Mary Spear

Summary

Mary Frances Spear (11 September 1913 – 10 April 2006) was an English cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in four Test matches for England between 1934 and 1935, including the first women's Test in history. She played domestic cricket for West of England.[1][2]

Mary Spear
Personal information
Full name
Mary Frances Spear
Born(1913-09-11)11 September 1913
Bath, Somerset, England
Died10 April 2006(2006-04-10) (aged 92)
Crickhowell, Breconshire, Wales
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 8)28 December 1934 v Australia
Last Test18 February 1935 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1937West
Career statistics
Competition WTest WFC
Matches 4 10
Runs scored 16 98
Batting average 16.00 16.33
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 9 23
Balls bowled 702 1,499
Wickets 14 28
Bowling average 5.78 10.71
5 wickets in innings 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/15 5/15
Catches/stumpings 3/– 5/–
Source: CricketArchive, 11 March 2021

References edit

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Mary Spear". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Mary Spear". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

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