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New South Wales 1952/53 cricket statistics and records

New South Wales in Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1952/53; Tests are excluded.

SJ Carroll leads the displayed batting table with 375 runs. AK Davidson leads the bowling table with 26 wickets.

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Season overview

Recorded matches
7
Recorded players
19
Wins
2
Recorded venues
5

Selected season match starts: 1952-10-24 to 1953-02-06. 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 · 1952-53

League table for 1952/53. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1952-53 Single Division standings
PositionTeamPlayedWonLostDrawnPoints
1South Australia740—29
2New South Wales721—18
3Victoria732—17
4Western Australia412—8
5Queensland705—2

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

Season leaders · Sheffield Shield 1952/53

Figures earned for New South Wales only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

New South Wales Sheffield Shield 1952/53 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesRuns
SJ Carroll6375
JH de Courcy7371
RE Briggs3311
AR Morris4247
JW Burke7246

Recorded innings through 1953-02-06. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

New South Wales Sheffield Shield 1952/53 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesWickets
AK Davidson726
RR Lindwall418
KR Miller416
RM Pearce315
JW Burke711

Recorded innings through 1953-02-06. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1952/53

All recorded players for New South Wales in this competition and season. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 19 players

New South Wales 1952/53 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAvgSR50s100s4s6s
SJ CarrollNew South Wales610037512637.50—2100
JH de CourcyNew South Wales7121371110*33.73—2100
RE BriggsNew South Wales35031112162.20—2100
AR MorrisNew South Wales4702479535.29—3000
JW BurkeNew South Wales71222467824.60—1000
ID CraigNew South Wales5912309128.75—2000
AK DavidsonNew South Wales71232216624.56—1000
KR MillerNew South Wales47021810831.14—1100
SG BarnesNew South Wales35018515237.00—0100
R BenaudNew South Wales4701616923.00—2000
RB SimpsonNew South Wales23212169121.00—1000
RR LindwallNew South Wales4701107015.71—1000
RG FlocktonNew South Wales480913311.38—0000
CW JohnstonNew South Wales110656565.00—1000
GS TruemanNew South Wales712261166.10—0000
EK CottonNew South Wales230452315.00—0000
TF BrooksNew South Wales240422610.50—0000
AK WalkerNew South Wales231119*5.50—0000
RM PearceNew South Wales35277*2.33—0000

Bowling · 16 players

New South Wales 1952/53 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsBallsMaidensRunsWktsAvgSREcon5WBBI
AK DavidsonNew South Wales7121,242266452624.8147.773.1215/29
RR LindwallNew South Wales48552143231817.9430.673.5104/31
KR MillerNew South Wales48516123341620.8832.253.8815/53
RM PearceNew South Wales3455593791525.2737.004.1025/57
JW BurkeNew South Wales711428192021118.3638.912.8304/11
R BenaudNew South Wales465889381847.6373.503.8903/90
TF BrooksNew South Wales242705176535.2054.003.9104/111
SG BarnesNew South Wales362889149437.2572.003.1002/51
AK WalkerNew South Wales232644160440.0066.003.6402/31
RB SimpsonNew South Wales2378359229.5039.004.5401/24
RG FlocktonNew South Wales462286162281.00114.004.2602/53
EK CottonNew South Wales22192670170.00192.002.1901/40
AR MorrisNew South Wales22301170——3.4000/5
ID CraigNew South Wales22301270——5.4000/13
JH de CourcyNew South Wales116030——3.0000/3
SJ CarrollNew South Wales116080——8.0000/8
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 season summary

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1952/53. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

New South Wales 1952/53 team results and innings totals
TeamMatWonLostDrawnOtherRunsOutsBat avgHighestConcededWicketsBowl avg
New South Wales721403,2109434.155673,18911727.26

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 · 1952/53

Latest 7 of 7 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1953-01-23 to 1953-01-27 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales v Victoria

New South Wales
269 & 113/3
Victoria
169 & 290

Match drawn

1952-12-05 to 1952-12-09 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia v New South Wales

Western Australia
405 & 2/0
New South Wales
259 & 382

Match drawn

1952-12-01 to 1952-12-29 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia v New South Wales

South Australia
164 & 258/7
New South Wales
148 & 272

South Australia won by 3 wickets

1952-11-21 to 1952-11-25 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria v New South Wales

Victoria
347 & 185
New South Wales
567

New South Wales won by an innings and 35 runs

1952-11-07 to 1952-11-10 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales v Queensland

New South Wales
260 & 65/1
Queensland
92 & 232

New South Wales won by 9 wickets

1952-10-24 to 1952-10-28 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland v New South Wales

Queensland
246 & 383
New South Wales
499 & 9/1

Match drawn

Recorded venues

New South Wales 1952/53 venues and recorded match counts
VenueMatches
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney3
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide1
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane1
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne1
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth1

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

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Sheffield Shield 1952/53 for New South Wales, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1952/53 batting innings records for New South Wales
PlayerRunsOpponentDate
SG Barnes152Victoria1952-11-21
SJ Carroll126Queensland1952-11-07
RE Briggs121Western Australia1952-12-05
JH de Courcy110*Victoria1952-11-21
KR Miller108Queensland1952-10-24

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1952/53 bowling innings records for New South Wales
PlayerWickets/runsOpponentDate
AK Davidson5/29Queensland1952-11-07
KR Miller5/53South Australia1952-12-01
RM Pearce5/57Victoria1953-01-23
RM Pearce5/105Victoria1953-01-23
JW Burke4/11Victoria1952-11-21

* 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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Competitions and other teams

Includes historical participants; this is not a current squad or membership list.

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    Recorded coverage

    The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for New South Wales in 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 2026-03-14. 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.

    Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.