Top 10 Players of all time from Victoria

7. Bill Lawry

Bill Lawry

Bill Lawry was one of Australia's finest opening batsmen and was known for his dour defensive batting, which made him an incredibly difficult batsman to dismiss.

Lawry broke into the Victorian side in the 1955-56 season and although he had a disappointing start to his domestic career, his performances in the 1959-60 season (an average of 44.40) brought him into the limelight.

However, it was the mammoth 266, scored against bitter rivals New South Wales in the 1960-61 season, that earned him a call-up to the national team.

In a career in which saw him play 249 first-class games, Lawry scored runs at an average of 50.90, including 50 hundreds and 100 half centuries.