English women's cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1957–58
English women's cricket team in New Zealand in 1957–58 | |||
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New Zealand | England | ||
Dates | 5 November 1957 – 2 January 1958 | ||
Captains | Rona McKenzie | Mary Duggan | |
Test series | |||
Result | 2-match series drawn 0–0 | ||
Most runs | Eris Paton (120) | Mary Duggan (210) | |
Most wickets | Jean Coulston (10) | Mary Duggan (14) |
The English women's cricket team toured New Zealand and Australia between November 1957 and March 1958. Against New Zealand they played two Test matches, which were both drawn.[1]
Against Australia, they contested The Women's Ashes for the fifth time. The four match Test series was drawn 0–0, which resulted in Australia retaining the Ashes.[2][3]
Tour of New Zealand[]
Tour matches[]
2-day match: North Island vs England[]
5–6 November 1957
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North Island
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0/20 (25 overs)
Joan Wilkinson 12 |
- North Island Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Canterbury vs England[]
2-day match: Otago vs England[]
1-day match: Southland vs England[]
20 November 1957
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Southland
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25 (31 overs)
Irene West 8 Edna Barker 4/9 (8 overs) |
8d/202 (47 overs)
Joan Wilkinson 56 Rona Cross 3/54 (16 overs) | |
0/0 (2 overs)
Noelene Pay 0* |
- Southland Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- England Women won by 10 wickets on first innings.
2-day match: South Island vs England[]
23, 25 November 1957
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South Island
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0/12 (12 overs)
Mary Webb 10* |
- England Women won the toss and elected to field.
1-day match: Nelson vs England[]
4 December 1957
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Nelson
71 (56.5 overs) | |
Edna Barker 74
Dorothy Bennett 3/18 (6 overs) |
Sally Davies 18
Polly Marshall 3/6 (17 overs) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Wellington vs England[]
1-day match: Wanganui and Wellington vs England[]
9 December 1957
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Wanganui and Wellington
101 (41.1 overs) | |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Auckland vs England[]
14, 16 December 1957
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155 (67.5 overs)
Polly Marshall 35 Joan Rich 4/41 (10 overs) | ||
1/15 (5.2 overs)
Mary Duggan 11* Maureen Taylor 1/12 (3 overs) |
- Auckland Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: Matamata vs England[]
21 December 1957
Scorecard |
Matamata
81 (51.4 overs) |
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Joan Wilkinson 76
Anne Skinner 4/46 (29 overs) |
- Matamata Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: New Zealand England Touring Team vs England[]
Test series[]
1st Test[]
29, 30 November, 2 December 1957
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- New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Edna Barker, Audrey Disbury, Dorothy Macfarlane, Ruth Westbrook (Eng) and Evon Dickson (NZ) all made their women's Test debuts.
2nd Test[]
27, 28, 29 December 1957
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7d/171 (79 overs)
Mary Duggan 85 Mary Webb 3/32 (15 overs) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shirley Driscoll, Joan Hawes, Helen Sharpe (Eng) and Carolyn Sinton (NZ) all made their women's Test debuts.
Tour of Australia[]
English women's cricket team in Australia in 1957–58 | |||
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Australia | England | ||
Dates | 11 January – 24 March 1958 | ||
Captains | Una Paisley |
Mary Duggan Cecilia Robinson (4th Test) | |
Test series | |||
Result | 4-match series drawn 0–0 | ||
Most runs | Betty Wilson (282) | Cecilia Robinson (256) | |
Most wickets | Betty Wilson (21) | Mary Duggan (9) |
Tour matches[]
1-day match: Bathurst vs England[]
11 January 1958
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Bathurst
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8d/179 (48.2 overs)
Marjorie Holdsworth 51 M Rawlinson 3/53 (17 overs) |
32 (20.3 overs)
G Bradley 12 Joan Hawes 4/14 (7 overs) | |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Queensland vs England[]
17–18 January 1958
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66 (27.3 overs)
D Byrne 28 Dorothy Macfarlane 4/20 (7 overs) |
2d/253 (70 overs)
Cecilia Robinson 105* T Crouch 1/32 (8 overs) | |
74 (28.3 overs)
V Beddington 11 Edna Barker 3/23 (6 overs) |
- Queensland Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: Queensland vs England[]
18 January 1958
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Marjorie Holdsworth 70
Val Slater 3/35 (12 overs) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: Brisbane vs England[]
22 January 1958
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Brisbane
66 (58.3 overs) | |
Hazel Sanders 50*
H Doherty 3/21 (9 overs) |
D Adams 30
Audrey Disbury 3/16 (10.3 overs) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Australian XI vs England[]
24–25 January 1958
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4d/171 (64 overs)
Joan Wilkinson 46 J Coulthard 2/53 (14 overs) | ||
0/23 (6 overs)
Shirley Driscoll 12* |
- Australian XI Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: Metropolitan XI vs England[]
27 January 1958
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Metropolitan XI
6/128 (65 overs) | |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: New South Wales vs England[]
1-day match: New South Wales XI vs England[]
2-day match: Victoria vs England[]
18–19 February 1958
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0/6 (8 overs)
Nell Massey 4* | ||
- The result of the toss is unknown.
- There was no play on Day 2 due to rain.
2-day match: South Australia vs England[]
28 February – 1 March 1958
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8d/176 (78 overs)
Audrey Disbury 47* Val Bungay 2/26 (15 overs) |
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: South Australia vs England[]
1-day match: Western Australia vs England[]
17 March 1958
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Western Australia
55 (47 overs) | |
Cecilia Robinson 45
Betty Newman 3/46 (18 overs) |
P Mace 15
Joan Wilkinson 5/1 (7 overs) |
- Western Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
Test series[]
1st Test[]
2nd Test[]
21, 22, 24 February 1958
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- England Women won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on Day 1 due to rain.
- Faith Coulthard, Joyce Dalton and Nell Massey (Aus) all made their women's Test debut.
- Betty Wilson (Aus) became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in women's Test cricket.[4]
- Wilson became the first Test player (man or woman) to score a century and take ten wickets in a match.
- Both Australia and England scored their lowest first innings total.
3rd Test[]
8, 10, 11 March 1958
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- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Marjorie Marvell (Aus) and Josephine Batson (Eng) both made their women's Test debut.
4th Test[]
21, 22, 24 March 1958
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1/59 (21 overs)
Nell Massey 40* |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Marie McDonough (Aus) made her women's Test debut.
- Cecilia Robinson (Eng) was the first batsman to carry the bat in women's Test cricket.[5]
References[]
- ^ "England Women in Australia 1957–58". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "Women's Ashes 1957–58". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "Overall series results of the Women's Ashes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "Bowlers who have a hat-trick in women's Test cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "Batsmen who have carried the bat in women's Test cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
External links[]
- England Women tour of New Zealand 1957/58 from Cricinfo
- England Women tour of Australia 1957/58 from Cricinfo
Categories:
- 1958 in women's cricket
- 1958 in Australian cricket
- 1958 in English cricket
- England women's cricket team tours
- International cricket competitions from 1945–46 to 1960
- The Women's Ashes
- Women's international cricket tours of Australia
- Women's international cricket tours of New Zealand