The 1920–21 Sheffield Shield season was the 25th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia.
New South Wales won the championship.
[1][2] Warren Bardsley 648[3] Arthur Mailey 26[4] New South Wales set the record, which still stands, for the highest second innings total by a team in a first-class match, when scoring 770 against South Australia at Adelaide in January 1921.
[5] As well as this total, South Australia conceded innings totals of 639, 724 and 802 in their three other matches.
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