Women's Cricket Association
- Women's Cricket Association
The Women's Cricket Association (WCA) was responsible for the running of women's cricket in England between 1926 and 1998. It was formed by a group of enthusiasts following a cricket holiday in Malvern. Forty-nine games were arranged in that first season, and the popular cricket festival at Colwall Cricket Club, which is still held today, was launched.
By the following season there were ten affiliated clubs, by 1934 there were eighty, and by 1938 the number had reached 123. At its peak there were 208 affiliated clubs and 94 school and junior teams.
By 1931 the first county associations had beed formed, and Durham played a combined Cheshire and Lancashire XI. Four years later the country was divided into five regional associations: East, Midlands, North, South and West.
The WCA handed over the running of women's cricket in England to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 1998 and disbanded.
ee also
*Netta Rheinberg and Rachael Heyhoe-Flint, "Fair Play - the story of women's cricket", Angus & Robertson, 1976, ISBN 978-0207956980.
References
* [http://www.ycb-yca.org.uk/a_history_of_womens_cricket.html History of women's cricket]
* [http://www.ecb.co.uk/womens/ ECB women's cricket pages]
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