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Sheffield Shield 1903/04 statistics and records

Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1903/04; Tests are excluded.

RA Duff leads the displayed batting table with 492 runs. AJY Hopkins leads the bowling table with 21 wickets.

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Showing 1903/04 · Sheffield Shield

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 44
Recorded teams: 3
Recorded venues: 3

Selected season match starts: 1903-11-20 to 1904-01-25. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-05-26.

Sheffield Shield standings · 1903-04

League table for 1903/04. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1903-04 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points
1	New South Wales	4	3	1	2
2	Victoria	3	1	2	-1
3	South Australia	3	1	2	-1

Points are the recorded competition points, including any recorded bonuses or deductions. Source-table update: 2026-05-26.

Recorded table source 1

Season leaders · Sheffield Shield 1903/04

Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1903/04 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RA Duff	3	492
MA Noble	4	466
C Hill	3	355
VT Trumper	4	310
SE Gregory	4	298

Recorded innings through 1904-01-25. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield 1903/04 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
AJY Hopkins	4	21
A McBeath	4	15
WP Howell	3	14
GHS Trott	3	13
RBC Rees	3	13

Recorded innings through 1904-01-25. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1903/04

Every recorded player in this competition and season; the first 25 in each table are shown below. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 44 players

Sheffield Shield 1903/04 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
RA Duff	New South Wales	3	5	1	492	271	123.00	—	3	1
MA Noble	New South Wales	4	7	0	466	230	66.57	—	1	2
C Hill	South Australia	3	6	0	355	147	59.17	—	2	1
VT Trumper	New South Wales	4	7	2	310	68	62.00	—	4	0
SE Gregory	New South Wales	4	7	0	298	152	42.57	—	2	1
DRA Gehrs	South Australia	3	6	0	281	159	46.83	—	0	1
PA McAlister	Victoria	3	6	0	254	104	42.33	—	0	1
CW Gregory	New South Wales	4	7	0	225	97	32.14	—	1	0
GHS Trott	Victoria	3	6	0	210	59	35.00	—	1	0
JPF Travers	South Australia	3	6	1	186	77	37.20	—	1	0
CE McLeod	Victoria	2	4	1	179	77	59.67	—	1	0
JH Stuckey	Victoria	2	4	1	163	81*	54.33	—	2	0
FJ Laver	Victoria	3	6	1	159	79*	31.80	—	1	0
JRM Mackay	New South Wales	3	6	0	139	56	23.17	—	2	0
PM Newland	South Australia	3	6	0	123	77	20.50	—	1	0
W Bruce	Victoria	3	6	0	122	38	20.33	—	0	0
FT Hack	South Australia	3	6	0	122	49	20.33	—	0	0
N Claxton	South Australia	3	6	0	117	54	19.50	—	1	0
WW Armstrong	Victoria	3	6	0	115	44	19.17	—	0	0
CB Jennings	South Australia	3	6	0	104	37	17.33	—	0	0
JC Reedman	South Australia	3	6	1	98	29	19.60	—	0	0
H Trumble	Victoria	1	2	0	89	80	44.50	—	1	0
AJY Hopkins	New South Wales	4	7	1	76	26*	12.67	—	0	0
WP Howell	New South Wales	3	5	1	75	39	18.75	—	0	0
BW Farquhar	New South Wales	2	4	1	66	31	22.00	—	0	0

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Sheffield Shield 1903/04 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
JF Giller	Victoria	2	4	0	64	29	16.00	—
JE Monfries	Victoria	3	6	1	58	36	11.60	—
JJ Kelly	New South Wales	4	7	0	56	31	8.00	—
RBC Rees	South Australia	3	6	0	55	45	9.17	—
H Hay	South Australia	3	6	3	40	18*	13.33	—
JH Pellew	South Australia	1	2	1	35	30*	35.00	—
M Ellis	Victoria	1	2	0	34	27	17.00	—
AE Evans	South Australia	1	2	0	23	12	11.50	—
HJ Fry	Victoria	1	2	1	23	22	23.00	—
CM Baker	Victoria	1	2	0	20	16	10.00	—
JF Horan	Victoria	1	2	0	14	13	7.00	—
JV Saunders	Victoria	3	6	1	12	6*	2.40	—
G Giffen	South Australia	1	2	0	6	5	3.00	—
AJ Bowden	New South Wales	1	2	1	6	6*	6.00	—
RN Hickson	New South Wales	1	1	0	6	6	6.00	—
A Cotter	New South Wales	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—
FB Johnson	New South Wales	2	3	0	3	2	1.00	—
FB Collins	Victoria	1	2	0	2	1	1.00	—
A McBeath	New South Wales	4	7	2	1	1	0.20	—

