Mary Johnson (cricketer)

Winifred Mary Johnson (born 7 November 1924) is an English cricketer of the 1940s and 1950s who played ten test matches for the England women's cricket team between 1948–49 and 1954.

Born in the East Yorkshire city of Kingston upon Hull, Mary Johnson, along with a good number of the other members on the England team, was a physical education teacher. Employed at the Arnold School for Girls, an independent institution in the Lancashire town of Blackpool, she played for England Women, Lancashire Women, North Women and Yorkshire Women, making her Test debut in the South Australian capital, Adelaide, during the 15–18 January 1949 match between Australia Women and England Women. Her last Test was the 24–27 July 1954 contest of England Women v New Zealand Women at the Oval in the London Borough of Lambeth. A right-arm fast bowler, she continued playing until 1956 with Rest of England Women.^[1]