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Meaning of "Sheffield Shield" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHEFFIELD SHIELD

Named after Lord Sheffield, sponsor of a visiting English side in 1891–92, who inaugurated the Sheffield Shield competition in 1892.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SHEFFIELD SHIELD

Sheffield Shield play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHEFFIELD SHIELD

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Sheffield Shield is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHEFFIELD SHIELD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sheffield Shield

The Sheffield Shield is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams from the six states of Australia. Prior to the Shield being established, a number of intercolonial matches were played. The Shield, donated by Lord Sheffield, was first contested during the 1892–93 season, between New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria. Queensland was admitted for the 1926–27 season, Western Australia for the 1947–48 season and Tasmania for the 1977–78 season. The competition is contested in a double-round robin format, with each team playing every other team in two home-and-away matches. Points are awarded based on wins, losses, draws and ties, with the top two teams playing a final at the end of the season. Regular matches last for four days; the final lasts for five days. New South Wales have won the most titles, with 45 overall.

Definition of Sheffield Shield in the English dictionary

The definition of Sheffield Shield in the dictionary is the former name for the trophy of the annual interstate cricket competition.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHEFFIELD SHIELD

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SHEFFIELD SHIELD

Baltic Shield
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Laurentian Shield
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Synonyms and antonyms of Sheffield Shield in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Sheffield Shield» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHEFFIELD SHIELD

Find out the translation of Sheffield Shield to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Sheffield Shield from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Sheffield Shield» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

谢菲尔德盾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Sheffield Escudo
570 millions of speakers

English

Sheffield Shield
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शेफील्ड शील्ड
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

شيفيلد الدرع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Шеффилд Щит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Sheffield Escudo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শেফিল্ড শিল্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Sheffield Shield
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sheffield Shield
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sheffield Schild
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シェフィールドシールド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

셰필드 방패
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sheffield Shield
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Sheffield lá chắn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஷெஃபீல்ட் ஷீல்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शेफील्ड शिल्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sheffield Kalkanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Sheffield Shield
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Sheffield Tarcza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Шеффілд Щит
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Sheffield Shield
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Ασπίδα του Σέφιλντ
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Sheffield Shield
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Sheffield Shield
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Sheffield Shield
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Sheffield Shield

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHEFFIELD SHIELD»

The term «Sheffield Shield» is regularly used and occupies the 64.012 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHEFFIELD SHIELD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Sheffield Shield

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHEFFIELD SHIELD»

Discover the use of Sheffield Shield in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Sheffield Shield and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sheffield Shield
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Sheffield Shield is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams from the six states of Australia.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice
The Sheffield Shield is the domestic first-class cricket competition held annually in Australia. The six state sides play each other in a double round-robin series of home and away four-day matches. At the end of the round-robin series, the two ...
John Nauright, Charles Parrish, 2012
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Australian Cricket Team in England in 1948
In the 1939–40 season, Ring played in all of Victoria's Sheffield Shield matches, and though he did not improve on either his best bowling or best batting figures, he took over as the side's principal spin bowler from FleetwoodSmith, with 28 ...
By Wikipedians
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A History of Cricket in 100 Objects
The Sheffield Shield measures 43 inches by 30, is constructed from gold, silver and copper andwas designed in 1892 by Phillip Blashki, aPolish immigrant who had a reputation asone of Melbourne'sleading silversmiths of thelate nineteenth ...
Gavin Mortimer, 2013
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Wisden on Yorkshire: An Anthology
Two seasons later, at 20 years 32 days, he became the youngest Australian to score 1,000 first-class runs in a domestic season, and has since been in Sheffield Shield-winning sides for both Victoria and South Australia. After three seasons ...
Duncan Hamilton, 2011
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Sheffield Shield: Sheffield Shield, 2007-08 Pura Cup Season, ...
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Books LLC, 2010
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My Cricket Journey
So it was back to Adelaide again for Joe, even though he knew that he would have to go through the Sheffield Shield player transfer procedures, which involved obtaining the approval of a majority of the States. Eventually, after another ...
Barry Gibbs, 2001
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Sport and the British World, 1900-1930: Amateurism and ...
The Sheffield Shield was donated by Lord Sheffield, the organiser of the successful 1891–92 English cricket team that visited Australia. This competition saw colonial and later state teams (originally Victoria, New South Wales and South ...
Erik Nielsen, 2014
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Thommo Speaks Out: The Authorised Biography of Jeff Thomson
Although he was in good form, Thommo then found himself on the outer in terms of Test selection: I was made the scapegoat for the World Series stuff, taking the Board to court and all that. I kept heading the Sheffield Shield table in tally of ...
Ashley Mallett, 2011
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In the Firing Line
The Sheffield Shield – four-day competition Established in 1892, the Sheffield Shield is perhaps the most coveted domestic cricket trophy in the world. Each first -class game is played over four days, with teams playing each other twice per ...
Ed Cowan, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHEFFIELD SHIELD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Sheffield Shield is used in the context of the following news items.
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AFL to ask Cricket Australia to move Sheffield Shield final date
Cricket Australia is adamant the Sheffield Shield final date is set in stone despite the AFL's request to have it changed to avoid a potential Easter weekend MCG ... «The Age, Jul 15»
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Ashes 2015: Australia include Adam Voges and Fawad Ahmed in …
Voges, 35, earned his spot after he was voted the Sheffield Shield player of the year, having notched 1,358 runs at an average of 104.46. Fawad, 33, has been ... «mirror.co.uk, Mar 15»
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Victoria farewell Shipperd with Sheffield Shield title
Victoria have won the 2014-15 Sheffield Shield by staving off Western Australia's bowlers and securing a draw on the fifth day of the final at Bellerive Oval. «ESPNcricinfo.com, Mar 15»
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Sheffield Shield: Voges ton helps steer WA to impressive opening …
Adam Voges was in sublime touch as he recorded a century. His WA team finished 310-4 at stumps to put Victoria on the back foot when play resumes tomorrow ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
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Chris Lynn posts a double century for Queensland in Sheffield
Lynn's maiden double ton has equalled the sixth-highest Sheffield Shield score by a Queenslander. And he has Bulls record holder Martin Love's unbeaten 300 ... «ABC Online, Feb 15»
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Sheffield Shield: Mark Cosgrove finds form for South Australia …
The left-hander contributed 60 runs to SA's first-innings 3 for 114 against Tasmania before Wednesday's play in the Sheffield Shield ended prematurely due to ... «ABC Online, Dec 14»
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Squads named for Shield round
Captain Moises Henriques will make his first Bupa Sheffield Shield appearance of the season in the clash against the myFootDr Queensland Bulls, starting ... «cricket.com.au, Dec 14»
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James Faulkner, Tasmania hang on for Sheffield Shield draw …
A stubborn Tasmanian tail salvaged a draw on Wednesday's final day of their Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia at Bellerive. James Faulkner was ... «ABC Online, Nov 14»
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NSW v Queensland, Sheffield Shield: Joe Burns makes century …
Lyon (0-55) never looked like taking a wicket and didn't force a single false stroke in a Sheffield Shield outing for New South Wales as his innocuous recent form ... «Courier Mail, Nov 14»
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Victoria beats New South Wales by nine wickets in Sheffield Shield
Chris Tremain's short-ball barrage and Marcus Stoinis' lusty hitting fired Victoria to a nine-wicket victory over New South Wales in its season-opening Sheffield ... «ABC Online, Nov 14»

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