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Sheffield Shield 1983/84 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1983/84; Tests are excluded.

J Dyson leads the displayed batting table with 1,006 runs. JR Thomson leads the bowling table with 47 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 31
Recorded players: 120
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 9

Selected season match starts: 1983-10-21 to 1984-03-09. 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 · 1983-84

League table for 1983/84. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1983-84 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Western Australia	10	2	0	—	76
2	Queensland	10	3	0	—	74
3	Tasmania	10	1	2	—	44
4	New South Wales	10	1	2	—	36
5	South Australia	10	0	1	—	26
6	Victoria	10	0	2	—	20

Points are the recorded competition points, including any recorded bonuses or deductions. Source-table update: 2026-05-26.

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Season leaders · Sheffield Shield 1983/84

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 1983/84 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
J Dyson	10	1,006
BF Davison	10	955
AMJ Hilditch	9	921
MD Taylor	10	909
PA Hibbert	10	808

Recorded innings through 1984-03-09. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1983/84 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
JR Thomson	11	47
PM Clough	10	40
IR Carmichael	10	40
DK Lillee	7	33
TM Alderman	6	29

Recorded innings through 1984-03-09. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1983/84

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 · 120 players

Sheffield Shield 1983/84 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
J Dyson	New South Wales	10	18	3	1,006	241	67.07	47.10	3	3	103	1
BF Davison	Tasmania	10	18	3	955	171*	63.67	64.92	3	4	105	11
AMJ Hilditch	South Australia	9	16	0	921	230	57.56	54.11	3	3	78	0
MD Taylor	Victoria	10	19	3	909	172*	56.81	51.27	3	3	109	0
PA Hibbert	Victoria	10	19	1	808	163	44.89	39.63	6	1	76	0
RB Kerr	Queensland	11	21	1	807	166	40.35	45.03	3	3	91	0
G Shipperd	Western Australia	11	18	3	783	167*	52.20	36.30	6	1	66	0
DM Jones	Victoria	7	14	1	751	128	57.77	51.62	6	2	83	2
GM Ritchie	Queensland	6	11	1	709	130	70.90	64.28	6	2	79	6
GM Wood	Western Australia	11	18	2	701	173*	43.81	46.49	3	2	51	0
BM Laird	Western Australia	11	18	4	684	75*	48.86	36.50	8	0	56	0
DC Boon	Tasmania	10	18	0	660	227	36.67	42.15	4	1	57	1
PI Faulkner	Tasmania	10	18	6	598	84*	49.83	40.57	6	0	55	1
GS Chappell	Queensland	9	17	2	574	129	38.27	56.89	3	1	65	4
RB McCosker	New South Wales	10	18	0	566	94	31.44	46.55	4	0	52	0
M Ray	Tasmania	10	18	0	546	94	30.33	42.39	3	0	46	1
RD Woolley	Tasmania	8	14	1	535	102	41.15	56.91	3	1	58	1
MD Haysman	South Australia	10	17	1	488	100	30.50	38.98	2	1	63	0
SL Saunders	Tasmania	10	18	2	480	138*	30.00	37.77	0	2	47	0
SC Clements	Western Australia	7	12	0	480	151	40.00	55.11	3	1	58	1
DW Hookes	South Australia	6	11	0	473	142	43.00	56.78	1	2	55	3
PR Sleep	South Australia	9	15	4	468	144	42.55	59.77	2	2	50	2
SJ Rixon	New South Wales	10	18	3	456	101*	30.40	65.61	1	1	42	1
BA Courtice	Queensland	7	14	1	445	144	34.23	31.88	2	1	32	0
PS Clifford	New South Wales	5	9	3	443	152*	73.83	46.78	3	1	50	3

