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Victoria 1961/62 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 1961/62; Tests are excluded.

WM Lawry leads the displayed batting table with 790 runs. I Meckiff leads the bowling table with 28 wickets.

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Season overview

Recorded matches
8
Recorded players
20
Wins
2
Recorded venues
5

Selected season match starts: 1961-11-10 to 1962-03-02. 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 · 1961-62

League table for 1961/62. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1961-62 Single Division standings
PositionTeamPlayedWonLostDrawnPoints
1New South Wales861064
2Queensland832136
3South Australia835030
4Victoria825024
5Western Australia823122

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

Season leaders · Sheffield Shield 1961/62

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 1961/62 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesRuns
WM Lawry8790
J Potter8422
RW Furlong7363
RM Cowper7350
DJ Anderson5300

Recorded innings through 1962-03-02. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Victoria Sheffield Shield 1961/62 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesWickets
I Meckiff828
CEJ Guest519
AN Connolly314
RA Gaunt413
KW Kirby410

Recorded innings through 1962-03-02. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1961/62

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 · 20 players

Victoria 1961/62 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAvgSR50s100s4s6s
WM LawryVictoria8151790150*56.43—3300
J PotterVictoria815242215632.46—2100
RW FurlongVictoria71303638227.92—3000
RM CowperVictoria71333508535.00—2000
DJ AndersonVictoria5903006933.33—2000
CN CromptonVictoria71212345821.27—1000
RC JordonVictoria71312166818.00—1000
CEJ GuestVictoria5911506018.75—1000
IR HuntingtonVictoria3601044517.33—0000
LF KlineVictoria61239537*10.56—0000
LV MaddocksVictoria120644532.00—0000
KW KirbyVictoria48063197.88—0000
I MeckiffVictoria815256134.31—0000
J WildsmithVictoria1215151*51.00—1000
KH EastwoodVictoria120302415.00—0000
RA GauntVictoria4822383.83—0000
IW QuickVictoria12018149.00—0000
IR RedpathVictoria120974.50—0000
AN ConnollyVictoria351641.50—0000
GS WhitfordVictoria110000.00—0000

Bowling · 14 players

Victoria 1961/62 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsBallsMaidensRunsWktsAvgSREcon5WBBI
I MeckiffVictoria8161,419437602827.1450.683.2115/43
CEJ GuestVictoria510788134921925.8941.473.7515/43
AN ConnollyVictoria3539092441417.4327.863.7515/35
RA GauntVictoria48594153901330.0045.693.9403/75
KW KirbyVictoria4861295141051.4061.205.0402/26
LF KlineVictoria61182418561870.13103.004.0903/97
IR HuntingtonVictoria351925116619.3332.003.6304/33
J PotterVictoria112402045.006.005.0004/20
J WildsmithVictoria1190258319.3330.003.8703/58
RM CowperVictoria2379096248.0039.507.2902/24
IW QuickVictoria12150855227.5075.002.2002/45
GS WhitfordVictoria1154038138.0054.004.2201/38
DJ AndersonVictoria111040——24.0000/4
CN CromptonVictoria44491410——5.0200/4
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 1961/62. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Victoria 1961/62 team results and innings totals
TeamMatWonLostDrawnOtherRunsOutsBat avgHighestConcededWicketsBowl avg
Victoria825103,50813226.584873,52611929.63

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 · 1961/62

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

1962-03-02 to 1962-03-05 · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Western Australia v Victoria

Victoria
278 & 105/3

Victoria won by 7 wickets

1962-02-23 to 1962-02-26 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia v Victoria

Victoria
487/6d

Victoria won by an innings and 256 runs

1962-02-02 to 1962-02-06 · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Queensland v Victoria

Queensland
267 & 118/2d
Victoria
211 & 110/3

Match drawn

1962-01-26 to 1962-01-30 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales v Victoria

New South Wales
384 & 139/0
Victoria
321 & 198

New South Wales won by 10 wickets

1962-01-01 to 1962-01-30 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria v South Australia

Victoria
131 & 309
South Australia
366 & 75/2

South Australia won by 8 wickets

1961-12-23 to 1961-12-28 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria v New South Wales

Victoria
236 & 242
New South Wales
398/8d & 254/5d

New South Wales won by 174 runs

1961-12-09 to 1961-12-13 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria v Queensland

Victoria
249 & 218
Queensland
159 & 339

Queensland won by 31 runs

1961-11-10 to 1961-11-14 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria v Western Australia

Victoria
181 & 232

Western Australia won by 8 wickets

Recorded venues

Victoria 1961/62 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 1961/62 for Victoria, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1961/62 batting innings records for Victoria
PlayerRunsOpponentDate
J Potter156South Australia1962-02-23
WM Lawry150*South Australia1962-01-01
WM Lawry114South Australia1962-02-23
WM Lawry113New South Wales1961-12-23
WM Lawry97New South Wales1962-01-26

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1961/62 bowling innings records for Victoria
PlayerWickets/runsOpponentDate
AN Connolly5/35South Australia1962-02-23
I Meckiff5/43Queensland1961-12-09
CEJ Guest5/43Western Australia1962-03-02
I Meckiff4/12South Australia1962-02-23
J Potter4/20Queensland1962-02-02

* 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.