The West Midlands 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

Women's County Championship The Women's County Championship, known since 2014 as the Royal London Women’s One-Day Cup,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 ...

. They won the Area Championship in 1982, and competed in Division One of the County Championship in their final season of existence.

History

West Midlands Women played their first recorded match in 1963, which they lost to a touring

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side by 10 wickets. West Midlands played Australia again in 1976, as well as playing

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in 1984, and against various county sides. West Midlands joined the

in 1980, and won the competition in 1982, beating

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in the final by 5 wickets, with captain

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scoring 80 *. West Midlands went on to finish 4th in the 1992 tournament and as runners-up in the final tournament, in 1996. They then joined the

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. In their final season of existence,

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, they were relegated from Division 1 and subsequently replaced by

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 ...

, who immediately regained their former team's place in Division 1, in

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Players

Notable players

Players who played for West Midlands and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (noted in brackets): *

(1960) *

June Bragger June Bragger (2 June 1929 – 27 June 1997) 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 ...

(1963) * Carol Evans (1968) *

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 s ...

(1969) *

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 sid ...

(1973) *

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(1973) *

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 ...

(1973) *

Jan Brittin Janette Ann Brittin (4 July 1959 – 11 September 2017) was an English cricketer who played as a right-handed Batting (cricket), batter and right-arm Off spin, off break Bowler (cricket), bowler. She appeared in 27 Women's Test cricket, Tests ...

(1979) *

Janet Tedstone Janet Cathryn Tedstone (born 12 September 1959) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in 12 Test matches and 38 One Day Internationals for England between 1979 and 1992. S ...

(1979) *

Cathy Cooke Catherine Cooke is an English former cricketer who played as a bowler. She appeared in six One Day Internationals for England between 1989 and 1990, making her debut against The Netherlands. Overall, she took two wickets, scored 10 runs and too ...

(1989) *

Julie Crump Julie Lynn Harris (; born 7 January 1969) is an English former cricketer who played as an all-rounder. She was a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. She appeared in two One Day Internationals for England in the 1989 Women's Europe ...

(1989) * Barbara Daniels (1993) *

Clare Gough Clare Elizabeth Gough (born 7 September 1982) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-arm bowler and right-handed batter. She appeared in three One Day Internationals for England in August 2001, making her debut against Scotland. ...

(2001)

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Honours

: ** Champions (1) – 1982

References

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History

Players

Notable players

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Honours

See also

References