1986–87 Sheffield Shield season

The 1986–87 Sheffield Shield season was the 85th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Western Australia won the championship.^[1][2]

1986–87 Sheffield Shield season

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin & Final
Champions	Western Australia (10th title)
Participants	6
Matches	31
Player of the series	Craig McDermott (Queensland)
Most runs	Mike Veletta (Western Australia) (959)
Most wickets	Chris Matthews (Western Australia) (47)
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	Drawn	N/R	Points
Western Australia	10	6	0	0	4	0	40
Victoria	10	3	3	0	4	0	20
Queensland	10	2	1	0	7	0	18
South Australia	10	2	3	0	5	0	18
New South Wales	10	2	3	0	5	0	16
Tasmania	10	0	5	0	5	0	4

Final

Victoria	v	Western Australia (H)
404-8 dec Tony Dodemaide 81*no		654 Mike Veletta 262 Tom Moody 97
215-6 Simon O'Donnell 78

Match Drawn, Western Australia win by virtue of topping regular season ladder. Venue: Perth

Statistics

Most Runs

Mike Veletta 959 ^[3]

Most Wickets

Chris Matthews 47 ^[4]