# Australia women's cricket team in England in 1963

The Australian women's cricket team toured England between May and August 1963. The test series against England women's cricket team was played for the Women's Ashes, which Australia were defending. England won the series 1–0, winning the third test, therefore regaining the Ashes.

## Squads

| England | Australia |
| Mary Duggan (c) Edna Barker June Bragger Sandra Brown Shirley Driscoll Jacqueline Elledge Helene Hegarty Rachael Heyhoe Flint Dorothy Macfarlane Mary Pilling Cecilia Robinson Anne Sanders Eileen Vigor Ruth Westbrook (wk) | Mary Allitt (c) Liz Amos Shirley Banfield Hazel Buck Lynn Denholm Joyce Goldsmith Margaret Jude (wk) Miriam Knee Lorraine Kutcher Helen Lee Marjorie Marvell Janice Parker Muriel Picton Patricia Thomson Coralie Towers Norma Wilson (wk) |

## Tour Matches
### 1-day single innings matches

* 20 May 1963 Scorecard
| Australia 222/3d (70 overs) | v | Western Counties 90 (52.2 overs) |
| Mary Allitt 118* (–) Kay Green 2/52 (21 overs) | | A Beaufoy 20 (–) Patricia Thomson 4/33 (18.2 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 132 runs Recreation Ground, Torquay Umpires: Doris Turner (Eng) and Anne Flann (Eng)
* Western Counties Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 30 May 1963 Scorecard
| West Midlands 151/6d (67.1 overs) | v | Australia 152/0 (40.4 overs) |
| June Howard 79 (–) Muriel Picton 1/11 (9 overs) | | Janice Parker 91* (102) |
* Australia Women won by 10 wickets Danescourt, Wolverhampton Umpires: Isabel Nowell-Smith (Eng) and Betty Snowball (Eng)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 6 June 1963 Scorecard
| Australia 193/3d (62.4 overs) | v | East Midlands 60 (32.4 overs) |
| Shirley Banfield 55 (–) S Lloyd 1/13 (6 overs) | | P Richardson 20 (–) Miriam Knee 3/15 (9 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 133 runs Plains Road, Mapperley Umpires: HM Bond (Eng) and P Greenwood (Eng)
* East Midlands Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 12 June 1963 Scorecard
| Northern Counties 152/9d (57 overs) | v | Australia 153/6 (57.1 overs) |
| Margaret Rutherford 49 (–) Lorraine Kutcher 4/34 (19 overs) | | Liz Amos 35 (–) Dorothy Macfarlane 5/62 (29 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 4 wickets Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport Umpires: D Elleray (Eng) and Margaret Lockwood (Eng)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 22 June 1963 Scorecard
| Yorkshire 122 (51.3 overs) | v | Australia 125/4 (45.3 overs) |
| Sue Hilliam 58 (–) Patricia Thomson 6/16 (10.3 overs) | | Lynn Denholm 78* (–) June Stephenson 2/29 (11.3 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 6 wickets Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds Umpires: Ora Carse (Eng) and Barbara Wood (Eng)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 26 June 1963 Scorecard
| East Anglia 96 (50.3 overs) | v | Australia 99/2 (31.1 overs) |
| Jean Lillico 17 (–) Miriam Knee 4/16 (7.3 overs) | | Hazel Buck 34 (–) S Hughes 1/20 (6 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 8 wickets Fenner's, Cambridge Umpires: Doris Turner (Eng) and Elizabeth Riley (Eng)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 10 July 1963 Scorecard
| Australia 175/3d (51 overs) | v | Kent 120/8 (43 overs) |
| Hazel Buck 102* (–) Jacqueline Elledge 2/29 (13 overs) | | Mary Pilling 29 (–) Miriam Knee 2/22 (13 overs) |
* Match drawn Vine Cricket Ground, Sevenoaks Umpires: Iris Doble (Eng) and Elizabeth Riley (Eng)
* Kent Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 17 July 1963 Scorecard
| Australia 177/2d (50.1 overs) | v | Sussex 127/7 (59 overs) |
| Hazel Buck 80* (–) W Dearsley 1/43 (15 overs) | | W Dearsley 67* (–) Joyce Goldsmith 2/4 (7 overs) |
* Match drawn Manor Sports Ground, Worthing Umpires: Doris Turner (Eng) and Iris Doble (Eng)
* Sussex Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 25 July 1963 Scorecard
| Combined Services 120/5d (72 overs) | v | Australia 121/0 (33.1 overs) |
| Myrtle Maclagan 81* (–) Joyce Goldsmith 2/17 (15 overs) | | Janice Parker 69* (–) |
* Australia Women won by 10 wickets Officers Club Services Ground, Aldershot Umpires: Doris Turner (Eng) and Isabel Nowell-Smith (Eng)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 31 July 1963 Scorecard
| Surrey 129 (54 overs) | v | Australia 132/1 (33.3 overs) |
| Marjorie Adam 40 (–) Muriel Picton 5/25 (12 overs) | | Lynn Denholm 66 (–) |
* Australia Women won by 9 wickets Mitcham Cricket Green, Mitcham Umpires: Enid Stevenson (Eng) and Sylvia Swinburne (Eng)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 5 August 1963 Scorecard
| Middlesex 180 (64.2 overs) | v | Australia 152/8 (54 overs) |
| Diana Brickell 58 (–) Miriam Knee 7/54 (18.2 overs) | | Hazel Buck 75* (–) Mary Duggan 6/37 (21 overs) |
* Match drawn Headstone Lane Staff Association Sports Ground, Harrow Umpires: Jane Ayres (Eng) and May Howard (Eng)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 8 August 1963 Scorecard
| Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire | v | Australia |
* Match abandoned Chalvey Road, Slough
* No toss.
* No play possible due to rain.

