1908–09 Sheffield Shield season

Australian cricket tournament

Cricket tournament

1908–09 Sheffield Shield
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Champions	New South Wales (10th title)
Participants	3
Matches	6
Most runs	Vernon Ransford (Victoria) – 720 runs
Most wickets	Jack O'Connor (South Australia) – 26 wickets
← 1907–08 1909–10 →

The 1908–09 Sheffield Shield season was the 17th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship.^[1]^[2]

Table

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Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
New South Wales	4	3	1	2
South Australia	4	2	2	0
Victoria	4	1	3	-2

Fixtures

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7–12 November 1908
Scorecard

Victoria

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South Australia (H)

219 (73 overs)
Hughie Carroll 80
Jack O'Connor 7/92 (29 overs)

496 (151.2 overs)
Clem Hill 141
Frank Laver 6/128 (46 overs)

411 (139.4 overs)
Vernon Ransford 131
Jack O'Connor 4/150 (55 overs)

8/135 (70 overs)
Edgar Mayne 77*
Warwick Armstrong 3/26 (21 overs)

South Australia won by 2 wickets
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: F. J. C. Thomas and Philip Argall

Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

18–21 December 1908
Scorecard

New South Wales

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South Australia (H)

713 (171.3 overs)
Bert Hopkins 218
Jack O'Connor 4/173 (54 overs)

97 (40.1 overs)
Clem Hill 28
Bert Hopkins 3/31 (14 overs)

89 f/o (34.4 overs)
John Pellew 37
Monty Noble 4/21 (9.4 overs)

New South Wales won by an innings and 527 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: George Watson and Philip Argall

New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.

26–29 December 1908
Scorecard

New South Wales

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Victoria (H)

176 (50.3 overs)
Mick Waddy 47
Warwick Armstrong 4/41 (11.3 overs)

369 (118.4 overs)
Vernon Ransford 94
Bert Hopkins 4/56 (24.4 overs)

146 (47.2 overs)
Charlie Macartney 39*
Les Vernon 3/50 (14 overs)

Victoria won by an innings and 47 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: Bob Crockett and William Hannah

New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.

1–7 January 1909
Scorecard

South Australia

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Victoria (H)

127 (48.4 overs)
John Woodford 32
Les Vernon 5/24 (12.4 overs)

346 (123 overs)
Vernon Ransford 171*
Bill Whitty 3/71 (33 overs)

351 (121.4 overs)
Edgar Mayne 142
Gerry Hazlitt 5/80 (28 overs)

117 (57 overs)
Vernon Ransford 30
Jack O'Connor 7/36 (24 overs)

South Australia won by 15 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: Bob Crockett and W. A. Young

South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

9–12 January 1909
Scorecard

South Australia

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New South Wales (H)

272 (64.2 overs)
Algy Gehrs 102
Charlie Kelleway 4/33 (10.2 overs)

447 (119.4 overs)
Warren Bardsley 119
Albert Wright 3/124 (39.4 overs)

192 (46.5 overs)
Charlie Dolling 78
Tibby Cotter 5/65 (14.5 overs)

1/19 (4 overs)
Charles Gorry 9*
Clem Hill 1/7 (2 overs)

New South Wales won by 9 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Alfred Jones and William Curran

South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

23–29 January 1909
Scorecard

(H) New South Wales

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Victoria

815 (193.3 overs)
Monty Noble 213
Warwick Armstrong 2/104 (38 overs)

468 (149.2 overs)
Vernon Ransford 182
Charles Barnes 6/59 (14.2 overs)

4/141 (50 overs)
Monty Noble 69*
Gerry Hazlitt 1/23 (12 overs)

487 f/o (141.5 overs)
Warwick Armstrong 171
Charles Barnes 5/147 (33.5 overs)

New South Wales won by 6 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Alfred Jones and William Bruton

New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

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Most Runs

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Vernon Ransford 720^[3]

Most Wickets

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Jack O'Connor 26^[4]

References

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^ Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records pages 133-137. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.
^ Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 1344-1345. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
^ "Batting Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo.
^ "Bowling Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo.

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