Full Name

Mary Edith Hide

Born

October 24, 1913, Shanghai, China

Died

September 10, 1995, Surrey, (aged 81y 321d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Education

Wycombe Abbey; Reading University

Wisden obituary
Mary Edith Hide, died in hospital on September 10, 1995, aged 81. Molly Hide was a farmer's daughter from Surrey (though she was born in Shanghai) who became one of the great pioneers of women's cricket in England. She played in the first ever women's Test in Brisbane in December 1934 and was England captain for 17 years. Tall and lithe, she could drive the ball beautifully, but her batting had a strength as well as a style that astonished sceptical male spectators, many of whom in her era thought women's cricket was like a dog on its hind legs. Her first great triumph came after the 1934-35 tour moved on to New Zealand, when she scored a century in the Christchurch Test, putting on 235 with Betty Snowball. England declared at 503 for five -- New Zealand had been bowled out for 44, and lost by an innings and 337. She became captain for the home series against Australia two years later and held the post until her retirement in 1954. She would have missed the 1939-40 tour of Australia because her parents persuaded her to stay on the farm and not go gallivanting. But the tour was cancelled anyway, and when it finally took place nine years later she scored five centuries, including 124 not out at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and her portrait was hung in the pavilion. In 15 Tests she scored 872 runs at 36.33, and took 36 wickets at 15.25, with the slowish off-cutters that she bowled only reluctantly. Her captaincy was firm, even stern, and she remained in touch with the game, as a selector and, in 1973, president of the Women's Cricket Association. Molly Hide also played lacrosse for England. She was something of a Joan Hunter Dunn figure but more than that, as Netta Rheinberg said, she was the personification of women's cricket, doing an immense amount to give the game credibility.
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Molly Hide Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
WTests15273872124*36.3325100

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
WTests15262064549365/208/5815.251.5957.3010
Molly Hide during England's tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1934-35

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Recent Matches of Molly Hide

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
England (W) vs NZ (W)171/1424-Jul-1954The OvalWTest # 18
England (W) vs NZ (W)4 & 640/12 & 0/2003-Jul-1954WorcesterWTest # 17
England (W) vs NZ (W)48 & 63/23 & 2/512-Jun-1954LeedsWTest # 16
England (W) vs Australia(W)65 & 421/24 & 2/1528-Jul-1951The OvalWTest # 15
England (W) vs NZ (W)2 & 133/2826-Mar-1949AucklandWTest # 12

Photos of Molly Hide

Molly Hide practises her batting at indoor cricket nets in Worcester