Sheffield Shield

British

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Sheffield Shield

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

Example Sentences

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Taking in three Tests and one pink-ball Sheffield Shield match, Starc's day-night record at the Gabba - 15 wickets across seven innings at 31.26 - is unspectacularly normal, however.

From BBC

Playing for Tasmania in a Sheffield Shield game in Hobart, Ponting was a few days shy of his 20th birthday and nearing a century.

From BBC

Earlier this week, Queensland won a day-night Sheffield Shield match against Victoria at the Gabba inside three days.

From BBC

Local media posted pictures of both men training at Cricket NSW headquarters in Sydney during New South Wales' Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania.

From Barron's

Hazlewood had not been seen since tweaking his hamstring in a Sheffield Shield clash six days before the opening Test in Perth.

From Barron's

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