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New South Wales 1971/72 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 1971/72; Tests are excluded.

KD Walters leads the displayed batting table with 523 runs. JW Gleeson leads the bowling table with 39 wickets.

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Season overview

Recorded matches
8
Recorded players
19
Wins
2
Recorded venues
5

Selected season match starts: 1971-10-15 to 1972-02-18. 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 · 1971-72

League table for 1971/72. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1971-72 Single Division standings
PositionTeamPlayedWonLostDrawnPoints
1Western Australia8413—
2South Australia8431—
3New South Wales8233—
4Victoria8332—
5Queensland8143—

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

Season leaders · Sheffield Shield 1971/72

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 1971/72 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesRuns
KD Walters6523
K Mackay8506
A Turner8499
DJ Colley8263
GR Davies7257

Recorded innings through 1972-02-18. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

New South Wales Sheffield Shield 1971/72 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesWickets
JW Gleeson739
DJ Colley831
KJ O'Keeffe418
GJ Gilmour310
SR Bernard610

Recorded innings through 1972-02-18. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1971/72

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 1971/72 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAvgSR50s100s4s6s
KD WaltersNew South Wales6102523163*65.38—2200
K MackayNew South Wales81415069138.92—4000
A TurnerNew South Wales814049912735.64—1200
DJ ColleyNew South Wales814326383*23.91—1000
GR DaviesNew South Wales71312576721.42—1000
BC FrancisNew South Wales46025513242.50—0100
H MartinNew South Wales4702026428.86—1000
J BenaudNew South Wales5901818720.11—1000
GJ GilmourNew South Wales35017612235.20—0100
JW WilsonNew South Wales3501195923.80—1000
HB TaberNew South Wales8141101367.77—0000
MF RosenNew South Wales360752812.50—0000
KJ O'KeeffeNew South Wales472632412.60—0000
JW GleesonNew South Wales71244516*5.63—0000
AD AndersonNew South Wales12015107.50—0000
SR BernardNew South Wales6102330.38—0000
BL RhodesNew South Wales121222.00—0000
JR WatkinsNew South Wales12111*1.00—0000
DW HournNew South Wales120110.50—0000

Bowling · 14 players

New South Wales 1971/72 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsBallsMaidensRunsWktsAvgSREcon5WBBI
JW GleesonNew South Wales7121,248556333916.2332.003.0427/52
DJ ColleyNew South Wales8141,153188463127.2937.194.4004/44
KJ O'KeeffeNew South Wales47704223881821.5639.113.3115/75
GJ GilmourNew South Wales36517152941029.4051.703.4104/69
SR BernardNew South Wales611759125581055.8075.904.4102/35
KD WaltersNew South Wales6943213276646.0072.003.8304/43
GR DaviesNew South Wales783607253550.6072.004.2202/63
JR WatkinsNew South Wales1197372418.0024.254.4504/72
BL RhodesNew South Wales121443100250.0072.004.1701/40
A TurnerNew South Wales1160616.006.006.0001/6
DW HournNew South Wales1279066166.0079.005.0101/0
K MackayNew South Wales23126465165.00126.003.1001/14
J BenaudNew South Wales116010——1.0000/1
H MartinNew South Wales23961810——5.0600/6
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 season summary

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1971/72. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

New South Wales 1971/72 team results and innings totals
TeamMatWonLostDrawnOtherRunsOutsBat avgHighestConcededWicketsBowl avg
New South Wales823303,43111829.085243,80212929.47

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 · 1971/72

Latest 8 of 8 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1972-02-18 to 1972-02-21 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia v New South Wales

South Australia
252/5d & 181/8

South Australia won by 2 wickets

1972-02-12 to 1972-02-15 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia v New South Wales

Match drawn

1972-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales v South Australia

South Australia
216 & 265/9

South Australia won by 1 wicket

1972-01-01 to 1972-01-31 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales v Queensland

New South Wales
218 & 300/5d
Queensland
128 & 257

New South Wales won by 133 runs

1971-12-26 to 1971-12-29 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria v New South Wales

New South Wales
67/9d & 105

Victoria won by an innings and 250 runs

1971-12-17 to 1971-12-21 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales v Western Australia

New South Wales
207/7d & 94/6
Western Australia
201/7d & 265/8d

Match drawn

1971-11-01 to 1971-11-30 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales v Victoria

Victoria
199 & 264

New South Wales won by an innings and 34 runs

1971-10-15 to 1971-10-18 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland v New South Wales

Queensland
211 & 279/9
New South Wales
285 & 225/4d

Match drawn

Recorded venues

New South Wales 1971/72 venues and recorded match counts
VenueMatches
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney4
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 1971/72 for New South Wales, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1971/72 batting innings records for New South Wales
PlayerRunsOpponentDate
KD Walters163*Western Australia1972-02-12
KD Walters158Victoria1971-11-01
BC Francis132Victoria1971-11-01
A Turner127Western Australia1972-02-12
GJ Gilmour122South Australia1972-02-01

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1971/72 bowling innings records for New South Wales
PlayerWickets/runsOpponentDate
JW Gleeson7/52Queensland1972-01-01
JW Gleeson5/64South Australia1972-02-01
KJ O'Keeffe5/75Western Australia1971-12-17
KD Walters4/43Western Australia1972-02-12
DJ Colley4/44Queensland1972-01-01

* 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.