Mary Isabella ‘Peta’ Taylor (married name Jager) Middlesex and England cricket memorabilia, comprising a group of b&w photographs of Mary Taylor - including team photograph in which each member is seen wearing the WCA crest blazer badge, possibly taken during the 1934-35 1st England cricket tour of Australia and New Zealand; Taylor in the nets; Taylor removing her bat from a bag; Taylor in conversation with Harold 'Tiger' Stevenson, Captain of England motorcycle speedway team, all 6 by 8in., with further b&w photographs of Taylor, one at a tennis match (possibly Wimbledon, circa 1930s) and another at a motor race, majority 3 by 3.5in.; wooden boomerang inscribed 1934 WOLLONGONG & D.W.C. ASSOC., signs of wear with one edge damaged; group of badges including a metal cricket bat with applied cricket ball; green and white enamelled lapel pin inscribed W.C.A. ENGLISH TOURING TEAM; blue enamelled Y.W.C.A badge; painted W.C.S shield badge, possibly for Wimbledon Cricket Society; two enamelled 1st XI shield badges, one yellow, one blue, and a Women’s Cricket Association 1973 World Cup key ring for the first Cricket World Cup; Heyhoe-Flint (Rachael) & Rheinberg (Netta). Fair Play The Story of Women’s Cricket, Angus & Robertson publishers, 1976, hardback with d/j; Joy (Nancy). Maiden Over, a short history of women’s cricket and a diary of the 1948-49 test tour of Australia, Sporting Handbooks Limited, 1950, hardback; Bradman (Donald). How to Play Cricket, Hodder & Stoughton, 1953, hardback with d/j; and an ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA CERTICITIATE OF REGISTRATION awarded to her husband Hamilton David MacIver Jager, (qty) Mary Isabella ‘Peta’ Taylor (married name Jager) (1912-1989), English fast bowler and fielder, played for England in the first women’s International test tour in 1934-35 to Australia and New Zealand, where she made her debut against Australia in Brisbane on 28-31st December 1934, where England women defeated Australia by 9 wickets in this fixture. This tour was after the infamous ‘Bodyline’ tour of Australis in 1932-33 featuring Harold Larwood and Donald Bradman. It was considered a way of repairing the damaged relations between the nations and succeed in doing so. England won the second test v Australia in Sydney on 4-8th January 1935 by eight wicket and drew the third test in Melbourne on 18-20th January 1935, winning the tour overall. They defeated New Zealand in Christchurch on 16-18th February 1935 by an innings and 337 runs. Taylor also featured in the England International three test fixture v Australia, first test on 12-15th June 1937, Australia won by 31 runs, second test in Stanley Park, Blackpool on 26-29th June, England won by 25 runs and third test at The Oval, London on 10-13th July where the match was drawn. This was Taylor’s final International test matches. Her cricketing career is featured in two of the books in this lot, ‘Maiden Over’ and ‘Fair Play’, where her England team results and figures are detailed. Taylor played for Middlesex and was the secretary of the ‘Green Circle’ a social club funded in 1958 to enable W.C.A. tourists to keep in contact.
Mary Isabella ‘Peta’ Taylor (married name Jager) Middlesex and England cricket memorabilia, comprising a group of b&w photographs of Mary Taylor - including team photograph in which each member is seen wearing the WCA crest blazer badge, possibly taken during the 1934-35 1st England cricket tour of Australia and New Zealand; Taylor in the nets; Taylor removing her bat from a bag; Taylor in conversation with Harold 'Tiger' Stevenson, Captain of England motorcycle speedway team, all 6 by 8in., with further b&w photographs of Taylor, one at a tennis match (possibly Wimbledon, circa 1930s) and another at a motor race, majority 3 by 3.5in.; wooden boomerang inscribed 1934 WOLLONGONG & D.W.C. ASSOC., signs of wear with one edge damaged; group of badges including a metal cricket bat with applied cricket ball; green and white enamelled lapel pin inscribed W.C.A. ENGLISH TOURING TEAM; blue enamelled Y.W.C.A badge; painted W.C.S shield badge, possibly for Wimbledon Cricket Society; two enamelled 1st XI shield badges, one yellow, one blue, and a Women’s Cricket Association 1973 World Cup key ring for the first Cricket World Cup; Heyhoe-Flint (Rachael) & Rheinberg (Netta). Fair Play The Story of Women’s Cricket, Angus & Robertson publishers, 1976, hardback with d/j; Joy (Nancy). Maiden Over, a short history of women’s cricket and a diary of the 1948-49 test tour of Australia, Sporting Handbooks Limited, 1950, hardback; Bradman (Donald). How to Play Cricket, Hodder & Stoughton, 1953, hardback with d/j; and an ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA CERTICITIATE OF REGISTRATION awarded to her husband Hamilton David MacIver Jager, (qty) Mary Isabella ‘Peta’ Taylor (married name Jager) (1912-1989), English fast bowler and fielder, played for England in the first women’s International test tour in 1934-35 to Australia and New Zealand, where she made her debut against Australia in Brisbane on 28-31st December 1934, where England women defeated Australia by 9 wickets in this fixture. This tour was after the infamous ‘Bodyline’ tour of Australis in 1932-33 featuring Harold Larwood and Donald Bradman. It was considered a way of repairing the damaged relations between the nations and succeed in doing so. England won the second test v Australia in Sydney on 4-8th January 1935 by eight wicket and drew the third test in Melbourne on 18-20th January 1935, winning the tour overall. They defeated New Zealand in Christchurch on 16-18th February 1935 by an innings and 337 runs. Taylor also featured in the England International three test fixture v Australia, first test on 12-15th June 1937, Australia won by 31 runs, second test in Stanley Park, Blackpool on 26-29th June, England won by 25 runs and third test at The Oval, London on 10-13th July where the match was drawn. This was Taylor’s final International test matches. Her cricketing career is featured in two of the books in this lot, ‘Maiden Over’ and ‘Fair Play’, where her England team results and figures are detailed. Taylor played for Middlesex and was the secretary of the ‘Green Circle’ a social club funded in 1958 to enable W.C.A. tourists to keep in contact.
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