1984–85 Sheffield Shield season

Australian cricket tournament

Cricket tournament

1984–85 Sheffield Shield season
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin & Final
Champions	New South Wales (38th title)
Participants	6
Matches	31
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 Sheffield Shield season was the 83rd season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship.

Points table

Team	Pld	W	WLF	L	LWF	DWF	DLF	ND	Pts
New South Wales	10	4	0	0	0	4	2	0	80
Queensland	10	4	0	1	2	1	2	0	76
South Australia	10	2	2	4	0	1	1	0	60
Western Australia	10	1	1	1	0	3	3	1	42
Victoria	10	0	0	3	1	3	2	1	18
Tasmania	10	0	0	2	0	3	5	0	12

Final

15–19 March 1985
Scorecard

Queensland	v	New South Wales (H)
374 (170.3 overs) Trevor Hohns 103 Imran Khan 4/66 (27.3 overs)		318 (121.3 overs) Steve Smith 76 Jeff Thomson 3/83 (273 overs)
163 (77 overs) Ray Phillips 47 Imran Khan 5/34 (19 overs)		223/9 (93.2 overs) Peter Clifford 83* Carl Rackemann 6/54 (30.2 overs)

New South Wales win by 1 wicket
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Dick French and Mel Johnson

Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
Jeff Thomson (Queensland) claimed his 600th wicket in first-class matches.

Statistics

Most Runs

Peter Clifford 889

Most Wickets

John Inverarity 41 & Carl Rackemann 41

References

Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 1344-1345. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
"Sheffield Shield 1984/85 Table". Association of Cricket Statisticians. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
"Sheffield Shield 1984/85". Wisden. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
New South Wales v Queensland, Sheffield Shield 1984/85 (Final) at CricketArchive (subscription required)
"Batting Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo.
"Bowling Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo.

Australian cricket seasons

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National	Men Women U-19 A Indigenous Cricket Australia XI
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Notes	Italics indicate that the team no longer competes in state cricket.
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Italics indicate that the team no longer competes in state cricket

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