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South Australia 1898/99 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 1898/99; Tests are excluded.

C Hill leads the displayed batting table with 502 runs. E Jones leads the bowling table with 28 wickets.

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Season overview

Recorded matches
4
Recorded players
15
Wins
1
Recorded venues
3

Selected season match starts: 1898-11-12 to 1899-01-06. 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 · 1898-99

League table for 1898/99. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

Sheffield Shield 1898-99 Single Division standings
PositionTeamPlayedWonLostDrawnPoints
1Victoria—————
2New South Wales—————
3South Australia—————

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

Season leaders · Sheffield Shield 1898/99

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 1898/99 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesRuns
C Hill4502
JC Reedman4214
J Darling3204
E Jones4200
JJ Lyons4123

Recorded innings through 1899-01-06. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

South Australia Sheffield Shield 1898/99 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesWickets
E Jones428
G Giffen419
A Jarvis49
V Hugo35
JJ Lyons42

Recorded innings through 1899-01-06. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1898/99

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 · 15 players

South Australia 1898/99 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAvgSR50s100s4s6s
C HillSouth Australia48050215962.75—22140
JC ReedmanSouth Australia48121468*30.57—1000
J DarlingSouth Australia3602047034.00—2000
E JonesSouth Australia4812008228.57—1000
JJ LyonsSouth Australia4801234115.38—0000
A JarvisSouth Australia4801192714.88—0000
G GiffenSouth Australia4801146814.25—1000
J McKenzieSouth Australia2428333*41.50—0000
FT HackSouth Australia240713517.75—0000
HGW ChinnerSouth Australia2415137*17.00—0000
AE PetersSouth Australia241451815.00—0000
V HugoSouth Australia36041256.83—0000
AE EvansSouth Australia24125218.33—0000
AH JarvisSouth Australia24116135.33—0000
A GreenSouth Australia24016164.00—0000

Bowling · 8 players

South Australia 1898/99 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsBallsMaidensRunsWktsAvgSREcon5WBBI
E JonesSouth Australia471,751708032828.6862.542.7526/154
G GiffenSouth Australia471,341337281938.3270.583.2616/83
A JarvisSouth Australia4758625277930.7865.112.8403/77
V HugoSouth Australia3453429185537.00106.802.0803/56
JJ LyonsSouth Australia46192872236.0096.002.2501/13
JC ReedmanSouth Australia441864114257.0093.003.6802/41
AE PetersSouth Australia1248137137.0048.004.6301/20
AE EvansSouth Australia231686810——2.8900/16
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 1898/99. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

South Australia 1898/99 team results and innings totals
TeamMatWonLostDrawnOtherRunsOutsBat avgHighestConcededWicketsBowl avg
South Australia413001,9018023.764692,3606735.22

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 · 1898/99

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

1899-01-06 to 1899-01-11 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New South Wales v South Australia

New South Wales
379 & 256/7
South Australia
164 & 469

New South Wales won by 3 wickets

1899-01-02 to 1899-01-31 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Victoria v South Australia

Victoria
455
South Australia
136 & 101

Victoria won by an innings and 218 runs

1898-12-16 to 1898-12-21 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia v New South Wales

South Australia
334 & 269
New South Wales
374 & 172

South Australia won by 57 runs

1898-11-12 to 1898-11-17 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

South Australia v Victoria

South Australia
330 & 98
Victoria
507 & 217

Victoria won by 296 runs

Recorded venues

South Australia 1898/99 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 1898/99 for South Australia, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Sheffield Shield 1898/99 batting innings records for South Australia
PlayerRunsOpponentDate
C Hill159New South Wales1899-01-06
C Hill109New South Wales1898-12-16
C Hill86Victoria1898-11-12
E Jones82New South Wales1898-12-16
C Hill73New South Wales1898-12-16

Best bowling innings

Sheffield Shield 1898/99 bowling innings records for South Australia
PlayerWickets/runsOpponentDate
G Giffen6/83New South Wales1898-12-16
E Jones6/154New South Wales1899-01-06
E Jones5/192Victoria1898-11-12
E Jones4/67Victoria1898-11-12
G Giffen4/111New South Wales1898-12-16

* 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.