1893–94 Sheffield Shield season

The 1893–94 Sheffield Shield season was the second season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The season took place between 15 December 1893 to 7 March 1894 and was contested by three teams. The competition would be won by South Australia who won three of their four matches.[1][2] George Giffen scored the most runs in the competition with 526 runs while Charles Turner took the most wickets with 30.

1893–94 Sheffield Shield
Artist's sketch of the Sheffield Shield Trophy, 1894.
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin
ChampionsSouth Australia (1st title)
Participants3
Matches6
Most runsGeorge Giffen (South Australia) – 526 runs
Most wicketsCharles Turner (New South Wales) – 30 wickets

Table
Team Pld W L
 South Australia 431
 New South Wales 422
 Victoria 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:[3]

Fixtures
15–19 December 1893
Scorecard
v
106 (52.3 overs)
George Giffen 47
Sydney Callaway 5/55 (23.3 overs)
118 (40.2 overs)
Harry Donnan 26
Ernie Jones 5/50 (18.2 overs)
483 (181.1 overs)
George Giffen 205
Andrew Newell 7/190 (75.1 overs)
234 (70.3 overs)
Sydney Callaway 71
George Giffen 2/63 (21 overs)
South Australia won by 237 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: John Tooher and George Downs
  • South Australia won the toss and elected to bat
23–30 December 1893
Scorecard
v
 Victoria (H)
155 (95.2 overs)
Harry Moses 71
Harry Trott 5/44 (20.2 overs)
126 (60.5 overs)
John Stuckey 29
Charles Turner 5/58 (29.5 overs)
174 (112.2 overs)
Billy Murdoch 64
Hugh Trumble 3/28 (19 overs)
7/204 (79.4 overs)
Harry Graham 68
Charles Turner 5/84 (31.1 overs)
Victoria won by 3 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: John Tooher and Jim Phillips
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat
1–4 January 1894
Scorecard
v
 Victoria (H)
272 (105.5 overs)
Joe Darling 63
Charlie McLeod 5/58 (30.5 overs)
181 (64.5 overs)
William Bruce 56
George Giffen 4/56 (17.5 overs)
281 (136.3 overs)
George Giffen 103
John Harry 4/20 (12.3 overs)
298 (115.4 overs)
Frank Walters 95
Fred Jarvis 4/62 (31.4 overs)
South Australia won by 74 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: Tom Flynn and Philip Argall
  • South Australia won the toss and elected to bat
6–9 January 1894
Scorecard
v
117 (45.4 overs)
Harry Blinman 25
Charles Turner 4/47 (23 overs)
393 (120.2 overs)
Harry Moses 104
Fred Jarvis 4/95 (31 overs)
118 (38.5 overs)
John Reedman 37
Arthur Coningham 5/46 (19 overs)
New South Wales won by an innings and 158 runs
Association Ground, Sydney
Umpires: John Tooher and Philip Argall
  • South Australia won the toss and elected to bat
26–30 January 1894
Scorecard
v
127 (48.4 overs)
Sydney Callaway 38
Charlie McLeod 6/64 (21 overs)
88 (27 overs)
Hugh Trumble 26
Charles Turner 6/51 (14 overs)
151 (67.1 overs)
Sydney Callaway 50
Hugh Trumble 3/45 (28 overs)
171 (87.1 overs)
Harry Graham 45
Charles Turner 5/59 (39 overs)
New South Wales won by 19 runs
Association Ground, Sydney
Umpires: John Tooher and Tom Flynn
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to field
2–7 March 1894
Scorecard
v
316 (128.5 overs)
John Reedman 113
Charlie McLeod 5/77 (38 overs)
222 (82 overs)
John Harry 50
Fred Jarvis 4/56 (27 overs)
276 (114 overs)
Jack Lyons 101
Charlie McLeod 4/51 (34 overs)
312 (110.4 overs)
John Harry 82
Ernie Jones 5/73 (23 overs)
South Australia won by 58 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Jim Phillips and George Downs
  • South Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Statistics

Most Runs

George Giffen scored the most runs for the 1893–94 season with 526 runs from eight innings which included 205 runs in the first innings of the game between South Australia and New South Wales at the Adelaide Oval. The remaining top three run scorers were also South Australians with Jack Lyons and Jack Reedman finishing second and third respectively.[4]

PlayerTeamMatchesInningsNot OutRunsHSAverage100s50s
George Giffen  South Australia 48152620575.1421
Jack Lyons  South Australia 48031910139.8711
Jack Reedman  South Australia 48025111331.3710
John Harry  Victoria 4812238231.8502
Sydney Callaway  New South Wales 4712207136.6603

Most wickets

Charlie Turner took the most wickets for the 1893–94 season with 30 wickets from his three matches which two 10-wicket matches, both of them against New South Wales. Second place was Charlie McLeod from South Australia while Andrew Newell finished third as he recorded the best figures of the season against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval.[5]

PlayerTeamMatchesOversRunsWicketsAverageBBI
Charles Turner  Victoria 3156.53693012.306/51
Charlie McLeod  South Australia 4236.54212715.596/64
Andrew Newell  New South Wales 4183.54012218.227/190
Ernie Jones  South Australia 4148.43891920.475/50
Harry Trott  New South Wales 4149.33951821.945/44

References
  1. Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records pages 133-137. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.
  2. Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 1344-1345. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
  3. "Sheffield Shield 1893-94 Points Table". CricInfo. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  4. "Batting Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  5. "Bowling Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
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