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| Full name | Ruth Evelyn Symons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1913-10-03)3 October 1913 Christchurch, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 September 2004(2004-09-11) (aged 90) Christchurch, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 10) | 16 February 1935 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1938/39–1939/40 | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ruth Evelyn Martin (née Symons; 3 October 1913 – 11 September 2004) was a New Zealand cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She played one Test match for New Zealand, their first, in 1935. She played domestic cricket for Canterbury.
Symons captained Canterbury, and she was selected to captain New Zealand in their first women's Test match, against England in Christchurch in February 1935, which England won. In Canterbury's victory over Otago in March 1937 she took 6 for 6 and 3 for 23.
She married Lester Martin at St Mark's Church, near her home in Opawa, Christchurch, in April 1935. She died in Christchurch in 2004.
References
- "Player Profile: Ruth Symons". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- "England and New Zealand test match, 1935". Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ "Ruth Symons". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- "Cricket". Press: 21. 8 February 1935.
- "Canterbury Women v Otago Women 1936-37". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- "Wedding". Star: 8. 29 April 1935.
External links
- Ruth Symons at ESPNcricinfo
- Ruth Symons at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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