1954–55 Sheffield Shield season
Cricket format | First-class |
---|---|
Tournament format(s) | round-robin |
Champions | New South Wales (27th title) |
Participants | 5 |
Matches | 9 |
The 1954–55 Sheffield Shield season was the 53rd season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship. The matches were reduced to limit financial losses but the experiment proved to be false economy.[1][2]
Table
[edit]Team | Played | Won | 1st Inns Won | 1st Inns Lost | Lost | Drawn | Points | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New South Wales | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 65.00 |
Victoria | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 55.00 |
Western Australia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 50.00 |
Queensland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 35.00 |
South Australia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 20.00 |
Statistics
[edit]Most Runs
[edit]Neil Harvey 401 [3]
Most Wickets
[edit]Pat Crawford 25 [4]
References
[edit]- ^ Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records pages 133-137. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.
- ^ Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 1344-1345. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
- ^ "Batting Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo.
- ^ "Bowling Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo.
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