Sheffield Shield

The Sheffield Shield is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams representing the six states of Australia. The Sheffield Shield is named after Lord Sheffield.

Prior to the Shield being established, a number of intercolonial matches were played. The Shield, donated by Lord Sheffield, was first contested during the 1892–93 season, between New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria. Queensland was admitted for the 1926–27 season, Western Australia for the 1947–48 season, and Tasmania for the 1977–78 season.

The competition is contested in a double-round-robin format, with each team playing every other team twice, i.e. home and away. Points are awarded based on wins, draws, ties and bonus points for runs and wickets in a team's first 100 batting and bowling overs, with the top two teams playing a final at the end of the season. Regular matches last for four days; the final lasts for five days.

The Sheffield Shield is supported by a Second XI reserves competition.

Origin of the shield

File:Shield 1989.png

The Sheffield Shield as it appeared in 1989 with blue felt.

In 1891–92 the Earl of Sheffield was in Australia as the promoter of the English team led by W. G. Grace. The tour included three Tests played in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.

At the conclusion of the tour, Lord Sheffield donated £150 to the New South Wales Cricket Association to fund a trophy for an annual tournament of intercolonial cricket in Australia. The three colonies of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia were already playing each other in ad hoc matches. The new tournament commenced in the summer of 1892–93, mandating home and away fixtures between each colony each season. The three teams competed for the Sheffield Shield, named after its benefactor. A Polish immigrant, Phillip Blashki of Melbourne,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> won the competition to design the trophy, a Template:Convert silver shield.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

The competition therefore commenced some 15 years after Australia's first Test match.

Sponsorship and name changes

In 1999, the Australian Cricket Board (now Cricket Australia) announced a sponsorship deal which included renaming the Sheffield Shield to the Pura Milk Cup, then to the Pura Cup the following season.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Pura is a brand name of National Foods, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bega Cheese. The sponsorship increased total annual prize money to A$220,000, with the winners receiving A$75,000 and the runners up A$45,000.

On 16 July 2008 it was announced that Weet-Bix would take over sponsorship of the competition from the start of the 2008–09 season, and that the name would revert to the "Sheffield Shield" or the "Sheffield Shield presented by Weet-Bix".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Weet-Bix is a breakfast cereal manufactured by Sanitarium.

In the 2019–20 season, Marsh & McLennan Companies took over the sponsorship for the competition. This followed Marsh & McLennan's acquisition of JLT, which had sponsored the competition since 2017.

Teams

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Since 1977–78, all six states of Australia have fielded their own teams. Details of each team are set out below.

Before 1993, all states were known solely by their state names or cricket association titles. Queensland was the first to adopt a nickname when it became known as the ‘Bulls’ from 1993; and following the success of that, other states adopted nicknames from 1995. The nicknames have since mostly fallen out of official use.

	Team name	Team nickname	Home ground/sTemplate:Efn	Inaugural season	First title	Last title	Shield titles	Team captain/s
bgcolor="#Template:Cricket NSW colour" |	New South Wales	Blues (1995–2022)	Cricket Central Drummoyne Oval North Dalton Park Bankstown Oval Sydney Cricket Ground	1892–93	1895–96	2019–20	47	Moises Henriques
bgcolor="#Template:Cricket Qld colour" |	Queensland	Bulls (1993–pres)	Allan Border Field Brisbane Cricket Ground	1926–27	1994–95	2020–21	9	Marnus Labuschagne
bgcolor="#Template:Cricket SA colour" |	South Australia	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Adelaide Oval Karen Rolton Oval	1892–93	1893–94	2024–25	14	Nathan McSweeney
bgcolor="#Template:Cricket Tas colour" |	Tasmania	Tigers (1995–pres)	Bellerive Oval	1977–78	2006–07	2012–13	3	Jordan Silk
bgcolor="#Template:Cricket Vic colour" |	Victoria	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Junction Oval Melbourne Cricket Ground	1892–93	1892–93	2018–19	32	Will Sutherland
bgcolor="#Template:Cricket WA colour" |	Western Australia	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Perth Stadium WACA Ground	1947–48	1947–48	2023–24	18	Sam Whiteman

Venues

Below are the venues that hosted Sheffield Shield matches during the 2024–25 season.

