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South Australia 1897/98 cricket statistics and records

South Australia in Sheffield Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Sheffield Shield 1897/98; Tests are excluded.

C Hill leads the displayed batting table with 367 runs. E Jones leads the bowling table with 33 wickets.

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Season overview

Recorded matches
4
Recorded players
13
Wins
2
Recorded venues
3

Selected season match starts: 1897-11-13 to 1898-02-18. 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 · 1897-98

League table for 1897/98. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1897-98 Single Division standings
PositionTeamPlayedWonLostDrawnPoints
1Victoria—————
2South Australia—————
3New South Wales—————

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

Season leaders · Sheffield Shield 1897/98

Figures earned for South Australia only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

South Australia Sheffield Shield 1897/98 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesRuns
C Hill4367
A Jarvis4313
J Darling4256
JJ Lyons4199
JC Reedman4193

Recorded innings through 1898-02-18. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

South Australia Sheffield Shield 1897/98 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesWickets
E Jones433
AE Evans418
G Giffen28
JJ Lyons36
JC Reedman45

Recorded innings through 1898-02-18. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1897/98

All recorded players for South Australia in this competition and season. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 13 players

South Australia 1897/98 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAvgSR50s100s4s6s
C HillSouth Australia48036717045.88—0200
A JarvisSouth Australia48031315439.13—1100
J DarlingSouth Australia4802567532.00—2000
JJ LyonsSouth Australia4811996528.43—2000
JC ReedmanSouth Australia4801936724.13—1000
WF GiffenSouth Australia4801326316.50—1000
E JonesSouth Australia4801036612.88—1000
AE EvansSouth Australia48079329.88—0000
A GreenSouth Australia2437935*79.00—0000
G GiffenSouth Australia240614915.25—0000
TM DrewSouth Australia2415333*17.67—0000
V HugoSouth Australia24020105.00—0000
J McKenzieSouth Australia484207*5.00—0000

Bowling · 9 players

South Australia 1897/98 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsBallsMaidensRunsWktsAvgSREcon5WBBI
E JonesSouth Australia481,468546743320.4244.482.7556/71
AE EvansSouth Australia47833284111822.8346.282.9615/33
G GiffenSouth Australia2463926295836.8879.882.7715/69
JJ LyonsSouth Australia343009118619.6750.002.3604/70
JC ReedmanSouth Australia4429410141528.2058.802.8802/11
V HugoSouth Australia23138388422.0034.503.8303/11
A JarvisSouth Australia2319251081108.00192.003.3801/39
TM DrewSouth Australia22361120——2.0000/2
A GreenSouth Australia1124230——0.7500/3
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 season summary

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1897/98. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

South Australia 1897/98 team results and innings totals
TeamMatWonLostDrawnOtherRunsOutsBat avgHighestConcededWicketsBowl avg
South Australia422001,9647127.664421,9088023.85

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 · 1897/98

Latest 4 of 4 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1898-02-18 to 1898-02-22 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales v South Australia

New South Wales
310 & 126
South Australia
289 & 442

South Australia won by 295 runs

1898-02-11 to 1898-02-15 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria v South Australia

Victoria
428 & 112
South Australia
394 & 120

Victoria won by 26 runs

1898-01-08 to 1898-01-12 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia v New South Wales

South Australia
139 & 189
New South Wales
228 & 316

New South Wales won by 216 runs

1897-11-13 to 1897-11-17 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia v Victoria

South Australia
313 & 78/1
Victoria
157 & 231

South Australia won by 9 wickets

Recorded venues

South Australia 1897/98 venues and recorded match counts
VenueMatches
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide2
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne1
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney1

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

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Sheffield Shield 1897/98 for South Australia, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1897/98 batting innings records for South Australia
PlayerRunsOpponentDate
C Hill170New South Wales1898-02-18
A Jarvis154New South Wales1898-02-18
C Hill135Victoria1898-02-11
A Jarvis92Victoria1897-11-13
J Darling75New South Wales1898-02-18

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1897/98 bowling innings records for South Australia
PlayerWickets/runsOpponentDate
E Jones6/71New South Wales1898-01-08
E Jones6/140New South Wales1898-02-18
AE Evans5/33Victoria1897-11-13
E Jones5/54New South Wales1898-01-08
E Jones5/62New South Wales1898-02-18

* 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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Competitions and other teams

Includes historical participants; this is not a current squad or membership list.

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    Recorded coverage

    The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for South Australia in 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.