1926–27 Sheffield Shield season

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1926–27 Sheffield Shield
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Champions	South Australia (4th title)
Participants	4
Matches	11
Most runs	Bill Ponsford (1091)
Most wickets	Don Blackie (33)
← 1925–26 1927–28 →

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,^[1] and the method of deciding the title winners was based on average instead of points.^[2]^[3]

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	Average%
South Australia	5	3	2	60
New South Wales	6	3	3	50
Victoria	6	3	3	50
Queensland	5	2	3	40

Fixtures

26 November – 1 December 1926
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New South Wales	v	Queensland (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
Umpires: Arthur Wyeth and John Scott

New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.

3–8 December 1926
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Victoria	v	South Australia (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
Umpires: George Hele and J. J. Quinn

Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

6–11 December 1926
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(H) New South Wales	v	Queensland
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
Umpires: Alfred Williams and Walter French

New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.

17–22 December 1926
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Queensland	v	Victoria (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
Umpires: F. W. Dixon and P. E. Smith

Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.

17–22 December 1926
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(H) South Australia	v	New South Wales
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
Umpires: George Hele and J. J. Quinn

South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

24–29 December 1926
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New South Wales	v	Victoria (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
Umpires: J. Stafford and Joseph Richards

New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.

25–28 December 1926
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(H) South Australia	v	Queensland
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
Umpires: George Hele and J. J. Quinn

South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

1–6 January 1927
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(H) Victoria	v	South Australia
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
Umpires: Joseph Richards and P. E. Smith

Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

8–12 January 1927
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South Australia	v	New South Wales (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
Umpires: Alfred Jones and Alfred Williams

South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

26–28 January 1927
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(H) New South Wales	v	Victoria
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
Umpires: M. Carney and William Bowes

New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.

5–11 February 1927
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(H) Queensland	v	Victoria
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
Umpires: John Bartlett and John Scott

Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most Runs

Bill Ponsford 1091^[4]

Most Wickets

Don Blackie 33^[5]

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.^[6]^[7]^[8] Incredibly, in the return match against New South Wales at Sydney in January 1927 they were dismissed for an innings total of just 35.^[9]

References

^ "Fallen and forgotten: Tragic tale of a boyhood batting star". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records pages 133-137. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.
^ Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 1344-1345. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
^ "Batting Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo.
^ "Bowling Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo.
^ "CRICKET". The Referee. No. 2078. New South Wales, Australia. 5 January 1927. p. 12. Retrieved 20 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Sengupta, Arunabha (28 December 2013). "When Bill Ponsford scored a triple; Victoria amassed 1,107 against New South Wales". CricketCountry. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ Duncan, Jamie. "Victoria set cricket record at MCG in 1926 that still stands today". HeraldSun. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ "Sheffield Shield at Sydney, Jan 26-28 1927". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

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