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South Australia 1952/53 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 1952/53; Tests are excluded.

LE Favell leads the displayed batting table with 427 runs. G Noblet leads the bowling table with 41 wickets.

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Season overview

Recorded matches
7
Recorded players
16
Wins
4
Recorded venues
4

Selected season match starts: 1952-11-14 to 1953-02-20. 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 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 1952/53 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesRuns
LE Favell6427
PL Ridings6377
HN Dansie7344
DF Trowse7341
GB Hole4339

Recorded innings through 1953-02-20. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

South Australia Sheffield Shield 1952/53 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesWickets
G Noblet641
JW Wilson732
JS Manning725
RC Thomas48
GB Hole46

Recorded innings through 1953-02-20. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1952/53

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 · 16 players

South Australia 1952/53 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAvgSR50s100s4s6s
LE FavellSouth Australia610042710542.70—3100
PL RidingsSouth Australia61113779037.70—4000
HN DansieSouth Australia71203448928.67—3000
DF TrowseSouth Australia712034110228.42—1100
GB HoleSouth Australia473339117*84.75—1200
CJ PinchSouth Australia4602908448.33—4000
LD DuldigSouth Australia61111886118.80—1000
GRA LangleySouth Australia47116482*27.33—1000
JS ManningSouth Australia71211574714.27—0000
JR DuckerSouth Australia3511335433.25—1000
BP GroveSouth Australia360934315.50—0000
G NobletSouth Australia611276158.44—0000
RC ThomasSouth Australia47142317.00—0000
GB StevensSouth Australia110252525.00—0000
JW WilsonSouth Australia7125189*2.57—0000
RN HiernSouth Australia220964.50—0000

Bowling · 11 players

South Australia 1952/53 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsBallsMaidensRunsWktsAvgSREcon5WBBI
G NobletSouth Australia6121,489435874114.3236.322.3736/39
JW WilsonSouth Australia7121,607707113222.2250.222.6526/55
JS ManningSouth Australia7131,241377662530.6449.643.7004/39
RC ThomasSouth Australia4773222417852.1391.503.4202/71
GB HoleSouth Australia462214177629.5036.834.8103/39
RN HiernSouth Australia2333010144348.00110.002.6201/27
BP GroveSouth Australia362225140346.6774.003.7802/10
CJ PinchSouth Australia11120414.0012.002.0001/4
PL RidingsSouth Australia33241170——4.2500/0
HN DansieSouth Australia22660280——2.5500/7
LD DuldigSouth Australia116030——3.0000/3
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.

South Australia 1952/53 team results and innings totals
TeamMatWonLostDrawnOtherRunsOutsBat avgHighestConcededWicketsBowl avg
South Australia740303,13110230.704663,10612425.05

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.

1953-02-20 to 1953-02-24 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia v Western Australia

South Australia won by an innings and 20 runs

1953-02-02 to 0001-01-01 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland v South Australia

Queensland
322 & 110/5

Match drawn

1953-01-01 to 1953-01-05 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria v South Australia

Victoria
250 & 362
South Australia
302 & 28/3

Match drawn

1952-12-25 to 1952-12-29 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia v Queensland

South Australia
221 & 295/9d
Queensland
249 & 136

South Australia won by 131 runs

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

South Australia v New South Wales

South Australia
164 & 258/7

South Australia won by 3 wickets

1952-11-14 to 1952-11-18 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia v Victoria

South Australia
326 & 120/3
Victoria
119 & 325

South Australia won by 7 wickets

Recorded venues

South Australia 1952/53 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 1952/53 for South Australia, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1952/53 batting innings records for South Australia
PlayerRunsOpponentDate
GB Hole117*New South Wales1952-12-01
GB Hole111Victoria1953-01-01
LE Favell105New South Wales1952-12-01
DF Trowse102New South Wales1953-02-06
LE Favell98Queensland1953-02-02

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1952/53 bowling innings records for South Australia
PlayerWickets/runsOpponentDate
G Noblet6/39New South Wales1952-12-01
JW Wilson6/55Queensland1952-12-25
G Noblet6/65Western Australia1953-02-20
JW Wilson6/98Victoria1953-01-01
G Noblet5/73Queensland1952-12-25

* 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.