Adelaide Oval	Allan Border Field	Bellerive Oval	Cricket Central	The Gabba
Adelaide, South Australia	Brisbane, Queensland	Hobart, Tasmania	Sydney, New South Wales	Brisbane, Queensland
Capacity: 53,500	Capacity: 6,500	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 42,000
Junction Oval	Karen Rolten Oval	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Sydney Cricket Ground	WACA Ground
Melbourne, Victoria	Adelaide, South Australia	Melbourne, Victoria	Sydney, New South Wales	Perth, Western Australia
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 100,024	Capacity: 48,000	Capacity: 24,000

Competition format

Each side has played each other both home and away every season with the following exceptions:

• South Australia had no home game with: Victoria in 1901–02 or 1903–04; either opponent in 1907–08; New South Wales in 1910–11.
• Queensland and South Australia played only once (in South Australia) in 1926–27.
• Western Australia played each team only once from their debut in 1946–47 until 1955–56 inclusive.
• Tasmania played each team only once from their debut in 1977–78 until 1981–82 inclusive.
• In 2019–20 the season was curtailed after nine rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• The 2020–21 season was heavily affected by COVID-19 lockdowns, with QLD playing 9 games, Tasmania and South Australia 8, and Western Australia, New South Wales and Victoria playing 7 each. Unusually for the Sheffield Shield, Victoria and New South Wales played each other 3 times during the home and away portion of the season.

Where the teams played an unequal number of games, their final points were calculated on a pro-rata basis.

Matches were timeless (i.e. played to an outright result, weather and schedule permitting) up to 1926–27. A four-day time limit has applied since 1927–28.<ref name="Frindall">Template:Cite book</ref>

In 1940–41, however, the Sheffield Shield was not contested but ten first-class “friendly” matches were played between the States for patriotic funds;<ref>‘Sheffield Shield Cricket Cancelled’; The Courier-Mail, 10 July 1940, p. 1</ref> however financially these were unsuccessful.<ref name="No">‘No Inter-State Cricket’; The Age, 3 July 1941, p. 3</ref>

The Sheffield Shield was not contested during the 1941–42 Australian first-class season - instead an “Interstate Patriotic Competition” was held, with all proceeds going to the war effort. Only one match was played (Queensland v NSW at the Gabba) before the competition was cancelled due to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Final

Since 1982–83, the top two teams after the home and away rounds have met in a final, played over five days at the home ground of the top-ranked team. Between 1982–83 and 2017–18, in the event of a draw or tie, the Shield was awarded to the top-ranked team.<ref name="Frindall" /> Since the 2018–19 summer, in the event of a draw or tie, the team which scores more first innings bonus points, based on the system used in regular season matches, wins the Shield.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> No final was played in 2019–20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Points system

A points system has been used since the 2014–15 season,<ref name="newsystem" /> and currently points are awarded for each match during the home and away season according to the following table.

Result	Points <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
An outright win	6
A tie where both teams have completed two innings	3
An outright loss	0
Abandoned or drawn matches	1
Bonus batting points	0.01 for every run above 200 in the first 100 overs of the first innings of each team
Bonus bowling points	0.1 for taking each wicket in the first 100 overs of the first innings of each team

• Bonus points example – If after 100 overs the score is 8/350, the batting team would receive 1.5 points (Template:Nowrap), and the bowling side would receive 0.8 points (0.1 for each wicket)
• Quotient (team's batting average divided by its bowling average) is used to separate teams which finish on an equal number of points.
• Teams can be penalised points for failing to maintain an adequate over rate.
• The bonus bowling points were modified for the 2016–17 season. For the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons, the bowling team received 0.5 points for taking the 5th, 7th and 9th wickets (a maximum 1.5 points).

Previous systems

• The Shield was initially envisaged as a match-by-match challenge trophy; it was originally determined on 4 January 1893 that it would first be awarded to the winner of the next inter-colonial match (which was, in fact, the fourth of the season), and then would pass in perpetuity to any team which defeated the holder of the trophy;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> But on 30 January, it was decided instead to award the Shield to the team which won the most intercolonial matches across the season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• The quotient has been used as a tie-breaker for teams on equal points since 1893–94.
• First innings points were introduced in 1932–33 and used until 1970–71.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Bonus points for first innings batting and bowling were used from 1971–72 to 1980–81 inclusive. During the first 100 (eight-ball) overs of each side's first innings, a maximum of 10 batting bonus points could be attained. They were awarded for every 25 runs scored from 175 to 400 inclusive. A maximum of 5 bowling bonus points were available, initially upon capture of the second, fourth, sixth, eighth and last wickets. This was later changed to wickets 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 as batting teams often declared when 9 wickets down to deny the bowling side the additional bonus point. Teams were awarded an extra 10 points for an outright win.Template:Fact
• From 1981–82 to 2013–14 there were no bonus points. Teams were awarded 6 points for an outright win, and 2 points for drawing or losing after holding a first innings lead.<ref name="newsystem">New era for Sheffield Shield, Daniel Brettig, ESPNcricinfo, 29 May 2014</ref>

