Nell McLarty

Ellen Mary McLarty BEM (5 January 1912 – 26 December 1998) was a cricketer who played for the Australia national women's cricket team between 1934 and 1937. She played for Australia in the first women's Test match. A right-arm medium-fast bowler, she claimed 11 wickets in international cricket at an average of 20.36.

Nell McLarty
Personal information
Full nameEllen Mary McLarty
Born(1912-01-05)5 January 1912
North Fremantle, WA, Australia
Died26 December 1998(1998-12-26) (aged 86)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 4)28 December 1934 v England
Last Test10 July 1937 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1930–1940Victoria
Career statistics
Competition Test
Matches 5
Runs scored 66
Batting average 6.60
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 23
Balls bowled 888
Wickets 11
Bowling average 20.36
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3.29
Catches/stumpings 8/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 March 2013

Life and career

McLarty was born in North Fremantle, Western Australia on 5 January 1912.[1] She played no formal cricket until she joined a women's cricket team in Clarendon in 1930. The following season, she joined the Collingwood women's team, and played there for the rest of her career, captaining the side in her final years there. She was forced to retire in 1940 because of her health. She represented Victoria in state cricket throughout her career.[2] In December 1934, she was selected to represent Australia in the first women's Test match, played against England. She batted at number three in the first innings, being dismissed for a duck, and at number five in the second innings, when she scored 8 runs. She claimed one wicket in England's first innings, bowling Joy Liebert, to record figures of one for 12.[3] She was most effective during Australia's tour of England in 1937, where she scored 14 and 23 in the first innings of the first Test match in Northampton, and claimed at least three wickets in each Test.[4] In 1947, she was granted a testimonial by the Victorian Women's Cricket Association.[2] She was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1980 for her services to women's cricket, and died in Melbourne on 26 December 1998.[1]

References
  1. "Player Profile: Nell McLarty". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  2. "Testimonial to Former Cricketer". Melbourne: The Age. 23 January 1947. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  3. "1st Test: Australia Women v England Women at Brisbane, Dec 28-31, 1934". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  4. "Statistics / Statsguru / EM McLarty / Women's Test matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
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