The 1893–94 Sheffield Shield season was the second season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The season took place between 15 December 1893 to 7 March 1894 and was contested by three teams. The competition would be won by South Australia who won three of their four matches. George Giffen scored the most runs in the competition with 526 runs while Charles Turner took the most wickets with 30.
Table TeamPldWL 4 3 1 4 2 2 4 1 3 The order of the table was determined by the number of matches won by each team. Pld: matches played; W: won; L: lost Source: CricInfo
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Statistics Most Runs George Giffen scored the most runs for the 1893–94 season with 526 runs from eight innings which included 205 runs in the first innings of the game between South Australia and New South Wales at the Adelaide Oval. The two next highest scorers were also South Australians, with Jack Lyons and Jack Reedman finishing second and third respectively. Player Team Matches Innings Not Out Runs HS Average 100s 50sGeorge Giffen 4 8 1 526 205 75.14 2 1Jack Lyons 4 8 0 319 101 39.87 1 1Jack Reedman 4 8 0 251 113 31.37 1 0Jack Harry 4 8 1 223 82 31.85 0 2Sydney Callaway 4 7 1 220 71 36.66 0 3
Most wickets Charlie Turner took the most wickets for the 1893–94 season with 30 wickets from his three matches which two 10-wicket matches, both of them against New South Wales. Second place was Charlie McLeod from South Australia while Andrew Newell finished third as he recorded the best figures of the season against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval. Player Team Matches Overs Runs Wickets Average BBICharles Turner 3 156.5 369 30 12.30 6/51Charlie McLeod 4 236.5 421 27 15.59 6/64Andrew Newell 4 183.5 401 22 18.22 7/190Ernie Jones 4 148.4 389 19 20.47 5/50Harry Trott 4 149.3 395 18 21.94 5/44
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