Trevor John Barsby (born 16 January 1964) is a former Australian first class
cricket
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er who played for
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
.
Barsby was an aggressive batsman, usually opening and often with
Matthew Hayden
Matthew Lawrence Hayden (born 29 October 1971) is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer. His career spanned fifteen years. Hayden was a powerful and aggressive left-handed opening batsman who, along with opening partners Ju ...
. He is one of a select group of players to have appeared in 100 Sheffield Shield games for Queensland. This milestone was reached in his last game, the 1996/97 Shield Final. Queensland won the game and their second Shield, Barsby had played a large part in their inaugural championship win two seasons prior with an innings of 151 in the final against South Australi
Trevor has been recognised for his contribution to Queensland cricket with the Trevor Barsby Oval located at Deagon, Brisbane named in his honour
He was the
Queensland Bulls
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*Sheffield Shield: four-day matches with first-class status, sinc ...
coach from 2008 until 2010. His daughter
Jemma Barsby
Jemma Louise Barsby (born 4 October 1995) is an Australian cricketer who plays for South Australia and Adelaide Strikers. She has previously played for Queensland, Brisbane Heat and Perth Scorchers.
An all-rounder who can bowl with both hands, ...
plays for
Queensland Fire
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and
Adelaide Strikers
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.
External links
Profile at Qldcricket.com.au
1964 births
Living people
Australian cricketers
Queensland cricketers
Cricketers from Brisbane
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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