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English Women's Cricket Team In Australia And New Zealand In 1948–49
The England women's cricket team toured Australia and New Zealand from January to March 1949, playing three Test matches against Australia, followed by one against New Zealand. The series against Australia was retrospectively recognised as the third series of the Women's Ashes; England entered the series as notional holders of the Ashes, having won the first series in 1934–35, and retained them by drawing the second series, in 1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe .... Australia claimed their first series victory over England in 1949, winning 1–0, with two drawn matches. Australia Test series 1st Test 2nd Test 3rd Test New Zealand Test series Test Match References Further reading * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:English women's cricket team in Australia a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England Women's Cricket Team
The England women's cricket team represents England and Wales in international women's cricket. Since 1998, they have been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by the Women's Cricket Association. England is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council, with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status. They are currently captained by Heather Knight and coached by Jon Lewis. They played in the first ever Women's Test match in 1934, against Australia, which they won by 9 wickets. The two teams now compete regularly for The Women's Ashes. They played in the first Women's Cricket World Cup in 1973, winning the tournament on home soil, and have gone on to win the World Cup three more times, in 1993, 2009 and 2017. After their 2017 triumph, they were awarded the BBC Sports Team of the Year Award. They played in the first ever Twenty20 International in 2005, against New Zealand, and won the inau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Christ
Joyce Christ (7 March 1921 in Waverley, New South Wales – 17 October 1997 in Arncliffe, New South Wales) was an Australian cricket player. She played eight Test matches for the Australia national women's cricket team The Australian women's national cricket team (formerly also known as the Southern Stars) represent Australia in international women's cricket. Currently captained by Meg Lanning and coached by Shelley Nitschke, they are the top team in all worl ..., over a 12-year period. References 1921 births 1997 deaths Australia women Test cricketers Cricketers from Sydney Sportswomen from New South Wales Cricketers from New South Wales {{Australia-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dot Laughton
Irene Doris "Dot" Laughton (29 September 1913 – 8 March 1982) was a top-ranking sportswoman in South Australia representing Australia and South Australia in cricket and field hockey during the 1930s until retirement in 1953. In Cricket, Laughton scored 40 centuries in first class cricket domestically and made the world-record score of 390 in 1949. A State captain, she was selected for Australia tour to England in 1951 where she scored 47 runs from her only appearance. An award 'The Dot Laughton Trophy' is awarded to outstanding South Australian women cricketers. In field hockey, she was selected as left-full back for Australia in 1947 in a series versus New Zealand. References External links * Australian women cricketers 1913 births 1982 deaths Australia women Test cricketers Cricketers from Adelaide Australian female field hockey players Field hockey players from Adelaide Sportswomen from South Australia Wicket-keepers Female field hockey defenders {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is a sports stadium in Sydney, Australia. It is used for Test cricket, Test, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket, as well as, Australian rules football and occasionally for rugby league, rugby union and association football. It is the home ground for the New South Wales cricket team, New South Wales Blues cricket team, the Sydney Sixers of the Big Bash League and the Sydney Swans of the Australian Football League. It is owned and operated by the Venues NSW, who also hold responsibility for the Sydney Football Stadium (2022), Sydney Football Stadium. History Beginning In 1811, the Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, established the second Sydney Common, about one-and-a-half miles (about 2,400m) wide and extending south from South Head Road (now Oxford Street, Sydney, Oxford St) to where Randwick Racecourse is today. Part sandhills, part swamp and situated on the south-eastern fringe of the city, it was used as a rubbish dump in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Wood
