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West Women Cricket Team
The West Women's cricket team, also known as West of England Women and Western Counties Women, was the women's representative cricket team for South West England. They competed in the Women's Area Championship from 1980 to 1996 and in the Women's County Championship from 1997 to 1999, after which they were replaced by Somerset. They were runners-up in the Area Championship in 1986, and competed in Division Two of the Championship in their final season of existence. History West Women played their first recorded match in 1930, in which they drew against Midlands Women. West Women went on to play various games against other regional sides, as well as against touring sides such as Australia and New Zealand. West Women joined the Women's Area Championship in 1980, reaching the semi-finals in 1981 and the final in 1986 (which they lost to Kent). They joined the Women's County Championship in 1997, finishing 4th in Division 1 in their first season. They were relegated the following s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Area Championship
The Women's Area Championship was a women's cricket competition organised by the Women's Cricket Association that ran from 1980 until 1996. It operated as a 55-over limited overs cricket competition, with teams organised into a number of groups, often with a final. It was replaced in 1997 by the Women's County Championship. The teams competing in the Championship were a variety of county teams, county Second XIs, regional teams and Invitational XIs. The tournament was the first formalised women's cricket competition in England, with teams having previously only played one-off and friendly matches. Between 1988 and 1994, the competition was followed by the Women's Territorial Tournament, competed for by regional sides selected from the Area Championship teams. Yorkshire were the most successful side in the history of the Area Championship, winning six titles, including all of the last five tournaments. East Midlands and Middlesex won three titles apiece. History The inaugural Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kay Green
Kathleen Mary "Kay" Green (25 September 1927 – 30 November 1997) was a Welsh cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm leg break bowler, as well as an occasional wicket-keeper. She appeared in one Test match in 1954 and two One Day Internationals in 1973 for England. She mainly played domestic cricket for West of England. Green is the oldest woman cricketer to make debut in Women's ODI Women's One Day International (WODI) is the limited overs form of women's cricket. Matches are scheduled for 50 overs, equivalent to the men's game. The first women's ODIs were played in 1973, as part of the first Women's World Cup which was ... history (at the age of 45 years and 292 days). References External links * * 1927 births 1997 deaths Cricketers from Swansea English women cricketers Welsh women cricketers England women Test cricketers England women One Day International cricketers Sussex women cricketers West women cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Harper (cricketer)
Laura Julyen Harper (born 22 January 1984) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She appeared in 6 Test matches and 25 One Day Internationals for England between 1999 and 2005. She played domestic cricket for West, Somerset and Cornwall. At the time of her debut, she was the youngest player to have played for England. Early life Harper started playing cricket aged eight and began bowling off spin at ten. She played with Cornwall boys under-11s and progressed through the age groups, touring South Africa in 1997. She was selected for an England boys under-15 trial but chose to play for Somerset in the Women's County Championship instead. She earned her first international call-ups whilst studying for her GCSE examinations at Truro School and played whilst studying A-levels at Truro College, Cornwall. Domestic career She played county cricket for Somerset from 2000 to 2006 and Cornwall from 2008 to 2009. She also appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Daniels (cricketer)
Barbara Ann Daniels (born 17 December 1964) is an English cricketer and former member of the English women's cricket team. She played nine Test matches and 55 One Day Internationals. She was part of England's squad that won the World Cup in 1993. She played domestic cricket for West Midlands and Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou .... References External links * 1964 births Living people English women cricketers England women Test cricketers England women One Day International cricketers Staffordshire women cricketers West Midlands women cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Godman
Janet Louise Godman (; born 16 March 1966) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She played two Test matches and seven One Day Internationals for England between 1991 and 1996. She played domestic cricket for Thames Valley, West of England, Somerset, Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ..., and Buckinghamshire. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Godman, Janet 1966 births Living people English women cricketers England women Test cricketers England women One Day International cricketers Thames Valley women cricketers West women cricketers Somerset women cricketers Wiltshire women cricketers Buckinghamshire women cricketers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Potter
Sarah Potter (born 11 July 1961) is a former cricketer who played as a left-arm bowler and a middle-order batter. She played seven Test matches and eight One-Day Internationals for England between 1984 and 1987. She scored one Test century, an innings of 102 against India at Worcester in 1986. She played domestic cricket for West of England. She is the daughter of the dramatist Dennis Potter. She was her father's secretary, and head of the ''Whistling Gypsy'' production company for TV dramas, most of which were written by her father. She wrote a novelization of his TV play ''Brimstone and Treacle'', published by Quartet Books in 1982. She has also written on women's cricket for ''The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ...''. She was in a long-term relationship w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Gough
