Sydney, Mar. 19.
Beating Victoria by 177 runs in the final match at Sydney Cricket Ground, New South Wales won the Sheffield Shield, the premier trophy in- Australian cricket.
New South Wales have won the This is the twenty-second time that Shield, whereas Victoria have won it sixteen times and South Australia, last years winners, six times. Queensland, who entered the competition only in the 1996-27 season, have so far failed to win the Shield, This season's final is es table follows:
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