The 1893–94 Sheffield Shield season was the second season of the

Sheffield Shield The Sheffield Shield (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Marsh Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams from the six states of Australia. Sheffield Shi ...

, the domestic first-class

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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

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who won three of their four matches.

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

Table

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:

Fixtures

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Statistics

Most Runs

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

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. The remaining top three run scorers were also South Australians with Jack Lyons and

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finishing second and third respectively.

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 Charles Edward McLeod (24 October 1869 – 26 November 1918) was an Australian cricketer who played in 17 Test matches between 1894 and 1905. McLeod was a patient batsman and accurate bowler who represented Victoria in first-class cricket from ...

from South Australia while Andrew Newell finished third as he recorded the best figures of the season against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval.

References

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Sheffield Shield seasons