England women's cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1957–58
(Redirected from English women's cricket team in New Zealand in 1957–58)
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]
| English women's cricket team in New Zealand in 1957–58 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 |
 | ||
| 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) | |
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
editTour matches
edit2-day match: North Island vs England
edit
2-day match: Canterbury vs England
editv
|
||
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Otago vs England
editv
|
||
- Otago Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: Southland vs England
editSouthland
|
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
editSouth Island
|
v
|
|
- England Women won the toss and elected to field.
1-day match: Nelson vs England
editv
|
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
editv
|
||
- Wellington Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: Wanganui and Wellington vs England
editv
|
Wanganui and Wellington
101 (41.1 overs) | |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Auckland vs England
editv
|
||
- Auckland Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: Matamata vs England
editMatamata
81 (51.4 overs) |
v
|
|
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
editv
|
||
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
Test series
edit1st Test
edit29, 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
edit27, 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
edit| English women's cricket team in Australia in 1957–58 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 |
| ||
| 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
edit1-day match: Bathurst vs England
editv
|
Bathurst
| |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Queensland vs England
editv
|
||
- Queensland Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: Queensland vs England
edit1-day match: Brisbane vs England
editv
|
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
edit
1-day match: Metropolitan XI vs England
editv
|
Metropolitan XI
6/128 (65 overs) | |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: New South Wales vs England
editv
|
||
- England Women won the toss and elected to field.
1-day match: New South Wales XI vs England
editv
|
||
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Victoria vs England
editv
|
||
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
editv
|
||
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: South Australia vs England
editv
|
||
- The result of the toss is unknown.
1-day match: Western Australia vs England
editv
|
||
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
edit1st Test
edit2nd Test
edit21, 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
edit8, 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
edit21, 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
edit- ^ "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.