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Peta Taylor
Mary Isabella "Peta" Taylor, married name Mary Jager, (11 July 1912 – 22 March 1989) was an English cricketer who played as a right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in seven 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 1934 and 1937, including the first ever women's Test match. She played domestic cricket for various composite XIs, as well as South Women. References External links * * State Library of New South Wales: Sam Hood, 1872-1953 Mary 'Peta' Taylor from the English women's cricket team (photograph) {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Peta 1912 births 1989 deaths People from Wimbledon, London Cricketers from the London Borough of Merton English women cricketers England women Test cricketers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wimbledon, London
Wimbledon () is a district and town of Southwest London, England, southwest of the centre of London at Charing Cross; it is the main commercial centre of the London Borough of Merton. Wimbledon had a population of 68,187 in 2011 which includes the electoral wards of Abbey, Dundonald, Hillside, Trinity, Village, Raynes Park and Wimbledon Park. It is home to the Wimbledon Championships and New Wimbledon Theatre, and contains Wimbledon Common, one of the largest areas of common land in London. The residential and retail area is split into two sections known as the "village" and the "town", with the High Street being the rebuilding of the original medieval village, and the "town" having first developed gradually after the building of the railway station in 1838. Wimbledon has been inhabited since at least the Iron Age when the hill fort on Wimbledon Common is thought to have been constructed. In 1086 when the Domesday Book was compiled, Wimbledon was part of the manor of Mortlake. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