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Sheffield Shield 1983/84 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
AR Border	Queensland	4	7	1	432	110	72.00	58.38	4	1	56	1
RJ Inverarity	South Australia	10	17	5	419	69	34.92	29.57	2	0	35	0
KJ Hughes	Western Australia	4	6	0	413	130	68.83	68.60	1	2	52	4
SB Smith	New South Wales	6	11	1	413	100*	41.30	47.58	3	1	45	0
TV Hohns	Queensland	7	14	1	403	58	31.00	47.98	3	0	48	0
WG Whiteside	Victoria	7	13	1	398	111	33.17	37.58	2	1	40	0
GA Bishop	South Australia	8	14	1	392	90	30.15	53.04	4	0	47	7
DM Wellham	New South Wales	9	16	1	390	108	26.00	36.90	2	1	41	0
MRJ Veletta	Western Australia	10	17	0	385	82	22.65	41.53	2	0	34	1
SF Graf	Western Australia	10	16	2	366	74	26.14	54.14	2	0	39	0
GN Yallop	Victoria	2	4	1	358	145*	119.33	54.99	1	2	34	0
RB Phillips	Queensland	11	21	5	354	61*	22.13	44.98	1	0	33	2
KC Wessels	Queensland	4	7	0	350	104	50.00	58.82	2	1	41	0
GS Trimble	Queensland	6	12	0	338	99	28.17	45.07	3	0	44	0
RW Marsh	Western Australia	7	10	1	320	157*	35.56	64.91	0	1	30	1
RJ Bright	Victoria	10	19	2	319	100*	18.76	42.76	1	1	32	0
WB Phillips	South Australia	4	6	0	311	234	51.83	54.95	0	1	33	3
MB Quinn	Victoria	4	7	1	311	73	51.83	36.94	4	0	25	0
IR Beven	Tasmania	7	13	0	303	57	23.31	42.44	2	0	39	1
AB Henschell	Queensland	9	17	3	297	89*	21.21	47.52	2	0	39	1
GW Goodman	Tasmania	4	7	0	274	74	39.14	45.44	3	0	35	1
GR Marsh	Western Australia	2	3	0	266	159	88.67	45.39	0	2	28	1
CB Smart	Queensland	5	10	0	266	62	26.60	34.82	2	0	17	0
PM Toohey	New South Wales	5	9	1	233	61	29.13	52.83	1	0	30	1
CJ McDermott	Queensland	8	16	3	222	38*	17.08	61.67	0	0	22	4
PA Hyde	Victoria	8	15	3	220	43*	18.33	38.60	0	0	24	0
GRJ Matthews	New South Wales	6	10	1	206	72	22.89	48.02	1	0	18	0
GW Richardson	Victoria	2	3	1	204	204*	102.00	58.45	0	1	18	0
MJ Bennett	New South Wales	8	14	1	202	54	15.54	45.91	1	0	20	0
KH MacLeay	Western Australia	10	16	2	195	67	13.93	34.15	1	0	18	1
DFG O'Connor	South Australia	4	7	1	180	72	30.00	31.58	2	0	17	0
DA Emerson	Victoria	5	10	1	155	50	17.22	30.51	1	0	11	0
KJ Wright	South Australia	9	15	2	153	48	11.77	31.81	0	0	12	0
PA Blizzard	Tasmania	7	12	2	149	39*	14.90	46.56	0	0	14	1
AIC Dodemaide	Victoria	6	12	2	148	54*	14.80	24.92	1	0	9	0
SM Small	Tasmania	5	8	0	145	55	18.13	32.88	1	0	13	0
GG Geise	New South Wales	4	7	1	144	77	24.00	48.32	2	0	14	0
SP O'Donnell	Victoria	1	1	0	130	130	130.00	47.62	0	1	22	0
GK Whyte	Queensland	8	15	2	112	58	8.62	74.67	1	0	18	0
WS Andrews	Western Australia	3	6	1	111	27	22.20	60.33	0	0	12	0
DA Smith	Tasmania	4	8	0	104	42	13.00	27.59	0	0	7	0
SDH Parkinson	South Australia	7	12	1	100	49	9.09	32.15	0	0	8	0
PM Clough	Tasmania	10	18	3	98	23	6.53	31.11	0	0	4	0
DB Scott	South Australia	2	3	0	95	64	31.67	53.07	1	0	11	0
GM Watts	Victoria	4	8	0	92	40	11.50	44.44	0	0	10	1
RM Hogg	South Australia	4	6	2	90	43	22.50	45.23	0	0	13	1
