Graham Neil Yallop is a former Australian international cricketer. Yallop played Test and One Day International cricket for the Australia national cricket team between 1976 and 1984,captaining the side briefly during the World Series Cricket era in the late 1970s. A technically correct left-handed batsman,Yallop played domestically for Victoria,invariably batting near the top of the order and led Victoria to two Sheffield Shield titles. He was the first player to wear a full helmet in a Test match.
Raymond James Bright is a former Australian Test and One Day International cricketer from Victoria. He was a left arm spin bowler and lower order batsman who captained Victoria for a number of seasons. He was also an Australian vice-captain.
Robert John Inverarity is a former Australian cricketer who played six Test matches. A right-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler in his playing career,Inverarity was also one of the enduring captains in the Australian Sheffield Shield during the late 1970s and early 1980s,captaining both Western Australia and South Australia.
John Dyson is a former international cricketer (batsman) who is now a cricket coach,most recently in charge of the West Indies.
Gregory Charles Dyer is a former New South Wales and Australian wicketkeeper. Dyer played in six Tests and 23 ODIs from 1986 to 1988,including playing in the victorious 1987 World Cup Final. He toured India in 1986 as a back-up keeper.
Wayne Bentley Phillips is a former Australian cricketer who played in 27 Test matches and 48 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1982 and 1986 as a batsman and wicket-keeper. He played for South Australia between 1978 and 1991.
Rodney Malcolm Hogg is an Australian former cricketer. He was a fast bowler. Hogg played in 38 Test matches and 71 One Day Internationals between 1978 and 1985. In Tests he took 123 wickets at an average of 28.47. He is best remembered for taking 41 wickets in his first six tests during the 1978–79 Ashes.
Stephen John Rixon is an Australian cricket coach and former international cricketer. He played in 13 Test matches and six One Day Internationals between 1977 and 1985. He has coached the New Zealand cricket team,New South Wales cricket team,Surrey County Cricket Club,Hyderabad Heroes and the Chennai Super Kings of the Indian Cricket League and was the fielding coach of the Australian national cricket team,Pakistan national cricket team and Sri Lanka national cricket team.
Bruce Malcolm Laird is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer. He was an opening batsmen who played in 21 Test matches and 23 One Day Internationals. He also played 13 "Supertests" in World Series Cricket. He was a part of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1975 Cricket World Cup.
Peter Raymond Sleep is a former Australian cricketer who played 14 Test matches for Australia between 1979 and 1990.
Gary John Gilmour was an Australian cricketer who played in 15 test matches and 5 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1973 and 1977. He was a part of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1975 Cricket World Cup.
Peter Toohey is a former Australian cricketer who played in 15 Test matches and five One Day Internationals between 1977 and 1979. Toohey was one of the cricketers who came to the fore when the bulk of Australia's top cricketers defected to Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket. During his prime playing years in the Australian Test team,some media commentators referred to Toohey as "Australia's master batsman",such was Toohey's pivotal role in the Australian team during the absence of the World Series players.
Tom George Hogan is a former Australian cricketer.
Robert Byers Kerr is an Australian former cricketer who played in two Test matches and four One Day Internationals in 1985. He represented Queensland in four Sheffield Shield finals.
Glenn Samuel Trimble is a former cricketer who represented Australia and Queensland. A batsman who preferred to play straight,and a part-time medium pace bowler,Trimble was a regular member of the Queensland side in the mid-1980s,and won an Esso Scholarship in 1986,playing with the Essex County Cricket Club Second XI in England.
Kevin John Wright is an Australian former Test cricketer.
Peter Ian Faulkner is an Australian former first-class cricketer who played for Tasmania. An allrounder,he took over 100 wickets and made over 2000 runs in his first-class career. He never played for Australia although he toured South Africa in 1985/86 and 1986/87 with the rebel Australian XI and he was selected in an Australian one day squad during the 1984-85 summer,and toured Zimbabwe with an Australian Under 25 side.
Peter Stanley Clifford was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for the New South Wales Blues and the Queensland Bulls later on in his career. A right-handed batsman,he played between 1983 and 1991. His best season came in 1984/85 when he made 919 runs in his 12 matches at an average of 51..
Dirk Tazelaar is a former Australian first class cricketer who played for Queensland. A tall left arm paceman,he also had a stint in England with Surrey.
The 1980–81 Sheffield Shield season was the 79th season of the Sheffield Shield,the domestic first-class cricket competition in Australia. It started on 17 October 1980 and finished on 9 March 1981. Going into the final round of matches,New South Wales,Western Australia and Queensland were all in a position to win the Shield. It would be Western Australia,who found form in the second half of the season with four straight victories,who would emerge victorious,drawing against Queensland to secure its eighth championship.
