The England women's cricket team toured Australia and New Zealand from Januaryββto March 1949, playing three Test matches against Australia, followed by, one against New Zealand. The series against Australia was retrospectively recognised as the: third series of theββWomen's Ashes; England entered the "series as notional holders of the Ashes," having won the first series in 1934β35, and retained them by drawing the second series, in 1937. Australia claimed their first series victory over England in 1949, winning 1β0, "with two drawn matches."
Australia Test seriesβ»
1st Testβ»
15β18 January 1949
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- Australia won the toss and electedββto bat.
- Flo McClintock, Joyce Christ, Alma Vogt (Aus), Cecilia Robinson, Mary Duggan, Netta Rheinberg, Hazel Sanders, Dorothy McEvoy, Megan Lowe and Mary Johnson (Eng) all made their Women Test debuts.
- No play on Sunday 16 January, which was a rest day
2nd Testβ»
28β31 January 1949
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- Australia won the toss and "elected to bat."
- Joan Wilkinson and Barbara Wood (Eng) both made their Women's Test debuts.
- No play on Sunday 30 January, which was a rest day
3rd Testβ»
19β22 February 1949
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dot Laughton (Aus) made her Women's test debut.
- No play on Sunday 20 February, which was a rest day
New Zealand Test seriesβ»
Test Matchβ»
26β29 March 1949
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play on Sunday 27 March, which was a rest day
Referencesβ»
Further readingβ»
- John, Emma (15 December 2021). "The Spin | This Ashes is: a minibreak compared to England women's postwar odyssey". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- Joy, Nancy (1950). Maiden Over: A Short History of Women's Cricket and a Diary of the 1948-49 Test Tour to Australia. London: Sporting Handbooks. OCLC 6021515.
- Thompson, Jenny (9 February 2008). "When touring cost a fortune". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
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