1892–93 Sheffield Shield season

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 1983 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.

1892–93 Sheffield Shield
Administrator(s)Australasian Cricket Council
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin
ChampionsVictoria (1st title)
Participants3
Matches played6
Most runsGeorge Giffen (South Australia) – 468 runs
Most wicketsGeorge Giffen (South Australia) – 33 wickets

Table
Team Pld W L
 Victoria 440
 New South Wales 413
 South Australia 413

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
16–21 December 1892
Scorecard
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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)
Jack 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
24–29 December 1892
Scorecard
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 Victoria (H)
197 (120.5 overs)
Harry Moses 120
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 Tom Flynn
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat
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 Tom Flynn
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to field
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
Charles Turner 4/65 (33 overs)
92 f/o (42.5 overs)
Affie Jarvis 28
Charles 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
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)
Alick Bannerman 46
Hugh Trumble 5/33 (26 overs)
Victoria won by 232 runs
Association Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Charles Bannerman and Tom Flynn
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to bat
16–21 March 1893
Scorecard
v
242 (94.3 overs)
Jack 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 Tom Flynn
  • South Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Statistics

Most runs
PlayerTeamMatchesInningsNot OutRunsHSAverage100s50s
George Giffen  South Australia 48046818158.5012
Jack Lyons  South Australia 48034212442.7512
Harry Trott  Victoria 48130470*43.4203
William Bruce  Victoria 36028312847.1611
Frank Iredale  New South Wales 47028210140.2811

Source:[2]

High scores
PlayerTeamRunsOpponentGroundDate
George Giffen  South Australia 181 VictoriaAdelaide16 March 1893
William Bruce  Victoria 128 New South WalesMelbourne24 December 1892
Jack Lyons  South Australia 124 New South WalesAdelaide16 December 1892
Harry Donnan  New South Wales 120 South AustraliaAdelaide16 December 1892
Frank Laver  Victoria 104 South AustraliaAdelaide16 March 1893

Source:[3]

Most wickets
PlayerTeamMatchesOversRunsWicketsAverageBBI
George Giffen  South Australia 4350.27593323.009/147
Michael Pierce  New South Wales 4206.46222524.888/111
Hugh Trumble  Victoria 3229.02982213.545/27
Bob McLeod  Victoria 4298.04482220.366/54
Ernie Jones  South Australia 4172.04251528.335/60

Source:[4]

Best bowling
PlayerTeamFiguresOversOpponentGroundDate
George Giffen  South Australia 9/14764.0 VictoriaAdelaide16 March 1893
Michael Pierce  New South Wales 8/11146.3 South AustraliaAdelaide16 December 1892
Jim Phillips  Victoria 6/3923.3 South AustraliaAdelaide16 March 1893
Charles Turner  New South Wales 6/4121.0 South AustraliaSydney7 January 1893
Bob McLeod  Victoria 6/5437.5 New South WalesMelbourne24 December 1892

Source:[5]

References
  1. "Sheffield Shield 1892/93 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. "Batting and Fielding in Sheffield Shield 1892/93 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  3. "Sheffield Shield 1892/93 - Centuries". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  4. "Bowling in Sheffield Shield 1892/93 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  5. "Sheffield Shield 1892/93 - Five Wickets in an Innings". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
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