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Sheffield Shield 1987/88 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1987/88; Tests are excluded.

DW Hookes leads the displayed batting table with 1,014 runs. CD Matthews leads the bowling table with 56 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 31
Recorded players: 112
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 9

Selected season match starts: 1987-11-14 to 1988-03-18. 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 · 1987-88

League table for 1987/88. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1987-88 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Western Australia	10	6	2	2	40
2	Queensland	10	5	3	2	32
3	New South Wales	10	4	4	2	24
4	Victoria	10	2	1	7	22
5	South Australia	10	2	4	4	16
6	Tasmania	10	1	6	3	6

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 1987/88

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 1987/88 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
DW Hookes	10	1,014
GM Wood	11	1,014
JD Siddons	10	970
MD Taylor	10	912
DF Whatmore	10	907

Recorded innings through 1988-03-18. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1987/88 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
CD Matthews	11	56
D Tazelaar	11	46
GF Lawson	10	42
TM Alderman	9	39
PW Gladigau	9	36

Recorded innings through 1988-03-18. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1987/88

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 · 112 players

Sheffield Shield 1987/88 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
DW Hookes	South Australia	10	18	1	1,014	132	59.65	64.26	7	3	112	9
GM Wood	Western Australia	11	18	3	1,014	186*	67.60	47.45	5	3	106	3
JD Siddons	Victoria	10	17	2	970	241*	64.67	71.48	5	3	130	7
MD Taylor	Tasmania	10	19	0	912	216	48.00	54.74	4	2	95	0
DF Whatmore	Victoria	10	17	1	907	170	56.69	53.83	7	2	119	1
AMJ Hilditch	South Australia	10	18	1	878	185	51.65	49.35	5	2	72	1
ME Waugh	New South Wales	10	18	3	833	116	55.53	59.89	4	4	94	7
RB Kerr	Queensland	11	21	1	793	107	39.65	38.57	6	2	64	0
AR Border	Queensland	8	16	2	738	168	52.71	52.49	1	3	92	3
GA Bishop	South Australia	10	18	1	707	101	41.59	56.33	4	2	88	3
GA Hughes	Tasmania	10	19	1	662	147	36.78	47.25	4	1	67	2
GS Trimble	Queensland	11	21	2	660	138*	34.74	58.72	3	2	66	9
IT Botham	Queensland	11	21	0	646	70	30.76	66.19	7	0	82	11
DC Boon	Tasmania	6	11	0	645	143	58.64	58.85	4	2	83	1
GM Ritchie	Queensland	10	19	1	638	100*	35.44	48.55	4	1	60	0
WB Phillips	South Australia	10	18	1	594	126	34.94	47.90	4	1	57	4
DJ Buckingham	Tasmania	9	17	1	579	126	36.19	41.12	0	3	48	1
WS Andrews	Western Australia	10	17	2	561	72	37.40	58.38	6	0	71	2
PW Young	Victoria	8	13	4	534	164*	59.33	46.03	3	1	45	0
TM Moody	Western Australia	10	17	0	515	144	30.29	42.39	1	1	40	3
PR Sleep	South Australia	9	16	3	492	104*	37.85	41.28	4	1	41	2
BF Davison	Tasmania	10	19	0	477	73	25.11	47.70	3	0	55	2
DM Jones	Victoria	6	9	0	476	191	52.89	54.03	1	2	60	1
MA Taylor	New South Wales	10	18	0	459	144	25.50	36.17	2	1	25	0
MD O'Neill	New South Wales	9	16	3	436	130*	33.54	47.86	2	1	58	0