RG Holland	New South Wales	8	15	1	90	37*	6.43	52.63	0	0	9	2
NF Williams	Tasmania	6	10	1	90	34	10.00	43.27	0	0	11	0
RS Hyatt	Tasmania	4	8	2	86	32	14.33	27.83	0	0	7	0
JM Wiener	Victoria	4	8	0	84	37	10.50	38.71	0	0	8	0
TM Chappell	New South Wales	4	7	0	83	32	11.86	33.74	0	0	10	0
RJ McCurdy	Victoria	8	15	4	81	55	7.36	58.70	1	0	10	1
JR Thomson	Queensland	11	21	7	74	27	5.29	57.81	0	0	10	0
TG Hogan	Western Australia	6	10	1	67	33*	7.44	47.18	0	0	8	1
LG Allen	Tasmania	2	4	1	65	43*	21.67	47.45	0	0	10	0
WD Hill	Western Australia	4	8	1	57	31*	8.14	47.90	0	0	7	0
GF Lawson	New South Wales	4	7	1	56	37*	9.33	49.56	0	0	5	0
DK Lillee	Western Australia	7	12	2	54	18	5.40	35.76	0	0	4	0
RJ Bower	New South Wales	1	2	1	52	31*	52.00	65.00	0	0	6	0
WM Darling	South Australia	3	4	0	49	33	12.25	36.84	0	0	3	0
JN Maguire	Queensland	5	9	2	42	23*	6.00	49.41	0	0	3	1
GJ Miles	Victoria	2	4	1	42	42*	14.00	25.77	0	0	2	0
AL Favell	South Australia	1	2	1	40	40*	40.00	62.50	0	0	3	0
DJ Buckingham	Tasmania	2	4	0	37	19	9.25	47.44	0	0	6	0
RT Christensen	South Australia	2	3	1	37	27	18.50	77.08	0	0	7	0
LF Balcam	Victoria	4	8	1	33	10	4.71	70.21	0	0	3	0
AT Sincock	South Australia	2	4	1	32	20	10.67	88.89	0	0	1	0
AN Brown	Queensland	1	2	0	32	32	16.00	65.31	0	0	5	0
PH Marks	New South Wales	2	4	1	31	19*	10.33	42.47	0	0	4	0
LS Pascoe	New South Wales	5	9	0	30	23	3.33	50.00	0	0	0	0
AL Mann	Western Australia	3	4	1	30	27*	10.00	49.18	0	0	3	0
DL Boyd	Western Australia	3	4	0	29	27	7.25	46.77	0	0	3	0
MG Hughes	Victoria	4	8	0	28	15	3.50	46.67	0	0	3	0
BG Moir	Victoria	3	5	1	26	8	6.50	21.67	0	0	1	0
CE Bradley	South Australia	2	4	0	25	15	6.25	37.88	0	0	2	0
H Frei	Queensland	6	12	0	24	9	2.00	42.11	0	0	2	0
TM Alderman	Western Australia	6	12	5	17	8*	2.43	15.45	0	0	2	0
GJ Winter	South Australia	4	7	1	17	9	2.83	20.73	0	0	1	0
MR Whitney	New South Wales	3	5	0	16	12	3.20	39.02	0	0	2	0
CL Harms	South Australia	1	2	0	14	13	7.00	15.05	0	0	0	0
A Wildsmith	Victoria	2	4	1	13	7*	4.33	20.97	0	0	1	0
SR Gentle	South Australia	1	2	0	13	13	6.50	30.23	0	0	2	0
IR Carmichael	South Australia	10	17	2	11	4	0.73	11.96	0	0	1	0
WM Clark	Western Australia	1	1	1	9	9*	—	75.00	0	0	0	0
KP Harris	South Australia	1	1	0	9	9	9.00	19.57	0	0	0	0
SP Davis	Victoria	7	13	3	8	3*	0.80	8.33	0	0	0	0
SJ Milosz	Western Australia	3	4	1	8	8	2.67	57.14	0	0	2	0
WM Mulherin	New South Wales	1	2	1	7	6	7.00	77.78	0	0	1	0
GP Astley	Tasmania	1	2	1	6	6*	6.00	40.00	0	0	0	0
CG Rackemann	Queensland	3	5	1	5	5*	1.25	166.67	0	0	1	0
DR Gilbert	New South Wales	7	13	5	3	3*	0.38	9.68	0	0	0	0
GR Bensley	New South Wales	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	13.64	0	0	0	0
RP Done	New South Wales	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	33.33	0	0	0	0
B Mulder	Western Australia	2	3	0	3	3	1.00	50.00	0	0	0	0
REC Massey	South Australia	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 92 players

