1924–25 Sheffield Shield season

1924–25 Sheffield Shield

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Champions	Victoria (10th title)
Participants	3
Matches	6
Most runs	Alan Kippax (New South Wales) (532)
Most wickets	Clarrie Grimmett (South Australia) (28)

The 1924–25 Sheffield Shield season was the 29th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Victoria won the championship.

Table

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

Fixtures

31 October – 6 November 1924 Scorecard

(H) South Australia	v	Victoria
518 (118.3 overs) Jack Murray 126 Hunter Hendry 4/134 (32 overs)		343 (112.2 overs) Frank Tarrant 86 Clarrie Grimmett 5/97 (42 overs)
233 (77 overs) Arthur Richardson 46 Frank Tarrant 3/50 (20 overs)		7/409 (120.3 overs) Hunter Hendry 109* Clarrie Grimmett 4/170 (50 overs)

Victoria won by 3 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: C. L. Cornish and S. W. Smith

• South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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21–27 November 1924 Scorecard

South Australia	v	Victoria (H)
288 (62 overs) David Pritchard 115 Percival Wallace 3/105 (21 overs)		357 (92.6 overs) Bill Ponsford 166 Clarrie Grimmett 5/97 (33.6 overs)
202 (52.3 overs) David Pritchard 55 Frank Tarrant 3/49 (16 overs)		2/134 (40.2 overs) Edgar Mayne 68 Tim Wall 1/20 (6 overs)

Victoria won by 8 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: A. D. Reaburn and Dave Elder

• Victoria won the toss and elected to field.

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28 November – 2 December 1924 Scorecard

(H) New South Wales	v	South Australia
510 (82.7 overs) Owen Rock 127 Clarrie Grimmett 5/137 (26.7 overs)		248 (57 overs) Vic Richardson 100 Jack Gregory 7/88 (19 overs)
1/54 (16 overs) Owen Rock 27* Edmund Wainwright 1/22 (6 overs)		314 f/o (68.5 overs) Vic Richardson 125 Arthur Mailey 6/99 (19.5 overs)

New South Wales won by 9 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Walter French and William Bowes

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

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9–14 January 1925 Scorecard

(H) South Australia	v	New South Wales
389 (74.2 overs) Lance Gun 136* John Scott 5/92 (17.2 overs)		408 (87.1 overs) Les Gwynne 138 Clarrie Grimmett 3/43 (13 overs)
406 (85.7 overs) Jack Rymill 110 Charles Morrissey 4/87 (21 overs)		226 (54 overs) Les Gwynne 41 Clarrie Grimmett 6/103 (23 overs)

South Australia won by 161 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: C. L. Cornish and G. I. Colyer

• South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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24–29 January 1925 Scorecard

(H) New South Wales	v	Victoria
614 (148.1 overs) Owen Rock 235 Albert Hartkopf 5/121 (23.1 overs)		502 (134.1 overs) Arthur Liddicut 132 John Scott 5/149 (33.1 overs)
152 (44.6 overs) Owen Rock 51 Hunter Hendry 3/23 (9.6 overs)		3/265 (78.4 overs) Bill Woodfull 120* Gordon Morgan 1/17 (6 overs)

Victoria won by 7 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Walter French and William Bowes

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

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30 January – 3 February 1925 Scorecard

(H) Victoria	v	New South Wales
295 (66.4 overs) Bill Ponsford 80 Arthur Mailey 5/103 (22.4 overs)		278 (75 overs) Herbie Collins 70 Leslie Keating 3/31 (11 overs)
155 (46.3 overs) Bill Ponsford 38 Charlie Kelleway 4/35 (15.3 overs)		7/173 (44.5 overs) Warren Bardsley 59 Herbert Gamble 4/38 (10.5 overs)

New South Wales won by 3 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: A. D. Reaburn and H. J. Alessio

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most Runs

Alan Kippax 532

Most Wickets

Clarrie Grimmett 28

Notable events

South Australia's victory by 161 runs over New South Wales at Adelaide in January 1925 was their first victory in a Sheffield Shield match since their defeat of Victoria at Adelaide in February 1914.