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Sheffield Shield 1987/88 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
GR Marsh	Western Australia	7	13	1	419	120*	34.92	35.78	2	1	32	0
MRJ Veletta	Western Australia	7	13	1	414	106	34.50	41.24	3	1	27	1
TJ Barsby	Queensland	8	15	1	412	102	29.43	60.23	1	1	58	0
GM Watts	Victoria	4	8	0	411	176	51.38	44.58	1	2	44	0
PI Faulkner	Tasmania	8	15	2	387	78*	29.77	33.16	3	0	35	1
CD Matthews	Western Australia	11	19	0	382	64	20.11	54.18	1	0	44	6
TJ Zoehrer	Western Australia	11	19	3	361	109	22.56	46.82	1	1	39	0
GRJ Matthews	New South Wales	10	18	2	358	62	22.38	46.13	2	0	38	0
WG Whiteside	Victoria	7	13	1	333	84*	27.75	44.46	2	0	44	0
MGD Dimattina	Victoria	10	17	3	332	60	23.71	34.05	1	0	37	0
SR Waugh	New South Wales	5	9	1	323	170	40.38	40.83	1	1	28	1
HB Jolly	South Australia	8	14	2	280	65	23.33	36.70	2	0	23	0
D Tazelaar	Queensland	11	21	5	273	56	17.06	47.15	1	0	27	0
SB Smith	New South Wales	6	10	0	252	84	25.20	61.61	2	0	32	0
TV Hohns	Queensland	7	13	2	252	59*	22.91	40.38	2	0	27	1
PW Anderson	Queensland	7	13	1	250	55	20.83	43.94	2	0	20	0
KH MacLeay	Western Australia	8	14	4	234	67	23.40	41.79	2	0	17	1
PL Taylor	New South Wales	6	10	3	231	78	33.00	54.23	1	0	26	0
AIC Dodemaide	Victoria	7	11	3	226	71*	28.25	29.78	1	0	18	0
AB Henschell	Queensland	8	15	1	225	89	16.07	44.82	1	0	23	0
KJ Hughes	Western Australia	6	10	0	223	76	22.30	40.40	2	0	22	1
DFG O'Connor	South Australia	6	11	1	206	75	20.60	30.98	1	0	17	1
MD Haysman	South Australia	6	11	1	201	60	20.10	34.48	1	0	20	0
RE Soule	Tasmania	10	19	2	190	45	11.18	34.23	0	0	14	0
MB Quinn	Victoria	5	8	0	188	81	23.50	25.54	1	0	10	0
TH Bayliss	New South Wales	4	7	0	179	68	25.57	50.14	1	0	14	0
IA Healy	Queensland	4	8	2	176	58*	29.33	46.19	1	0	24	0
AJ de Winter	Tasmania	5	10	0	164	51	16.40	48.96	1	0	17	0
WG Ayres	Victoria	3	6	1	161	46	32.20	32.99	0	0	15	1
J Dyson	New South Wales	5	10	2	157	60*	19.63	34.89	1	0	17	0
JK Pyke	South Australia	4	7	1	149	64	24.83	41.74	1	0	18	0
ID Frazer	Victoria	3	5	0	148	76	29.60	44.31	1	0	16	0
JA Brayshaw	Western Australia	3	6	1	144	60*	28.80	30.51	1	0	15	0
PW Gladigau	South Australia	9	17	0	133	25	7.82	53.85	0	0	11	1
MW McPhee	Western Australia	3	5	0	121	44	24.20	35.17	0	0	12	1
GF Lawson	New South Wales	10	18	2	119	28	7.44	43.59	0	0	11	0
CL Broadby	Tasmania	5	10	5	114	42*	22.80	29.08	0	0	10	0
PA Capes	Western Australia	9	15	3	110	23	9.17	41.83	0	0	10	0
NCP Courtney	Tasmania	4	7	0	108	39	15.43	38.71	0	0	13	0
TJ Cooley	Tasmania	9	16	3	91	30	7.00	25.42	0	0	10	0
TM Alderman	Western Australia	9	16	1	88	18	5.87	40.93	0	0	11	0
EJ Harris	Tasmania	3	6	0	88	40	14.67	32.84	0	0	6	0
AK Zesers	South Australia	10	18	5	87	21*	6.69	26.28	0	0	4	0
DR Gilbert	New South Wales	6	12	1	84	17*	7.64	40.19	0	0	9	0
MG Hughes	Victoria	6	9	0	67	24	7.44	62.62	0	0	5	1
GC Dyer	New South Wales	5	9	0	62	25	6.89	32.29	0	0	4	0
NR Plummer	South Australia	2	3	0	62	39	20.67	30.85	0	0	3	0
PW Jackson	Victoria	8	14	1	61	31	4.69	21.86	0	0	3	0
SG Hookey	New South Wales	1	2	0	60	44	30.00	57.69	0	0	4	1
PA Emery	New South Wales	2	4	1	57	28*	19.00	24.68	0	0	4	0
SJ Rixon	New South Wales	3	5	0	51	28	10.20	40.80	0	0	3	0
N Jelich	Tasmania	2	4	0	51	24	12.75	24.52	0	0	3	0
CJ McDermott	Queensland	5	10	2	50	18	6.25	45.45	0	0	6	0
G Shipperd	Western Australia	3	4	0	50	17	12.50	27.62	0	0	4	0
J Cox	Tasmania	2	4	0	48	35	12.00	27.12	0	0	4	0
JN Maguire	Queensland	10	19	3	46	10	2.88	23.35	0	0	2	0
DJ Hickey	Victoria	7	12	2	46	20	4.60	40.35	0	0	5	0
SM Small	New South Wales	2	4	0	44	27	11.00	47.31	0	0	6	0
BA Cruse	Tasmania	1	2	0	42	31	21.00	45.65	0	0	5	0
TG Breman	Western Australia	1	2	0	42	36	21.00	68.85	0	0	8	0
TD Bower	Tasmania	5	9	4	40	16*	8.00	21.62	0	0	1	0
GR Robertson	New South Wales	1	2	0	38	38	19.00	39.18	0	0	6	0
DK Lillee	Tasmania	5	9	3	37	18	6.17	34.91	0	0	4	0
TBA May	South Australia	5	9	0	35	13	3.89	29.17	0	0	1	0
MJ Bennett	New South Wales	5	8	0	33	8	4.13	22.92	0	0	3	0
RJ Bright	Victoria	2	4	1	32	20	10.67	68.09	0	0	3	0
BA Courtice	Queensland	3	6	0	32	13	5.33	21.05	0	0	0	0
CG Rackemann	Queensland	7	13	4	28	10*	3.11	36.36	0	0	4	0
BA Reid	Western Australia	3	5	0	26	25	5.20	104.00	0	0	5	0
PR Reiffel	Victoria	3	6	1	24	22	4.80	31.58	0	0	1	0
SP George	South Australia	7	12	3	24	10	2.67	27.59	0	0	0	0
MR Whitney	New South Wales	8	14	5	21	5*	2.33	17.65	0	0	1	0
TG Hogan	Western Australia	2	4	1	21	15*	7.00	35.00	0	0	1	0
SL Saunders	Tasmania	1	2	0	20	20	10.00	28.57	0	0	2	0
DA Emerson	Victoria	2	3	0	18	18	6.00	18.75	0	0	0	0
SDH Parkinson	South Australia	1	2	2	17	17*	—	50.00	0	0	2	0
RA Jones	New South Wales	2	4	2	15	8	7.50	44.12	0	0	2	0
RD Woolley	Tasmania	1	2	0	11	10	5.50	32.35	0	0	0	0
K Bradshaw	Tasmania	1	2	0	11	7	5.50	14.10	0	0	0	0
SP Davis	Victoria	9	15	5	10	5*	1.00	12.82	0	0	0	0
SJ Milosz	Western Australia	6	9	5	10	7*	2.50	28.57	0	0	1	0
DS Lehmann	South Australia	1	2	0	10	10	5.00	66.67	0	0	2	0
IR Carmichael	South Australia	1	2	2	6	5*	—	31.58	0	0	0	0
RJ Bennett	Tasmania	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	11.11	0	0	0	0
AD Mullally	Western Australia	1	2	1	2	2*	2.00	22.22	0	0	0	0
CM Young	Tasmania	2	4	1	1	1*	0.33	4.55	0	0	0	0
CM Killen	South Australia	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 75 players

