1996 Event South Australia grab exciting draw vs W A to win Sheffield Shield 1995 Event Queensland beat S Australia to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield 1994 Event Earliest start of Sheffield Shield season (Queensland vs. Tasmania) 1993 Event New South Wales beat Qld by eight wkts to win Sheffield Shield 1993 Event Queensland all out for 75 vs. NSW in Sheffield Shield Final 1992 Event WA beat NSW by 44 runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final 1991 Event Victoria beat NSW by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final 1990 Event Desert Shield begins - U.S. deploys troops to Saudi Arabia 1990 Event NSW beat Queensland by 345 runs to win Sheffield Shield Final 1988 Event WA beat Queensland by 5 wkts to win the Sheffield Shield Final 1987 Event WA win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria 1986 Event Exciting draw in final gives NSW the Sheffield Shield over Qld 1985 Event NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket 1984 Event WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield 1983 Event NSW beat Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield 1981 Event Dennis Lillee ct by Qld 12th man Dennis Lillie in Shield game 1970 Birthday Shane George, cricketer, S Australian fast bowler, Shield debut at 17 1962 Death LeRoy B Shield, U.S. pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 1960 Death Emory Johnson, director (Phantom Express, Shield of Honor), dies at 66 1953 Birthday John Buchanan, cricketer, Qld batsman 78-79, Shield coach 1995 1944 Birthday Charles Burnett, director, When it Rains, Glass Shield 1935 Event Bradman scores 117 in his 1st Shield cricket match for South Australia 1934 Event Bert Ironmonger ends Sheffield Shield career age 51 years 298 days 1926 Event Queensland win their 1st Sheffield Shield cricket match, vs. NSW 1925 Event Nationwide road numbering system and U.S. shield marker adopted 1893 Birthday Leroy B Shield, U.S. pianist/producer/composer, Laurel and Hardy 1892 Event Commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA vs. NSW 1829 Death William Shield, composer, dies at 80 1748 Birthday William Shield, composer
