Mary Clouston Dive OAM (26 June 1913 – 10 September 1997) was a scientist and an Australian cricketer who played seven women's Test matches between 1948 and 1951.[1] Dive graduated from Sydney University with a science degree and was employed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) for most of her life.[2] She was usually known as Mollie Dive or, less often, Molly Dive.[3]
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| Born | 26 June 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 September 1997 (aged 84) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dive was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to the sport of women's hockey and women's cricket".[4]
References
edit- ^ "Molly Dive - Australia". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ Dive, Mollie (1913 - 1997), The Australian Women's Register, https://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2224b.htm
- ^ "Molly Dive lends name to new stand". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 25 April 1985. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Miss Mary Clouston DIVE". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
Further reading
edit- Harvey, Rob (26 June 2020). "Mollie Dive: an Ashes Pioneer". Talkin' About Women's Cricket. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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