1923–24 Sheffield Shield season

1923–24 Sheffield Shield

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Champions	Victoria (9th title)
Participants	3
Matches	6
Most runs	Bill Ponsford (529)
Most wickets	Albert Hartkopf (22)

The 1923–24 Sheffield Shield season was the 28th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Victoria won the championship.^[1][2]

Table

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

Fixtures

14–18 December 1923 Scorecard

New South Wales	v	South Australia (H)
98 (24.4 overs) John Scott 15* Harry Heath 5/43 (12 overs)		116 (31.4 overs) Leonard Bowley 33 Charlie Kelleway 5/40 (16 overs)
333 (70.4 overs) Bert Oldfield 84 Richard Townsend 3/63 (20.4 overs)		145 (35.2 overs) Jack Rymill 44 Arthur Mailey 4/42 (9.2 overs)

New South Wales won by 170 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: S. W. Smith and T. W. Cook

• South Australia won the toss and elected to field.

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6 December 1923 – 1 January 1924 Scorecard

(H) Victoria	v	New South Wales
285 (88 overs) Edgar Mayne 106 John Scott 5/107 (29 overs)		268 (98.5 overs) Herbie Collins 108 Arthur Liddicut 4/50 (31 overs)
412 (145.2 overs) Bill Woodfull 117 Arthur Mailey 4/123 (45.2 overs)		386 (105.3 overs) Charlie Kelleway 98 Jack Ryder 4/81 (21 overs)

Victoria won by 43 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Bob Crockett and Clement Garing

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

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2–5 January 1924 Scorecard

(H) Victoria	v	South Australia
221 (61 overs) Bill Ponsford 81 Bill Whitty 5/49 (20 overs)		309 (75.5 overs) Arthur Richardson 144 Arthur Liddicut 6/65 (26 overs)
357 (82.3 overs) Bill Ponsford 159 Norman Williams 5/117 (18.3 overs)		171 (39.7 overs) David Pritchard 33 Albert Hartkopf 5/56 (12.7 overs)

Victoria won by 98 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: A. D. Reaburn and Dave Elder

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

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11–14 January 1924 Scorecard

South Australia	v	New South Wales (H)
383 (74.4 overs) Vic Richardson 135 Arthur Mailey 7/133 (25.4 overs)		684 (121.4 overs) Alan Kippax 248 Norman Williams 4/196 (24.4 overs)
197 (49 overs) Vic Richardson 67 Sam Everett 6/54 (14 overs)

New South Wales won by an innings and 104 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: A. H. Farrow and Alfred Jones

• South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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26–30 January 1924 Scorecard

(H) New South Wales	v	Victoria
217 (62.2 overs) Tommy Andrews 96 Albert Hartkopf 4/49 (14.2 overs)		345 (129.7 overs) Edgar Mayne 154* Charlie Macartney 3/36 (29.7 overs)
321 (87.4 overs) Herbie Collins 81 Percival Wallace 5/99 (27 overs)		2/195 (59.2 overs) Bill Ponsford 110* Hunter Hendry 1/35 (13 overs)

Victoria won by 8 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Alfred Jones and Alfred Williams

• Victoria won the toss and elected to field.

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15–20 February 1924 Scorecard

Victoria	v	South Australia (H)
454 (96.1 overs) Albert Hartkopf 99 Edmund Wainwright 3/52 (16 overs)		191 (53 overs) David Pritchard 73* Leslie Keating 6/72 (16 overs)
		256 f/o (63.1 overs) Jack Murray 91 Clarrie Grimmett 8/86 (19.1 overs)

Victoria won by an innings and 7 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: F. K. Lindow and S. W. Smith

• South Australia won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most Runs

Bill Ponsford 529^[3]

Most Wickets

Albert Hartkopf 22^[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.