Australian national netball captains
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This is a list of captains of the Australia national netball team
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Note: As international tours were not a regular occurrence until the 1980s, many of the early captains only served for a small number of tours, often held in one individual year. As no international matches were held in the intervening gaps (some of which were up to a decade), there are no captains marked for those years.
Australia national netball team
The Australia national netball team, commonly known as the Australian Netball Diamonds, represent Australia in international netball tests and competitions. The team was formed in 1938 and played in the first international game of netball, against New Zealand...
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Note: As international tours were not a regular occurrence until the 1980s, many of the early captains only served for a small number of tours, often held in one individual year. As no international matches were held in the intervening gaps (some of which were up to a decade), there are no captains marked for those years.
Number | Name | Period of captaincy |
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1 | Becky Douglas | 1938 |
2 | Mary White | 1948 |
3 | Pat Doherty | 1956 |
4 | Gloria Haycroft | 1960 |
5 | Joyce Brown | 1963 |
6 | Lyn Davey (née Morony) | 1967 |
7 | Yvonne Liddelow | 1969 |
8 | Gaye Walsh | 1971 |
9 | Marg Caldow | 1975-1977 |
10 | Norma Plummer Norma Plummer Norma Plummer is an Australian netball coach and former player. She was coach of the Australian national netball team from 2003 to 2011, ending her coaching career with the Diamonds on 67 victories from 89 Tests – a success rate of 75 per cent... |
1978 |
- | Marg Caldow | 1978-1979 |
11 | Pam Redmond | 1981 |
12 | Jill McIntosh | 1982 |
13 | Julie Francou | 1983 |
14 | Anne Sargeant Anne Sargeant Anne Sargeant, OAM, is a retired Australian netball player and current sports commentator. Sargeant played in the Australian national team from 1978–1988, captaining the side for six years.... |
1984-1988 |
15 | Michelle Fielke | 1989-1995 |
16 | Vicki Wilson Vicki Wilson Vicki Wilson, OAM, is an Australian netball coach and retired international player.-Netball career:Wilson was a part of the Australian national netball team for fifteen years, making her debut in 1985... |
1996-1999 |
17 | Kathryn Harby-Williams Kathryn Harby-Williams Kathryn Harby-Williams is an Australian netball player and television presenter.She currently works with Radio Sport New Zealand and is a Sky TV commentator for Sky Sport 1's live netball coverage of the ANZ Championship and international tests, along with former Silver Ferns Tania Dalton and Anna... |
2000-2003 |
18 | Liz Ellis Liz Ellis Elizabeth "Liz" Ellis AM is a retired Australian netball player, a member of the national team from 1992 until 2007 and captain for the last four of those years. She is the most capped international player for Australian netball.... |
2003-2005 |
19 | Catherine Cox Catherine Cox Catherine Cox is an Australian netball player. Cox has played regularly for the Australian national team since her first appearance in 1997 and is a member of the ANZ Championship team West Coast Fever.... (acting) |
2004 |
20 | Sharelle McMahon Sharelle McMahon Sharelle Jane McMahon is an Australian netball player and former captain of the Australian national netball team... |
2005-2006 |
21 | Liz Ellis Liz Ellis Elizabeth "Liz" Ellis AM is a retired Australian netball player, a member of the national team from 1992 until 2007 and captain for the last four of those years. She is the most capped international player for Australian netball.... |
2006-2007 |
- | Sharelle McMahon | 2009-2011 |
22 | Natalie von Bertouch Natalie von Bertouch Natalie von Bertouch is an Australian netball player. Von Bertouch is a member of the Australian national netball team, and the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship... |
2011–present |