Alison Margaret Hall (15 October 1910 – 2004) was a New Zealand cricket player and scorer. She was the first woman in the world to score an international cricket

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Biography

Hall attended

Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland , type = Private, Girls, Composite (Year 1–13) with boarding facilities , denomination = Anglican , established = 1903; years ago , motto_translation = That we may serve , address ...

, and started playing cricket for the school in 1924; in her later years at the school she captained the

First XI The First XI (or, less commonly, First 11) are the eleven primary players in an organisation's leading team, particularly a football or cricket team. A player who is considered a core part of the starting line-up in a First XI team is often the ...

. From 1927, Hall was the scorer for senior men's cricket games at the Parnell Cricket Club in Auckland; she also scored for the Auckland provincial team. In February 1930 she sat alongside the English team's scorer Bill Ferguson to score the New Zealand vs England Test match at

Eden Park Eden Park is New Zealand's largest sports stadium, with a capacity of 50,000. Located in central Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, it is three kilometres southwest of the CBD, on the boundary between the suburbs of Mount Eden and King ...

. She was the first woman in the world to score a Test match, and at the age of 19, one of the youngest.

Personal life

Hall married the Parnell, Auckland and New Zealand cricketer

Paul Whitelaw Paul Erskine Whitelaw (10 February 1910 – 28 August 1988) was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Auckland and New Zealand. Domestic career A right-handed opening batsman with a fine array of strokes, Whitelaw played first-class cricket fo ...

in July 1948.

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Image of Parnell Cricket Club 1st Grade team 1929-30, including Hall
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Alison 1910 births 2004 deaths People educated at Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland New Zealand cricketers Cricket scorers