Sheffield Shield 1983/84 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
JR Thomson	Queensland	11	21	2,097	59	1,251	47	26.62	44.62	3.58	1	5/85
PM Clough	Tasmania	10	18	2,272	78	1,239	40	30.98	56.80	3.27	3	8/95
IR Carmichael	South Australia	10	18	2,826	106	1,364	40	34.10	70.65	2.90	3	6/112
DK Lillee	Western Australia	7	14	1,997	82	767	33	23.24	60.52	2.30	2	6/62
TM Alderman	Western Australia	6	12	1,587	68	649	29	22.38	54.72	2.45	1	5/79
SF Graf	Western Australia	10	19	2,064	81	933	28	33.32	73.71	2.71	0	3/34
KH MacLeay	Western Australia	10	18	2,070	85	886	28	31.64	73.93	2.57	0	4/58
JN Maguire	Queensland	5	9	1,216	45	644	25	25.76	48.64	3.18	2	6/62
TG Hogan	Western Australia	6	12	1,836	96	687	24	28.63	76.50	2.25	1	5/31
RG Holland	New South Wales	8	13	1,861	115	718	24	29.92	77.54	2.31	1	7/56
RJ McCurdy	Victoria	8	12	1,605	49	984	23	42.78	69.78	3.68	2	5/81
AIC Dodemaide	Victoria	6	10	1,221	41	574	23	24.96	53.09	2.82	1	5/67
H Frei	Queensland	6	12	1,274	61	554	23	24.09	55.39	2.61	2	6/52
PR Sleep	South Australia	9	16	1,854	66	983	22	44.68	84.27	3.18	0	4/86
DR Gilbert	New South Wales	7	11	1,392	59	627	21	29.86	66.29	2.70	1	5/56
NF Williams	Tasmania	6	11	1,138	43	697	21	33.19	54.19	3.67	0	4/34
RM Hogg	South Australia	4	7	838	31	366	20	18.30	41.90	2.62	1	5/53
CJ McDermott	Queensland	8	16	1,627	56	816	20	40.80	81.35	3.01	0	4/75
SP Davis	Victoria	7	11	1,616	43	854	20	42.70	80.80	3.17	1	7/104
GK Whyte	Queensland	8	14	1,680	87	729	20	36.45	84.00	2.60	0	3/28
RJ Inverarity	South Australia	10	18	2,327	102	891	18	49.50	129.28	2.30	1	6/96
MJ Bennett	New South Wales	8	13	1,928	128	571	18	31.72	107.11	1.78	1	5/15
LS Pascoe	New South Wales	5	7	993	38	518	17	30.47	58.41	3.13	2	5/53
TV Hohns	Queensland	7	14	1,378	64	624	17	36.71	81.06	2.72	0	4/75
PA Blizzard	Tasmania	7	13	1,266	49	643	17	37.82	74.47	3.05	0	4/79

