1908–09 Sheffield Shield season

Australian cricket tournament April 2022 1908–09 Sheffield Shield First-class Double round-robin New South Wales 10 3 6 Vernon Ransford (Victoria) – 720 runs Jack O'Connor (South Australia) – 26 wickets 1907–08 1907–08 Sheffield Shield season 1909–10 1909–10 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.Wynne-Thomas Peter The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records pages 133-137 1983 Hamlyn Publishing Group 0-600-34667-6Engel Matthew Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 1344-1345 2004 John Wisden & Company Ltd 0-947766-83-9 Table TeamPldWLDPtsNew South Wales 4 3 1 0 2South Australia 4 2 2 0 0Victoria 4 1 3 0 -2 Fixtures 7–12 November 1908 VIC L SA-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 F. J. C. Thomas and Philip Argall Scorecard Victoria won the toss and elected to bat. 18–21 December 1908 NSW L SA-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 George Watson and Philip Argall Scorecard New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat. 26–29 December 1908 NSW L VIC-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 Bob Crockett and William Hannah Scorecard New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat. 1–7 January 1909 SA L VIC-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 Bob Crockett and W. A. Young Scorecard South Australia won the toss and elected to bat. 9–12 January 1909 SA L NSW-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 Alfred Jones and William Curran Scorecard South Australia won the toss and elected to bat. 23–29 January 1909 NSW-h L VIC 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 Alfred Jones and William Bruton Scorecard New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat. Statistics Most Runs Vernon Ransford 720http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1900S/1908-09/AUS_LOCAL/SS/STATS//SS_1908-09_BAT_MOST_RUNS.html Batting Most runs ESPN Cricinfo Most Wickets Jack O'Connor 26http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1900S/1908-09/AUS_LOCAL/SS/STATS//SS_1908-09_BOWL_MOST_WKTS.html Bowling Most wickets ESPN Cricinfo References Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield Category:Sheffield Shield seasons