Indigenous Cricket

Rossy Williams Shield

The Rossy Williams Shield is the final remote carnival before the Imparja Cup held annually during February in Tennant Creek, a town located in central Australia. Tennant Creek is the seventh largest town in the Northern Territory, and is located on the Stuart Highway, just south of the intersection with the western terminus of the Barkly Highway.

Named after one of the founders of the Imparja Cup, Warumungu man Ross Jagamara Williams, the Shield is a highlight in the town's calendar with men's and women's teams coming together for a weekend of cricket and connection. 

Rossy Williams Shield 2024

 

Cricket Australia respectfully acknowledges the Traditional custodians of the land, the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Easten Kulin Nation, and pays respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.

Walkabout Wickets by Kirrae Whurrong artist Fiona Clarke (b.1963), represents cricket stars past, present and future, and the meeting places where they play.

Aunty Fiona is is a descendant of James 'Mosquito' Couzens and his brother Jonny Couzens, members of the first Australian cricket team who toured England in 1868.