Competition placings

Prior to the introduction of a Final in 1982–83, the team with most points after the home and away rounds was declared the winner. With the introduction of the Final, the top team hosts the second placed team in a five-day match. Until 2018–19, the visiting team was required to win the Final to win the championship; the home team won the championship in the event of a tied or drawn Final. Since the 2018–19 summer, in the event of a draw or tie, the team which scores more first innings bonus points, based on the system used in regular season matches, wins the Shield. Further details including match scorecards are available at Cricinfo<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the Cricket Archive.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

1892–93 to 1925–26

Season	Winner	Second	Third
1892–93	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1893–94	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria
1894–95	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales
1895–96	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1896–97	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria
1897–98	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales
1898–99	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1899–1900	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1900–01	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1901–02	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1902–03	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1903–04	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1904–05	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1905–06	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1906–07	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria
1907–08	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales
1908–09	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria
1909–10	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria
1910–11	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria
1911–12	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1912–13	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria
1913–14	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria
1914–15	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1915–16	Not contested due to World War I
1916–17	Not contested due to World War I
1917–18	Not contested due to World War I
1918–19	Not contested due to World War I
1919–20	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1920–21	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1921–22	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1922–23	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1923–24	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1924–25	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1925–26	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia

1926–27 to 1946–47

Season	Winner	Second	Third	Fourth
1926–27	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1927–28	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1928–29	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1929–30	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1930–31	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1931–32	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1932–33	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1933–34	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1934–35	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1935–36	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1936–37	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1937–38	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1938–39	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales
1939–40	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1940–41	Not contested due to World War II
1941–42	Not contested due to World War II
1942–43	Not contested due to World War II
1943–44	Not contested due to World War II
1944–45	Not contested due to World War II
1945–46	Not contested due to World War II
1946–47	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia

1947–48 to 1976–77

File:Sheffield Shield WA cricket team 1948.jpg

Western Australia team with the 1947–48 Sheffield Shield. The state won the shield despite playing three fewer games than other states with having the better average than their rivals.

Season	Winner	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
1947–48	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria
1948–49	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia
1949–50	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1950–51	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1951–52	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia
1952–53	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1953–54	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia
1954–55	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1955–56	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1956–57	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1957–58	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1958–59	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1959–60	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1960–61	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1961–62	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia
1962–63	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1963–64	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia
1964–65	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1965–66	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1966–67	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1967–68	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1968–69	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales
1969–70	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1970–71	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1971–72	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1972–73	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1973–74	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1974–75	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1975–76	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria
1976–77	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia

1977–78 to present

Season	Winner	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
1977–78	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania
1978–79	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania
1979–80	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania
1980–81	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1981–82	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria
1982–83	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria
1983–84	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria
1984–85	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania
1985–86	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania
1986–87	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania
1987–88	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania
1988–89	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria
1989–90	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria
1990–91	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania
1991–92	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania
1992–93	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria
1993–94	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
1994–95	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania
1995–96	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria
1996–97	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1997–98	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
1998–99	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales
1999–2000	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales
2000–01	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
2001–02	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales
2002–03	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania
2003–04	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
2004–05	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania
2005–06	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales
2006–07	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
2007–08	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
2008–09	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales
2009–10	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
2010–11	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
2011–12	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
2012–13	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
2013–14	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria
2014–15	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
2015–16	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania
2016–17	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania
2017–18	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
2018–19	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour" | Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
2019–20	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
2020–21	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
2021–22	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia
2022–23	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales
2023–24	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland
2024–25	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket SA light colour"| South Australia	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Qld light colour"| Queensland	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Vic light colour"| Victoria	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket NSW light colour"| New South Wales	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket Tas light colour"| Tasmania	style="background-color:#Template:Cricket WA light colour"| Western Australia

File:South Australia Sheffield Shield 2025.jpg

The South Australian team celebrate winning the Sheffield Shield in 2025.

