Australian women's cricket team in England in 1937

The Australian women's cricket team toured England from May to July 1937.[1] The tour was the second series of the Women's Ashes.

Australian women's cricket team in England in 1937
 
  England Australia
Dates 2 June 1937 – 28 July 1937
Captains Molly Hide Margaret Peden
Test series
Result 3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Myrtle Maclagan (315) Hazel Pritchard (306)
Most wickets Molly Hide (14) Peggy Antonio (19)

They played 3 Tests against the English women's cricket team, with the series finishing 1-1, with one game drawn.[2] The Australian women also played 16 tour games.[3]

Test series

1st Test
12–15 June 1937
Scorecard
v
300 (119.5 overs)
Kath Smith 88
Molly Hide 3/50 (22 overs)
204 (88.2 overs)
Myrtle Maclagan 89
Peggy Antonio 6/51 (18.2 overs)
102 (56.1 overs)
Nell McLarty 23
Molly Hide 2/10 (11 overs)
167 (88.2 overs)
Betty Snowball 72
Kath Smith 4/50 (32 overs)
Australia won by 31 runs
County Ground, Northampton
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No play on Sunday 13 June, which was a rest day

2nd Test
26–29 June 1937
Scorecard
v
222 (86 overs)
Myrtle Maclagan 115
Peggy Antonio 3/34 (9 overs)
302 (117.2 overs)
Hazel Pritchard 67
Molly Hide 3/38 (19 overs)
231 (97 overs)
Muriel Lowe 57
Peggy Antonio 5/31 (14 overs)
126 (57.2 overs)
Winnie George 34
Molly Hide 5/20 (12.2 overs)
England won by 25 runs
Stanley Park, Blackpool
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No play on Sunday 27 June, which was a rest day

3rd Test
10–13 July 1937
Scorecard
v
207/9 dec (101 overs)
Patricia Holmes 70
Joan Davis 5/31 (13 overs)
308/9 dec (124.4 overs)
Betty Snowball 99
Nell McLarty 3/29 (37 overs)
224 (93.4 overs)
Hazel Pritchard 66
Joan Davis 3/55 (17.4 overs)
9/3 (3 overs)
Betty Belton 8
Molly Flaherty 2/4 (2 overs)
Match drawn
The Oval, London
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No play on Sunday 11 July, which was a rest day

References
  1. "Australian Women's Cricket Team In England". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 June 1937. pp. 20S. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. "Australian Women tour of England, 1937". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. "AUSTRALIA WOMEN IN ENGLAND 1937". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
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