1921–22 Sheffield Shield season

The 1921–22 Sheffield Shield season was the 26th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Victoria won the championship.^[1][2]

1921–22 Sheffield Shield

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Champions	Victoria (8th title)
Participants	3
Matches	6
Most runs	Jack Ryder (484)
Most wickets	Ted McDonald (25)
← 1920–21 1922–23 →

Table

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

Fixtures

16–21 December 1921 Scorecard

New South Wales	v	South Australia (H)
360 (74 overs) Mudgee Cranney 70 Richard Townsend 5/60 (18 overs)		376 (65.3 overs) David Pritchard 100 Lyall Wall 7/133 (25.6 overs)
439 (103.5 overs) Mudgee Cranney 144 Clive Braybrook 3/52 (11.5 overs)		406 (86.6 overs) Richard Townsend 117 Lyall Wall 4/123 (34.6 overs)

New South Wales won by 17 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: George Hele and S. W. Smith

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

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24–28 December 1921 Scorecard

New South Wales	v	Victoria (H)
254 (63.6 overs) Tommy Andrews 115 Ted McDonald 5/65 (17 overs)		302 (60.5 overs) Roy Park 122 Jack Gregory 4/71 (12.5 overs)
280 (60.6 overs) Herbie Collins 111 Albert Hartkopf 5/86 (14.6 overs)		4/233 (58.4 overs) Jack Ryder 85 Arthur Mailey 2/75 (15 overs)

Victoria won by 6 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Bob Crockett and Clement Garing

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

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31 December 1921 – 4 January 1922 Scorecard

(H) Victoria	v	South Australia
474 (97.1 overs) Jack Ryder 242 Arthur Richardson 5/112 (24 overs)		219 (57.4 overs) Andrew Smith 49 Ted McDonald 3/52 (15 overs)
4/97 (26.1 overs) Horace Sandford 39 Arthur Richardson 2/11 (8.1 overs)		351 f/o (88.3 overs) Andrew Smith 122 Albert Hartkopf 3/45 (16 overs)

Victoria won by 6 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Dave Elder and H. J. Alessio

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

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6–11 January 1922 Scorecard

South Australia	v	New South Wales (H)
264 (78.5 overs) Lance Pellew 81 John Scott 4/35 (17.5 overs)		160 (40.7 overs) Gordon Morgan 52 Bill Whitty 7/66 (18 overs)
229 (70.2 overs) Percy Rundell 55 Bill Ives 4/31 (12 overs)		4/334 (66.6 overs) Tommy Andrews 129 Bill Whitty 2/82 (22 overs)

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

• South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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26–30 January 1922 Scorecard

Victoria	v	New South Wales (H)
265 (68 overs) Frank O'Keeffe 87 John Scott 5/74 (17 overs)		267 (82.5 overs) Hammy Love 69 Jack Ryder 6/60 (22.5 overs)
348 (97 overs) Jack Ryder 95 Lyall Wall 3/37 (17 overs)		192 (52.2 overs) Charlie Kelleway 45 Ted McDonald 8/84 (21.2 overs)

Victoria won by 154 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Alfred Williams and C. W. Waugh

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

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24–28 February 1922 Scorecard

(H) South Australia	v	Victoria
160 (42 overs) Percy Rundell 45 Percival Wallace 4/24 (12 overs)		625 (124.6 overs) Frank O'Keeffe 180 Richard Townsend 3/102 (20 overs)
233 (46.4 overs) Andrew Smith 72 Frank O'Keeffe 5/45 (6 overs)

Victoria won by an innings and 232 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: S. W. Smith and T. W. Cook

• South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most Runs

Jack Ryder 484^[3]

Most Wickets

Ted McDonald 25^[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.

External links

• Season at ESPN Cricinfo