Player of the Year

The Player of the Year award is announced at the end of each season.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Since its inception in 1976 it has been awarded to the best-performed player/s over the season, as determined a panel of judges. Victorian and South Australian batsman Matthew Elliott has won the award the most times, being awarded Player of the Year on three separate occasions.

Season	Winner(s)
1975–76	Ian Chappell (SA), Greg Chappell (Qld)
1976–77	Richie Robinson (Vic)
1977–78	David Ogilvie (Qld)
1978–79	Peter Sleep (SA)
1979–80	Ian Chappell (SA)
1980–81	Greg Chappell (Qld)
1981–82	Kepler Wessels (Qld)
1982–83	Kim Hughes (WA)
1983–84	Brian Davison (Tas), John Dyson (NSW)
1984–85	David Boon (Tas)
1985–86	Allan Border (Qld)
1986–87	Craig McDermott (Qld)
1987–88	Dirk Tazelaar (Qld), Mark Waugh (NSW)
1988–89	Tim May (SA)
1989–90	Mark Waugh (NSW)
1990–91	Stuart Law (Qld)
1991–92	Tony Dodemaide (Vic)
1992–93	Jamie Siddons (SA)
1993–94	Matthew Hayden (Qld)
1994–95	Dean Jones (Vic)
1995–96	Matthew Elliott (Vic)
1996–97	Andy Bichel (Qld)
1997–98	Dene Hills (Tas)
1998–99	Matthew Elliott (Vic)
1999–2000	Darren Lehmann (SA)
2000–01	Jamie Cox (Tas)
2001–02	Brad Hodge (Vic), Jimmy Maher (Qld)
2002–03	Clinton Perren (Qld)
2003–04	Matthew Elliott (Vic)
2004–05	Michael Bevan (Tas)
2005–06	Andy Bichel (Qld)
2006–07	Chris Rogers (WA)
2007–08	Simon Katich (NSW)
2008–09	Phillip Hughes (NSW)
2009–10	Chris Hartley (Qld)
2010–11	James Hopes (Qld)
2011–12	Jackson Bird (Tas)
2012–13	Ricky Ponting (Tas)
2013–14	Marcus North (WA)
2014–15	Adam Voges (WA)
2015–16	Travis Head (SA)
2016–17	Chadd Sayers (SA)
2017–18	Chris Tremain (Vic)
2018–19	Scott Boland (Vic)
2019–20	Moises Henriques (NSW), Nic Maddinson (Vic)
2020–21	Nathan Lyon (NSW)
2021–22	Henry Hunt (SA), Travis Dean (Vic)
2022–23	Michael Neser (Qld)
2023–24	Beau Webster (Tas)
2024–25	Fergus O'Neill (Vic)

Records

Individual records

Most matches played

Rank	Matches	Player	Period
1	161	Jamie Cox (Tas)	1987–88 to 2005–06
2	159	John Inverarity (WA/SA)	1962–63 to 1984–85
3	147	Darren Lehmann (SA/Vic)	1987–88 to 2007–08
4	146	Jamie Siddons (SA/Vic)	1985 to 2000
5	142	Stuart Law (QLD)	1988 to 2004
Source: [1]. Last updated: 26 March 2018.

Players representing three states

Player	Career	States	Matches
Graeme Watson	1964–65 to 1976–77	NSW, Vic, WA	60
Gary Cosier	1971–72 to 1980–81	Vic, SA, Qld	46
Trevor Chappell	1972–73 to 1984–85	NSW, SA, WA	63
Rod McCurdy	1980–81 to 1984–85	SA, Tas, Vic	33
Dirk Wellham	1980–81 to 1991–92	NSW, Qld, Tas	99
Colin Miller	1985–86 to 2001–02	Vic, SA, Tas	84
Michael Bevan	1989–90 to 2006–07	SA, NSW, Tas	118
Shane Watson	2000–01 to 2015–16	Tas, Qld, NSW	81
Shane Jurgensen	1999–2000 to 2006–07	WA, Tas, Qld	23
Aiden Blizzard	2007–08 to 2012–13	Vic, SA, Tas	21
Michael Klinger	1998–99 to 2018–19	Vic, SA, WA	122
Gurinder Sandhu	2012–13 to 2021–22	NSW, Tas, Qld	33
Source: A Century of Summers: 100 years of Sheffield Shield cricket, Geoff Armstrong, p. 278. Last updated: 30 Nov 2008.

