# England women's cricket team in South Africa in 1960–61

The England women's cricket team toured South Africa in 1960–61, the first women's Test series ever in South Africa. England won the four match series 1–0, with three drawn Tests.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 2–5 December 1960 Scorecard
* Match drawn St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Tim Gibbon (SA) and G Minnaar (SA)
* South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* This was South African women's first ever Women's Test.
* Rachael Heyhoe-Flint, Mollie Hunt, Esme Irwin, Sheila Plant, Alison Ratcliffe, Margaret Rutherford and Kathleen Smith (Eng); Barbara Cairncross, Jennifer Gove, Pamela Hollett, Eileen Hurly, Joy Irwin, Audrey Jackson, Eleanor Lambert, Jean McNaughton, Sheelagh Nefdt, Yvonne van Mentz and Lorna Ward (SA) made their Test debut.

### 2nd Test

* 17–20 December 1960 Scorecard
* Match drawn Wanderers, Johannesburg Umpires: George Parry (SA) and Steward (SA)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Barbara Pont (Eng); Beverly Lang and Maureen Payne (SA) made their Test debut.

### 3rd Test

* 31 December 1960 – 3 January 1961 Scorecard
* England Women won by 8 wickets Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: Peter A'Bear (SA) and James Draper (SA)
* South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ann Jago (Eng) and Patricia Klesser (SA) made their Test debut.

### 4th Test

* 13–16 January 1961 Scorecard
* Match drawn Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Dal Collins (SA) and Neville Howell (SA)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Dulcie Wood (SA) made her Test debut.

## Tour matches
### 1-day tour match: England Women v Western Province Combined XI Women

* 12 November 1960 Scorecard
* Match drawn Paarl Cricket Club Ground, Boland Umpires: Rousseau and Walley
* Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2-day tour match: England Women v Western Province Women

* 14,15 November 1960 Scorecard
* England Women won by 120 runs Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Gunther Goldman (SA) and P Kruger (SA)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2-day tour match: England Women v South African XI Women

* 19,21 November 1960 Scorecard
* Match drawn Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein Umpires: Harold Melzer and G Niddrie
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2-day tour match: England Women v Southern Transvaal Women

* 25,26 November 1960 Scorecard
* Match drawn Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Frank Osman and D Sutherland
* Southern Transvaal Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2-day tour match: England Women v South African XI Women

* 9,10 December 1960 Scorecard
* England Women won by 10 wickets Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Umpires: TV Burnard and George Hawkins
* South African XI Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 1-day tour match: England Women v Southern Transvaal B Women

* 14 December 1960 Scorecard
* England Women won by an innings and 90 runs Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Louw and van der Sadt
* Southern Transvaal B Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2-day tour match: England Women v Natal Women

* 22,23 December 1960 Scorecard
* England Women won by an innings and 16 runs Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: Leslie Lamble and Pritchard
* England Women won the toss and elected to field.

### 1-day tour match: England Women v Border Women

* 7 January 1961 Scorecard
* Match drawn Jan Smuts Ground, East London Umpires: TMA Gunton and Arthur Kidson
* Border Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 1-day single-innings tour match: England Women v Eastern Province Women

* 9 January 1961 Scorecard
| England 251/9d (92 overs) | v | Eastern Province Women 139 (61.4 overs) |
| Pamela Crain 44 Audrey Jackson 4/30 (22 overs) | | Audrey Jackson 39 Polly Marshall 5/30 (14.4 overs) |
* England Women won by 112 runs St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Millar and G Minnaar
* Eastern Province Women won the toss and elected to field.