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Sheffield Shield 1983/84 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RJ Bright	Victoria	10	14	1,980	75	944	16	59.00	123.75	2.86	0	3/100
GF Lawson	New South Wales	4	7	817	38	347	16	21.69	51.06	2.55	1	6/43
PI Faulkner	Tasmania	10	17	1,465	46	725	16	45.31	91.56	2.97	0	4/68
SDH Parkinson	South Australia	7	13	1,160	37	649	16	40.56	72.50	3.36	1	5/41
GJ Winter	South Australia	4	7	1,243	50	544	14	38.86	88.79	2.63	1	6/113
GRJ Matthews	New South Wales	6	10	1,392	73	535	13	41.15	107.08	2.31	0	3/49
M Ray	Tasmania	9	15	1,083	44	472	11	42.91	98.45	2.62	0	2/34
SL Saunders	Tasmania	10	15	1,157	39	615	11	55.91	105.18	3.19	1	5/114
CG Rackemann	Queensland	3	5	615	22	289	9	32.11	68.33	2.82	0	3/97
SJ Milosz	Western Australia	3	6	649	25	273	6	45.50	108.17	2.52	0	2/72
DA Emerson	Victoria	5	8	684	19	445	6	74.17	114.00	3.90	0	4/93
GS Chappell	Queensland	8	12	804	38	287	5	57.40	160.80	2.14	0	2/45
AL Mann	Western Australia	3	6	354	19	124	5	24.80	70.80	2.10	0	3/71
MR Whitney	New South Wales	3	4	498	18	271	5	54.20	99.60	3.27	0	2/89
MG Hughes	Victoria	4	7	654	22	407	5	81.40	130.80	3.73	0	2/77
DL Boyd	Western Australia	3	6	511	18	243	5	48.60	102.20	2.85	0	2/51
TM Chappell	New South Wales	4	7	456	15	218	4	54.50	114.00	2.87	0	2/25
SP O'Donnell	Victoria	1	2	216	8	120	4	30.00	54.00	3.33	0	4/118
AT Sincock	South Australia	2	4	468	17	250	4	62.50	117.00	3.21	0	2/57
LF Balcam	Victoria	4	5	612	18	353	4	88.25	153.00	3.46	0	2/79
DW Hookes	South Australia	6	10	394	11	201	3	67.00	131.33	3.06	0	1/14
B Mulder	Western Australia	2	4	492	23	224	3	74.67	164.00	2.73	0	2/64
WG Whiteside	Victoria	6	9	282	8	161	3	53.67	94.00	3.43	0	2/35
JM Wiener	Victoria	4	6	270	5	150	2	75.00	135.00	3.33	0	1/26
GP Astley	Tasmania	1	2	186	6	91	2	45.50	93.00	2.94	0	2/66
RP Done	New South Wales	1	2	216	5	125	2	62.50	108.00	3.47	0	2/76
WS Andrews	Western Australia	3	6	162	8	80	2	40.00	81.00	2.96	0	1/0
REC Massey	South Australia	1	1	102	4	53	2	26.50	51.00	3.12	0	2/53
AR Border	Queensland	1	1	42	3	12	1	12.00	42.00	1.71	0	1/12
RB Kerr	Queensland	1	1	24	1	12	1	12.00	24.00	3.00	0	1/12
IR Beven	Tasmania	7	9	582	23	297	1	297.00	582.00	3.06	0	1/92
RS Hyatt	Tasmania	4	6	408	16	211	1	211.00	408.00	3.10	0	1/41
GR Bensley	New South Wales	1	1	114	5	62	1	62.00	114.00	3.26	0	1/62
AB Henschell	Queensland	6	7	150	5	114	1	114.00	150.00	4.56	0	1/20
RT Christensen	South Australia	2	3	246	8	129	1	129.00	246.00	3.15	0	1/38
A Wildsmith	Victoria	2	2	48	3	14	1	14.00	48.00	1.75	0	1/10
RW Marsh	Western Australia	1	1	24	0	7	0	—	—	1.75	0	0/7
RB McCosker	New South Wales	1	1	12	0	12	0	—	—	6.00	0	0/12
GN Yallop	Victoria	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/2
KJ Hughes	Western Australia	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/4
WM Clark	Western Australia	1	2	144	6	64	0	—	—	2.67	0	0/15
PA Hibbert	Victoria	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/4
GM Wood	Western Australia	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/5
AMJ Hilditch	South Australia	1	1	36	3	8	0	—	—	1.33	0	0/8
BM Laird	Western Australia	2	2	12	0	6	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/2
DM Jones	Victoria	2	2	30	0	25	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/7
GS Trimble	Queensland	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
GA Bishop	South Australia	2	2	54	3	26	0	—	—	2.89	0	0/5
MRJ Veletta	Western Australia	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0	0/1
GW Goodman	Tasmania	1	1	12	0	17	0	—	—	8.50	0	0/17
DFG O'Connor	South Australia	1	1	7	0	2	0	—	—	1.71	0	0/2
DA Smith	Tasmania	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/3
MD Taylor	Victoria	1	1	12	0	13	0	—	—	6.50	0	0/13
MD Haysman	South Australia	5	8	378	13	160	0	—	—	2.54	0	0/4
GG Geise	New South Wales	1	2	12	1	7	0	—	—	3.50	0	0/0
PH Marks	New South Wales	2	2	306	9	139	0	—	—	2.73	0	0/56
WM Mulherin	New South Wales	1	1	102	1	69	0	—	—	4.06	0	0/69
DB Scott	South Australia	1	1	12	0	9	0	—	—	4.50	0	0/9
MB Quinn	Victoria	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/4
BA Courtice	Queensland	3	4	156	3	85	0	—	—	3.27	0	0/6
CB Smart	Queensland	1	1	12	0	7	0	—	—	3.50	0	0/7
CL Harms	South Australia	1	1	24	0	21	0	—	—	5.25	0	0/21
GW Richardson	Victoria	2	2	12	0	10	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/1
SC Clements	Western Australia	2	2	30	0	19	0	—	—	3.80	0	0/4
WD Hill	Western Australia	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
AN Brown	Queensland	1	1	60	2	25	0	—	—	2.50	0	0/25
BG Moir	Victoria	1	1	12	0	6	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/6

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 1983/84. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1983/84 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Western Australia	11	5	0	6	5,328	138	38.61	464	5,153	172	29.96
Queensland	11	4	3	4	5,767	159	36.27	470	5,630	175	32.17
Tasmania	10	2	3	5	5,416	161	33.64	450	5,146	125	41.17
New South Wales	10	1	4	5	4,688	132	35.52	459	4,356	130	33.51
South Australia	10	1	2	7	4,608	127	36.28	520	5,789	144	40.20
Victoria	10	1	2	7	5,482	140	39.16	609	5,215	111	46.98

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 · 1983/84

Latest 12 of 31 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1984-03-09 to 1984-03-13 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 363 & 224/6
Queensland: 431/7d & 154

Western Australia won by 4 wickets

1984-02-24 to 1984-02-27 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 609
South Australia: 520/7d & 101/0

Match drawn

1984-02-24 to 1984-02-27 · Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Hobart

Tasmania: 166 & 304
Queensland: 223 & 333

Queensland won by 86 runs

1984-02-24 to 1984-02-27 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 292 & 74/1
Western Australia: 359/4d

Match drawn

1984-02-17 to 1984-02-20 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 463/5d & 99/1
Queensland: 318 & 439/5d

Match drawn

1984-02-17 to 1984-02-20 · North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Launceston

Tasmania: 297 & 161/6
Western Australia: 324

Match drawn

1984-02-17 to 1984-02-20 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 395
New South Wales: 459/7d & 314/4

Match drawn

1984-02-03 to 1984-02-06 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 289/2d & 268
Tasmania: 288 & 319

Tasmania won by 50 runs

1984-01-27 to 1984-01-30 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 203 & 396/7
New South Wales: 435/4d

Match drawn

1984-01-27 to 1984-01-30 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 229 & 38/1
Western Australia: 240 & 192/4d

Match drawn

1984-01-13 to 1984-01-16 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 184 & 284
Victoria: 161 & 272

Western Australia won by 35 runs

1984-01-13 to 1984-01-16 · Formby Recreation Ground, Devonport

Tasmania: 394
New South Wales: 308 & 198/3

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1983/84 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth	6
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	5
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane	5
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	5
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	4
Formby Recreation Ground, Devonport	2
Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Hobart	2
No 1 Sports Ground, Newcastle	1
North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Launceston	1

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Sheffield Shield 1983/84, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1983/84 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
J Dyson	241	South Australia	1984-02-17
WB Phillips	234	Tasmania	1983-10-21
AMJ Hilditch	230	Victoria	1984-02-24
DC Boon	227	Victoria	1983-11-11
GW Richardson	204*	Queensland	1984-02-17

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1983/84 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
PM Clough	8/95	Western Australia	1984-02-17
RG Holland	7/56	South Australia	1983-12-16
SP Davis	7/104	Tasmania	1984-01-01
GF Lawson	6/43	Victoria	1983-10-28
H Frei	6/52	Tasmania	1984-02-24

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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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