1980–81 Sheffield Shield season

Australian cricket tournament July 2016 July 2016 1980–81 Sheffield Shield 1980 10 17 y 1981 3 10 y Cricket Australia First-class Double round-robin Western Australia 8 6 25 Greg Chappell (Queensland) Queensland Greg Chappell (Queensland) (906) Western Australia Bruce Yardley (Western Australia) (40) 1979–80 1979–80 Sheffield Shield season 1981–82 1981–82 Sheffield Shield season 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. Match summaries 17–20 October 1980 Queensland (H) New South Wales 189 (66.5 overs) Greg Chappell 94 Len Pascoe 4/38 (15.5 overs) 5/304d (100 overs) Ian Davis 91* Carl Rackemann 3/43 (23 overs) 295 (84.3 overs) Greg Chappell 113 Graeme Beard 3/61 (23 overs) 0/37 (10 overs) Match drawn http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125628879 Q'ld hopes jolted The Canberra Times 55 16,462 Australian Capital Territory, Australia 21 October 1980 6 September 2017 1 (SPORTS SECTION) National Library of Australia Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Mick Harvey and Mel Johnson New South Wales won the toss and elected to field. Mike Whitney (New South Wales) made his first-class debut. Points: Queensland 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); New South Wales 11 (Batting 6, Bowling 5) 17–20 October 1980 Western Australia (H) Victoria 183 (67.5 overs) Ray Bright 36 Dennis Lillee 5/57 (25.5 overs) 303 (110.2 overs) Graeme Wood 78 Max Walker 4/82 (43.2 overs) 268 (92.4 overs) Shaun Graf 64 Bruce Yardley 5/112 (37.4 overs) 3/149 (34.3 overs) Rob Langer 75* Max Walker 2/44 (11 overs) Western Australia won by 7 wickets http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125628881 SHEFFIELD SHIELD CRICKET The Canberra Times 55 16,462 Australian Capital Territory, Australia 21 October 1980 6 September 2017 1 (SPORTS SECTION) National Library of Australia WACA, Perth Peter McConnell and Don Weser Western Australia won the toss and elected to field. Points: Western Australia 19 (Batting 4, Bowling 5); Victoria 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4) 23–26 October 1980 New South Wales (H) Western Australia 3/340d (100 overs) Rick McCosker 168 176 (74.2 overs) Ken McEwan 41 Geoff Lawson 4/34 (19.2 overs) 103 f/o (46.5 overs) Bruce Laird 24 Bob Holland 4/30 (14 overs) New South Wales won by an innings and 61 runs http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125630012 SHEFFIELD SHIELD CRICKET The Canberra Times 55 16,468 Australian Capital Territory, Australia 27 October 1980 7 September 2017 19 National Library of Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Rocky Harris and Arthur Watson New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat. Points: New South Wales 22 (Batting 7, Bowling 5); Western Australia 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2) 23–26 October 1980 Tasmania South Australia (H) 395 (124.1 overs) Brian Davison 126 Wayne Prior 4/92 (21 overs) 9/465d (130.5 overs) Peter Sleep 102* Stuart Saunders 4/154 (37.5 overs) 137 (64.3 overs) Roger Woolley 41* Ashley Mallett 3/25 (27 overs) 4/68 (24.2 overs) Jeff Crowe 24 South Australia won by 6 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Tony Crafter and Bruce Martin Tasmania won the toss and elected to bat. Points: South Australia 20 (Batting 7, Bowling 3); Tasmania 9 (Batting 6, Bowling 3) 24–27 October 1980 Victoria Queensland (H) 7/250d (99.3 overs) Graham Matthews 62 Greg Chappell 3/29 (18.3 overs) 5/358d (120.2 overs) Kepler Wessels 134 Ray Bright 3/80 (23.2 overs) Match drawn http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125630047 CRICKET: Greg Chappell in top form The Canberra Times 55 16,469 Australian Capital Territory, Australia 28 October 1980 8 September 2017 16 National Library of Australia Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Mel Johnson and Tom Warwick Victoria won the toss and elected to bat Rain washed out all of Day 2 and most of Day 3 Greg Ritchie (Queensland) made his first-class debut Points: Queensland 10 (Batting 6, Bowling 4); Victoria 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3) 30 October–1 November 1980 New South Wales South Australia (H) 338 (125.2 overs) Ian Davis 64 Rodney Hogg 4/50 (28 overs) 89 (40.5 overs) David Hookes 17 Len Pascoe 5/27 (11.5 overs) 152 f/o (78.1 overs) Rick Darling 46 Bob Holland 4/50 (28 overs) New South Wales won by an innings and 97 runs http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126156124 SHEFFIELD SHIELD CRICKET NSW speeds SA to defeat The Canberra Times 55 16,474 Australian Capital Territory, Australia 2 November 1980 8 September 2017 3 (SPORT) National Library of Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Peter Cronin and Max O'Connell South Australia won the toss and elected to field Jeff Hammond (South Australia) made his final first-class appearance Len Pascoe completed a hat-trick in South Australia's first innings Points: New South Wales 20 (Batting 5, Bowling 5); South Australia 2 (Bowling 2) 31 October–3 November 1980 Western Australia Queensland (H) 261 (82 overs) Bruce Yardley 78 Trevor Hohns 3/24 (6 overs) 439 (136.5 overs) Greg Chappell 194 Dennis Lillee 6/97 (46 overs) 420 (135.1 overs) Kim Hughes 149 Carl Rackemann 3/9 (14 overs) 0/82 (25 overs) Kepler Wessels 39* Match drawn http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126156516 Hughes stifles imminent Qld victory The Canberra