Full name Myrtle Ethel Maclagan
Born April 2, 1911
Died March 11, 1993, Farnham, Surrey (aged 81 years 343 days)
Major teams England Women, South Women, Surrey Women
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Education Royal School, Bath
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 14 | 25 | 1 | 1007 | 119 | 41.95 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 14 | 27 | 3432 | 935 | 60 | 7/10 | 7/41 | 15.58 | 1.63 | 57.2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Test debut | Australia Women v England Women at Brisbane, Dec 28-31, 1934 scorecard |
Last Test | England Women v Australia Women at The Oval, Jul 28-31, 1951 scorecard |
Test statistics |
Myrtle Ethel Maclagan, MBE, who died at Farnham on March 11, 1993, aged 81, was one of the best-known women cricketers of her day. She was in the cricket team at the Royal School, Bath, for six years and, having been coached by Tich Freeman, took five wickets in five balls with her offbreaks against Cheltenham Ladies College. She became a national personality after being chosen for the pioneering tour of Australia in 1934-35. In the first Test at Brisbane she made 72 and took 7 for 10; in the second game at Sydney she made 119, the first hundred in a women's Test. England's men had just lost the Ashes but soon Maclagan's opening partnership with Betty Snowball was being compared to Hobbs and Sutcliffe, and the Morning Post published the following quatrain: