1892–93 Sheffield Shield season

1892–93 Sheffield Shield
Dates16 December 1892 (1892-12-16) – 21 March 1893 (1893-03-21)
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament formatDouble round-robin
ChampionsVictoria (1st title)
Runners-upNew South Wales
Participants3
Matches6
Attendance164,059 (27,343 per match)
Most runsGeorge Giffen (468)
Most wicketsGeorge Giffen (33)
Official websiteESPNcricinfo

The 1892–93 Sheffield Shield season was the first season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. It was contested by three of Australia's six states: New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria. Victoria won the competition, winning all four of their matches.

Teams

Grounds used during the 1892–93 Sheffield Shield season.
Team Home ground(s) Captain(s)
 New South Wales Association Ground, Sydney Harry Moses (1–2)
Alec Bannerman (3–4)
 South Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide George Giffen
 Victoria Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Jack Worrall (1)
Jack Barrett (2)
Jack Blackham (3)
Harry Trott (4)

Table

Pos Team Pld W L
1  Victoria 4 4 0
2  New South Wales 4 1 3
3  South Australia 4 1 3
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Results

Match 1

16–21 December 1892
Scorecard
v
337 (164.1 overs)
Harry Donnan 120
George Giffen 6/133 (74.1 overs)
212 (97.3 overs)
George Giffen 75
Michael Pierce 8/111 (46.3 overs)
148 (82.4 overs)
Frank Iredale 36
George Giffen 6/58 (41.4 overs)
330 f/o (107.2 overs)
John Lyons 124
Michael Pierce 5/154 (39.2 overs)
South Australia won by 57 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Charles Bannerman and George Searcy
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 18 December 1892 was a rest day.

Match 2

24–29 December 1892
Scorecard
v
 Victoria (H)
197 (120.5 overs)
Harry Moses 77
Bob McLeod 6/54 (37.5 overs)
375 (136.5 overs)
William Bruce 128
Michael Pierce 6/100 (42.5 overs)
364 (254.1 overs)
Frank Iredale 101
Bob McLeod 5/98 (82.1 overs)
2/187 (64.3 overs)
Harry Trott 70*
Michael Pierce 1/63 (19 overs)
Victoria won by 8 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: Charles Bannerman and Thomas Flynn
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 25 December 1892 was a rest day.

Match 3

31 December 1892–4 January 1893
Scorecard
v
 Victoria (H)
73 (25.2 overs)
George Giffen 32
Hugh Trumble 5/27 (13 overs)
180 (48.3 overs)
Percy Lewis 85
Ernie Jones 5/60 (15 overs)
347 (157 overs)
George Giffen 92
Hugh Trumble 5/93 (57 overs)
4/241 (100 overs)
Harry Graham 86*
George Giffen 3/126 (50 overs)
Victoria won by 6 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: George Downs and Thomas Flynn
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
  • 1 January 1893 was a rest day.

Match 4

7–10 January 1893
Scorecard
v
335 (161.5 overs)
Charles Richardson 75*
Ernie Jones 4/98 (44 overs)
183 (71.3 overs)
Joseph Tardif 41
Charlie Turner 4/65 (33 overs)
92 f/o (42.5 overs)
Affie Jarvis 28
Charlie Turner 6/41 (21 overs)
New South Wales won by an innings and 60 runs
Association Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Charles Bannerman and George Downs
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 8 January 1893 was a rest day.

Match 5

26–31 January 1893
Scorecard
v
331 (128.4 overs)
Jack Blackham 64*
Arthur Coningham 4/90 (33 overs)
261 (158 overs)
Frank Iredale 55
Bob McLeod 4/76 (51 overs)
261 (107.3 overs)
William Bruce 86
Arthur Coningham 5/79 (36 overs)
99 (66 overs)
Alec Bannerman 46
Hugh Trumble 5/33 (26 overs)
Victoria won by 232 runs
Association Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Charles Bannerman and Thomas Flynn
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 29 January 1893 was a rest day.

Match 6

16–21 March 1893
Scorecard
v
242 (94.3 overs)
John Lyons 72
Jim Phillips 6/39 (23.3 overs)
403 (146 overs)
Frank Laver 104
George Giffen 9/147 (64 overs)
363 (144.5 overs)
George Giffen 181
Jim Phillips 4/100 (44 overs)
5/203 (59 overs)
John Stuckey 56
John Reedman 3/46 (16 overs)
Victoria won by 5 wickets
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: George Downs and Thomas Flynn
  • South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 19 March 1893 was a rest day.

Statistics

Most runs

Player[1] Team Mat. Inn. NO Runs HS Ave. 100s 50s
George Giffen  South Australia 4 8 0 468 181 58.50 1 2
John Lyons  South Australia 4 8 0 342 124 42.75 1 2
Harry Trott  Victoria 4 8 1 304 70* 43.42 0 3
William Bruce  Victoria 3 6 0 283 128 47.16 1 1
Frank Iredale  New South Wales 4 7 0 282 101 40.28 1 1

High scores

Player[1] Team HS Opponent Inn. Ground Dates
George Giffen  South Australia 181  Victoria 3rd Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 16–21 March 1893
William Bruce  Victoria 128  New South Wales 2nd Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 24–29 December 1892
John Lyons  South Australia 124  New South Wales 3rd Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 16–21 December 1892
Harry Donnan  New South Wales 120  South Australia 1st Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 16–21 December 1892
Frank Laver  Victoria 104  South Australia 2nd Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 16–21 March 1893

Most wickets

Player[2] Team Mat. Overs Mai. Runs Wickets Econ. Best 5WI 10WM
George Giffen  South Australia 4 350.2 123 759 33 2.16 9/147 4 2
Michael Pierce  New South Wales 4 206.4 28 622 25 3.00 8/111 3 1
Hugh Trumble  Victoria 3 229 109 298 22 1.30 5/27 3 1
Bob McLeod  Victoria 4 298 134 448 22 1.50 6/54 2 1
Ernie Jones  South Australia 4 172 41 425 15 2.47 5/60 1 0

Best figures

Player[2] Team Best Opponent Inn. Ground Dates
George Giffen  South Australia 9/147  Victoria 2nd Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 16–21 March 1893
Michael Pierce  New South Wales 8/111  South Australia 2nd Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 16–21 December 1892
Jim Phillips  Victoria 6/39  South Australia 1st Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 16–21 March 1893
Charlie Turner  New South Wales 6/41  South Australia 3rd Association Ground, Sydney 7–10 January 1893
Bob McLeod  Victoria 6/54  New South Wales 1st Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 24–29 December 1892

References

  1. ^ a b "Sheffield Shield 1892/93: Batting - Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo.
  2. ^ a b "Sheffield Shield 1892/93: Bowling - Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo.
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