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1953–54 Sheffield Shield season Cricket format First-class Tournament format(s) Double round-robin Champions New South Wales (26th title)Participants 5 Matches 16 Most runs Colin McDonald (Victoria ) – 733 runsMost wickets Ian Johnson (Victoria ) – 37 wickets
The 1953–54 Sheffield Shield season was the 52nd season of the Sheffield Shield , the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The season was played between the 13 November 1953 to 2 March 1954 and was contested by five teams. After sixteen matches was played, New South Wales won their 26th title after finishing first by two points over Victoria .[1] [2] Colin McDonald from Victoria scored the most runs for the season with 733 runs while fellow Victorian player, Ian Johnson took the most wickets with 37.
Points table [ ]
Team
Pld
W
1st Inn Won
1st Inn Lost
L
Pts
Avg
New South Wales
7
4
2
0
1
26
74.28
Victoria
7
4
1
1
1
24
68.57
Queensland
7
1
2
2
2
13
37.14
South Australia
7
1
0
3
3
8
22.85
Western Australia
4
0
1
0
3
3
15.00
Statistics [ ]
Most Runs [ ]
Colin McDonald 733 [3]
Most Wickets [ ]
Ian Johnson 37 [4]
References [ ]
^ 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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