Sheffield Shield 1987/88 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
CD Matthews	Western Australia	11	21	2,550	81	1,215	56	21.70	45.54	2.86	3	8/101
D Tazelaar	Queensland	11	21	2,245	92	1,036	46	22.52	48.80	2.77	3	6/52
GF Lawson	New South Wales	10	18	2,018	102	792	42	18.86	48.05	2.35	3	6/31
TM Alderman	Western Australia	9	17	2,362	114	944	39	24.21	60.56	2.40	2	6/91
PW Gladigau	South Australia	9	17	1,952	66	1,045	36	29.03	54.22	3.21	2	7/85
GRJ Matthews	New South Wales	10	17	2,013	103	746	32	23.31	62.91	2.22	2	6/97
CG Rackemann	Queensland	7	14	1,680	68	733	31	23.65	54.19	2.62	1	5/69
PA Capes	Western Australia	9	16	1,813	67	802	31	25.87	58.48	2.65	0	4/87
IT Botham	Queensland	11	18	1,870	82	805	29	27.76	64.48	2.58	0	3/12
AK Zesers	South Australia	10	18	2,540	141	983	29	33.90	87.59	2.32	0	4/86
MR Whitney	New South Wales	8	14	1,420	52	625	28	22.32	50.71	2.64	3	5/33
AIC Dodemaide	Victoria	7	13	1,563	52	758	28	27.07	55.82	2.91	2	5/43
PW Jackson	Victoria	8	14	2,172	115	903	26	34.73	83.54	2.49	0	3/55
JN Maguire	Queensland	10	18	1,757	64	810	25	32.40	70.28	2.77	2	5/60
KH MacLeay	Western Australia	8	15	1,478	69	615	24	25.63	61.58	2.50	1	5/99
TV Hohns	Queensland	7	13	1,624	64	743	22	33.77	73.82	2.75	2	5/100
SP George	South Australia	7	13	1,069	20	647	22	29.41	48.59	3.63	1	6/51
PR Sleep	South Australia	9	14	1,752	65	897	21	42.71	83.43	3.07	0	4/91
CJ McDermott	Queensland	5	10	1,038	32	538	21	25.62	49.43	3.11	2	7/54
MG Hughes	Victoria	6	10	1,198	47	566	20	28.30	59.90	2.83	0	4/43
DJ Hickey	Victoria	7	13	1,434	27	942	20	47.10	71.70	3.94	0	4/90
AB Henschell	Queensland	6	10	1,201	59	560	17	32.94	70.65	2.80	0	4/101
DK Lillee	Tasmania	5	7	1,195	36	542	15	36.13	79.67	2.72	0	4/99
DR Gilbert	New South Wales	6	11	1,023	31	541	15	36.07	68.20	3.17	1	5/94
SR Waugh	New South Wales	4	8	555	17	232	14	16.57	39.64	2.51	1	5/50