Six other players have represented three Australian states in top-level cricket, but without playing Sheffield Shield games for all three – Neil Hawke (SA, Tas, WA); Walter McDonald (Qld, Tas, Vic); Percy McDonnell (NSW, Qld, Vic); Karl Quist (NSW, SA, WA); Greg Rowell (NSW, Qld, Tas); Wal Walmsley (NSW, Qld, Tas), Dan Christian (NSW, SA, Vic).

Team records

Team results

Rank	Team	Entered	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	% Won
1	Template:Cr-Aus	1892–93	900	378	257	264	1	42
2	Template:Cr-Aus	1892–93	896	347	253	295	1	38.72
3	Template:Cr-Aus	1947–48	665	237	205	223	0	35.63
4	Template:Cr-Aus	1926–27	786	250	269	266	1	31.8
5	Template:Cr-Aus	1892–93	885	241	406	237	1	27.23
6	Template:Cr-Aus	1977–78	438	109	172	157	0	24.88
Source: [2]. Last updated: 26 March 2023.

Highest team totals

Rank	Total	Team	Opponent	Venue	Season
1	1107	Template:Cr-Aus	Template:Cr-Aus	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1926–27
2	918	Template:Cr-Aus	Template:Cr-Aus	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1900–01
3	900/6d	Template:Cr-Aus	Template:Cr-Aus	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane	2005–06
4	821/7d	Template:Cr-Aus	Template:Cr-Aus	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	1939–40
5	815	Template:Cr-Aus	Template:Cr-Aus	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1908–09
Source: [3]. Last updated: 31 March 2019.

Lowest team totals

Rank	Total	Team	Opponent	Venue	Season
1	27	Template:Cr-Aus	Template:Cr-Aus	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1955–56
2	29	Template:Cr-Aus	Template:Cr-Aus	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	2004–05
3	31	Template:Cr-Aus	Template:Cr-Aus	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1906–07
4	32	Template:Cr-Aus	Template:Cr-Aus	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	2020–21
5	35	Template:Cr-Aus	Template:Cr-Aus	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1926–27
Source: [4]. Last updated: 31 March 2019.

Batting records

Highest individual scores

Rank	Runs	Player	Match	Venue	Season
1	452*	Don Bradman (NSW)	New South Wales v Queensland	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1929–30
2	437	Bill Ponsford (Vic)	Victoria v Queensland	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1927–28
3	365*	Clem Hill (SA)	South Australia v New South Wales	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	1900–01
4	359	Bob Simpson (NSW)	New South Wales v Queensland	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane	1963–64
5	357	Don Bradman (SA)	South Australia v Victoria	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1935–36
Source: [5]. Last updated: 31 March 2019.

Most career runs

Rank	Runs	Player	Career
1	13,635 (266 inns.)	Darren Lehmann (SA/Vic)	1987–88 to 2007–08
2	10,821 (295 inns.)	Jamie Cox (Tas)	1987–88 to 2005–06
3	10,643 (259 inns.)	Jamie Siddons (Vic/SA)	1984–85 to 1999–2000
4	10,621 (211 inns.)	Michael Bevan (SA/NSW/Tas)	1989–90 to 2006–07
5	10,474 (254 inns.)	Brad Hodge (Vic)	1993–94 to 2009–10
Source: [6]. Last updated: 25 March 2015.

Most runs in a season

Rank	Runs	Player	Average	Season
1	1,506 (17 inns.)	Simon Katich (NSW)	94.12	2007–08
2	1,464 (18 inns.)	Michael Bevan (Tas)	97.60	2004–05
3	1,381 (20 inns.)	Matthew Elliott (Vic)	81.23	2003–04
4	1,358 (20 inns.)	Adam Voges (WA)	104.46	2014–15
5	1,254 (18 inns.)	Graham Yallop (Vic)	69.66	1982–83
Source: [7]. Last updated: 31 March 2019.

Highest batting averages

Rank	Average	Player	Career
1	110.19 (96 inns.)	Don Bradman (NSW/SA)	1927–28 to 1948–49
2	100.09 (12 inns.)	Barry Richards (SA)	1970–71
3	83.27 (70 inns.)	Bill Ponsford (Vic)	1920–21 to 1933–34
4	70.88 (95 inns.)	Alan Kippax (NSW)	1918–19 to 1935–36
5	68.00 (81 inns.)	Monty Noble (NSW)	1893–94 to 1919–20
6	67.03 (64 inns.)	Bill Woodfull (Vic)	1921–22 to 1933–34
Qualification: 10 innings. Source: [8]. Last updated: 26 January 2020.

