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Victoria 1960/61 cricket statistics and records

Victoria in Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1960/61; Tests are excluded.

WM Lawry leads the displayed batting table with 813 runs. RA Gaunt leads the bowling table with 24 wickets.

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Season overview

Recorded matches
8
Recorded players
17
Wins
4
Recorded venues
5

Selected season match starts: 1960-11-04 to 1961-02-10. 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 · 1960-61

League table for 1960/61. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1960-61 Single Division standings
PositionTeamPlayedWonLostDrawnPoints
1New South Wales841044
2Victoria841040
3Western Australia824032
4Queensland822024
5South Australia815018

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

Season leaders · Sheffield Shield 1960/61

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

Leading run scorers

Victoria Sheffield Shield 1960/61 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesRuns
WM Lawry8813
J Potter8554
RW Furlong8425
LV Maddocks8365
RM Cowper5349

Recorded innings through 1961-02-10. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Victoria Sheffield Shield 1960/61 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesWickets
RA Gaunt624
LF Kline521
AN Connolly720
IW Quick616
I Meckiff415

Recorded innings through 1961-02-10. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1960/61

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

Batting · 17 players

Victoria 1960/61 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAvgSR50s100s4s6s
WM LawryVictoria813081326662.54—3200
J PotterVictoria813055412642.62—2200
RW FurlongVictoria81324257438.64—4000
LV MaddocksVictoria813136510230.42—2100
RM CowperVictoria582349114*58.17—2100
CN CromptonVictoria71233487138.67—2000
JH ShawVictoria4712188236.33—2000
IW QuickVictoria69115561*19.38—1000
IR HuntingtonVictoria350876617.40—1000
RA GauntVictoria61037724*11.00—0000
KH EastwoodVictoria350706014.00—1000
CC McDonaldVictoria220653732.50—0000
I MeckiffVictoria461621812.40—0000
LF KlineVictoria58033174.13—0000
AN ConnollyVictoria712422182.75—0000
KW KirbyVictoria24015103.75—0000
J WildsmithVictoria23015155.00—0000

Bowling · 16 players

Victoria 1960/61 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsBallsMaidensRunsWktsAvgSREcon5WBBI
RA GauntVictoria610948225642423.5039.503.5725/57
LF KlineVictoria581,134464552121.6754.002.4115/44
AN ConnollyVictoria7121,032207262036.3051.604.2204/57
IW QuickVictoria6111,159316571641.0672.443.4004/124
I MeckiffVictoria47660144121527.4744.003.7504/39
J PotterVictoria81132413198539.6064.803.6702/51
J WildsmithVictoria231982171534.2039.605.1803/24
CN CromptonVictoria7111681107335.6756.003.8201/3
WM LawryVictoria4542031215.5021.004.4301/3
RM CowperVictoria34132286186.00132.003.9101/12
KH EastwoodVictoria2230026126.0030.005.2001/16
KW KirbyVictoria2430681871187.00306.003.6701/47
CC McDonaldVictoria116030——3.0000/3
RW FurlongVictoria113040——8.0000/4
IR HuntingtonVictoria11180110——3.6700/11
JH ShawVictoria1160140——14.0000/14
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 1960/61. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Victoria 1960/61 team results and innings totals
TeamMatWonLostDrawnOtherRunsOutsBat avgHighestConcededWicketsBowl avg
Victoria841303,7659539.634573,79212231.08

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 · 1960/61

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

1961-02-10 to 1961-02-14 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland v Victoria

Queensland
490 & 116/3
Victoria
198 & 452/5d

Match drawn

1961-01-27 to 1961-01-31 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia v Victoria

Victoria
227 & 289/5

Victoria won by 5 wickets

1961-01-13 to 1961-01-17 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria v South Australia

Victoria
345 & 195/1

Victoria won by 9 wickets

1961-01-07 to 1961-01-11 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria v Queensland

Queensland
169 & 222

Victoria won by an innings and 49 runs

1961-01-02 to 1961-01-31 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales v Victoria

Match drawn

1960-12-23 to 1960-12-26 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria v Western Australia

Victoria
149 & 236

Western Australia won by 10 wickets

1960-12-02 to 1960-12-06 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria v New South Wales

New South Wales
411/7d & 86/2

Match drawn

1960-11-04 to 1960-11-07 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia v Victoria

Victoria
414/9d & 38/1

Victoria won by 9 wickets

Recorded venues

Victoria 1960/61 venues and recorded match counts
VenueMatches
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne4
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide1
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane1
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney1
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 1960/61 for Victoria, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1960/61 batting innings records for Victoria
PlayerRunsOpponentDate
WM Lawry266New South Wales1961-01-02
WM Lawry134Queensland1961-02-10
J Potter126Queensland1961-02-10
RM Cowper114*Western Australia1961-01-27
J Potter108New South Wales1960-12-02

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1960/61 bowling innings records for Victoria
PlayerWickets/runsOpponentDate
LF Kline5/44Queensland1961-01-07
RA Gaunt5/57Western Australia1961-01-27
RA Gaunt5/89Queensland1961-02-10
I Meckiff4/39Queensland1961-01-07
LF Kline4/44Queensland1961-01-07

* 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 Victoria 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: 1892-12-24 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.