1978–79 Sheffield Shield season

The 1978–79 Sheffield Shield season was the 77th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Victoria won the championship.^[1][2]

1978–79 Sheffield Shield season

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Champions	Victoria (23rd title)
Participants	6
Matches	25
Player of the series	Peter Sleep (South Australia)
Most runs	Andrew Hilditch (New South Wales) (778)
Most wickets	David Hourn (New South Wales) (40)
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

Table

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Batting points	Bowling points	Win points	Total Points
Victoria	9	4	3	2	32	38	40	110
Western Australia	9	3	5	1	28	36	30	94
New South Wales	9	3	4	2	30	32	30	92
Queensland	9	3	3	3	21	33	30	84
South Australia	9	1	3	5	18	29	10	57
Tasmania	5	1	2	2	18	19	18	55

Statistics

Most Runs

Andrew Hilditch 778 ^[3]

Most Wickets

David Hourn 40 ^[4]