# 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 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L |
| 1 | Victoria | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | New South Wales | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | South Australia | 4 | 1 | 3 |

## Fixtures

* 16–21 December 1892 Scorecard
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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

| 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 |
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### 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 |
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### 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 |
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### 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 |
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