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Australian women's cricket team in England in 1951
	England	Australia
Dates	19 May – 4 August 1951
Captains	Myrtle Maclagan (1st & 2nd Tests) Molly Hide (3rd Test)	Mollie Dive
Test series
Result	3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Cecilia Robinson (201)	Betty Wilson (175) Amy Hudson (175)
Most wickets	Mary Duggan (20)	Betty Wilson (16)

The Australian women's cricket team toured England between May and August 1951. The test series against England women's cricket team was played for the Women's Ashes, which Australia were defending. The series was drawn 1–1, meaning that Australia retained the Ashes.

Squads

England	Australia
Myrtle Maclagan (c) Betty Birch Mary Duggan Annie Geeves Molly Hide Mary Johnson Winifred Leech Margaret Lockwood (wk) Dorothy McEvoy Grace Morgan (wk) Barbara Murrey Cecilia Robinson Hazel Sanders Mary Spry Joan Wilkinson	Mollie Dive (c) Mary Allitt Valma Batty Myrtle Baylis Ruth Dow Amy Hudson June James Mavis Jones Lorna Larter (wk) Dot Laughton Una Paisley Gladys Phillips Joan Schmidt Alma Vogt Norma Whiteman Betty Wilson

Tour Matches

Single innings matches

Australia  153/6d (52 overs)	v	Buckinghamshire and Leicestershire 62 (40 overs)
Betty Wilson 33 (–) L Freestone 2/23 (12 overs)		L Freestone 16* (–) Betty Wilson 3/12 (8 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia  237/3d (65 overs)	v	Yorkshire 108 (50 overs)
Betty Wilson 100* (–) B Nelson 1/20 (5 overs)		Mona Greenwood 34 (–) Betty Wilson 5/15 (12 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia  161/1d (53 overs)	v	Northern Counties 181/9 (68 overs)
Mary Allitt 80 (–) Dorothy Macfarlane 1/56 (15 overs)		H Mullen 65 (–) Mavis Jones 3/29 (13 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Northern Counties Women batted on after winning.

Australia  203/5d (65 overs)	v	Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire 97/9 (55 overs)
Mary Allitt 82 (–) Annie Geeves 3/79 (26 overs)		Constance Holden 31 (–) Una Paisley 4/23 (16 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia  218/0d (47 overs)	v	West of England 56 (45.1 overs)
Mary Allitt 150* (–)		J Bond 12 (–) Betty Wilson 3/19 (7 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Dorset and Hampshire 80 (46.1 overs)	v	Australia 304/7 (70.2 overs)
Nancy Joy 31 (–) Myrtle Baylis 3/1 (9 overs)		Dot Laughton 103 (–) Kay Green 3/59 (10 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Australia Women batted on after winning.

Surrey 172 (61.2 overs)	v	Australia 120/6 (61 overs)
Jean Cummins 35 (–) Una Paisley 3/54 (20 overs)		Amy Hudson 51* (–) Dorothy McEvoy 2/22 (16 overs)

• Surrey Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia  297/1d (49 overs)	v	Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Sussex 107 (57.1 overs)
Gladys Phillips 130* (–) Iris Doble 1/39 (11 overs)		Joan Wilkinson 33 (–) Mavis Jones 3/7 (9 overs)

• Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Sussex Women won the toss and elected to field.

Australia  206/4d (59 overs)	v	Middlesex 129/8 (59 overs)
Mary Allitt 84 (–) Mary Duggan 3/56 (22 overs)		Betty Birch 34 (–) Alma Vogt 3/22 (11 overs)

• Middlesex Women won the toss and elected to field.

Combined Services 160 (63.3 overs)	v	Australia 209/4 (37 overs)
Joan Wilkinson 112 (–) June James 4/30 (13.3 overs)		Mollie Dive 128 (–) A Simpson 2/40 (9 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Australia Women batted on after winning.

Australia  213 (60 overs)	v	ME Hide's XI 193/6 (49 overs)
Una Paisley 72 (–) Mary Duggan 4/61 (24 overs)		Myrtle Maclagan 81 (–) Una Paisley 3/55 (12 overs)

• ME Hide's XI won the toss and elected to field.

Two innings matches

Kent	v	Australia
70 (33.1 overs) Doris Turner 20 (–) Norma Whiteman 3/9 (8.1 overs)		165/7d (46.3 overs) Mollie Dive 59 (–) Doris Turner 4/57 (19 overs)
53/5 (27 overs) Cecilia Robinson 37* (–) Norma Whiteman 2/15 (7 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Australia Women won by 7 wickets on first innings.

Australia	v	Lincolnshire, Essex and Hertfordshire
193/2d (53 overs) Joan Schmidt 85 (–) Joan Robinson 1/31 (9 overs)		56 (34.5 overs) Sue Sutherland 16 (–) Myrtle Baylis 6/8 (7.5 overs)
		50/5 (16 overs) (f/o) Joan Robinson 19 (–) Una Paisley 1/7 (3 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Australia Women won by 137 runs on first innings.

