1987–88 Sheffield Shield season

The 1987–88 Sheffield Shield season was the 86th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Western Australia won the championship.^[1][2]

1987–88 Sheffield Shield season

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin & Final
Champions	Western Australia (11th title)
Participants	6
Matches	31
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	Drawn	N/R	Points
Western Australia	10	6	2	0	2	0	40
Queensland	10	5	3	0	2	0	32
New South Wales	10	4	4	0	2	0	24
Victoria	10	2	1	0	7	0	22
South Australia	10	2	4	0	4	0	16
Tasmania	10	1	6	0	3	0	6

Final

Queensland	v	Western Australia (H)
289 Chris Matthews 8/101		344 Graeme Wood 141 Carl Rackemann 5/69
216 Terry Alderman 6/91		162/5

Western Australia win by 5 wickets. Venue: Perth

Statistics

Most Runs

Graeme Wood 1014 ^[3]

Most Wickets

Chris Matthews 56 ^[4]