### 2-day matches

* 25, 27 May 1963 Scorecard
* Australia Women won by an innings and 75 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Peggy Culver (Eng) and May Howard (Eng)
* West of England Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 1, 3 June 1963 Scorecard
* Match drawn Bournville Cricket Ground, Birmingham Umpires: V Cox (Eng) and Doris Turner (Eng)
* Midlands Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 8, 10 June 1963 Scorecard
* Match drawn Osborne Avenue, Jesmond Umpires: Ora Carse (Eng) and Isabel Nowell-Smith (Eng)
* North of England Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 6, 8 July 1963 Scorecard
* Match drawn Wardown Park, Luton Umpires: P Greenwood (Eng) and May Howard (Eng)
* East of England Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 13, 15 July 1963 Scorecard
* Match drawn Central Recreation Ground, Hastings Umpires: Doris Turner (Eng) and Sylvia Swinburne (Eng)
* South of England Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 27, 29 July 1963 Scorecard
* Australia Women won by 136 runs Dane Park, Margate Umpires: Doris Turner (Eng) and Netta Rheinberg (Eng)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

## Test Series
### 1st Test

* 15 – 19 June 1963 Scorecard
* Match drawn Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Umpires: May Howard (Eng) and Peggy Culver (Eng)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* June Bragger, Sandra Brown, Jacqueline Elledge, Mary Pilling, Eileen Vigor (Eng), Hazel Buck, Lynn Denholm, Lorraine Kutcher and Janice Parker (Aus) all made their WTest debuts.

### 2nd Test

* 29 June – 3 July 1963 Scorecard
* Match drawn North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough Umpires: Doris Turner (Eng) and Isabel Nowell-Smith (Eng)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Helen Lee (Aus) made her WTest debut.

### 3rd Test

* 20 – 24 July 1963 Scorecard
* England Women won by 49 runs The Oval, London Umpires: P Greenwood (Eng) and Sylvia Swinburne (Eng)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Margaret Jude (Aus) made her WTest debut.
* Rachael Heyhoe Flint hit the first six in Women's Tests.