# 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. George Giffen scored the most runs in the competition with 526 runs while Charles Turner took the most wickets with 30.

## Table

| Team | Pld | W | L |
| South Australia | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| New South Wales | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Victoria | 4 | 1 | 3 |
* The order of the table was determined by the number of matches won by each team.
* Pld: matches played; W: won; L: lost
* Source: CricInfo

## Fixtures

* 15–19 December 1893 Scorecard
* South Australia won by 237 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Jack Tooher and George Downs
* South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* 23–30 December 1893 Scorecard
* Victoria won by 3 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Jack Tooher and Jim Phillips
* New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
* 1–4 January 1894 Scorecard
* 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
* New South Wales won by an innings and 158 runs Association Ground, Sydney Umpires: Jack Tooher and Philip Argall
* South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* 26–30 January 1894 Scorecard
* New South Wales won by 19 runs Association Ground, Sydney Umpires: Jack Tooher and Tom Flynn
* Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
* 2–7 March 1894 Scorecard
* 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.
| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Not Out | Runs | HS | Average | 100s | 50s |
| George Giffen | South Australia | 4 | 8 | 1 | 526 | 205 | 75.14 | 2 | 1 |
| Jack Lyons | South Australia | 4 | 8 | 0 | 319 | 101 | 39.87 | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Reedman | South Australia | 4 | 8 | 0 | 251 | 113 | 31.37 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Harry | Victoria | 4 | 8 | 1 | 223 | 82 | 31.85 | 0 | 2 |
| Sydney Callaway | New South Wales | 4 | 7 | 1 | 220 | 71 | 36.66 | 0 | 3 |

### 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.
| Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wickets | Average | BBI |
| Charles Turner | Victoria | 3 | 156.5 | 369 | 30 | 12.30 | 6/51 |
| Charlie McLeod | South Australia | 4 | 236.5 | 421 | 27 | 15.59 | 6/64 |
| Andrew Newell | New South Wales | 4 | 183.5 | 401 | 22 | 18.22 | 7/190 |
| Ernie Jones | South Australia | 4 | 148.4 | 389 | 19 | 20.47 | 5/50 |
| Harry Trott | New South Wales | 4 | 149.3 | 395 | 18 | 21.94 | 5/44 |