Australian Cricket
Pura Cup
 A Brief History Of Australian State Cricket In 1891-92 the Earl of Sheffield was in Australia as the promoter of the English team led by W. G. Grace. The tour included three Tests played in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. At the conclusion of the tour, Sheffield donated £150 to the New South Wales Cricket Association to fund a trophy for an annual tournament of intercolonial cricket in Australia. The three colonies of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia were already regularly playing ad-hoc matches which were very popular. The new tournament commenced in the summer of 1892 with the three colonies playing for a silver shield named after its benefactor. In 1999, the Australian Cricket Board (now Cricket Australia) announced a 4 year sponsorship deal which included renaming the Sheffield Shield to the Pura Milk Cup, then to the Pura Cup the following season. |
Previous Winners Of The Pura Cup Year 2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 1999-00 1998-99 1997-98 1996-97 1995-96 1994-95 1993-94 1992-93 1991-92 1990-91 1989-90 1988-89 1987-88 1986-87 1985-86 1984-85 1983-84 1982-83 1981-82 1980-81 1979-80 1978-79 1977-78 1976-77 1975-76 1974-75 1973-74 1972-73 1971-72 1970-71 1969-70 1968-69 1967-68 1966-67 1965-66 1964-65 1963-64 1962-63 1961-62 1960-61 1959-60 1958-59 1957-58 1956-57 1955-56 1954-55 1953-54 1952-53 1951-52 1950-51 1949-50 1948-49 1947-48 1946-47 Winners Tasmania Queensland New South Wales Victoria New South Wales Queensland Queensland Queensland Western Australia Western Australia Queensland South Australia Queensland New South Wales New South Wales Western Australia Victoria New South Wales Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia New South Wales New South Wales Western Australia New South Wales South Australia Western Australia Victoria Victoria Western Australia Western Australia South Australia Western Australia Victoria Western Australia Western Australia South Australia Victoria South Australia Western Australia Victoria New South Wales New South Wales South Australia Victoria New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales South Australia New South Wales Victoria New South Wales New South Wales Western Australia Victoria 1939/1946 Cricket suspended due to World War Two 1939-40 1938-39 1937-38 1936-37 1935-36 1934-35 1933-34 1932-33 1931-32 1930-31 1929-30 1928-29 1927-28 1926-27 1925-26 1924-25 1923-24 1922-23 1921-22 1920-21 1919-20 New South Wales South Australia New South Wales Victoria South Australia Victoria Victoria New South Wales New South Wales Victoria Victoria New South Wales Victoria South Australia New South Wales Victoria Victoria New South Wales Victoria New South Wales New South Wales 1915/1919 Cricket suspended due to World War One 1914-15 1913-14 1912-13 1911-12 1910-11 1909-10 1908-09 1907-08 1906-07 1905-06 1904-05 1903-04 1902-03 1901-02 1900-01 1899-00 1898-99 1897-98 1896-97 1895-96 1894-95 1893-94 1892-93 Victoria New South Wales South Australia New South Wales New South Wales South Australia New South Wales Victoria New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales Victoria New South Wales Victoria Victoria New South Wales New South Wales Victoria South Australia Victoria |