English women's cricket team in Australia in 1957–58

The English women's cricket team toured Australia between 11 January 1958 and 24 March 1958 to contest The Women's Ashes for the fifth time. The four match Test series was drawn 0–0 which resulted in Australia retaining the Ashes.[1][2]

English women's cricket team in Australia in 1957–58
 
  Australia England
Dates 11 January 1958 – 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)

Prior to and in between the Test matches, England played 12 tour matches – winning 7 and drawing 5.[3]

Tour matches

1-day match: Bathurst Women vs England Women
11 January 1958
Scorecard
v
Bathurst Women
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)
8/77 (27 overs) (f/o)
A. Long (27)
Mary Duggan 5/23 (10 overs)
Match drawn
Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst
Umpires: W. Hadley (Aus) and C. Stone (Aus)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

2-day match: Queensland Women vs England Women
17–18 January 1958
Scorecard
v
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)
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 Women vs England Women
18 January 1958
Scorecard
England 
323 (69.3 overs)
v
Marjorie Holdsworth 70
Val Slater 3/35 (12 overs)
Match drawn
Athletic Oval, Toowoomba
Umpires: T. Harvey (Aus) and J. Sommerfield (Aus)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

1-day match: Brisbane Women vs England Women
22 January 1958
Scorecard
England 
5d/151 (47.4 overs)
v
Brisbane Women
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 by 85 runs
The Gabba, Brisbane
Umpires: T. Harvey (Aus) and Reg Tickle (Aus)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

2-day match: Australian XI Women vs England Women
24–25 January 1958
Scorecard
v
133 (69.5 overs)
Joyce Christ 40
Mary Duggan 4/28 (18.5 overs)
4d/171 (64 overs)
Joan Wilkinson 46
J. Coulthard 2/53 (14 overs)
58 (47.5 overs)
Joyce Christ 14
Mary Duggan 2/11 (13 overs)
0/23 (6 overs)
Shirley Driscoll 12*
England Women won by 10 wickets
The Gabba, Brisbane
Umpires: Col Hoy (Aus)
  • Australian XI Women won the toss and elected to bat.

1-day match: Metropolitan XI Women vs England Women
27 January 1958
Scorecard
England 
9d/186 (54.1 overs)
v
Metropolitan XI Women
6/128 (65 overs)
Mary Duggan 52
Muriel Picton 3/40 (13 overs)
Match drawn
Grahame Park, Gosford
  • England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

2-day match: New South Wales Women vs England Women
31 January – 1 February 1958
Scorecard
v
107 (69.5 overs)
Patricia Thomson 16
Edna Barker 5/28 (25 overs)
9d/114 (48.4 overs)
Betty Birch 30
Hazel Buck 7/24 (16.4 overs)
1d/31 (17 overs)
Mary Allitt 15
Joan Hawes 1/6 (7 overs)
1/25 (3.4 overs)
Mary Duggan 11
Joyce Christ 1/8 (2 overs)
England Women won by 9 wickets
University Oval, Sydney
Umpires: Paul Berridge (Aus)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to field.

1-day match: New South Wales XI Women vs England Women
3 February 1958
Scorecard
England 
2d/169 (52 overs)
v
New South Wales XI Women
126 (45.3 overs)
Josephine Batson 62*
S. Collins 1/21 (12 overs)
Mollie Dive 46
Dorothy Macfarlane 4/31 (18 overs)
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 Women vs England Women
18–19 February 1958
Scorecard
v
4d/103 (54 overs)
Betty Birch 31
Betty Wilson 2/10 (5 overs)
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 Women
28 February – 1 March 1958
Scorecard
v
8d/176 (78 overs)
Audrey Disbury 47*
Val Bungay 2/26 (15 overs)
45 (46.4 overs)
Ruth Dow 18
Helene Hegarty 5/21 (20 overs)
84 (53.4 overs)
Barbara Orchard 21
Audrey Disbury 4/31 (17.4 overs)
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 Women vs England Women
1 March 1958
Scorecard
England 
7/87 (41 overs)
v
Shirley Driscoll 27
Ruth Dow 5/22 (14 overs)
Match drawn
Vansittart Park, Mount Gambier
Umpires: M. Burke (Aus) and J. Ingham (Aus)
  • The result of the toss is unknown.

1-day match: Western Australia Women vs England Women
17 March 1958
Scorecard
England 
4d/160 (52 overs)
v
Western Australia
55 (47 overs)
Cecilia Robinson 45
Betty Newman 3/46 (18 overs)
P. Mace 15
Joan Wilkinson 5/1 (7 overs)
England Women won by 105 runs
WACA Ground, Perth
  • Western Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

Test series

1st Test
7, 8, 10 February 1958
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
North Sydney Oval, Sydney

2nd Test
21, 22, 24 February 1958
Scorecard
v
38 (43.5 overs)
Betty Wilson 12
Mary Duggan 7/6 (14.5 overs)
35 (30.3 overs)
Mary Duggan 12
Betty Wilson 7/7 (10.3 overs)
9d/202 (109.5 overs)
Betty Wilson 100
Joan Hawes 3/32 (17.5 overs)
8/76 (64 overs)
Shirley Driscoll 24
Betty Wilson 4/9 (19 overs)
  • 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
292 (159.3 overs)
Betty Wilson 127
Helene Hegarty 4/70 (46.3 overs)
325 (192.4 overs)
Cecilia Robinson 102
Betty Wilson 6/71 (49 overs)
2/78 (59 overs)
Ruth Dow 30*
Helene Hegarty 1/12 (10 overs)
Match drawn
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Arthur Cocks (Aus) and John McMenamin (Aus)

4th Test
21, 22, 24 March 1958
Scorecard
v
6d/253 (121 overs)
Betty Birch 72*
Joyce Bath 2/41 (24 overs)
7d/280 (137 overs)
Valma Batty 70
Joan Hawes 2/54 (27 overs)
188 (102.5 overs)
Cecilia Robinson 96*
Joyce Bath 3/11 (8 overs)
1/59 (21 overs)
Nell Massey 40*
Match drawn
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Jack Gillott (Aus) and Stanley McDonald (Aus)

References
  1. "Women's Ashes 1957–58". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  2. "Overall series results of the Women's Ashes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  3. "England Women in Australia 1957–58". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  4. "Bowlers who have a hat-trick in women's Test cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  5. "Batsmen who have carried the bat in women's Test cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.