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Newspaper cuttings relating to women's cricket between 1926 and 1979. Subjects include the England tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1934-1935, the marriage of Aline Brown to Robert Bevan, a steward on board the Orion who Brown met during the 1948-1949 tour to Australia, the England tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1948-1949, the Australia tour of England in 1951, articles on Molly Hide, Netta Rheinberg, the Australian team using Lord's to practice in 1951, the decision to not select Rachael Heyhoe Flint as England captain in 1977, the England tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1957-1958, the Australian tour of England in 1963, the New Zealand tour of England in 1966, the England tour of New Zealand in 1968-1969, the England tour of Jamaica in 1970, the World Cup in 1973, the Australian tour of England in 1976, the World Cup in 1978, the West Indies tour of England in 1979. The file also includes minutes of an extroadinary general meeting of the Women's Cricket Association to discuss the selection of the England captain in November 1977, correspondence from Rheinberg and Heyhoe Flint regarding the matter.

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