Jean Fay Field (; born 10 April 1936) is a South African former

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er who played as a right-arm

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bowler. She appeared in three

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for

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in 1960 and 1961, all against England. She was the first South African woman to take a

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in a Test match. She played domestic cricket for Southern Transvaal.

Career

Part of the Southern Transvaal women's cricket team, McNaughton made her first appearance on the English tour in 1960–61 for her club side. Batting at number five, she scored 15 runs in 22 minutes. In the English innings, she only bowled four overs, taking no wickets and conceding 22 runs. Playing in South Africa's first Test match she made a

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, becoming only the second woman, after England's player/manager

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in 1949, to do so on debut. She also remained wicket-less in the match, bowling a total of nine overs. She did not play in the second Test, and scored one run in each of her two innings for South African XI women against England during a tour match. Back in the team for the third Test at

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, McNaughton claimed six of the eight English wickets to fall in their first-innings, making her the first South African woman to take a

in Test cricket. In spite of her achievement, England won the match by eight wickets. In the final Test of the series, she scored her highest total in Test cricket, hitting 28 runs to help give her team a first-innings lead, and support

Yvonne van Mentz Yvonne van Mentz is a South African former cricketer who played as an all-rounder. She appeared in four Test matches for South Africa in 1960 and 1961, all against England. She scored South African's first century in Women's Test cricket, with ...

as she closed in on her

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McNaughton, Jean Living people 1936 births Cricketers from Johannesburg South African women cricketers South Africa women Test cricketers Central Gauteng women cricketers