Jane Mary Gough (born 4 September 1943) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in one One Day International for England, against Young England in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup. She scored 33 before being run out. She played domestic cricket for West of England West of England is a combined authority area in South West England. It is made up of the Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and Bath and North East Somerset unitary authorities. The combined authority is led by the Mayor of the West of England Dan N .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gough, Jane 1943 births Living people People from Twickenham Cricketers from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames English women cricketers England women One Day International cricketers West women cricketers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Ellis (cricketer)
Shirley Ellis (born 1952; married name Morgan) is a Welsh former sportswoman who played cricket as an all-rounder and field hockey for the Welsh national team. She appeared in five One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Young England in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup. In her first match, she became the first woman cricketer to open both the batting and bowling in an ODI. Overall, she took two wickets and scored 62 runs, with a high score of 30. She played domestic cricket for Sussex and West of England West of England is a combined authority area in South West England. It is made up of the Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and Bath and North East Somerset unitary authorities. The combined authority is led by the Mayor of the West of England Dan .... Ellis her first appearance for the Welsh hockey team in 1971, aged nineteen. In 1973 she took part in the Welsh Ladies' tour of the West Indies, from which she emerged top scorer with 17 goals. References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Farrell
Valerie Farrell (born 15 December 1946) is an Australia former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in 5 One Day Internationals: two for International XI at the 1973 World Cup and three for Australia at the 1978 World Cup. She played domestic cricket for Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle .... References External links *Valerie Farrellat southernstars.org.au Living people 1946 births Australian women cricketers International XI women One Day International cricketers Cricketers from Melbourne Victoria women cricketers People from Carlton, Victoria Sportswomen from Victoria (state) {{Australia-cricket-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosalind Heggs
Rosalind M Heggs (born 1952) is an English former cricketer who played as an all-rounder. She was a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She played for Young England in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup and the full England side in the 1978 Women's Cricket World Cup. She took 16 wickets at an average of 15.43 and scored 56 runs with a high score of 18 in her nine One Day Internationals. She played domestic cricket for Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the ceremonial county of Greater London, with small sections in neighbour .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Heggs, Rosalind 1952 births Date of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Skegness English women cricketers England women One Day International cricketers Young England women cricketers Middlesex women cricketer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Cruwys
Jill Elizabeth Cruwys (5 December 1943 – 30 December 1990) was an English cricketer who played primarily as a batter. She appeared in 5 Test matches and 7 One Day Internationals for England between 1969 and 1976. Cruwys was a member of the successful England team that beat Australia at Edgbaston to win the first Women's World Cup in July 1973. She played domestic cricket primarily for Kent and West Midlands, as well as appearing in one match for West of England West of England is a combined authority area in South West England. It is made up of the Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and Bath and North East Somerset unitary authorities. The combined authority is led by the Mayor of the West of England Dan .... References External links * 1943 births 1990 deaths People from Bromley England women Test cricketers England women One Day International cricketers Kent women cricketers West Midlands women cricketers West women cricketers {{England-cricket-bio- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Gordon
Dorothy Anne Gordon (born 24 December 1941) is an Australian former cricketer who played as a left-arm medium bowler. She appeared in nine Test matches and eight One Day Internationals for Australia between 1968 and 1977, including captaining the side in 1976. She played domestic cricket for Victoria, as well as playing one match for West. She was the first fielder to take three catches in a Women's Cricket World Cup match. Gordon lived and grew up in Moe, Gippsland, Victoria. After retiring from playing she became a selector for the Victoria Women's Cricket Association, Surrey and then England Selector and Chairwoman of England Selectors from 1992 to 1996. She was awarded life membership of Cricket Victoria Cricket Victoria (CV) is the governing body for the sport of cricket in the Australian state of Victoria. It was formed on 29 September 1875 as the Victorian Cricket Association. It is integrated with the Victorian Women's Cricket Association to ... in 2018. Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |