Australia women's cricket team in England in 1963

The Australian women's cricket team toured England between May and August 1963. The test series against England women's cricket team was played for the Women's Ashes, which Australia were defending. England won the series 1–0, winning the third test, therefore regaining the Ashes.^[1][2]

Australian women's cricket team in England in 1963
	England	Australia
Dates	20 May – 8 August 1963
Captains	Mary Duggan	Mary Allitt
Test series
Result	England won the 3-match series 1–0
Most runs	Mary Duggan (195)	Hazel Buck (169)
Most wickets	Mary Duggan (15)	Miriam Knee (16)

Squads

England[3]	Australia[4]
Mary Duggan (c) Edna Barker June Bragger Sandra Brown Shirley Driscoll Jacqueline Elledge Helene Hegarty Rachael Heyhoe Flint Dorothy Macfarlane Mary Pilling Cecilia Robinson Anne Sanders Eileen Vigor Ruth Westbrook (wk)	Mary Allitt (c) Liz Amos Shirley Banfield Hazel Buck Lynn Denholm Joyce Goldsmith Margaret Jude (wk) Miriam Knee Lorraine Kutcher Helen Lee Marjorie Marvell Janice Parker Muriel Picton Patricia Thomson Coralie Towers Norma Wilson (wk)

Tour Matches

1-day single innings matches

20 May 1963 Scorecard

Australia  222/3d (70 overs)	v	Western Counties 90 (52.2 overs)
Mary Allitt 118* (–) Kay Green 2/52 (21 overs)		A Beaufoy 20 (–) Patricia Thomson 4/33 (18.2 overs)

Australia Women won by 132 runs Recreation Ground, Torquay Umpires: Doris Turner (Eng) and Anne Flann (Eng)

• Western Counties Women won the toss and elected to field.

30 May 1963 Scorecard

West Midlands 151/6d (67.1 overs)	v	Australia 152/0 (40.4 overs)
June Howard 79 (–) Muriel Picton 1/11 (9 overs)		Janice Parker 91* (102)

Australia Women won by 10 wickets Danescourt, Wolverhampton Umpires: Isabel Nowell-Smith (Eng) and Betty Snowball (Eng)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

6 June 1963 Scorecard

Australia  193/3d (62.4 overs)	v	East Midlands 60 (32.4 overs)
Shirley Banfield 55 (–) S Lloyd 1/13 (6 overs)		P Richardson 20 (–) Miriam Knee 3/15 (9 overs)

Australia Women won by 133 runs Plains Road, Mapperley Umpires: HM Bond (Eng) and P Greenwood (Eng)

• East Midlands Women won the toss and elected to field.

12 June 1963 Scorecard

Northern Counties 152/9d (57 overs)	v	Australia 153/6 (57.1 overs)
Margaret Rutherford 49 (–) Lorraine Kutcher 4/34 (19 overs)		Liz Amos 35 (–) Dorothy Macfarlane 5/62 (29 overs)

Australia Women won by 4 wickets Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport Umpires: D Elleray (Eng) and Margaret Lockwood (Eng)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

22 June 1963 Scorecard

Yorkshire 122 (51.3 overs)	v	Australia 125/4 (45.3 overs)
Sue Hilliam 58 (–) Patricia Thomson 6/16 (10.3 overs)		Lynn Denholm 78* (–) June Stephenson 2/29 (11.3 overs)

Australia Women won by 6 wickets Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds Umpires: Ora Carse (Eng) and Barbara Wood (Eng)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

26 June 1963 Scorecard

East Anglia 96 (50.3 overs)	v	Australia 99/2 (31.1 overs)
Jean Lillico 17 (–) Miriam Knee 4/16 (7.3 overs)		Hazel Buck 34 (–) S Hughes 1/20 (6 overs)

Australia Women won by 8 wickets Fenner's, Cambridge Umpires: Doris Turner (Eng) and Elizabeth Riley (Eng)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

10 July 1963 Scorecard

Australia  175/3d (51 overs)	v	Kent 120/8 (43 overs)
Hazel Buck 102* (–) Jacqueline Elledge 2/29 (13 overs)		Mary Pilling 29 (–) Miriam Knee 2/22 (13 overs)

Match drawn Vine Cricket Ground, Sevenoaks Umpires: Iris Doble (Eng) and Elizabeth Riley (Eng)

• Kent Women won the toss and elected to field.

17 July 1963 Scorecard

Australia  177/2d (50.1 overs)	v	Sussex 127/7 (59 overs)
Hazel Buck 80* (–) W Dearsley 1/43 (15 overs)		W Dearsley 67* (–) Joyce Goldsmith 2/4 (7 overs)

Match drawn Manor Sports Ground, Worthing Umpires: Doris Turner (Eng) and Iris Doble (Eng)

• Sussex Women won the toss and elected to field.

25 July 1963 Scorecard

Combined Services 120/5d (72 overs)	v	Australia 121/0 (33.1 overs)
Myrtle Maclagan 81* (–) Joyce Goldsmith 2/17 (15 overs)		Janice Parker 69* (–)

Australia Women won by 10 wickets Officers Club Services Ground, Aldershot Umpires: Doris Turner (Eng) and Isabel Nowell-Smith (Eng)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

31 July 1963 Scorecard

Surrey 129 (54 overs)	v	Australia 132/1 (33.3 overs)
Marjorie Adam 40 (–) Muriel Picton 5/25 (12 overs)		Lynn Denholm 66 (–)

Australia Women won by 9 wickets Mitcham Cricket Green, Mitcham Umpires: Enid Stevenson (Eng) and Sylvia Swinburne (Eng)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

5 August 1963 Scorecard

Middlesex 180 (64.2 overs)	v	Australia 152/8 (54 overs)
Diana Brickell 58 (–) Miriam Knee 7/54 (18.2 overs)		Hazel Buck 75* (–) Mary Duggan 6/37 (21 overs)

Match drawn Headstone Lane Staff Association Sports Ground, Harrow Umpires: Jane Ayres (Eng) and May Howard (Eng)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

8 August 1963 Scorecard

Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire	v	Australia

Match abandoned Chalvey Road, Slough

• No toss.
• No play possible due to rain.

2-day matches

25, 27 May 1963 Scorecard

Australia	v	West of England
246/9d (76 overs) Hazel Buck 81 (–) Pam Trosh 2/31 (14 overs)		97 (52.1 overs) Budge Stuart-Smith 25 (–) Lorraine Kutcher 4/19 (12 overs)
		74 (41.1 overs) (f/o) Pam Trosh 33 (–) Muriel Picton 3/0 (1 over)

Australia Women won by an innings and 75 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Peggy Culver (Eng) and May Howard (Eng)

• West of England Women won the toss and elected to field.

1, 3 June 1963 Scorecard

Australia	v	Midlands
304/3d (96 overs) Liz Amos 106* (–) P Richardson 1/27 (9 overs)		176 (89 overs) Rachael Heyhoe Flint 75 (–) Miriam Knee 2/33 (20 overs)
		102/4 (52 overs) (f/o) Rachael Heyhoe Flint 47* (–) Liz Amos 2/14 (3 overs)

Match drawn Bournville Cricket Ground, Birmingham Umpires: V Cox (Eng) and Doris Turner (Eng)

• Midlands Women won the toss and elected to field.

8, 10 June 1963 Scorecard

Australia	v	North of England
124 (94.4 overs) Norma Wilson 63 (–) Dorothy Macfarlane 5/46 (36.4 overs)		84 (48 overs) Sue Hilliam 23 (–) Marjorie Marvell 7/10 (18 overs)
133/2d (46 overs) Mary Allitt 71* (–) Polly Marshall 1/17 (5 overs)		75/4 (46 overs) J Harkness 36* (–) Patricia Thomson 2/11 (8 overs)

Match drawn Osborne Avenue, Jesmond Umpires: Ora Carse (Eng) and Isabel Nowell-Smith (Eng)

• North of England Women won the toss and elected to field.

6, 8 July 1963 Scorecard

East of England	v	Australia
18/0d (9.1 overs) Jacqueline Elledge 10* (–)		8/1d (3.1 overs) Lynn Denholm 8 (–) Val Hesmondhalgh 1/5 (1.1 overs)
145/5d (68.3 overs) Ruth Westbrook 61 (–) Muriel Picton 3/17 (8.3 overs)		97/4 (42 overs) Margaret Jude 46 (–) Mary Pilling 2/25 (12 overs)

Match drawn Wardown Park, Luton Umpires: P Greenwood (Eng) and May Howard (Eng)

• East of England Women won the toss and elected to field.

13, 15 July 1963 Scorecard

Australia	v	South of England
191 (91 overs) Helen Lee 44* (–) Helene Hegarty 4/74 (33 overs)		92/6d (51 overs) Sandra Brown 24 (–) Marjorie Marvell 3/20 (18 overs)
24/5d (23.3 overs) Lynn Denholm 10 (–) Joan Hawes 2/14 (8 overs)		119/6 (39 overs) Shirley Driscoll 68* (–) Lorraine Kutcher 2/27 (10 overs)

Match drawn Central Recreation Ground, Hastings Umpires: Doris Turner (Eng) and Sylvia Swinburne (Eng)

• South of England Women won the toss and elected to field.

27, 29 July 1963 Scorecard

Australia	v	England Women Australia Touring Team
277 (93 overs) Muriel Picton 97 (–) Mary Duggan 5/55 (25 overs)		189/5d (63 overs) Ruth Westbrook 74* (–) Patricia Thomson 2/35 (14 overs)
111/3d (32.5 overs) Janice Parker 52* (–) Polly Marshall 1/24 (32.5 overs)		63 (34 overs) Ruth Westbrook 16 (–) Lorraine Kutcher 4/24 (13 overs)

Australia Women won by 136 runs Dane Park, Margate Umpires: Doris Turner (Eng) and Netta Rheinberg (Eng)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Test Series

1st Test

15 – 19 June 1963 Scorecard

Australia	v	England
173 (84.4 overs) Hazel Buck 47 (–) Mary Duggan 4/39 (20 overs)		196 (105.4 overs) Sandra Brown 57* (–) Miriam Knee 4/49 (25.4 overs)
223/5d (124 overs) Janice Parker 50 (–) June Bragger 2/21 (11 overs)		91/3 (42 overs) Jacqueline Elledge 51* Janice Parker 1/10 (6 overs)

Match drawn Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Umpires: May Howard (Eng) and Peggy Culver (Eng)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• June Bragger, Sandra Brown, Jacqueline Elledge, Mary Pilling, Eileen Vigor (Eng), Hazel Buck, Lynn Denholm, Lorraine Kutcher and Janice Parker (Aus) all made their WTest debuts.

2nd Test

29 June – 3 July 1963 Scorecard

England	v	Australia
167 (86.4 overs) Mary Duggan 44 (–) Miriam Knee 5/35 (23 overs)		276 (132 overs) Miriam Knee 82 (–) Dorothy Macfarlane 3/46 (26 overs)
93/9 (92 overs) Rachael Heyhoe Flint 26 (–) Miriam Knee 3/22 (29 overs)

Match drawn North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough Umpires: Doris Turner (Eng) and Isabel Nowell-Smith (Eng)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Helen Lee (Aus) made her WTest debut.

3rd Test

20 – 24 July 1963 Scorecard

England	v	Australia
254/8d (89 overs) Mary Duggan 101* (–) Lorraine Kutcher 5/59 (24 overs)		205 (113.2 overs) Liz Amos 55 (–) Anne Sanders 4/29 (20.2 overs)
160/7d (58.3 overs) Rachael Heyhoe Flint 37* (–) Miriam Knee 3/53 (23 overs)		160 (89.2 overs) Lynn Denholm 29 (–) Mary Duggan 3/40 (27 overs)

England Women won by 49 runs The Oval, London Umpires: P Greenwood (Eng) and Sylvia Swinburne (Eng)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Margaret Jude (Aus) made her WTest debut.
• Rachael Heyhoe Flint hit the first six in Women's Tests.