1908–09 Sheffield Shield season

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]

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 →

Table

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

Fixtures

7–12 November 1908 Scorecard

Victoria	v	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.

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18–21 December 1908 Scorecard

New South Wales	v	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.

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26–29 December 1908 Scorecard

New South Wales	v	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.

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1–7 January 1909 Scorecard

South Australia	v	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.

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9–12 January 1909 Scorecard

South Australia	v	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.

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23–29 January 1909 Scorecard

(H) New South Wales	v	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

Most Runs

Vernon Ransford 720^[3]

Most Wickets

Jack O'Connor 26^[4]

References

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