The 1939–40 Sheffield Shield season was the 44th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship.

During the match between Queensland and Victoria, in January 1940, Victorian openers Ian Lee and Ben Barnett became the first ones to achieve partnerships of 150 or more, in both innings of a Shield match, when they put on 152 (Lee 90, Barnett 92) and 169 (Lee 93, Barnett 104*).

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Statistics

Most Runs

Don Bradman: 1062

Most Wickets

Bill O'Reilly: 52

References



The entertaining Sheffield Shield

'It's always been the Sheffield Shield' Lee ABC News

Photograph Victorian Sheffield Shield Squad 199293 Australian

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NSW Sheffield Shield Team Photograph 192930 with Bradman Cards