Team comparison

Recent recorded matches · 1976/77

Victoria v New South Wales

Victoria v Queensland

South Australia v New South Wales

Western Australia v New South Wales

South Australia v Queensland

Western Australia v Queensland

South Australia v Victoria

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Victoria v Western Australia

Western Australia v South Australia

Victoria v South Australia

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