1894–95 Sheffield Shield season

The 1894–95 Sheffield Shield season was the third season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Victoria won the championship.^[1][2]

1894–95 Sheffield Shield

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Champions	Victoria (2nd title)
Participants	3
Matches	6
Most runs	Syd Gregory (New South Wales) – 339 runs
Most wickets	George Giffen (South Australia) – 43 wickets
← 1893–94 1895–96 →

Table

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

Fixtures

30 November – 3 December 1894 Scorecard

Victoria	v	South Australia (H)
252 (88.1 overs) Jack Worrall 47 George Giffen 6/87 (34 overs)		358 (160.2 overs) Robert Dyer 102 Charlie McLeod 3/81 (48.2 overs)
134 (56.5 overs) Jack Harry 45 George Giffen 6/60 (25.5 overs)		0/29 (5.5 overs) Jack Lyons 19*

South Australia won by 10 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: George Searcy and Tom Flynn

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

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22–27 December 1894 Scorecard

(H) Victoria	v	New South Wales
175 (84.2 overs) Jack Harry 29 Charles Turner 4/64 (31.2 overs)		66 (33.5 overs) Frank Iredale 24 Bob McLeod 6/20 (16.5 overs)
246 (107.3 overs) Jack Worrall 96 Charles Turner 4/65 (40.3 overs)		194 (82.1 overs) Syd Gregory 101 Albert Trott 5/55 (32.1 overs)

Victoria won by 161 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: E. J. Briscoe and Tom Flynn

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

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5–9 January 1895 Scorecard

New South Wales	v	South Australia (H)
192 (93.2 overs) Tom Garrett 48 George Giffen 8/77 (43.2 overs)		270 (120.3 overs) Affie Jarvis 98* Sydney Callaway 5/108 (43.3 overs)
247 (96.1 overs) Harry Moses 77 George Giffen 8/109 (48.1 overs)		6/170 (76.4 overs) Harry Blinman 67* Bill Howell 4/55 (24 overs)

South Australia won by 4 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: E. J. Briscoe and George Downs

• New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.

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25–31 January 1895 Scorecard

Victoria	v	New South Wales (H)
181 (68.3 overs) Charlie McLeod 31 Tom McKibbin 5/36 (13.3 overs)		274 (107.1 overs) Frank Iredale 86 Bob McLeod 4/50 (15.1 overs)
247 (105 overs) Frank Laver 65 Charles Turner 4/56 (36 overs)		99 (48.3 overs) Syd Gregory 24 Harry Trott 5/31 (14 overs)

Victoria won by 55 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Bob Crockett and Charles Bannerman

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

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15–19 February 1895 Scorecard

(H) Victoria	v	South Australia
348 (128.5 overs) Harry Trott 152 Ernie Jones 5/71 (23.1 overs)		118 (57.1 overs) Clem Hill 33 Albert Trott 4/24 (13.1 overs)
0/16 (4.5 overs) William Bruce 12*		245 f/o (54 overs) Jack Lyons 135 Harry Trott 4/70 (17 overs)

Victoria won by 10 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Isaac Fisher and Tom Flynn

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

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22–26 February 1895 Scorecard

(H) New South Wales	v	South Australia
239 (76.5 overs) Tom Garrett 82 George Giffen 4/114 (37.5 overs)		304 (96.4 overs) Robert Dyer 71 Tom McKibbin 6/123 (36.4 overs)
336 (100.2 overs) Frank Iredale 91 George Giffen 6/132 (50.2 overs)		160 (62.5 overs) George Giffen 65 Tom McKibbin 8/66 (28.5 overs)

New South Wales won by 111 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Charles Bannerman and Isaac Fisher

• New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most Runs

Syd Gregory 339^[3]

Most Wickets

George Giffen 43^[4]