1926–27 Sheffield Shield season 1926–27 Sheffield Shield season The 1926–27 Sheffield Shield season was the 31st season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. South Australia won the championship for the first time since the 1912–13 season. Queensland joined the Championship for the first time and the method of deciding the title winners was based on average instead of points. Bill Ponsford 1091 Don Blackie 33 Victoria recorded the highest innings total in first-class cricket history, when scoring 1,107 against New South Wales at Melbourne in December 1926. Incredibly, in the return match against New South Wales at Sydney in
Sport in Sheffield Saints. The Arrows and the Sabres play home games at the English Institute of Sport whereas the Saints play at All Saints School. Sheffield Hatters are a women's basketball team who also play at All Saints. They have dominated the National League winning it every year from 1991 to 2002. However, other teams have caught up in recent years. Both Sheffield University and Sheffield Hallam University have basketball teams and SHU has produced many good BUCS (British Universities and College Sports) basketball teams over the years reaching the national finals several times. Many SHU players have gone on to play