Anne Gordon
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Full name | Dorothy Anne Gordon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 24 December 1941 | (age 82)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 65) | 27 December 1968 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 15 January 1977 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 3) | 23 June 1973 v Young England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 8 August 1976 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 November 2007 |
Dorothy Anne Gordon (born 24 December 1941)[1] played nine Women's Test matches and eight Women's one-day internationals for Australia.[2] She was the captain of the Australian Women's Cricket Team in 1976. She was the first fielder to take three catches in a Women's Cricket World Cup match.[3]
Gordon lived and grew up in Moe, Gippsland, Victoria. After retiring from playing she became a selector for the Victoria Women's Cricket Association, Surrey and then England Selector and Chairwoman of England Selectors from 1992 to 1996.[citation needed] She was awarded life membership of Cricket Victoria in 2018.[4]
References
- ^ "Anne Gordon - Australia". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Anne Gordon". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "Cricket Records | Records | Women's World Cup | Most catches in an innings | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ "CV inducts four new Life Members". Cricket Victoria. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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