1899–1900 Sheffield Shield season

1899–1900 Sheffield Shield

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Champions	New South Wales (3rd title)
Participants	3
Matches	6
Most runs	Monty Noble (New South Wales) – 515 runs
Most wickets	Monty Noble (New South Wales); Hugh Trumble (Victoria); George Giffen (South Australia) – 24 wickets

The 1899–1900 Sheffield Shield season was the eighth season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship.

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	D
New South Wales	4	3	1	0
Victoria	4	2	2	0
South Australia	4	1	3	0

Fixtures

24–30 November 1899 Scorecard

Victoria	v	South Australia (H)
360 (153.4 overs) Harry Graham 118 George Giffen 4/101 (51.4 overs)		204 (102.3 overs) Jack Reedman 44 Frederick Collins 6/81 (42.3 overs)
408 (157.1 overs) John Stuckey 94 George Giffen 5/145 (57 overs)		318 (111.1 overs) Frederick Hack 115 Hugh Trumble 4/101 (42 overs)

Victoria won by 246 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Bob Crockett and T. A. Reeves

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

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16–20 December 1899 Scorecard

(H) South Australia	v	New South Wales
155 (77.5 overs) Ernest Leak 40* Bill Howell 5/52 (32.5 overs)		807 (217.1 overs) Monty Noble 200 George Giffen 8/287 (77.1 overs)
260 (105 overs) Jack Reedman 83 Leslie Pye 4/71 (34 overs)

New South Wales won by an innings and 392 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Philip Argall and Richard Callaway

• South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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23–28 December 1899 Scorecard

New South Wales	v	Victoria (H)
520 (189.3 overs) Monty Noble 122 Hugh Trumble 5/149 (63.3 overs)		131 (58.2 overs) Harry Graham 39 Monty Noble 4/27 (12.2 overs)
		115 f/o (50.5 overs) Jack Worrall 45 Bert Hopkins 5/24 (6.5 overs)

New South Wales won by an innings and 274 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Bob Crockett and Richard Callaway

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

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30 December 1899 – 4 January 1900 Scorecard

(H) Victoria	v	South Australia
353 (141 overs) Hugh Trumble 95 Ernie Jones 3/119 (49 overs)		250 (104.1 overs) Fred Jarvis 66 Frederick Collins 4/46 (22 overs)
298 (116.3 overs) Harry Graham 77 Jack Reedman 5/92 (37 overs)		220 (78.3 overs) Clem Hill 126* Jack Saunders 6/71 (24.3 overs)

Victoria won by 181 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Bob Crockett and Philip Argall

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

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6–12 January 1900 Scorecard

(H) New South Wales	v	South Australia
214 (69.3 overs) Victor Trumper 45 George Giffen 5/59 (17 overs)		197 (78.4 overs) Clem Hill 67 Monty Noble 4/68 (25.4 overs)
317 (100 overs) Frank Iredale 75 Ernie Jones 6/88 (37 overs)		4/335 (113.4 overs) Frederick Hack 158* Bill Howell 1/57 (26 overs)

South Australia won by 6 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Charles Bannerman and Philip Argall

• South Australia won the toss and elected to field.

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26–31 January 1900 Scorecard

(H) New South Wales	v	Victoria
271 (85.5 overs) Reggie Duff 75 Jack Saunders 3/85 (25 overs)		309 (118.3 overs) Hugh Trumble 87 Arthur McBeath 6/94 (41.3 overs)
412 (181 overs) Monty Noble 155 Hugh Trumble 4/112 (61 overs)		263 (106.5 overs) John Stuckey 53 Monty Noble 6/91 (39 overs)

New South Wales won by 111 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Bob Crockett and Charles Bannerman

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

Statistics

Most Runs

Monty Noble 515

Most Wickets

Monty Noble 24, Hugh Trumble 24 & George Giffen 24