Betty Snowball

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Betty Snowball
female = true


country = England
fullname = Elizabeth Alexandra Snowball
nickname = Betty
dayofbirth = 9
monthofbirth = 7
yearofbirth = 1908
placeofbirth = Burnley, Lancashire
countryofbirth = England
dayofdeath = 13
monthofdeath = 12
yearofdeath = 1988
placeofdeath = Colwall, Hertfordshire
countryofdeath = England
batting = Right-handed
role = Wicket-keeper
international = true
testdebutdate = 28 December
testdebutyear = 1934
testdebutagainst = Australia women
testc

lasttestdate = 22 February
lasttestyear = 1949
lasttestagainst = Australia women
club1 = Hampshire Women
year1 = 1937
club2 = West of England Women
year2 = 1937
umpire = true
testsumpired = 1
umptestdebutyr = 1951
umptestlastyr = 1951
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = Tests
matches1 = 10
runs1 = 613
bat avg1 = 40.86
100s/50s1 = 1/4
top score1 = 189
deliveries1 = 0
wickets1 = –
bowl avg1 = –
fivefor1 = –
tenfor1 = –
best bowling1 = –
catches/stumpings1 = 13/8
date = 18 September
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11163/11163.html CricketArchive

Elizabeth "Betty" Alexandra Snowball (9 July 1908 in Burnley, Lancashire – 13 December 1988 in Colwall) is best known as an English sportswoman. She played international cricket in the England women's cricket team, and also played international squash and lacrosse. She scored 189 runs against New Zealand in the fourth women's Test match in 1935, setting a world record for the highest individual innings in women's Test cricket which was not surpassed for over 50 years, until Sandhya Agarwal scored 190 in 1986. It remains the highest Test score by an Englishwoman.

She was born in Burnley, Lancashire, and became an opening batsman and wicketkeeper. She played in 10 Test matches from 1934 to 1949, including the first women's Test against Australia in Brisbane in 1934. She toured to Australia twice. She scored 613 runs at a batting average of 40.86. Behind the stumps, she took 13 catches and 8 stumpings.

After her cricketing career, she retired to Colwall in Herefordshire to teach cricket and mathematics at The Elms School, where Michael Singleton was headmaster. She died in Colwall.

References

*cricinfo|ref=england/content/player/53729.html
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11163/11163.html CricketArchive page on Betty Snowball]

Persondata
NAME=Snowball, Elizabeth Alexandra
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Snowball, Betty
SHORT DESCRIPTION=british international playerof cricket, squash and lacrosse
DATE OF BIRTH=9 July 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH=Burnley, Lancashire
DATE OF DEATH=13 December 1988
PLACE OF DEATH=Colwall, Herefordshire