The Thames Valley Women's cricket team was the women's representative cricket team for the

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. They competed in the

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, ...

from 1980 to 1996 and in the

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. They competed in Division One of the County Championship in their final season of existence.

History

Thames Valley Women played their first recorded match in 1972, which they drew against

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. Thames Valley went on to play various one-off matches, including a game against a touring

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in 1976. They joined the

in 1980, achieving their best finish of 6th in 1992. They joined the

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, in which they were promoted from Division 2, winning four of their five matches. For the next two seasons they played in Division 1, after which they were disbanded and replaced by

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

Players

Notable players

Players who played for Thames Valley and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (noted in brackets): * Margaret Jude (1963) * Rosemary Goodchild (1966) *

Glynis Hullah Glynis Hullah (born 8 August 1948) is an English former cricketer who played as a medium pace bowler. She appeared in 4 Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals for England between 1976 and 1982. Her final WODI appearance was in the final o ...

(1973) *

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 Tham ...

(1991) *

Debra Stock Debra Ann Stock (born 17 July 1962) is a former English international cricketer. A right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler, she played in seven Test matches and fifteen One Day Internationals for England between 1992 and 1996, and w ...

(1992) * Lucy Pearson (1996) *

Claire Taylor Samantha Claire Taylor (born 25 September 1975) is a former cricketer who represented England more than 150 times between 1998 and 2011. A top order batter,In women's cricket, "batsman" is commonly used, alongside "batter". Taylor was the f ...

(1998) *

Isa Guha Isa Tara Guha (born 21 May 1985) is an English cricket commentator, television and radio cricket broadcaster, and a former England cricketer who played in the 2005 World Cup and the 2009 World Cup.Mandie Godliman Mandie Claire Godliman (born 5 April 1973) is an English former cricketer. She made one Test and 11 One Day International appearances for England between 2002 and 2003. She played domestic cricket for Thames Valley, Sussex, Wellington, Canterb ...

(2002)

Seasons

Women's County Championship

References