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South Australia 1948/49 cricket statistics and records

South Australia in Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1948/49; Tests are excluded.

RA Hamence leads the displayed batting table with 546 runs. G Noblet leads the bowling table with 38 wickets.

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Season overview

Recorded matches
7
Recorded players
17
Wins
2
Recorded venues
4

Selected season match starts: 1948-12-17 to 1949-03-04. 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 · 1948-49

League table for 1948/49. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1948-49 Single Division standings
PositionTeamPlayedWonLostDrawnPoints
1New South Wales740—29
2Victoria731—22
3Queensland723—12
4South Australia723—12
5Western Australia404—0

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

Season leaders · Sheffield Shield 1948/49

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

Leading run scorers

South Australia Sheffield Shield 1948/49 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesRuns
RA Hamence7546
GRA Langley7474
K Lewis7376
PL Ridings7359
LD Duldig6233

Recorded innings through 1949-03-04. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

South Australia Sheffield Shield 1948/49 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesWickets
G Noblet738
ARC McLean724
BL Bowley713
KI O'Neill312
B Dooland311

Recorded innings through 1949-03-04. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1948/49

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

Batting · 17 players

South Australia 1948/49 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAvgSR50s100s4s6s
RA HamenceSouth Australia713054617342.00—12340
GRA LangleySouth Australia7133474141*47.40—2160
K LewisSouth Australia71303767328.92—3000
PL RidingsSouth Australia713135910929.92—1160
LD DuldigSouth Australia61112336423.30—1000
BL BowleySouth Australia71301893914.54—0000
ARC McLeanSouth Australia71331554215.50—0000
B DoolandSouth Australia3601507425.00—1000
RJ CraigSouth Australia3601485424.67—1000
KG GoglerSouth Australia4701164116.57—0000
CA WattsSouth Australia23110570*52.50—1000
KI O'NeillSouth Australia360783113.00—0000
G NobletSouth Australia713668179.71—0000
L MichaelSouth Australia230403813.33—0000
PM BednallSouth Australia24032198.00—0000
DG BradmanSouth Australia110303030.00—0000
EI PynorSouth Australia24015153.75—0000

Bowling · 9 players

South Australia 1948/49 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsBallsMaidensRunsWktsAvgSREcon5WBBI
G NobletSouth Australia7141,591555853815.3941.872.2126/36
ARC McLeanSouth Australia7141,018118952437.2942.425.2804/36
BL BowleySouth Australia714810184671335.9262.313.4603/39
KI O'NeillSouth Australia3639662361219.6733.003.5815/45
B DoolandSouth Australia36538133181128.9148.913.5503/21
KG GoglerSouth Australia473004241734.4342.864.8203/16
PL RidingsSouth Australia6114267238459.50106.503.3502/26
EI PynorSouth Australia242648160280.00132.003.6402/31
CA WattsSouth Australia23901660——4.4000/1
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 1948/49. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

South Australia 1948/49 team results and innings totals
TeamMatWonLostDrawnOtherRunsOutsBat avgHighestConcededWicketsBowl avg
South Australia723203,24211827.474193,32411927.93

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 · 1948/49

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

1949-03-04 to 1949-03-08 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia v Victoria

Victoria
229 & 328

Victoria won by 271 runs

1949-02-18 to 1949-02-22 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland v South Australia

Queensland
335 & 230/3

Queensland won by 7 wickets

1949-02-11 to 1949-02-15 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales v South Australia

New South Wales
261 & 132/2

New South Wales won by 8 wickets

1949-01-28 to 1949-01-31 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia v Western Australia

South Australia won by an innings and 86 runs

1949-01-01 to 1949-01-31 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria v South Australia

Victoria
281 & 149
South Australia
241 & 117/3

Match drawn

1948-12-24 to 1948-12-28 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia v Queensland

Queensland
288 & 162

South Australia won by 220 runs

Recorded venues

South Australia 1948/49 venues and recorded match counts
VenueMatches
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide4
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane1
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne1
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney1

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

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Sheffield Shield 1948/49 for South Australia, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1948/49 batting innings records for South Australia
PlayerRunsOpponentDate
RA Hamence173New South Wales1948-12-17
GRA Langley141*Queensland1949-02-18
RA Hamence117Western Australia1949-01-28
PL Ridings109Queensland1948-12-24
B Dooland74Queensland1948-12-24

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1948/49 bowling innings records for South Australia
PlayerWickets/runsOpponentDate
G Noblet6/36Queensland1948-12-24
G Noblet5/41New South Wales1948-12-17
KI O'Neill5/45Victoria1949-03-04
ARC McLean4/36Victoria1949-01-01
G Noblet4/39Western Australia1949-01-28

* 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 South Australia 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 2026-03-26. 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.

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