Queensland Rams compete in the Claxton Shield

Claxton Shield

The Claxton Shield was the name of the premier baseball competition in Australia held between state-based teams, as well as the name of the trophy awarded to the champion team...

 Baseball Championship in Australia. The Rams were one of the founding teams of the Claxton Shield

Claxton Shield

The Claxton Shield was the name of the premier baseball competition in Australia held between state-based teams, as well as the name of the trophy awarded to the champion team...

 in 1934 and competed as Queensland until 1988. Between 1988 and 1999, the Claxton Shield was awarded to the winner of the Australian Baseball League. In 1999, the Rams were invited to join the International Baseball League of Australia

International Baseball League of Australia

The International Baseball League of Australia was a baseball league which existed from 1999 to 2002.The league was created by David Nilsson after he purchased the rights to the Australian Baseball League in 1999 when it was near financial collapse...

 in which they competed for 2 seasons(1999-00 and 2002). After this point, the Claxton Shield reverted back to a competition similar to that of 1988.

Diamond All-Star Team

On 2 December 2008 Baseball Queensland

Baseball Queensland

Baseball Queensland is the governing body of baseball within Queensland. Baseball Queensland is governed by the Australian Baseball Federation. It is located in Milton, Queensland and run by chief executive officer Col Dick....

 released in honour of the 75th anniversary of the Claxton Shield

Claxton Shield

The Claxton Shield was the name of the premier baseball competition in Australia held between state-based teams, as well as the name of the trophy awarded to the champion team...

, an All-Star team. Nominees must have played in at least one Claxton Shield competition between 1934 and 2008. This includes all ABL competition between 1990 and 1999 where the Claxton Shield continued to be awarded to the ABL Champion each year.
Teams comprise of 10 position players (maximum of one player per position, plus one DH and one utility), eight pitchers, one manager and three assistant coaches.

Position	Name	Position	Name	Position	Name
P	Allan Albury	C	Dave Nilsson Dave Nilsson David Wayne Nilsson is a retired Australian professional baseball player who played as catcher for Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers from to . He was an All-Star in 1999, becoming the only Australian player to appear in an All-Star game...	DH	Brett Roneberg Brett Roneberg .Brett Roneberg is an Australian baseball player.He spent 11 seasons playing minor league baseball, most recently in 2007 was with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, playing for their Double-A affiliate, the Altoona Curve.In 2004, he was part of the Australian Olympic baseball team, who achieved...
P	Kevin Albury	1B	Ron Johnson Ron Johnson Ron Wayne Johnson is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999, representing the division of Brantford as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life and career:...	Utility	Peter Dutton
P	Matt Gahan	2B	Trent Durrington Trent Durrington Trent John Durrington is a former Major League Baseball player. He is primarily a second baseman. In his years as a student, he attended The Southport School located in Gold Coast...	Manager	Mike Young Mike Young (coach) Mike Young is the current Australian cricket team fielding coach as well as former minor league and Australian baseball manager, player and coach...
P	Kim Jessop	3B	Larry Home	Coach	Peter Gahan
P	Adrian Meagher	SS	Wayne Reed	Coach	Steve Gilmore
P	Bob Nilsson Bob Nilsson Robert "Bob" Nilsson was the oldest of the four Nilsson brothers and one of the greatest relievers in the history of Australian baseball leagues. Bob's brother Dave Nilsson was the first Australian All-Star in MLB, his brother Gary Nilsson played in the minors and Ron Nilsson also played in...	LF	Peter Vogler	Coach	Ted Roebuck
P	Gary Nilsson Gary Nilsson Gary Nilsson is a former Australian baseball player who played as a pitcher for the Lakeland Tigers in 1984 and in the Australian Baseball League from to . He is the brother of former All-Star, Dave Nilsson as well as former minor leaguer Bob Nilsson...	CF	Grant McDonald
P	Phil Stockman Phil Stockman Phillip Matthew Stockman is a free-agent pitcher in Major League Baseball.-Amateur career:...	RF	Geoff Martin

Current squad

Queensland Ram's 30 man roster for the 2010 Claxton Shield. The active roster is for the series against New South Wales Patriots

New South Wales Patriots

New South Wales Patriots compete in the Claxton Shield baseball championship in Australia.The Patriots were one of the founding teams of the Claxton Shield in 1934 and competed as New South Wales until 1988 when the Claxtion Shield was awarded to the winner of the Australian Baseball League...