ABRAHAM SHIELD
 
Abraham Shield Games
                     
Competition   Year   Venue   Winner   Runner-up   Teams
1st Abraham Shield   1923   Melbourne   Victoria   New South Wales   3
2nd Abraham Shield   1925   Sydney   Victoria   South Australia   3
3rd Abraham Shield   1926   Adelaide   New South Wales   Victoria   4
4th Abraham Shield   1928   Hobart   New South Wales   Victoria   4
5th Abraham Shield   1931   Melbourne   New South Wales   Victoria   3
6th Abraham Shield   1933   Sydney   New South Wales   Victoria   4
7th Abraham Shield   1934   Melbourne   Victoria   New South Wales   4
8th Abraham Shield   1936   Adelaide   New South Wales   Victoria   4
9th Abraham Shield   1938   Hobart   New South Wales   South Australia   4
10th Abraham Shield   1946   Brisbane   Victoria   New South Wales   4
11th Abraham Shield   1949/50   Sydney   New South Wales   Victoria   5
12th Abraham Shield   1951   Melbourne   Victoria   New South Wales   5
13th Abraham Shield   1954   Adelaide   New South Wales   Victoria   3
14th Abraham Shield   1964/65   Sydney   New South Wales   Western Australia   6
15th Abraham Shield   1968   Melbourne   Victoria   Queensland   6
16th Abraham Shield   1970/71   Perth   New South Wales   Queensland   6
17th Abraham Shield   1973/74   Brisbane   Queensland   Victoria   6
18th Abraham Shield   1976/77   Adelaide   South Australia   Queensland   6
19th Abraham Shield   1979/80   Sydney   Western Australia   South Australia   6
20th Abraham Shield   1982/83   Melbourne   South Australia   Victoria   6
21st Abraham Shield   1985/86   Perth   Queensland   Western Australia   5
22nd Abraham Shield   1987/88   Brisbane   Queensland   Victoria   4
23rd Abraham Shield   1990/91   Hobart   South Australia   Western Australia   6
24th Abraham Shield   1993/94   Adelaide   Queensland   New South Wales   5
25th Abraham Shield   1996/97   Canberra   New South Wales   Victoria   4

FACT ABOUT ABRAHAM SHIELD

It was named in honour of ERNEST J. D. ABRAHAM who first proposed to donate the shield toward interstate Deaf cricket competition during the Representative Meeting in 1917.