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Sheffield Shield

domestic first-class cricket competition in Australia
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Sheffield Shield

Summary

Sheffield Shield is a sports league[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of sports_league entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (433 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sheffield Shield is in the country of Australia[3].
  • Sheffield Shield's instance of is recorded as sports league[4].
  • Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield is named after Sheffield Shield[5].
  • 1892 marks the founding of Sheffield Shield[6].
  • Sheffield Shield's sport is recorded as cricket[7].
  • Sheffield Shield's organizer is recorded as Cricket Australia[8].
  • Sheffield Shield's official website is recorded as http://www.cricket.com.au[9].
  • Sheffield Shield's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sheffield Shield[10].
  • Sheffield Shield's season starts is recorded as October[11].
  • Sheffield Shield's season ends is recorded as March[12].

Body

Founding

1892 marks the founding of Sheffield Shield[6].

Why It Matters

Sheffield Shield ranks in the top 6% of sports_league entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (433 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Australia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Brookschofield · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Season starts → October
    Instance of → sports league
    Country → Australia
    Named after → Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33305|batch #33305]]: Add "language of work" Oz English to "official website""
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