Bowling · 31 players

Sheffield Shield 1903/04 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
AJY Hopkins	New South Wales	4	8	943	40	419	21	19.95	44.90	2.67	3	5/49
A McBeath	New South Wales	4	8	1,176	63	426	15	28.40	78.40	2.17	0	3/40
WP Howell	New South Wales	3	6	899	32	397	14	28.36	64.21	2.65	0	4/64
GHS Trott	Victoria	3	5	418	8	245	13	18.85	32.15	3.52	1	5/39
RBC Rees	South Australia	3	5	818	21	395	13	30.38	62.92	2.90	1	6/80
MA Noble	New South Wales	3	5	633	28	251	10	25.10	63.30	2.38	1	5/67
N Claxton	South Australia	3	5	654	19	325	10	32.50	65.40	2.98	1	5/129
FJ Laver	Victoria	3	6	558	24	251	9	27.89	62.00	2.70	0	3/31
JV Saunders	Victoria	3	5	582	22	302	8	37.75	72.75	3.11	0	4/110
CE McLeod	Victoria	2	3	191	3	111	7	15.86	27.29	3.49	1	7/34
JPF Travers	South Australia	3	5	762	26	342	6	57.00	127.00	2.69	0	2/74
A Cotter	New South Wales	1	2	198	5	125	6	20.83	33.00	3.79	0	4/50
AJ Bowden	New South Wales	1	2	284	9	121	6	20.17	47.33	2.56	0	4/33
H Hay	South Australia	3	5	372	10	233	6	38.83	62.00	3.76	0	2/20
FB Johnson	New South Wales	2	4	390	9	179	5	35.80	78.00	2.75	0	2/52
H Trumble	Victoria	1	2	180	3	130	4	32.50	45.00	4.33	0	2/63
JC Reedman	South Australia	3	4	318	8	196	3	65.33	106.00	3.70	0	2/28
WW Armstrong	Victoria	3	5	284	15	96	3	32.00	94.67	2.03	0	3/10
DRA Gehrs	South Australia	2	2	48	0	46	2	23.00	24.00	5.75	0	1/18
FT Hack	South Australia	2	2	124	2	79	2	39.50	62.00	3.82	0	2/39
FB Collins	Victoria	1	2	246	13	87	2	43.50	123.00	2.12	0	2/35
JF Giller	Victoria	1	2	150	3	96	2	48.00	75.00	3.84	0	2/59
VT Trumper	New South Wales	4	7	144	2	95	1	95.00	144.00	3.96	0	1/38
BW Farquhar	New South Wales	2	3	84	1	59	1	59.00	84.00	4.21	0	1/40
G Giffen	South Australia	1	1	174	2	134	0	—	—	4.62	0	0/134

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Sheffield Shield 1903/04 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
C Hill	South Australia	1	1	12	0	16	—	—	8.00	0/16
CB Jennings	South Australia	1	1	6	0	8	—	—	8.00	0/8
M Ellis	Victoria	1	1	54	0	31	—	—	3.44	0/31
AE Evans	South Australia	1	2	36	2	21	—	—	3.50	0/1
HJ Fry	Victoria	1	2	24	0	43	—	—	10.75	0/15
JH Pellew	South Australia	1	1	24	0	26	—	—	6.50	0/26

Statistics definitions and missing data

Mat = matches with a recorded innings in that discipline; Inns = recorded innings; NO = not out; HS = highest innings (* means not out). Batting Avg = runs per dismissal; batting SR = runs per 100 balls. 50s excludes centuries; 100s includes all scores of 100 or more.

Bowling Runs excludes byes and leg byes where the source does. Avg = runs conceded per wicket; SR = balls per wicket; Econ = runs per six balls, including historical seasons with different over lengths. 5W = innings with at least five wickets; BBI = best innings, by wickets then fewer runs conceded. Balls are deliveries, not decimal overs.

— means unavailable or undefined, including a zero denominator. Rates requiring balls are omitted if any innings is missing its ball count. Historical boundary and ball counts may be incomplete. Tests and figures for other teams or competitions are excluded. Full methodology

Team comparison

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1903/04. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Sheffield Shield 1903/04 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
New South Wales	4	3	1	2,279	52	43.83	681	2,141	80	26.76
South Australia	3	1	2	1,600	60	26.67	347	1,881	42	44.79
Victoria	3	1	2	1,586	60	26.43	344	1,443	50	28.86

Team runs include extras; wickets include dismissals not credited to a bowler, so these totals can differ from the player tables. Bat avg = team runs per wicket lost; Bowl avg = opposition runs per wicket taken. Other includes ties, abandoned games and unavailable results. Totals cover available scorecards only.

Recent recorded matches · 1903/04

Latest 5 of 5 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1904-01-25 to 1904-01-27 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 389 & 119/0
Victoria: 163 & 344

New South Wales won by 10 wickets

1903-12-26 to 1903-12-31 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 312 & 253
New South Wales: 183 & 221

Victoria won by 161 runs

1903-12-19 to 1903-12-23 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia: 338 & 347
New South Wales: 624 & 62/2

New South Wales won by 8 wickets

1903-12-04 to 1903-12-08 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales: 681
South Australia: 209 & 175

New South Wales won by an innings and 297 runs

1903-11-20 to 1903-11-25 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria: 268 & 246
South Australia: 342 & 189

South Australia won by 17 runs

Recorded venues

Sheffield Shield 1903/04 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	2
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	2
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	1

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Sheffield Shield 1903/04, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1903/04 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
RA Duff	271	South Australia	1903-12-04
MA Noble	230	South Australia	1903-12-04
DRA Gehrs	159	New South Wales	1903-12-19
SE Gregory	152	South Australia	1903-12-19
C Hill	147	Victoria	1903-11-20

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1903/04 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
CE McLeod	7/34	New South Wales	1903-12-26
RBC Rees	6/80	Victoria	1903-11-20
GHS Trott	5/39	South Australia	1903-11-20
AJY Hopkins	5/49	South Australia	1903-12-04
MA Noble	5/67	South Australia	1903-12-19

* means not out. Batting sorts by runs; bowling sorts by wickets, then fewer runs conceded. Ties then use earlier match date and source row ID. Five rows are shown, so equal performances may extend beyond the cutoff. Matches count distinct recorded matches in each discipline.

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Recorded teams

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Sheffield Shield. The selected season range is shown above. These can differ from innings-table coverage and do not establish a complete historical record.

Recorded match dates: 1892-12-16 to 2026-03-26. Date spans do not imply complete coverage. Career aggregates may cover a different set of matches.

Displayed source rows last updated: unavailable. Figures retrieved: 2026-10-01. This is not a live score feed.

Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.