# England women's cricket team in Australia in 1984–85

The English women's cricket team toured Australia between 7 December 1984 and 3 February 1985 to contest The Women's Ashes for the ninth time. Australia won the five match Test series 2–1 to claim the Ashes for the first time since 1963.
A three match WODI series was also played where Australia won 3–0. Prior to and in between the Test matches, England played 11 tour matches – winning 6, losing 3, drawing 1 and 1 ended in no result.

## Tour matches
### 50-over match: Western Australia Women vs England Women

* 7 December 1984 Scorecard
| England 7/121 (50 overs) | v | Western Australia 123 (48.1 overs) |
| Jan Brittin 50 Peta Verco 3/28 (10 overs) | | Peta Verco 57 Carole Hodges 2/24 (7 overs) |
* Western Australia Women won by 5 wickets Rosalie Park, Perth Umpires: R. Gates (Aus) and Don Weser (Aus)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 50-over match: Western Australia Women vs England Women

* 9 December 1984 Scorecard
| England 7/127 (50 overs) | v | Western Australia 2/128 (45.2 overs) |
| Jan Southgate 42 Tania Meintanis 2/12 (4 overs) | | Peta Verco 40 Carole Hodges 2/19 (8 overs) |
* Western Australia Women won by 8 wickets Rosalie Park, Perth Umpires: Graham Bibby (Aus) and B. Robertson (Aus)
* Western Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

### 50-over match: Western Australia Women vs England Women

* 10 December 1984 Scorecard
| Western Australia 7/115 (50 overs) | v | England 9/119 (50 overs) |
| Carol Caporn 23 (65) Jacqueline Court 2/20 (10 overs) | | Megan Lear 37 (87) Tania Meintanis 3/16 (9 overs) |
* England Women won by 1 wicket Rosalie Park, Perth Umpires: R. Gates (Aus) and Terry Prue (Aus)
* England Women won the toss and elected to field.

### 60-over match: South Australia Women vs England Women

* 19 December 1984 Scorecard
| England 130 (55.4 overs) | v | South Australia 8/123 (60 overs) |
| Chris Watmough 46 (69) Lee-Anne Hunter 4/7 (9.4 overs) | | Robbie Ellis 29* (82) Gillian McConway 3/21 (12 overs) |
* England Women won by 7 runs Thebarton Oval, Adelaide
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 60-over match: Queensland Women vs England Women

* 29 December 1984 Scorecard
| England 5/99 (47 overs) | v | Queensland |
| Megan Lear 45 Ailsa Rowell 3/15 (12 overs) | | |
* No result St Joseph's College, Brisbane
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 60-over match: Queensland Women vs England Women

* 30 December 1984 Scorecard
| England 5/202 (60 overs) | v | Queensland 7/145 (60 overs) |
| Carole Hodges 65 Sharon Wass 1/24 (10 overs) | | Lyn Hughes (47) Jacqueline Court 2/18 (5 overs) |
* England Women won by 57 runs St Joseph's College, Brisbane
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2-day match: New South Wales Women vs England Women

* 7–8 January 1985 Scorecard
* Match drawn Pratten Park, Sydney
* New South Wales Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 50-over match: New South Wales Country Women vs England Women

* 10 January 1985 Scorecard
| New South Wales Country 9/113 (50 overs) | v | England 6/114 (49.1 overs) |
| S. McMicking 28 Jacqueline Court 4/25 (10 overs) | | Jan Brittin 28 D. Scurr 2/18 (7 overs) |
* England Women won by 4 wickets Primary Club Field, Dooralong
* New South Wales Country Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 55-over match: Australian Women's Cricket Council President's XI vs England Women

* 17 January 1985 Scorecard
| Australian Women's Cricket Council President's XI 182 (54.2 overs) | v | England 5/183 (54.2 overs) |
| Lynette Cook 42 (97) Gillian McConway 2/31 (11 overs) | | Jane Powell 53* (87) Marie Cornish 2/20 (11 overs) |
* England Women won by 5 wickets Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: BC Richings
* Australian Women's Cricket Council President's XI won the toss and elected to bat.

### 55-over match: Victoria Women vs England Women

* 20 January 1985 Scorecard
| Victoria 9/127 (55 overs) | v | England 2/128 (48.4 overs) |
| Karen Brown 43* (38) Jan Brittin 3/5 (11 overs) | | Carole Hodges 53 (94) Leah Gallagher 1/24 (11 overs) |
* England Women won by 8 wickets Aberfeldie Park, Melbourne Umpires: Adrian Grant
* Victoria Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 55-over match: Victoria Women vs England Women

* 21 January 1985 Scorecard
| England 136 (52.5 overs) | v | Victoria 6/139 (50.4 overs) |
| Jan Southgate 47 (95) Karen Brown 3/29 (10.5 overs) | | Wendy Napier 35 (80) Carole Hodges 2/27 (8 overs) |
* Victoria Women won by 4 wickets Aberfeldie Park, Melbourne Umpires: Adrian Grant
* Victoria Women won the toss and elected to field.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 13–16 December 1984 Scorecard
* Match drawn WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Peter McConnell (Aus) and Donald Weser (Aus)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Denise Emerson and Debbie Wilson (Aus) made their women's Test debut.

### 2nd Test

* 21–24 December 1984 Scorecard
* England Women won by 5 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Tony Crafter (Aus) and Max O'Connell (Aus)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd Test

* 1–4 January 1985 Scorecard
* Match drawn The Gabba, Brisbane Umpires: Michael King (Aus) and Colin Timmins (Aus)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Wendy Napier (Aus) made her women's Test debut.

### 4th Test

* 12–15 January 1985 Scorecard
* Australia Women won by 117 runs Grahame Park, Gosford Umpires: Alf Debnam (Aus) and Don Gray (Aus)
* England Women won the toss and elected to field.

### 5th Test

* 25–28 January 1985 Scorecard
* Australia Women won by 7 wickets Queen Elizabeth Oval, Bendigo Umpires: Michael Gandy (Aus) and Angelo Nicosia (Aus)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

## WODI series
### 1st WODI

* 31 January 1985 Scorecard
| Australia 6/169 (57 overs) | v | England 163 (56.2 overs) |
| Denise Emerson 70 (162) Janet Aspinall 2/16 (10 overs) | | Jan Brittin 73 (113) Denise Martin 2/19 (12 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 6 runs South Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Robin Baillache (Aus) and Graham Bugge (Aus)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Debbie Wilson (Aus) and Jan Southgate (Eng) both made their WODI debut.
* The match was reduced before play started to 57 overs per side.

### 2nd WODI

* 2 February 1985 Scorecard
| Australia 7/253 (59 overs) | v | England 115 (47.1 overs) |
| Jill Kennare 122 (139) Janet Aspinall 3/48 (12 overs) | | June Edney 35 (72) Denise Martin 3/8 (7.1 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 138 runs Aberfeldie Park, Melbourne Umpires: Daryl Holt (Aus) and Alan Richardson (Aus)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* The match was reduced to 59 overs per side.
* Jill Kennare (Aus) made her maiden women's ODI century.

### 3rd WODI

* 3 February 1985 Scorecard
| England 9/157 (60 overs) | v | Australia 1/158 (46.5 overs) |
| Jacqueline Court 45 (98) Karen Price 3/15 (12 overs) | | Jill Kennare 100* (149) Avril Starling 1/15 (9 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 9 wickets Aberfeldie Park, Melbourne Umpires: Dan Bomford (Aus) and David Holden (Aus)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Wendy Napier (Aus) and Susan Metcalfe (Eng) both made their WODI debut.