1892–93 Sheffield Shield season

1892–93 Sheffield Shield

Administrator(s)	Australasian Cricket Council
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Champions	Victoria (1st title)
Participants	3
Matches	6
Most runs	George Giffen (South Australia) – 468 runs
Most wickets	George Giffen (South Australia) – 33 wickets
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The 1892–93 Sheffield Shield season was the first season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The competition took place between 16 December 1892 to 21 March 1893 and was contested by three teams. The competition was won by Victoria, who after defeating New South Wales at the Association Ground would go on to win all four of their matches. George Giffen scored the most runs in the competition with 468 runs while also taking the most wickets at 33 which included a nine wicket innings against Victoria in Adelaide.

Table[]

Team	Pld	W	L
Victoria	4	4	0
New South Wales	4	1	3
South Australia	4	1	3

Notes:

• The order of the table was determined by the number of matches won by each team.

Pld: matches played; W: won; L: lost

Source:^[1]

Fixtures[]

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Statistics[]

Most runs[]

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Not Out	Runs	HS	Average	100s	50s
George Giffen	South Australia	4	8	0	468	181	58.50	1	2
Jack 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

Source:^[2]

High scores[]

Player	Team	Runs	Opponent	Ground	Date
George Giffen	South Australia	181	Victoria	Adelaide	16 March 1893
William Bruce	Victoria	128	New South Wales	Melbourne	24 December 1892
Jack Lyons	South Australia	124	New South Wales	Adelaide	16 December 1892
Harry Donnan	New South Wales	120	South Australia	Adelaide	16 December 1892
Frank Laver	Victoria	104	South Australia	Adelaide	16 March 1893

Source:^[3]

Most wickets[]

Player	Team	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Average	BBI
George Giffen	South Australia	4	350.2	759	33	23.00	9/147
Michael Pierce	New South Wales	4	206.4	622	25	24.88	8/111
Hugh Trumble	Victoria	3	229.0	298	22	13.54	5/27
Bob McLeod	Victoria	4	298.0	448	22	20.36	6/54
Ernie Jones	South Australia	4	172.0	425	15	28.33	5/60

Source:^[4]

Best bowling[]

Player	Team	Figures	Overs	Opponent	Ground	Date
George Giffen	South Australia	9/147	64.0	Victoria	Adelaide	16 March 1893
Michael Pierce	New South Wales	8/111	46.3	South Australia	Adelaide	16 December 1892
Jim Phillips	Victoria	6/39	23.3	South Australia	Adelaide	16 March 1893
Charles Turner	New South Wales	6/41	21.0	South Australia	Sydney	7 January 1893
Bob McLeod	Victoria	6/54	37.5	New South Wales	Melbourne	24 December 1892

Source:^[5]

References[]

External links[]

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