1926–27 Sheffield Shield season

Australian cricket tournament April 2022 1926–27 Sheffield Shield First-class Double round-robin South Australia 4 4 11 Bill Ponsford (Victoria) (1091) Don Blackie (Victoria) (33) 1925–26 1925–26 Sheffield Shield season 1927–28 1927–28 Sheffield Shield season The 1926–27 Sheffield Shield season was the 31st season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. South Australia won the championship for the first time since the 1912–13 season. Queensland joined the Championship for the first time,https://www.cricket.com.au/news/feature/norman-callaway-double-hundred-first-class-debut-nsw-sydney-killed-world-war-one-france/2021-11-11 Fallen and forgotten: Tragic tale of a boyhood batting star Cricket Australia 11 November 2021 and the method of deciding the title winners was based on average instead of points.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 TeamPldWLDAverage%South Australia 5 3 2 0 60New South Wales 6 3 3 0 50Victoria 6 3 3 0 50Queensland 5 2 3 0 40 Fixtures 26 November – 1 December 1926 NSW L QLD-h 280 (61.1 overs) Alan Kippax 127 Ron Oxenham 4/54 (20 overs) 356 (72.3 overs) Cecil Thompson 134 Norval Campbell 6/118 (17.3 overs) 475 (135.3 overs) Alan Kippax 131 Ron Oxenham 3/78 (30 overs) 391 (108 overs) Leo O'Connor 196 Norval Campbell 4/162 (33 overs) New South Wales won by 8 runs Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane Arthur Wyeth and John Scott Scorecard New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat. 3–8 December 1926 VIC L SA-h 315 (71.7 overs) Bill Ponsford 214 Norman Williams 6/88 (20 overs) 481 (123.7 overs) Jack Rymill 142 Don Blackie 7/159 (51.7 overs) 430 (98.3 overs) Hunter Hendry 177 Norman Williams 6/146 (25 overs) 8/267 (83.2 overs) Vic Richardson 92 William Rayson 4/74 (17.2 overs) South Australia won by 2 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide George Hele and J. J. Quinn Scorecard Victoria won the toss and elected to bat. 6–11 December 1926 NSW-h L QLD 287 (76.3 overs) Charlie Macartney 114 Ron Oxenham 3/29 (9.4 overs) 577 (179.5 overs) Ron Oxenham 134* Gordon Morgan 4/110 (32.5 overs) 588 (141.1 overs) Alan Kippax 182 Eric Bensted 3/68 (20.1 overs) 5/300 (84.3 overs) Leo O'Connor 143* Ray McNamee 2/55 (23 overs) Queensland won by 5 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Alfred Williams and Walter French Scorecard New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat. 17–22 December 1926 QLD L VIC-h 147 (62 overs) Lynwood Gill 36 Don Blackie 4/49 (23 overs) 533 (129.6 overs) Bill Ponsford 151 Ron Oxenham 4/126 (29.6 overs) 217 (79.7 overs) Alexander Mayes 70 Frank Morton 4/67 (24 overs) Victoria won by an innings and 169 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne F. W. Dixon and P. E. Smith Scorecard Queensland won the toss and elected to bat. 17–22 December 1926 SA-h L NSW 500 (134.2 overs) Vic Richardson 157 Arthur Mailey 6/191 (51.2 overs) 341 (87.7 overs) Tommy Andrews 86 Norman Williams 5/155 (28 overs) 286 (99.3 overs) Colin Alexander 104 Ray McNamee 4/63 (30 overs) 6/446 (106 overs) Tommy Andrews 126 John Scott 2/108 (18 overs) New South Wales won by 4 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide George Hele and J. J. Quinn Scorecard South Australia won the toss and elected to bat. 24–29 December 1926 NSW L VIC-h 221 (81 overs) Norbert Phillips 52 Arthur Liddicut 4/50 (21 overs) 1107 (190.7 overs) Bill Ponsford 352 Arthur Mailey 4/362 (64 overs) 230 (51.3 overs) Archie Jackson 59* Albert Hartkopf 6/98 (16.3 overs) Victoria won by an innings and 656 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne J. Stafford and Joseph Richards Scorecard New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat. 25–28 December 1926 SA-h L QLD 579 (117.2 overs) Arthur Richardson 232 William Rowe 3/82 (20 overs) 251 (57.7 overs) Cecil Thompson 91 Norman Williams 3/66 (17 overs) 0/54 (6.3 overs) Vic Richardson 28* 379 f/o (87.5 overs) Cecil Thompson 77 Clarrie Grimmett 5/107 (24.5 overs) South Australia won by 10 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide George Hele and J. J. Quinn Scorecard South Australia won the toss and elected to bat. 1–6 January 1927 VIC-h L SA 304 (72.3 overs) Bill Ponsford 108 Clarrie Grimmett 4/101 (21.3 overs) 149 (52.3 overs) David Pritchard 56 Frank Morton 5/70 (24.3 overs) 649 (177.4 overs) Hammy Love 188 Clarrie Grimmett 5/180 (53 overs) 233 (74 overs) Karl Schneider 53 Frank Morton 4/70 (21 overs) Victoria won by 571 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Joseph Richards and P. E. Smith Scorecard Victoria won the toss and elected to bat. 8–12 January 1927 SA L NSW-h 345 (87.7 overs) Arthur Richardson 189 Ernest O'Brien 5/99 (21.7 overs) 198 (45.4 overs) Les Gwynne 43 Douglas McKay 4/32 (11 overs) 399 (115.7 overs) Karl Schneider 146 Ray McNamee 5/86 (40 overs) 206 (43.2 overs) Archie Jackson 104* Philip Lee 5/36 (7 overs) South Australia won by 340 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Alfred Jones and Alfred Williams Scorecard South Australia won the toss and elected to bat. 26–28 January 1927 NSW-h L VIC 469 (107 overs) Alan Kippax 217* Don Blackie 3/126 (37 overs) 35 (18.4 overs) Bert Davie 10* Ray McNamee 7/21 (8.4 overs) 181 f/o (49.5 overs) Arthur Liddicut 55 Ray McNamee 3/49 (16 overs) New South Wales won by an innings and 253 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney M. Carney and William Bowes Scorecard New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat. 5–11 February 1927 QLD-h L VIC 399 (130 overs) Ron Oxenham 104 Frank Morton 4/130 (34 overs) 86 (34.6 overs) Keith Millar 34 Ron Oxenham 4/18 (11.6 overs) 439 (114.6 overs) Eric Knowles 144 Hunter Hendry 3/51 (15 overs) 518 (143.2 overs) Hunter Hendry 137 Percy Hornibrook 4/109 (32.2 overs) Queensland won by 234 runs Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane John Bartlett and John Scott Scorecard Queensland won the toss and elected to bat. Statistics Most Runs Bill Ponsford 1091http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1920S/1926-27/AUS_LOCAL/SS/STATS//SS_1926-27_BAT_MOST_RUNS.html Batting Most runs ESPN Cricinfo Most Wickets Don Blackie 33http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1920S/1926-27/AUS_LOCAL/SS/STATS//SS_1926-27_BOWL_MOST_WKTS.html Bowling Most wickets ESPN Cricinfo Notable events Victoria recorded the highest innings total in first-class cricket history, when scoring 1,107 against New South Wales at Melbourne in December 1926.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127910395 CRICKET The Referee 2078 New South Wales, Australia 5 January 1927 20 June 2019 12 National Library of AustraliaSengupta Arunabha When Bill Ponsford scored a triple; Victoria amassed 1,107 against New South Wales http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/the-day-victoria-scored-1107-against-new-south-wales-80037 CricketCountry 28 December 2013 28 August 2017Duncan Jamie Victoria set cricket record at MCG in 1926 that still stands today http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/victoria-set-a-cricket-record-at-the-mcg-90-years-ago-today-that-still-stands/news-story/e6e5c881f92b89a946862cef286cca96 HeraldSun 28 August 2017 Incredibly, in the return match against New South Wales at Sydney in January 1927 they were dismissed for an innings total of just 35.Sheffield Shield at Sydney, Jan 26-28 1927 http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8043/scorecard/284606/New-South-Wales-vs-Victoria- ESPNCricinfo 28 August 2017 References Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield Category:Sheffield Shield seasons Category:Long stubs with short prose