Times 55 16,476 Australian Capital Territory, Australia 4 November 1980 9 September 2017 20 National Library of Australia Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Mick Harvey and Mel Johnson Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat Ian Kelly (Queensland) made his first-class debut Carl Rackemann (Queensland) suffered a pulled shoulder muscle during Western Australia's second innings and was unavailable to bowl on Day 4. Points: Queensland 11 (Batting 6, Bowling 5); Western Australia 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2) 5–7 March 1981 New South Wales (H) Tasmania 222 (82.3 overs) Rick McCosker 88 Rod McCurdy 3/37 (16.3 overs) 226 (93.2 overs) Brian Davison 82 Geoff Lawson 3/41 (22 overs) 5/297d (102 overs) Dirk Wellham 128* Rod McCurdy 4/52 (21 overs) 133 (60.2 overs) Rob Jeffery 47 David Hourn 6/33 (14.2 overs) New South Wales won by 160 runs http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126826534 SHEFFIELD SHIELD Tasmania collapses against NSW spin The Canberra Times 55 16,600 Australian Capital Territory, Australia 9 March 1981 6 September 2017 13 National Library of Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Michael Jay and Arthur Watson Tasmania won the toss and elected to field. Rick McCosker retired hurt in the New South Wales first innings having scored 61 (team score 0/120) – he returned when the score was 4/157https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/40/40986.html The Home of CricketArchive Points: New South Wales 17 (Batting 2, Bowling 5); Tasmania 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 5) 6–9 March 1981 South Australia Victoria (H) 6/312d (101 overs) Wayne B. Phillips 111 Ian Callen 2/44 (14 overs) 2/328d (100 overs) Paul Hibbert 153* Ashley Mallett 2/105 (35 overs) 5/309d (106.5 overs) Wayne B. Phillips 91 5/164 (50 overs) Graham Yallop 66 John Inverarity 2/15 (6 overs) Match drawn http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126826666 Victoria misses $10,000 The Canberra Times 55 16,601 Australian Capital Territory, Australia 10 March 1981 6 September 2017 20 National Library of Australia Kardinia Park, Geelong Ray Isherwood and Angelo Nicosia South Australia won the toss and elected to bat. This was Ashley Mallett's final appearance in first-class cricketSee notes at bottom of https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/40/40991.html Points: Victoria 10 (Batting 7, Bowling 3); South Australia 7 (Batting 6, Bowling 1) 6–9 March 1981 Western Australia (H) Queensland 8/305d (85.3 overs) Greg Shipperd 140 Greg Chappell 4/66 (19.3 overs) 186 (66.4 overs) Martin Kent 67 Terry Alderman 4/33 (11.4 overs) 289 (121.1 overs) Craig Serjeant 72 Jeff Thomson 4/63 (19.1 overs) 9/232 (77 overs) Allan Border 83* Bruce Yardley 3/34 (19 overs) Match drawn http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126826811 CRICKET Draw enough to give WA eighth Sheffield Shield The Canberra Times 55 16,601 Australian Capital Territory, Australia 10 March 1981 6 September 2017 20 National Library of Australia WACA Ground, Perth Peter McConnell and Don Weser Queensland won the toss and elected to field. Greg Ritchie (Queensland) retired hurt in the Queensland first innings having scored 0 (team score 3/59) – he returned when the score was 6/142https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/40/40992.html The Home of CricketArchive Points: Western Australia 11 (Batting 6, Bowling 5); Queensland 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4) Points table Teamhttps://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/0/Sheffield_Shield_1980-81.html Sheffield Shield 1980–81 Points Table Cricket Archive 6 September 2017Pld PlayedW Won – 10 pointsL LostD DrawBatBP Batting bonus pointsBowBP Bowling bonus pointsAdj AdjustmentsPts PointsQuot QuotientWestern Australia 9 5 2 2 39 36 1251.070New South Wales 9 4 1 4 45 37 1221.487Queensland 9 3 0 6 51 37 1181.278Victoria 9 3 2 4 32 29 911.040Tasmania 5 0 5 0 21 18 31.270.2 0.571South Australia 9 1 6 2 28 31 690.708 Statistics Most runs Playerhttp://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1980-81/AUS_LOCAL/SS/STATS//SS_1980-81_BAT_MOST_RUNS.html Sheffield Shield 1980/81: Batting - Most Runs ESPN Cricinfo 6 September 2017TeamMat MatchesInns InningsNO Not outsRunsAve AverageHS High score100 Hundreds scored50 Fifties scoredGreg ChappellQueensland7102906113.2519443John DysonNew South Wales711281590.5515234Martin KentQueensland916480967.4117125Kepler WesselsQueensland916274753.3516022Brian DavisonTasmania510 69769.7017342 Most wickets Playerhttp://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1980-81/AUS_LOCAL/SS/STATS//SS_1980-81_BOWL_MOST_WKTS.html Sheffield Shield 1980/81: Bowling - Most Wickets ESPN Cricinfo 20 March 2017TeamMat MatchesBalls Balls bowledRuns Runs concededWkts WicketsAvge AverageBBI Best innings bowlingSR Strike rate5WI 5 or more wickets in an innings10WM 10 or more wickets in a matchBruce YardleyWestern Australia922619684024.207/6256.531Jeff ThomsonQueensland918539143625.385/6151.41Len PascoeNew South Wales714576593518.825/2741.61Geoff LawsonNew South Wales919178453524.145/5054.71Terry AldermanWestern Australia814747473223.344/3346.0 Dennis LilleeWestern Australia717437653223.906/9754.42 References External links 1980–81 Sheffield Shield on ESPN Cricinfo Sheffield Shield Sheffield Shield Category:Sheffield Shield seasons