1907–08 Sheffield Shield season

1907–08 Sheffield Shield

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Champions	Victoria (6th title)
Participants	3
Matches	4
Most runs	Monty Noble (New South Wales) – 585 runs
Most wickets	Jack Saunders (Victoria) – 20 wickets

The 1907–08 Sheffield Shield season was the 16th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Victoria won the championship but only four matches took place because South Australia did not play their home matches.^[1][2]

Table

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

Fixtures

29 November – 3 December 1907 Scorecard

(H) Victoria	v	South Australia
699 (218.5 overs) Warwick Armstrong 231 Jack O'Connor 6/249 (83 overs)		357 (113.2 overs) Edgar Mayne 75 Jack Saunders 4/92 (36 overs)
		177 f/o (63.2 overs) Les Hill 58 Gerry Hazlitt 4/54 (15.2 overs)

Victoria won by an innings and 165 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Bob Crockett and William Hannah

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

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6–12 December 1907 Scorecard

South Australia	v	New South Wales (H)
349 (97 overs) Clem Hill 92 Harry Whiddon 4/73 (20 overs)		276 (87.1 overs) Monty Noble 93 Les Hill 5/82 (21 overs)
519 (167.5 overs) Charlie Dolling 113 Harry Whiddon 4/140 (38 overs)		572 (155.3 overs) Victor Trumper 135 Jack O'Connor 5/172 (57 overs)

South Australia won by 20 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: James Laing and William Bruton

• South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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26–31 December 1907 Scorecard

(H) Victoria	v	New South Wales
232 (86.3 overs) Peter McAlister 72 Charlie Macartney 3/62 (23 overs)		207 (60 overs) Monty Noble 101 Jack Saunders 5/51 (24 overs)
141 (49.2 overs) Frank Tarrant 46 Tibby Cotter 5/52 (17.2 overs)		2/168 (44 overs) Victor Trumper 119 Jack Saunders 1/54 (16 overs)

New South Wales won by 8 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Bob Crockett and W. A. Young

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

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24–31 January 1908 Scorecard

Victoria	v	New South Wales (H)
402 (118 overs) Warwick Armstrong 110 Monty Noble 3/54 (20 overs)		461 (142.4 overs) Syd Gregory 201 Les Vernon 4/87 (21.4 overs)
511 (169.2 overs) Frank Tarrant 206 Francis Johnson 2/96 (40 overs)		241 (79.2 overs) Monty Noble 123 Jack Saunders 6/61 (21.2 overs)

Victoria won by 211 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: James Laing and William Bruton

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most Runs

Monty Noble 585^[3]

Most Wickets

Jack Saunders 20^[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.