Australia	v	East of England
309/4d (85 overs) Valma Batty 112* (–) D Knowler 1/16 (3 overs)		82 (44.1 overs) Joan Smith 16 (–) Betty Wilson 3/14 (6 overs)
59/5d (22 overs) Alma Vogt 21 (–) Mickey Bradley 3/14 (4 overs)		92/1 (39 overs) Cecilia Robinson 40* (–) Amy Hudson 1/13 (4 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia	v	North of England
282 (95 overs) Betty Wilson 98 (–) Ivy Bewley 2/43 (13 overs)		127 (46.2 overs) Mary Johnson 33 (–) Betty Wilson 3/31 (14 overs)
		114 (51.3 overs) (f/o) Joan Stephens 27 (–) Betty Wilson 3/33 (13.3 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Midlands	v	Australia
82 (50 overs) B Beacham 20 (–) June James 3/27 (20 overs)		335/6d (121 overs) Una Paisley 104 (–) B Bonham 2/31 (9 overs)
199/5 (84 overs) Eileen White 79 (–) Mollie Dive 2/31 (5 overs)

• Midlands Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia	v	West of England
261/2d (88.3 overs) Joan Schmidt 122* (–) Nancy Joy 1/18 (3 overs)		110 (79.2 overs) Nancy Joy 22 (–) Betty Wilson 3/13 (17 overs)
		141 (67.3 overs) (f/o) Kay Green 37 (–) June James 4/33 (17.3 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

England Women Australia Touring Team	v	Australia
199 (67 overs) Cecilia Robinson 87 (–) Una Paisley 6/43 (15 overs)		179 (63.4 overs) Valma Batty 61* (–) Mary Duggan 5/76 (21 overs)
133/9d (43 overs) Mary Hide 77 (–) Betty Wilson 3/25 (9 overs)		158/6 (50.3 overs) Lorna Larter 40* (–) Myrtle Maclagan 4/31 (13 overs)

• England Women Australia Touring Team won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia	v	South of England
262 (87 overs) Una Paisley 99* (–) Mary Duggan 4/54 (27 overs)		214/9d (88 overs) Mary Hide 37 (–) Mavis Jones 2/30 (15 overs)
93/3d (35 overs) Mollie Dive 47 (–) Myrtle Maclagan 1/8 (5 overs)		80/3 (19 overs) Hazel Sanders 34 (–) Mavis Jones 2/37 (10 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Test Series

1st Test

England	v	Australia
283 (154 overs) Cecilia Robinson 105 (–) Amy Hudson 2/21 (10 overs)		248 (98 overs) Betty Wilson 81 (–) Myrtle Maclagan 5/43 (28 overs)
178/8d (75.3 overs) Cecilia Robinson 36 (–) Myrtle Baylis 2/39 (22 overs)		111/2 (47 overs) Amy Hudson 48* (–) Winifred Leech 1/23 (11 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Annie Geeves, Winifred Leech, Margaret Lockwood, Barbara Murrey, Mary Spry (Eng), Mary Allitt, Valma Batty and Mavis Jones (Aus) all made their WTest debuts.

2nd Test

England	v	Australia
158 (73.3 overs) Barbara Murrey 39* (–) Betty Wilson 3/40 (20 overs)		120 (72.2 overs) Joan Schmidt 42 (–) Mary Duggan 5/40 (22.2 overs)
120 (55.3 overs) Barbara Murrey 34 (–) Betty Wilson 4/42 (15.3 overs)		160/8 (60.5 overs) Betty Wilson 35 (–) Mary Duggan 4/68 (24 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Test

England	v	Australia
238 (98 overs) Molly Hide 65 (–) Norma Whiteman 4/56 (31 overs)		192 (110 overs) Norma Whiteman 36* (–) Mary Duggan 4/74 (37 overs)
174/7d (74 overs) Molly Hide 42 (–) June James 2/33 (16 overs)		83 (59.4 overs) Amy Hudson 17* (–) Mary Duggan 5/30 (20 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Betty Birch (Eng) and June James (Aus) made their WTest debuts.

References

1. "Australia Women tour of England 1951". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
2. "Australia Women in England 1951". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
3. "RECORDS / WOMEN'S ASHES, 1963 - ENGLAND WOMEN / BATTING AND BOWLING AVERAGES". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
4. "RECORDS / WOMEN'S ASHES, 1963 / BATTING AND BOWLING AVERAGES". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

External links

• Australia Women tour of England 1951 from Cricinfo

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Competitions	The Ashes 1934–35 1937 1948–49 1951 1957–58 1963 1968–69 1976 1984–85 1987 1991–92 1998 2001 2002–03 2005 2007–08 2009 2010–11 2013 2013–14 2015 2017–18 2019 2021–22 2023 Europe 1989 1990 1991 1995 1999 2001 Tri-Nations 1991–92 2002 2013–14 2017–18 2018 2020 Quadrangular Series 2002–03 2006–07 2011 (T20) 2011 (ODI) Commonwealth Games 2022
Matches	World Cup finals 1982 1988 1993 2009 2017 2022 T20 World Cup finals 2018
See also	Record by opponent

• The Women's Ashes
• Women's cricket tours of England
• Australia women's national cricket team tours