Barbara Wood (born January 30, 1947, in Warrington (Lancashire, England) is an American writer of historical romance novels. Her family moved to California, where she grew up. In 2002, she received the Corine Literature Prize The Corine – International Book Prize, as it is officially called, is a German literature prize created by the Bavarian chapter of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, first awarded in 2001. It is awarded to German and international "aut .... Bibliography As Barbara Wood *''Hounds and Jackals'', 1978 *''The Magdalene Scrolls'', 1978 *''Curse this House'', 1978 *''Yesterday's Child'', 1979 *''Night Trains'', 1979 *''Childsong'', 1981 *''The Watch Gods'', 1981 *''Domina'', 1983 *''Vital Signs'', 1985 *''Soul Flame'', 1987 *''Green City in the Sun'', 1988 *''The Gifts of Peace'', 1990 *''The Dreaming'', 1991 *''Virgins of Paradise'', 1993 *''The Prophetess'', 1996 *''Perfect Harmony'', 1998 *''Sacred Ground'', 2001 *''The Blessing Stone'', 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Wilkinson
Joan "Wilkie" Wilkinson (5 April 1919 – 17 April 2002) was an English cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. Making her Test debut against Australia, she appeared in 13 Test matches for England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ... between 1949 and 1958. She played domestic cricket for various composite XIs, including teams representing the North of England. References External links * * 1919 births 2002 deaths Sportspeople from Lancashire English women cricketers England women Test cricketers Cricketers from Lancashire {{England-cricket-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hemisphere, the List of stadiums by capacity, 11th largest globally, and List of cricket grounds by capacity, the second largest cricket ground by capacity. The MCG is within walking distance of the Melbourne City Centre, city centre and is served by Richmond railway station, Melbourne, Richmond and Jolimont railway station, Jolimont railway stations, as well as the Melbourne tram route 70, route 70, Melbourne tram route 75, route 75, and Melbourne tram route 48, route 48 trams. It is adjacent to Melbourne Park and is part of the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct. Since it was built in 1853, the MCG has undergone numerous renovations. It served as the centerpiece stadium of the 1956 Summer Olympics, the 2006 Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Johnson (cricketer)
Winifred Mary Johnson (born 7 November 1924) is an English former cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm pace bowler. She appeared in 10 Test matches for England between 1949 and 1954. She played domestic cricket for Yorkshire. Johnson was also a PE teacher, employed at the Arnold School for Girls in Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw .... References External links * * 1924 births Living people Cricketers from Kingston upon Hull England women Test cricketers Yorkshire women cricketers Schoolteachers from Lancashire {{England-cricket-bio-1920s-stub ta:மேரி ஜான்சன் ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Lowe
Dorothy Megan Lowe (17 November 1915 – 16 May 2017) was an English cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm Fast bowling, medium Bowling (cricket), bowler. She appeared in four Women's Test cricket, Test matches for England women's cricket team, England in 1949. She played domestic cricket for Middlesex Women cricket team, Middlesex, as well as various composite XIs. Lowe made her Test debut against Australia women's cricket team, Australia at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide in January 1949. She played her last Test on the same tour, against New Zealand women's cricket team, New Zealand, at Eden Park, Auckland in March of the same year. She scored a total of 77 runs, with a highest score of 25 and took 4 wickets, with a best of 3/34. She centenarian, turned 100 in November 2015. In May 2017, Lowe died at home in Canterbury, aged 101. See also * List of centenarians (sportspeople) References External links * * 1915 births 2017 deaths People from Syston Sportspeople fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy McEvoy
Dorothy Evelyn McEvoy (30 July 1910 – 20 April 1994) was an English cricketer who played as a right-arm pace bowler. She appeared in five Test matches for England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ... between 1949 and 1951. She played domestic cricket for Surrey. References External links * * 1910 births 1994 deaths Cricketers from Liverpool English women cricketers England women Test cricketers Surrey women cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazel Sanders
Hazel Mary Sanders (16 July 1926 – 29 December 1995) was an English cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 12 Test matches for England between 1949 and 1958. She played domestic cricket for Surrey for 11 years. Sanders made her debut during England's first post-war tour of Australia and New Zealand in early 1949, reaching 54, her highest Test score, in a victory over New Zealand at Auckland. She scored another half-century, against Australia, at Scarborough in 1951. Off the field, Sanders was a biochemist, who worked on lipids at the Courtauld Institute of Biochemistry at Middlesex Hospital. She published scientific papers on Lipids and Lipid Metabolism, describing a modification of an existing scientific process using column chromatography to separate and identify lipids from human brain cell matter, allowing phosphatidylserine Phosphatidylserine (abbreviated Ptd-L-Ser or PS) is a phospholipid and is a component of the cell membrane. It plays a key ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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