1985–86 Sheffield Shield season

The 1985–86 Sheffield Shield season was the 84th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship.^[1][2]

1985–86 Sheffield Shield season

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin & Final
Champions	New South Wales (39th title)
Participants	6
Matches	31
Player of the series	Allan Border (Queensland)
Most runs	Mark Taylor (New South Wales) (903)
Most wickets	Jeff Thomson (Queensland) (42)
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	Drawn	N/R	Points
New South Wales	10	4	1	0	5	0	56
Queensland	10	4	0	0	6	0	54
Victoria	10	2	1	0	7	0	48
Western Australia	10	2	1	0	7	0	42
South Australia	10	2	4	0	4	0	28
Tasmania	10	0	7	0	3	0	4

Final

Queensland	v	New South Wales (H)
436 Kepler Wessels 166 Glenn Trimble 112 Mike Whitney 6/65		294 Greg Dyer 88 no*
113/7 dec Peter Taylor 4/31		258/8 Dirk Wellham 80

Match Drawn, New South Wales win by virtue of topping regular season ladder. Venue: Sydney

Statistics

Most Runs

Mark Taylor 903 ^[3]

Most Wickets

Jeff Thomson 42 ^[4]