1983–84 Sheffield Shield season

1983–84 Sheffield Shield season

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin & Final
Champions	Western Australia (9th title)
Participants	6
Matches	31

The 1983–84 Sheffield Shield season was the 82nd season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Western Australia won the championship.^[1]

Points table

Team[2][3]	Pld	W	WLF	L	LWF	DWF	DLF	ND	Pts
Western Australia	10	2	2	0	0	5	1	0	76
Queensland	10	3	1	0	2	1	2	1	74
Tasmania	10	1	1	2	1	3	2	0	44
New South Wales	10	1	0	2	2	3	2	0	36
South Australia	10	0	1	1	1	2	4	1	26
Victoria	10	0	1	2	0	2	5	0	20

Final

9–13 March 1984 Scorecard

Queensland	v	Western Australia (H)
431/7d (169 overs) Greg Chappell 85 Shaun Graf 3/111 (42 overs)		363 (130.2 overs) Geoff Marsh 107 Jeff Thomson 5/85 (25.2 overs)
154 (60.2 overs) Chris Smart 62 Ken MacLeay 4/58 (21 overs)		224/6 (70.5 overs) Bruce Laird 54* Graham Whyte 3/28 (13 overs)

Western Australia win by 4 wickets WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Mel Johnson and Peter McConnell

Statistics

Most Runs

John Dyson 1066 ^[4]

Most Wickets

Jeff Thomson 47 ^[5]

References

1. Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 1344-1345. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
2. "Sheffield Shield 1983/84 Table". Association of Cricket Statisticians. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
3. "Sheffield Shield 1983/84". Wisden. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
4. "Batting Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo.
5. "Bowling Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo.