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New South Wales 1954/55 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 1954/55; Tests are excluded.

RE Briggs leads the displayed batting table with 243 runs. WPA Crawford leads the bowling table with 25 wickets.

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Season overview

Recorded matches
4
Recorded players
17
Wins
2
Recorded venues
3

Selected season match starts: 1954-11-01 to 1955-01-14. 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 · 1954-55

League table for 1954/55. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1954-55 Single Division standings
PositionTeamPlayedWonLostDrawnPoints
1New South Wales421013
2Victoria411011
3Western Australia20015
4Queensland41107
5South Australia40114

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

Season leaders · Sheffield Shield 1954/55

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 1954/55 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesRuns
RE Briggs4243
JW Burke3221
RB Simpson4201
R Benaud3194
AR Morris3133

Recorded innings through 1955-01-14. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

New South Wales Sheffield Shield 1954/55 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesWickets
WPA Crawford325
AK Davidson316
JC Treanor416
KR Miller26
R Benaud35

Recorded innings through 1955-01-14. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1954/55

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 · 17 players

New South Wales 1954/55 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAvgSR50s100s4s6s
RE BriggsNew South Wales47024310034.71—0100
JW BurkeNew South Wales35022113744.20—0100
RB SimpsonNew South Wales47020110428.71—0100
R BenaudNew South Wales35019412538.80—1100
AR MorrisNew South Wales3501337826.60—1000
JH de CourcyNew South Wales3501259525.00—1000
PI PhilpottNew South Wales1201107155.00—1000
EK CottonNew South Wales230854128.33—0000
AK DavidsonNew South Wales361641812.80—0000
WPA CrawfordNew South Wales3656433*64.00—0000
KR MillerNew South Wales230464615.33—0000
JC TreanorNew South Wales47142217.00—0000
O LambertNew South Wales47139156.50—0000
WJ WatsonNew South Wales230333211.00—0000
CW JohnstonNew South Wales120242112.00—0000
BC BoothNew South Wales12019199.50—0000
JW O'ReillyNew South Wales110191919.00—0000

Bowling · 12 players

New South Wales 1954/55 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsBallsMaidensRunsWktsAvgSREcon5WBBI
WPA CrawfordNew South Wales3650283242512.9620.083.8746/55
AK DavidsonNew South Wales3646793411621.3129.194.3815/36
JC TreanorNew South Wales47527124281626.7532.944.8725/97
KR MillerNew South Wales242773161626.8346.173.4915/38
R BenaudNew South Wales354088276555.2081.604.0602/101
JW O'ReillyNew South Wales122227102334.0074.002.7603/78
PI PhilpottNew South Wales1254149224.5027.005.4402/37
RB SimpsonNew South Wales1272243143.0072.003.5801/4
JW BurkeNew South Wales121147430——2.2600/17
JH de CourcyNew South Wales1112180——4.0000/8
RE BriggsNew South Wales116070——7.0000/7
EK CottonNew South Wales23900620——4.1300/14
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 1954/55. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

New South Wales 1954/55 team results and innings totals
TeamMatWonLostDrawnOtherRunsOutsBat avgHighestConcededWicketsBowl avg
New South Wales421101,7286128.334691,9127425.84

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 · 1954/55

Latest 4 of 4 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1955-01-14 to 1955-01-15 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales v Victoria

New South Wales
234 & 11/1
Victoria
86 & 158

New South Wales won by 9 wickets

1955-01-01 to 1955-01-04 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales v Queensland

Queensland
230 & 167

New South Wales won by 48 runs

1954-12-24 to 1954-12-29 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria v New South Wales

Victoria
352 & 253

Victoria won by 36 runs

1954-11-01 to 1954-11-30 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland v New South Wales

Queensland
405 & 261/4

Match drawn

Recorded venues

New South Wales 1954/55 venues and recorded match counts
VenueMatches
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney2
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane1
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne1

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

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Sheffield Shield 1954/55 for New South Wales, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1954/55 batting innings records for New South Wales
PlayerRunsOpponentDate
JW Burke137Queensland1954-11-01
R Benaud125Queensland1954-11-01
RB Simpson104Victoria1955-01-14
RE Briggs100Queensland1955-01-01
JH de Courcy95Victoria1954-12-24

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1954/55 bowling innings records for New South Wales
PlayerWickets/runsOpponentDate
WPA Crawford6/55Queensland1955-01-01
WPA Crawford6/59Queensland1955-01-01
WPA Crawford5/21Victoria1955-01-14
AK Davidson5/36Victoria1955-01-14
KR Miller5/38Victoria1955-01-14

* 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.

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.