NSW 1982-83 Sheffield Shield Champions - 40 year reunion
Back Row - Mike Whitney, Mark O'Neill, Peter Toohey, John Skilbeck, John Dyson, Murray Bennett, Dirk Wellham
Front Row - Greg Matthews, Steve Rixon, Rick McCosker, Trevor Chappell
The 1982/83 Sheffield Shield Cricket season was the first season the Shield Final was introduced to decide the winner of the Sheffield Shield competition.
For 90 years the Sheffield Shield competition which began in 1892/93, the winner of the Australian domestic competition was the team who had accumulated the most points during the season. First past the post as they say.
