English women's cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1957–58
International cricket tour
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 Scorecard |
North Island | v | |
175 (107.1 overs) Verna Coutts 74 Mary Duggan 4/32 (36 overs) | ||
0/20 (25 overs) Joan Wilkinson 12 |
- North Island Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Canterbury vs England
9, 11 November 1957 Scorecard |
v | ||
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Otago vs England
15–16 November 1957 Scorecard |
v | ||
- Otago Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: Southland vs England
20 November 1957 Scorecard |
Southland | v | |
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 Scorecard |
South Island | v | |
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 Scorecard |
v | 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 by 120 runs Trafalgar Park, Nelson Umpires: A Paterson (NZ) and Laurie Quinton (NZ) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Wellington vs England
23, 25 November 1957 Scorecard |
v | ||
England Women won by 5 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Tony Ferrers (NZ) and Jack Loftus (NZ) |
- Wellington Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: Wanganui and Wellington vs England
9 December 1957 Scorecard |
v | Wanganui and Wellington 101 (41.1 overs) | |
England Women won by 79 runs Cooks Gardens, Wanganui Umpires: Frank Gilligan (NZ) and Ina Lamason (NZ) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Auckland vs England
14, 16 December 1957 Scorecard |
v | ||
- Auckland Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: Matamata vs England
21 December 1957 Scorecard |
Matamata 81 (51.4 overs) | v | |
Joan Wilkinson 76 Anne Skinner 4/46 (29 overs) |
England Women won by 7 wickets Bedford Park, Matamata Umpires: Rona McKenzie (NZ) and Joan Rich (NZ) |
- Matamata Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: New Zealand England Touring Team vs England
1–2 January 1958 Scorecard |
v | ||
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
Test series
1st Test
29, 30 November, 2 December 1957 Scorecard |
v | ||
- 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 Scorecard |
v | ||
- 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 Scorecard |
v | Bathurst | |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Queensland vs England
17–18 January 1958 Scorecard |
v | ||
England Women won by an innings and 113 runs Athletic Oval, Toowoomba Umpires: T Harvey (Aus) and J Sommerfield (Aus) |
- Queensland Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: Queensland vs England
18 January 1958 Scorecard |
v | ||
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 Scorecard |
v | Brisbane 66 (58.3 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 Scorecard |
v | ||
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 Scorecard |
v | Metropolitan XI 6/128 (65 overs) | |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: New South Wales vs England
31 January – 1 February 1958 Scorecard |
v | ||
- England Women won the toss and elected to field.
1-day match: New South Wales XI vs England
3 February 1958 Scorecard |
v | ||
England Women won by 43 runs Goulburn Sportsground, Goulburn Umpires: O Bishop (Aus) and J Korff (Aus) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Victoria vs England
18–19 February 1958 Scorecard |
v | ||
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 Scorecard |
v | ||
England Women won by an innings and 47 runs Vansittart Park, Mount Gambier Umpires: M Burke (Aus) and J Ingham (Aus) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: South Australia vs England
1 March 1958 Scorecard |
v | ||
- The result of the toss is unknown.
1-day match: Western Australia vs England
17 March 1958 Scorecard |
v | ||
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 Scorecard |
v | ||
- 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 Scorecard |
v | ||
- 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 Scorecard |
v | ||
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 batter 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.