Shelly Liddelow

Shelly "Sparky" Liddelow (born 30 June 1984 in Manjimup, Western Australia) plays field hockey for the Australian Women's Hockey Team, the Hockeyroos. She made her debut for Australia in 2007. Her Australian National Hockey League (NHL) team is WA Diamonds. Her local club is UWA Hockey Club.

Originally only a reserve player for the Hockeyroos, Shelly entered the spotlight after Fiona Johnson injured her hamstring. She scored two goals in her first Olympic match, helping Australia to win against South Korea.

Shelly has recently completed her Master of Pharmacy at Curtin University.

Playing credentials

International caps

15 – at start of Beijing Olympics Games

Career highlights

2010 – Delhi Commonwealth Games,(1st)
2008 – Summer Olympics, Beijing China
2007 – Hockeyroos debut, Champions Trophy, Quilmes Argentina (4th)
2005 – Junior World Cup, Chile (4th)

Recent performances

2008 – Test Series (v England), Australi (1st)
2007 – Good Luck Beijing Test Event, Beijing China (1st)
2007 – World Cup, Quilmes Argentina (4th)

Major injuries

2006 – Stress fracture, hip
2004 – Stress fracture, femur
2003 – Compartments syndrome (surgery)

References

sports-reference

Australia squad – 2007 Champions Trophy
3 O'Conner 5 Gallagher 7 Walker 9 Sanders 10 Hollywood 12 Blyth (c) 13 Liddelow 15 McGurk 16 Johnson 18 Meyer 21 Gilbert 22 Korner 23 Trost 25 Twitt 27 Lynch 29 Attard 30 Taylor 31 Messent Coach: Murray

Australia squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – 5th place
4 Eastham 6 Rivers 7 Walker 10 Hollywood 11 Halliday 12 Blyth 13 Liddelow 14 Arrold 15 McGurk 16 Johnson 17 Imison 24 Skirving 25 Twitt (c) 28 Munro 29 Attard 30 Young 32 Hudson Coach: Murray

Australia squad – 2010 FIH World Cup
1 Cronk 2 Nanscawen 4 Eastham 5 Bruce 6 Rivers 7 Walker 8 Nelson 10 Hollywood 12 Blyth (c) 13 Liddelow 14 Arrold 15 McGurk 16 Johnson 21 Taylor 22 Jenner 27 Lynch 29 Attard 30 Korner Coach: Murray

Australia squad – 2010 Commonwealth Games
1 Cronk 4 Eastham 5 Bruce 6 Rivers 8 Nelson 9 Flanagan 10 Hollywood 12 Blyth (c) 13 Liddelow 14 Arrold 16 Johnson 17 Hurtz 21 Taylor 22 Jenner 24 Boyce 27 Lynch Coach: Murray

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