1905–06 Sheffield Shield season

1905–06 Sheffield Shield

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Champions	New South Wales (8th title)
Participants	3
Matches	6
Most runs	James Mackay (New South Wales) – 559 runs
Most wickets	Jack Saunders (Victoria) – 27 wickets

The 1905–06 Sheffield Shield season was the 14th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship.^[1][2]

Table

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

Fixtures

11–15 November 1905 Scorecard

(H) South Australia	v	Victoria
244 (85.2 overs) John Pellew 87 Jack Saunders 5/76 (29.2 overs)		526 (184.1 overs) Warwick Armstrong 165 Jack Reedman 4/111 (46.1 overs)
134 (37.3 overs) Joe Darling 36 Jack Saunders 4/46 (19 overs)

Victoria won by an innings and 148 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Philip Argall and T. A. Reeves

• South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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15–18 December 1905 Scorecard

(H) South Australia	v	New South Wales
359 (99.1 overs) Clem Hill 146 Monty Noble 3/65 (22.1 overs)		556 (143.2 overs) Austin Diamond 164 Albert Wright 5/150 (40.2 overs)
115 (31.2 overs) Algy Gehrs 33* Leonard Garnsey 6/48 (15.2 overs)

New South Wales won by an innings and 82 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Philip Argall and T. A. Reeves

• South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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23–28 December 1905 Scorecard

(H) Victoria	v	New South Wales
367 (111 overs) Tom Warne 115 Tibby Cotter 3/78 (29 overs)		805 (215.3 overs) Monty Noble 281 Frank Laver 2/184 (52.3 overs)
185 (49.2 overs) Tom Warne 56 Tibby Cotter 3/56 (17 overs)

New South Wales won by an innings and 253 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Bob Crockett and William Hannah

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

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30 December 1905 – 4 January 1906 Scorecard

South Australia	v	Victoria (H)
181 (79.5 overs) Norman Claxton 67 Warwick Armstrong 4/26 (23.5 overs)		183 (77.2 overs) Barlow Carkeek 52 Albert Wright 7/66 (24.2 overs)
378 (150.3 overs) Norman Claxton 199* Warwick Armstrong 4/82 (49 overs)		256 (87.4 overs) Warwick Armstrong 64 Joe Travers 3/34 (12.4 overs)

South Australia won by 120 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Bob Crockett and William Bruton

• South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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6–10 January 1906 Scorecard

South Australia	v	New South Wales (H)
257 (81.5 overs) Algy Gehrs 101 Leonard Garnsey 4/70 (20.5 overs)		269 (87.1 overs) James Mackay 105 Norman Claxton 4/44 (20 overs)
188 (96.2 overs) Charlie Dolling 83* Tibby Cotter 3/47 (29 overs)		1/177 (38 overs) James Mackay 102* Jack Reedman 1/48 (9 overs)

New South Wales won by 9 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: James Laing and William Curran

• South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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26–30 January 1906 Scorecard

(H) New South Wales	v	Victoria
263 (51.4 overs) Victor Trumper 101 Jack Saunders 7/122 (25 overs)		215 (81.3 overs) Peter McAlister 53 Tibby Cotter 5/83 (27 overs)
394 (92 overs) Monty Noble 123 Jack Saunders 5/140 (32 overs)		297 (101.2 overs) Peter McAlister 128 Tibby Cotter 4/64 (28.2 overs)

New South Wales won by 145 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Richard Callaway and William Curran

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

Statistics

Most Runs

James Mackay 559^[3]

Most Wickets

Jack Saunders 27^[4]

References

1. Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records pages 133-137. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.
2. Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 1344-1345. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
3. "Batting Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo.
4. "Bowling Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo.