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Sheffield Shield

noun

  1. (in Australia) the former name for the trophy of the annual interstate cricket competition

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Origin of Sheffield Shield1

C19: named after Lord Sheffield, sponsor of a visiting English side in 1891–92, who inaugurated the Sheffield Shield competition in 1892

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