Joyce Liebert, married name Joyce Lawrence, (16 May 1914 – 8 June 1999) was an English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er who played as an

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. She appeared in 4

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for

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in 1934 and 1935. These were the first four women's tests, and she was the youngest member of England's touring party. She played domestic cricket for various composite and regional teams, such as North Women, as well as appearing for

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

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* * 1914 births 1999 deaths English women cricketers England women Test cricketers Lancashire women cricketers Cricketers from Lancashire {{England-cricket-bio-stub