Jean McNaughton

Jean Fay Field (née McNaughton, born 10 April 1936, Johannesburg, South Africa) is a former Southern Transvaal and South Africa Test cricketer. A right-arm medium-fast bowler and tail-end right-handed batsman, McNaughton made three Test appearances for her country. She was the first South African woman to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match.

Jean McNaughton
Personal information
Full nameJean Fay McNaughton
Born (1936-04-10) 10 April 1936
Johannesburg, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 8)2 December 1960 v England
Last Test13 January 1961 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
UnknownSouthern Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition Test
Matches 3
Runs scored 45
Batting average 9.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 28
Balls bowled 276
Wickets 6
Bowling average 19.33
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/39
Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 17 November 2009

Career

Part of the Southern Transvaal women's cricket team, McNaughton made her first appearance of the English tour in 1960–61 for her club side.[1] Batting at number five, she scored 15 runs in 22 minutes.[2] In the English innings, she only bowled four overs, taking no wickets and conceding 22 runs.[2]

Playing in South Africa's first Test match she made a pair,[3] becoming only the second woman, after England's player/manager Netta Rheinberg in 1949,[4] to do so on debut.[5] She also remained wicket-less in the match, bowling a total of nine overs.[3] She didn't play in the second Test,[1] and scored one run in each of her two innings for South African XI women against England during a tour match.[6]

Back in the team for the third Test at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban, McNaughton claimed six of the eight English wickets to fall in their first-innings,[7] making her the first South African woman to take a five-wicket haul in Test cricket.[8] In spite of her achievement, England won the match by eight wickets.[7] In the final Test of the series, she scored her highest total in Test cricket, hitting 28 runs to help give her team a first-innings lead, and support Yvonne van Mentz as she closed in on her century.[9]

References
  1. "Other matches played by Jean McNaughton (5)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  2. "Southern Transvaal Women v England Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  3. "South Africa Women v England Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  4. "Obituaries: Netta Rheinberg". Daily Telegraph. 2006-07-07. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  5. "Records / Women's Test matches / Batting records / Pair on debut". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  6. "South African XI Women v England Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  7. "South Africa Women v England Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  8. "Records / South Africa Women / Women's Test matches / Best bowling figures in an innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  9. "South Africa Women v England Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
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