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Sheffield Shield 1987/88 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
PR Reiffel	Victoria	3	6	644	29	292	14	20.86	46.00	2.72	0	4/80
SP Davis	Victoria	9	16	1,608	51	707	13	54.38	123.69	2.64	0	4/70
TJ Cooley	Tasmania	9	11	1,458	21	1,037	13	79.77	112.15	4.27	0	3/112
PI Faulkner	Tasmania	8	11	1,635	77	727	13	55.92	125.77	2.67	0	3/66
TBA May	South Australia	5	8	1,032	42	433	12	36.08	86.00	2.52	0	4/55
JK Pyke	South Australia	4	7	768	25	408	12	34.00	64.00	3.19	1	5/47
PL Taylor	New South Wales	6	11	979	46	418	11	38.00	89.00	2.56	0	3/19
SJ Milosz	Western Australia	6	10	1,059	48	433	10	43.30	105.90	2.45	0	4/53
TG Hogan	Western Australia	2	4	424	19	204	9	22.67	47.11	2.89	1	6/57
CL Broadby	Tasmania	5	7	1,338	36	753	9	83.67	148.67	3.38	0	2/117
CM Young	Tasmania	2	4	344	3	321	9	35.67	38.22	5.60	1	6/120
GA Hughes	Tasmania	9	11	989	27	542	7	77.43	141.29	3.29	0	2/70
ME Waugh	New South Wales	6	8	276	7	158	6	26.33	46.00	3.43	0	3/49
TD Bower	Tasmania	5	6	726	10	437	6	72.83	121.00	3.61	0	3/70
AJ de Winter	Tasmania	5	5	721	21	368	6	61.33	120.17	3.06	0	3/92
EJ Harris	Tasmania	3	3	300	10	116	6	19.33	50.00	2.32	0	4/57
BA Reid	Western Australia	3	5	588	31	254	5	50.80	117.60	2.59	1	5/34
WG Whiteside	Victoria	6	8	516	20	225	5	45.00	103.20	2.62	0	2/29
MJ Bennett	New South Wales	5	7	426	18	174	4	43.50	106.50	2.45	0	2/49
RA Jones	New South Wales	2	4	276	6	150	4	37.50	69.00	3.26	0	2/49
CM Killen	South Australia	1	2	197	11	113	4	28.25	49.25	3.44	0	2/15
DW Hookes	South Australia	5	6	162	5	63	3	21.00	54.00	2.33	0	2/22
DC Boon	Tasmania	2	2	82	4	45	2	22.50	41.00	3.29	0	1/20
AD Mullally	Western Australia	1	2	174	8	72	2	36.00	87.00	2.48	0	1/17
NCP Courtney	Tasmania	2	3	114	0	99	2	49.50	57.00	5.21	0	2/44
TG Breman	Western Australia	1	2	126	1	95	2	47.50	63.00	4.52	0	2/83
DA Emerson	Victoria	2	4	354	8	226	2	113.00	177.00	3.83	0	2/47
RJ Bright	Victoria	2	3	222	12	114	1	114.00	222.00	3.08	0	1/38
DF Whatmore	Victoria	2	3	42	2	18	1	18.00	42.00	2.57	0	1/0
DM Jones	Victoria	5	8	375	16	135	1	135.00	375.00	2.16	0	1/28
GR Robertson	New South Wales	1	2	189	9	99	1	99.00	189.00	3.14	0	1/62
MD Haysman	South Australia	2	3	156	6	70	1	70.00	156.00	2.69	0	1/36
JA Brayshaw	Western Australia	1	1	30	2	13	1	13.00	30.00	2.60	0	1/13
MD O'Neill	New South Wales	4	5	132	3	64	1	64.00	132.00	2.91	0	1/8
WS Andrews	Western Australia	4	4	264	7	111	1	111.00	264.00	2.52	0	1/45
MB Quinn	Victoria	1	1	6	0	3	1	3.00	6.00	3.00	0	1/3
SDH Parkinson	South Australia	1	2	156	6	79	1	79.00	156.00	3.04	0	1/61
NR Plummer	South Australia	2	3	324	12	138	1	138.00	324.00	2.56	0	1/55
AR Border	Queensland	2	2	54	0	64	0	—	—	7.11	0	0/4
GM Ritchie	Queensland	1	1	48	0	44	0	—	—	5.50	0	0/44
JD Siddons	Victoria	2	2	30	0	23	0	—	—	4.60	0	0/5
TM Moody	Western Australia	2	2	66	2	43	0	—	—	3.91	0	0/19
BF Davison	Tasmania	2	2	72	3	28	0	—	—	2.33	0	0/10
K Bradshaw	Tasmania	1	1	36	1	20	0	—	—	3.33	0	0/20
DJ Buckingham	Tasmania	1	1	42	1	16	0	—	—	2.29	0	0/16
BA Cruse	Tasmania	1	1	66	3	30	0	—	—	2.73	0	0/30
MD Taylor	Tasmania	1	1	18	0	15	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/15
PW Young	Victoria	2	2	18	1	6	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/0
IR Carmichael	South Australia	1	1	42	2	19	0	—	—	2.71	0	0/19
HB Jolly	South Australia	3	3	36	0	25	0	—	—	4.17	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 1987/88. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1987/88 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Western Australia	11	7	2	2	5,060	156	32.44	461	4,991	187	26.69
Queensland	11	5	4	2	5,574	183	30.46	405	5,509	200	27.55
New South Wales	10	4	4	2	4,000	144	27.78	467	4,173	163	25.60
South Australia	10	2	4	4	5,204	151	34.46	673	5,064	151	33.54
Victoria	10	2	1	7	5,242	123	42.62	501	5,056	140	36.11
Tasmania	10	1	6	3	4,952	181	27.36	592	5,239	97	54.01

