The 1892–93 Sheffield Shield season was the first season of the

Sheffield Shield The Sheffield Shield is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams representing the six states of Australia. The Sheffield Shield is named after Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield, Lor ...

, the domestic first-class

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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

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, who after defeating

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at the Association Ground would go on to win all four of their matches.

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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

Fixtures

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Statistics

Most runs

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References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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