1920–21 Sheffield Shield season

The 1920–21 Sheffield Shield season was the 25th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship.^[1][2]

1920–21 Sheffield Shield

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Champions	New South Wales (15th title)
Participants	3
Matches	6
Most runs	Warren Bardsley (New South Wales) (648)
Most wickets	Arthur Mailey (New South Wales) (26)
← 1919–20 1921–22 →

Table

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

Fixtures

29 October – 2 November 1920 Scorecard

(H) South Australia	v	Victoria
290 (63 overs) Bill Whitty 81 Warwick Armstrong 4/60 (18 overs)		639 (129.3 overs) Roy Park 152 Andrew Smith 4/103 (14.3 overs)
270 (65.4 overs) Arthur Richardson 53* Bert Ironmonger 4/82 (22 overs)

Victoria won by an innings and 79 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: F. J. C. Thomas and G. I. Colyer

• South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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26 November – 1 December 1920 Scorecard

(H) Victoria	v	South Australia
310 (73 overs) Warwick Armstrong 157* Arthur Richardson 4/66 (21 overs)		246 (66.1 overs) Lance Pellew 69 Ted McDonald 3/46 (18.1 overs)
724 (168.7 overs) Warwick Armstrong 245 Arthur Richardson 4/153 (43 overs)		403 (81.6 overs) Percy Rundell 116 Ted McDonald 6/127 (27 overs)

Victoria won by 385 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Bob Crockett and H. J. Alessio

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

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3–9 December 1920 Scorecard

(H) New South Wales	v	South Australia
802 (156.3 overs) Warren Bardsley 235 Nip Pellew 3/119 (29 overs)		191 (53.7 overs) Nip Pellew 73 Arthur Mailey 8/81 (19.7 overs)
		0/6 f/o (4 overs) Nip Pellew 3*

Match drawn Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Alfred Jones and William Curran

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

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24–29 December 1920 Scorecard

New South Wales	v	Victoria (H)
366 (82.5 overs) Warren Bardsley 125 Bert Ironmonger 4/127 (33.5 overs)		302 (93.1 overs) Roy Park 111 Arthur Mailey 6/97 (26.1 overs)
235 (55 overs) Johnny Taylor 118 Ted McDonald 5/81 (19 overs)		198 (61.3 overs) Carl Willis 43 Arthur Mailey 6/99 (23 overs)

New South Wales won by 101 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: A. D. Reaburn and Bob Crockett

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

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7–12 January 1921 Scorecard

New South Wales	v	South Australia (H)
304 (51.2 overs) Jack Gregory 130 Andrew Smith 4/71 (10.2 overs)		265 (66 overs) Nip Pellew 91 Tommy Andrews 5/89 (20 overs)
770 (137 overs) Warren Bardsley 235 Arthur Richardson 3/168 (35 overs)		171 (51.3 overs) Vic Richardson 52 Tommy Andrews 4/67 (12.3 overs)

New South Wales won by 638 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: A. H. Kruss and F. K. Lindow

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

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25–28 January 1921 Scorecard

Victoria	v	New South Wales (H)
176 (42.1 overs) Jack Ryder 64 Jack Gregory 4/61 (13 overs)		433 (86.4 overs) Herbie Collins 146 Arthur Liddicut 4/50 (12.4 overs)
331 (73.6 overs) Jack Ryder 135* Arthur Mailey 4/86 (17.6 overs)		4/75 (21.3 overs) Frank O'Keeffe 26 Ted McDonald 3/49 (11 overs)

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

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most Runs

Warren Bardsley 648^[3]

Most Wickets

Arthur Mailey 26^[4]

Notable events

New South Wales set the record, which still stands, for the highest second innings total by a team in a first-class match, when scoring 770 against South Australia at Adelaide in January 1921.^[5] As well as this total, South Australia conceded innings totals of 639, 724 and 802 in their three other matches.^[6]