2017–18 Sheffield Shield season for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold. South Australia named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold. Tasmania named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold. Victoria named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold. Western Australia named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold. The following players made their first-class debuts throughout the competition. All Sheffield Shield matches were exclusively streamed live and free on Cricket Australia's official website, with the final
Waterhouse Byrne Baird Shield Waterhouse Byrne Baird Shield The Waterhouse Byrne Baird Shield is the oldest and longest consecutively run club cross-country event in the world. In 1896, a Dublin jeweller, Mr. Samuel Waterhouse, presented the Donore Harriers club with a silver shield for a 10-mile handicap cross-country race. The shield was known as the 'Donore Harriers Waterhouse Challenge Shield'. This race now known as the Waterhouse Byrne Baird Shield has been competed for every year, except 1916, since then, on St. Stephen’s Day (26 December). The race starts and finishes every year at the same tree beside the Dog Pond on the horse