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 · 1987/88

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

1988-03-18 to 1988-03-22 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 344 & 162/5
Queensland: 289 & 216

Western Australia won by 5 wickets

1988-03-02 to 1988-03-05 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia: 434 & 36/3
South Australia: 138 & 331

Western Australia won by 7 wickets

1988-03-02 to 1988-03-05 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 256 & 328
Queensland: 209 & 168

Victoria won by 207 runs

1988-03-02 to 1988-03-05 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 460 & 72/2
Tasmania: 327 & 204

New South Wales won by 8 wickets

1988-02-24 to 1988-02-27 · North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Launceston

Tasmania: 481 & 290/8d
Queensland: 363/5d & 314

Tasmania won by 94 runs

1988-02-24 to 1988-02-27 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 161 & 385/6
Victoria: 179 & 455/5d

Match drawn

1988-02-24 to 1988-02-27 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 295 & 213/8d
Western Australia: 176 & 201

New South Wales won by 131 runs

1988-02-18 to 1988-02-21 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 673
Tasmania: 592

Match drawn

1988-02-12 to 1988-02-15 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 403 & 212/5d
New South Wales: 279 & 206/5

Match drawn

1988-02-06 to 1988-02-09 · Bellerive Oval, Hobart

Tasmania: 273 & 209
Western Australia: 334 & 263/7d

Western Australia won by 115 runs

1988-02-06 to 1988-02-09 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland: 385 & 271
South Australia: 364 & 247/8

Match drawn

1988-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Launceston

Tasmania: 287/5d & 144/9
Victoria: 409/8d & 135/1d

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1987/88 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
North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Launceston	2
Bellerive Oval, Hobart	1
No 1 Sports Ground, Newcastle	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 1987/88, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1987/88 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JD Siddons	241*	South Australia	1988-02-24
MD Taylor	216	South Australia	1988-02-18
DM Jones	191	Tasmania	1987-11-20
GM Wood	186*	South Australia	1988-03-02
AMJ Hilditch	185	Tasmania	1988-02-18

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1987/88 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
CD Matthews	8/101	Queensland	1988-03-18
CJ McDermott	7/54	New South Wales	1987-11-27
PW Gladigau	7/85	Victoria	1988-02-24
GF Lawson	6/31	South Australia	1987-11-14
GF Lawson	6/40	Tasmania	1988-03-02

* 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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