Most centuries

Rank	Centuries	Player	Matches
1	45	Darren Lehmann (SA/Vic)	147
2	42	Michael Bevan (SA/NSW/Tas)	118
3	36	Don Bradman (NSW/SA)	62
4	33	Chris Rogers (WA/Vic)	120
5	32	Matthew Elliott (Vic/SA)	122
Source: [9]. Last updated: 25 March 2015.

Bowling records

Most career wickets

Rank	Wickets	Player	Matches	Average
1	513	Clarrie Grimmett (SOA/VIC)	79	25.29
2	441	Michael Kasprowicz (QLD)	101	24.56
3	430	Andy Bichel (QLD)	89	23.24
4	419	Jo Angel (WA)	105	24.86
5	397	Jackson Bird (NSW/TAS)	91	22.10
Source: [10]. Last updated: 18 February 2025.

Most wickets in a season

Rank	Wickets	Player	Matches	Season
1	67	Colin Miller (Tas)	11	1997–98
2	65	Shaun Tait (SA)	10	2004–05
3	62	Chadd Sayers (SA)	11	2016–17
4	60	Chuck Fleetwood-Smith (Vic)	6	1934–35
5	60	Andy Bichel (Qld)	11	2004–05
6	60	Ben Hilfenhaus (Tas)	11	2006–07
Source: [11]. Last updated: 31 March 2019.

Best career average

Rank	Average	Player	Overs	Wickets
1	17.10	Bill O'Reilly (NSW)	1,342.4	203
2	17.74	Joel Garner (SA)	403.1	55
3	17.87	Geff Noblet (SA)	1,394.4	190
4	18.09	Pat Crawford (NSW)	314.5	61
5	19.08	Charlie Turner (NSW)	653.2	73
Qualification: 200 overs bowled. Source: [12]. Last updated: 31 March 2019.

Hat-tricks

Many bowlers have taken a hat-trick in the Sheffield Shield. Mitchell Starc is the only bowler to take two hat-tricks in a Sheffield Shield match. In round two of the 2017–18 competition, Starc became the only bowler to take a hat-trick in each innings of a first-class cricket match in Australia, doing so against Western Australia at Hurstville Oval.<ref name="Starc">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="HTrecords">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Wicket-keeping records

Most dismissals

Rank	Dismissals	Player	Matches
1	546 (499 c. 47 st.)	Darren Berry (SA/Vic)	139
2	545 (530 c. 15 st.)	Chris Hartley (Qld)	128
3	488 (474 c. 14 st.)	Wade Seccombe (Qld)	101
4	350 (322 c. 28 st.)	Tim Zoehrer (WA)	107
5	343 (310 c. 33 st.)	Rod Marsh (WA)	86
Source: [13]. Last updated: 26 January 2020.

Most dismissals in a season

Rank	Dismissals	Player	Season
1	59 (57 c. 2 st.)	Alex Carey (SA)	2016–17
2	58 (57 c. 1 st.)	Wade Seccombe (Qld)	2000–01
3	58 (56 c. 2 st.)	Chris Hartley (Qld)	2011–12
4	57 (57 c. 0 st.)	Matthew Wade (Vic)	2008–09
5	54 (52 c. 2 st.)	Wade Seccombe (Qld)	1995–96
6	54 (52 c. 2 st.)	Adam Gilchrist (WA)	1996–97
7	54 (52 c. 2 st.)	Darren Berry (Vic)	1999–2000
8	54 (50 c. 4 st.)	Adam Gilchrist (WA)	1995–96
9	54 (52 c. 2 st.)	Chris Hartley (Qld)	2008–09
10	54 (54 c. 0 st.)	Wade Seccombe (Qld)	1999–2000
Source: [14]. Last updated: 26 January 2020.

See also

• Intercolonial cricket in Australia
• One-Day Cup (Australia)
• Big Bash League

Further reading

• The History of the Sheffield Shield, Chris Harte
• A Century of Summers: 100 years of Sheffield Shield cricket, Geoff Armstrong
• A History of Australian Cricket 1993, Chris Harte

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